First UU Columbus

Selected Sermons and Podcasts

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2010 Sermons

Download MP3	Date Sermon Title	Listen Online	Size	Length
	2010-06-12 Summer Pride (Rev. Mark Belletini)		4.8 MB	28:09 min
	2010-05-30 Promises Worth Living For (Rev. Eric Meter)		3.7 MB	21:18 min
	2010-05-23 Edges and Boundaries? (Rev. Mark Belletini)		5.4 MB	31:36 min
	2010-05-09-invisible-visible		4.6 MB	26:51 min
	2010-05-16 Breaking Promises, Agreement Lost (Rev. Mark Belletini)		5.5 MB	32:13 min
	2010-05-02 Simultaneity: Deeper Agreements (or How to Do Progressive Church) (Rev. Mark Belletini)		5.6 MB	32:33 min
	2010-04-25 Fearing Life, Fearing Death (Rev. Mark Belletini)		6.2 MB	27:05 min
	2010-04-18 Standing on the Side of Love (Rev. Eric Meter)		7.2 MB	31:22 min
	2010-04-11 Accepting Death & Your One Wild and Precious Life (Casey Pax & Evan Hoppens)		3.1 MB	13:36 min
	2010-04-04 Starting Over: A Mozambiquan Easter Story (Rev. Mark Belletini)		7.7 MB	33:35 min
	2010-03-28 Literalism (Rev. Mark Belletini)		5.7 MB	25:01 min
	2010-03-21 Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? (Grace) (Rev. Mark Belletini)		6.3 MB	27:22 min
	2010-03-14 Ultimacy: Bring Many Names (or None) (Rev. Mark Belletini)		7.1 MB	31:06 min
	2010-03-14 Ultimacy Bring Many Names (or None) (Rev. Mark Belletini)		6.3 MB	27:24 min
	2010-03-07 And Will I answer, Even So (Rev. Mark Belletini)		7.7 MB	33:27 min
	2010-02-28 Lessons in Love (Rev. Gail R. Geisenhainer)		8 MB	34:57 min
	2010-02-21 Courage, Faith and Other Sacred Adventures (Rev. Eric Meter)		5.6 MB	24:39 min
	2010-02-14 Reality Unbroken: Though But an Atom in the Universe (Rev. Mark Belletini)		5.8 MB	25:12 min
	2010-02-07 Seeing the Whole, Sensing the Holy (Rev. Eric Meter)		4.8 MB	21:10 min
	2010-01-31 All in This Together (Rev. Eric Meter)		4.8 MB	21:06 min
	2010-01-24 Justice in our Mission (Rev. Mark Belletini)		7.6 MB	33:08 min
	2010-01-17 Justice and Practicality (Rev. Mark Belletini)		6.7 MB	29:17 min
	2010-01-10 Why is 11am the Most Segregated Hour of the Week (Rev. Mark Belletini & Jolinda Stephens)		7.1 MB	30:56 min
	2010-01-03 Compassion vs. Justice? (Rev. Mark Belletini)		7.6 MB	33:23 min

