A VIEW FROM THE RELIGIOUS LEFT presentations by the Rev Dr Randolph WBBecker en-us THE ABYSS OF EDEN - the Rev. Dr. Randolph WB Becker - November 8, 2009 http://www.uufkw.org/abyss.mp3 One of the universal and abiding images of religion is of the primal place of perfection from which we humans have strayed. But, is striving to re-establish such a promised land more a dream or a nightmare? The sermon title is taken from a phrase by Victor Hugo in "Les Miserables." In that setting - intertwining love, duty, suffering, and revolutionary hope - he challenged the reader to consider how often what we seek as the prize may be a bittersweet prize indeed. Do we, as humans by seeking perfection, pretend to be gods and set ourselves up for failure? 2009-11-26 20:36:00 the Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker THE BISHOP IS NOT RETIRING - the Rev. Dr. Randolph WB Becker - November 15, 2009 http://www.uufkw.org/spong.mp3 Retired Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong has become a dangerous man! No longer beholden to the authority of ecclesiastical powers, freed of congregational politics, he has become emboldened to write and speak about religion in challenging and radically inclusive ways. He asks us all to join him in his search for that radical religion: will we? 2009-11-26 20:40:00 the Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker SETTING A REAL WELCOME TABLE - the Rev. Dr. Randolph WB Becker - November 22, 2009 http://www.uufkw.org/realwelcome.mp3 How would you set a table to welcome not only your friends but even your enemies? How would you set a table to include not only for the familiar but also for the strange, the alien? What are the spiritual foods of true welcome? 2009-11-26 20:43:00 the Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker HELLO MOTHER, HELLO FATHER - the Rev. Dr. Randolph WB Becker - December 6, 2009 http://www.uufkw.org/motherfather.mp3 The fifth of our series in re-consideting the "Ten Commandments." What did it mean to "honor thy father and thy mother," and what might it mean to us today? 2009-12-06 16:04:00 the Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker GOING THE DISTANCE FOR YOUR FAITH - the Rev. Dr. Randolph WB Becker - December 13, 2009 http://www.uufkw.org/goingdistance.mp3 A Hanukkah sermon - and more! Are you courageous enough to follow your faith to its most promising horizons? 2010-01-05 22:04:00 the Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE, ISABELLA- the Rev. Dr. Randolph WB Becker - December 20, 2009 http://www.uufkw.org/bringatorch.mp3 A Solstice sermon - and more! How do the ancient stories of the season illuminate our lives of today? 2010-01-05 22:14:00 the Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker WHAT PART OF "THOU SHALT NOT KILL" DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND - the Rev. Dr. Randolph WB Becker - January 3, 2010 http://www.uufkw.org/dontkill.mp3 The sixth of our series in re-consideting the "Ten Commandments." What did it mean that "thou shalt not kill" and what might it mean to us today? 2010-01-05 22:15:00 the Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker CAN NATIONS UNITED FULFILL THE GOALS OF THE UNITED NATIONS?- the Rev. Dr. Randolph WB Becker - January 10, 2010 http://www.uufkw.org/united.mp3 We affirm the vision of world community and "One Human Family," but can these ever be achieved through a uniting of nations? 2010-01-10 18:15:00 the Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker A DRUM MAJOR FOR RIGHTS: Celebrating Dr. King - the Rev. Dr. Randolph WB Becker - January 17, 2010 http://www.uufkw.org/drummajor.mp3 How shall we really commemorate Dr. King - making him a saint or something else? 2010-01-18 00:01:00 the Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker RELIGION AS PROCESS, NOT CONTENT - the Rev. Dr. Randolph WB Becker - January 24, 2010 http://www.uufkw.org/process.mp3 Thinking outside the box of religion being about the nature of a being and rather being about the being of nature. 2010-01-24 14:34:00 the Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker