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Sermons given at UUCB, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley

A call to the heart, mind, and spirit from UUCB. Sharing weekly sermons given by our Settled Minister, Rev. Marcus Liefert, Minister of Congregational Life Rev. Dr. Kathryn Jay, and distinguished guest preachers including UU ministers and lay leaders, ministers from other denominations, rabbis, philosophers, and activists.

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(Sermon only) Alleluia Anyway Unitarian Universalist...

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2026/04/09

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley April 5, 2026 Alleluia Anyway Rev. Marcus Liefert Like each of our lives and the times we live in, the stories of Easter and Passover are rife with joy and struggle intertwined. With all that would bury us in the tomb, how do we rise up and sing alleluia anyway?

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(Sermon only) Sustaining Fire Unitarian Universalist...

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2026/03/30

Sustaining FireRev. Marcus Liefert To keep a flame burning, we watch and feed it so it does not go out. But fire can also be sustaining: offering warmth, light, and a place for people to gather. Our spiritual lives are rarely simple, and the work of love is complicated. We live within complexity—tending the fire of love and searching for clarity in its warmth.

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(Sermon only) Claimed By Ash Unitarian Universalist...

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2026/03/23

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley March 22, 2026 Claimed by Ash Rev. Marcus Liefert Before it can be transformed, loss must be witnessed. What can we learn from communities that have been shrouded in ash but refused to grieve alone?

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(Sermon only) Smoke and Memory Unitarian Universalist...

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2026/03/16

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley March 15, 2026 Smoke and Memory Rev. Marcus Liefert We are the inheritors of a tradition that believes in the sovereign self — the individual who chooses, who transforms, who transcends. But what do we do with the inheritance we never chose? How might we be led by Sankofa, the Akan symbol of the courage to turn and face what you’re already carrying?

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(Sermon only) Raging and Refining Unitarian...

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2026/03/10

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley March 8, 2026 Raging and Refining Rev. Marcus Liefert The prophet Malachi promises a refiner’s fire — patient, purposeful, transforming. But some fires don’t refine. They just rage.

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(Sermon only) The Good News Unitarian Universalist...

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2026/03/02

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley March 1, 2026 The Good News Rev. Kathryn Jay Unitarian Universalism can be hard to explain and we are often uncomfortable testifyng about the power of our faith. But what if we tried? We could be the spark of love that helps transform the world.

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The Good News Unitarian Universalist Church of...

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2026/03/02

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley March 1, 2026 The Good News Rev. Kathryn Jay Unitarian Universalism can be hard to explain and we are often uncomfortable testifyng about the power of our faith. But what if we tried? We could be the spark of love that helps transform the world.

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(Sermon only) The Value of Friction Unitarian...

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2026/02/24

Technological innovations have led to a more and more "frictionless" society. But what if friction is just what we need to grow our spirits and warm our souls?

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(Sermon only) Holding the Light Together UU Church of...

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2026/02/19

Rev. Marcus LiefertNo one window holds all the light; no one angle tells the whole truth. In a world shaped by dislocation, spiritual community can be a place where light is held in common, shadows are named without shame, and every room is trusted to be illumined by the same enduring source.

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(Sermon only) In The Light of Truth Unitarian...

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2026/02/09

Healing begins with honest reckoning. As civil rights activist James Baldwin reminds us, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Ministerial intern Liesl Dees draws on her experience in building solidarity with an Indigenous community to reflect on what courage and humility ask of us as we tell the truth about past harms—and begin the work of repair.

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Black History Month Service Unitarian Universalist...

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2026/02/02

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley February 1, 2026 People of Color Caucus (POCC) andRev. Marcus Liefert, Service Leaders

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(Sermon only) STAINED GLASS JOY Unitarian...

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2026/01/26

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley January 25, 2026 STAINED GLASS JOYRev. Marcus Liefert Joy rarely arrives as pure light. It is colored by grief, memory, fear, and longing—beautiful, complex, and sometimes fragile. We honor joy not as a reward for spiritual success, but as light refracted through real lives, asking how communities can celebrate brightness without demanding it.

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(Sermon only) JUSTICE IN THE LONG SHADOWS Unitarian...

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2026/01/20

Like most of our kind now and through history, we live our lives in the shadow of empire. Dislocation—the process of becoming separated from traditional cultural practices and connection to a specific place and people—casts long shadows. Injustice compounds dislocation, deepening shadows across lives already deprived of access to safety, dignity, and belonging. As we honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy, let us recommit to the multi-generational work of building a society that values

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(Sermon only) LETTING IN THE LIGHT AS IT COMES UU...

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2026/01/12

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley January 11, 2026 LETTING IN THE LIGHT AS IT COMESRev. Marcus Liefert “This living is a guesthouse,” wrote Mevlana Rumi, inviting us to welcome the whole wild array of our human experiences as guests. The light arrives in our guesthouse through many windows: sometimes glaring, sometime illuminating, sometimes distorting, always sourced in the sacred. In this worship series, we turn to exploring interior states with the slanting light of the midwinter sun

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(Sermon only) Unitarian Universalist Church of...

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2026/01/05

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley January 4, 2026 FLOWERS AND GARBAGE Liesl Dees, Intern Minister, Service Leader

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(Sermon only) From the Bedside Unitarian Universalist...

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2026/01/04

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley December 28, 2025 From the BedsideRev. Mr. Barb Greve Join Rev. Greve as he brings us to the bedside of his work as a hospice chaplain, inviting us to witness the ordinary and extraordinary that can occur as we near the end of our lives.

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(Sermon only) THE LONGEST NIGHT AND THE IRRESISTIBLE...

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2025/12/22

THE LONGEST NIGHT AND THE IRRESISTIBLE DAWNRev. Marcus Liefert We know the longest night will end. We know there will be a new day to come. So why are we so anxious all along the way?

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(Sermon only) Miracles Amidst the Rubble Unitarian...

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2025/12/16

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley December 14, 2025 MIRACLES AMIDST THE RUBBLERev. Marcus Liefert What if the true miracle is not that the oil lasted eight nights but that there is oil to burn at all? Perhaps you know more than you might think about living in the plundered, descrated remains of the temple. Perhaps even a miracle happened, even here.

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(Sermon only) Babies and the News Unitarian...

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2025/12/09

How are we supposed to hold all the desperation of our times and all the wonder of the season all at once? The journey to Bethlehem beckons, promising a mess of politics, poverty, unplanned pregenancy, braying animals, and a hope powerful enough to change the world.

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Emotional Accounting Unitarian Universalist Church of...

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2025/12/02

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley November 30, 2025 Emotional AccountingRev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern Giving: transferring something from one person's possession to another's. But which of the many possible ways, with their markedly different feelings and meanings, do we give? Giving can be joyful, or done out of duty, or inspired by fear, or motivated in any number of other ways--and while the effects look the same in our bank accounts, they are very different in our emotional and

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