2009 Sermons

Download MP3	Date Sermon Title	Listen Online	Size	Length
	2009-12-27 The Seven Spools of Thread (Various)		3.3 MB	14:27 min
	2009-12-20 Birth of the Universe (Jolinda Stephens and Gretchin Curtis)		3.6 MB	15:36 min
	2009-12-13 Whatever Happened to the Peace Marches (Rev. Mark Belletini)		7 MB	30:30 min
	2009-12-06 This living Mosaic (Rev. Eric Meter)		6.4 MB	27:46 min
	2009-11-29 The Largest Community in the World (Rev. Eric Meter)		6.3 MB	27:37 min
	2009-11-22 Thanksgiving Bread Breaking Ceremony (Rev. Mark Belletini, Rev. Eric Meter, Jolinda Stephens, Debbie Shaw and others)		3.8 MB	16:29 min
	2009-11-08 Into the Shallows (Rev. Mark Belletini)		6.3 MB	27:41 min
	2009-11-01 All Souls or Some Souls? The Difficulties of Democratic Methods (Rev. Mark Belletini & Rev. Eric Meter)		6.6 MB	28:58 min
	2009-10-25 Being Part of a Chocolate Chip Cookie Church: Multiracial Viewpoints (the Racial Diversity Task Force)		9.6 MB	42:02 min
	2009-10-04 Faith for Fun and Profit...and Health (Rev. Mark Belletini)		6.2 MB	27:05 min
	2009-09-27 But Can We Forgive Ourselves (Rev. Mark Belletini)		4.4 MB	19:12 min
	2009-09-20 Why One and Not Two? (Rev. Mark Belletini)		6.1 MB	26:48 min
	Sept 13, 2009 Water Ceremony (First UU Church)		5.9 MB	14:44 min
	2009-02-08 Loving Enemies (Rev. Mark Belletini)		5.8 MB	25:31 min
	2009-02-01 Barriers To Love (Rev. Mark Belletini)		6.6 MB	28:40 min
	2009-01-25 When We Resist The Call of Life (Rev. Eric Meter)		5.8 MB	25:14 min
	2009-01-18 Resisting Perfectionism (Rev. Mark Belletini)		5.6 MB	24:27 min
	2009-01-11 Invisible Occupation (Rev. Mark Belletini)		6.1 MB	26:38 min
	2009-01-04 Resistance & Discernment (Rev. Mark Belletini)		7 MB	30:33 min

PDF text of selected sermons:

• And I Will Answer 'Even So,' March 7, 2010, Rev. Mark Belletini
• And So - Rev Mark Belletini - November 9, 2008
• Animals - Rev Mark Belletini - February 22, 2009
• Arts and Spirituality - June 27, 2010
• Breaking Promises, Rev. Mark Belletini, May 16, 2010
• Christmas Eve - Rev Mark Belletini - 2008
• Cracks- Rev Mark Belletini - March 15, 2009
• Do You Have To Be Practical In Order to Be Just, Rev Mark Belletini, January 17, 2010
• Easter - Rev Mark Belletini - April 12, 2009
• Easter, April 4, 2010, Rev. Mark Belletini
• Ecstasy? - Rev Mark Belletini, August 30, 2009
• Edges, Rev. Mark Belletini, May 23, 2010
• Fear of Life/Death, April 25, 2010, Rev. Mark Belletini
• Forgive or Relive - Revs Mark Belletini and Meg Barnhouse - October 12, 2008
• Hope - Rev Mark Belletini - December 7, 2008
• How Can I Believe In You? October 11, 2009, Rev Mark Belletini
• Humility & Hospitality - Rev Mark Belletini - September 28, 2008
• Is the World Really Divided Between Unbelievers and Believers - Rev Mark Belletini - October 18, 2009
• Justice vs Compassion?, January 3, 2010 , Rev Mark Belletini
• Knoxville - Rev Mark Belletini - August 24, 2008
• Leftovers - Rev Mark Belletini - October 5, 2008
• Literalism, March, 28, 2010, Rev.Mark Belletini,
• Loving Enemies - Rev Mark Belletini - February 8, 2009
• Mission, January 24, 2010, Rev Mark Belletini
• Mothers Day Service - Jolinda Stephens - May 10, 2009
• On Not Being The Higher Power - Rev Mark Belletini - November 2, 2008
• Open Door - Rev Mark Belletini, June 14, 2009
• Peace: December 13, 2009 Rev Mark Belletini
• Religious Truth & Responsible Speech - Rev Eric Meter- September 21, 2008
• Resistance & Discernment - Rev Mark Belletini - January 4, 2009
• Restoration- Revs Mark Belletin and Eric Meter, April 5, 2009
• Simultaneous, May 2, 2010, Rev. Mark Belletini
• Thanksgiving - Rev Mark Belletini - November 2008
• The Beauty of It - Rev Mark Belletini - October 19, 2008
• Water Ceremony - Rev Mark Belletini - Sept 13, 2009 - PODCAST
• Worry and Vision - Rev Mark Belletini - September 1, 2008
• Yom Kippur - Rev Mark Belletini, September 27, 2009