In Memory, 2020
We have a tradition at UUFM that goes back to 1999 when our part-time minister then, Rev. Sarah Oehlberg, celebrated Memorial Day by remembering those who had died in the last year. While she would deliver her sermon at Nora Church in Hanska, … read more.
Creating Ourselves: My Mother, Not Myself
By Barbara Keating
Homily for Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mankato
August 25, 2019
My mother’s official diagnoses for which she was hospitalized multiple times starting in her forties, included alcoholism, paranoia, and manic-depressive bipolar disorder. Unofficially, but going back as far as I … read more.
In Memory, 2019 – Tony Filipovitch
Prelude: Aretha Franklin, “Nessun Dorma” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF4tWLAW3lY) 0:37-4:25)
At the 1998 Grammys, Luciano Pavarotti was scheduled to sing the aria “Nessun Dorma” from the opera Turandot. As the show was on the air, his doctors cancelled his performance.
A quick note on … read more.
The Miracle of the Loaves & Fishes
Tony Filipovitch (4/28/19)
Synopsis: A mindset of abundance flows from a sense of personal worth and security. It is the confidence that there is plenty out there and enough to spare for everybody. It reaches out to possibilities, options, creativity. … read more.
Five Smooth Stones
Carrie Rice
July 22, 2018
Readings
Paul Rasor on definition of theology Faith Without Certainty, ppxvii-xviii
The term theology is often associated with arcane and academic or technical concepts that focus on abstract doctrines. But the purpose of theology is really quite simple. If religion … read more.
Images of the Sacred: Cultural Symbols, Evolution and Diffusion
Barbara Keating
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mankato
Sunday, June 3, 2018
The slides referenced in the previous document are from the this power point.
THE CARE AND FEEDING OF A NEW MINISTER – Tony Filipovitch
Reading: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince. Selections from Ch. XXI
Intro
Reminded of the story told about Ben Franklin, leaving Independence Hall in Philadelphia just after the Convention adopted the new Constitution. A bystander asked, “What … read more.
THE GUEST HOUSE – Sue Stevens Chambers
Ever since our election over a year ago, I have been listening. I have been hearing conflict, and listening to people on the media, people in my life talk about all the problems we face. Is the conflict … read more.
COURAGEOUS HOSPITALITY – Tony Filipovitch
Good morning, and welcome! As Kim mentioned, I’m Tony Filipovitch and I am a member of this congregation. In fact, although Kathy & I have officially been members since 1997, we have been Unitarian Universalists much longer. I remember, when we … read more.
IN MEMORY, 2017 – Tony Filipovitch
A popular trope in science fiction explores Schrodinger’s theory of multiple simultaneous universes—the “multiverse” (Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter is a particularly good recent example). You do not have to be an astrophysicist, however, to experience the multiverse. When anyone … read more.
