Sermons and Talks
Interfaith Spirituality
INTERFAITH SPIRITUALITY Sermon given to the First Unitarian Church of Honolulu May 15, 2016 by Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Lynch “I have a dream. . . .” Between my first and second year of law school at the University of Idaho, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke those words at a Washington, D. […]
Advent and A New Beginning
Advent and A New Beginning Sermon by Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Lynch November 27, 2016 First Unitarian Church of Honolulu This is a sermon about creating a new beginning. We are a liberal / progressive community in a liberal / progressive state but on the day after November 8, 2016—the American election day for […]
The Omega Interpretation
THE OMEGA INTERPRETATION By Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Lynch Talk given to the UU Church of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico August 5, 2007 and San Juan, Texas, October 14, 2007 Introduction Many Christians see God as an ATM machine. You know how it works. You swipe a prayer in a machine possibly called church, […]
Religion in Crisis
RELIGION IN CRISIS By Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Lynch Presented at Biblioteca, August 6 and 13, 2009 San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico INTRODUCTION Religion today is in crisis. I am not talking about any one religion, as I am addressing religion in general. What I mean by crisis is that increasingly it is difficult […]
The Issue of a Personal God
The Issue of a Personal God By Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Lynch The God in the Torah seems quite different from the God of the New Testament and even of later portions of the Hebrew Bible. Yet, Christians and Jews consider that God to be the same. That difference centers around the question is if […]
