All Souls Church Unitarian Podcast

Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, December 4, 2016

People often ask what gives me hope. Yet hope isn’t so much a gift as it is a spiritual discipline. It is the fruit of conscious decisions and actions that we take in our lives. Hope is a journey.

Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, October 16, 2016

To be a person of faith is to believe that what others call “impossible” is, in fact, possible. We are called to be the people who make the impossible possible.

Generosity Sunday is the day we bring forth or pledges of financial support for the upcoming church year.

Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, December 3, 2017

The popular hymn “Amazing Grace” includes the line, “Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved.” How does grace give us the courage to face our fears?

Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, October 15, 2017

Income inequality has reached Gilded Age proportions. Nations build walls along borders and declare some human beings “illegal.” Aid to the poor and vulnerable is on the chopping block while corporate America awaits another tax cut. Big money, foreign hackers, and vote suppressors undermine our democracy. This Sunday I want to lift up a different vision, a vision of a world of generosity, mutuality, and justice–a shared world.

Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, February 12, 2017

Compassion is an essential ingredient in the Beloved Community. In these dark times, our ability to summon compassion could mean the difference between a long, dark night and the dawning of a new day.