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University Public Worship is held every Sunday morning in Stanford Memorial Church at 10:00 am.

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2014

God Couldn’t Be Everywhere So God Created Mothers: Thoughts on Love and Loyalty For Mother’s Day 5/11/14
Living with the Risen Jesus by Dean Scotty McLennan 5/4/14
Stewards of the Earth by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 4/27/14
I Have Seen the Lord by Dean Scotty McLennan  4/20/14
Good Friday Sermon by Maggie Falenschek  4/18/14
Between the Calm and the Chaos by Rev. Joanne Sanders 4/13/14
Living Again on Earth (Not in Heaven) 4/6/14
Learning from Darkness by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 3/30/14
Water For Thirsty Landscapes and Lives by Rev. Joanne Sanders 3/23/14
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD… by Dean Scotty McLennan 3/16/14
THE DEVIL AND ST. FRANCIS by Rev. Dr. C. George Fitzgerald 3/9/14
THE SPIRITUAL MOUNTAIN by Dean Scotty McLennan 3/2/14
LEARNING AND DISCERNING: A CONVERSATION ABOUT EDUCATION AND SPIRIT by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann, Sarah Simone, and Virgil Zanders 2/23/14
RULES AND RELATIONSHIPS by Rev. C. George Fitzgerald 2/16/14
BREAKING THE COMMANDMENTS by Dean Scotty McLennan 2/9/14
Science and Religion: A Dialogue Sermon 2/2/14
THE MESSINESS OF JUSTICE by Rabbi Mychal Copeland 1/26/14
FROM DARK CORNERS OF THE NIGHT by Rev. John Harrison – Text not available 1/19/14
FROM NEW YEAR’S TO NEW YEAR’S IN TWO EASY WEEKS by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 1/12/14
IN THE BEGINNING by Dean Scotty McLennan 1/5/14

2013

GOOD SHEPHERDING by Dean Scotty McLennan

 12/8/13
ALIVE WITH GRATITUDE, AWAKE IN HOPE by Rev. Joanne Sanders 12/1/13

GOOD SHEPHERDING by Dean Scotty McLennan

 11/24/13

THE END TIMES by Dean Scotty McLennan

 11/17/13

Belonging to God by Rev. Wilma Reichard – Text Not Available

 11/10/13

Up a Tree and Out on a Limb for Jesus by Bishop Gene Robinson – Text Not Available

 11/3/13

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY HUMILITY by Rev. Joanne Sanders

 10/27/13

LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH by Dean Scotty McLennan

 10/20/13

JUSTICE, JUSTICE SHALL YOU PURSUE, IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY LIVE by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann

 10/13/13

INCREASE OUR FAITH by Dean Scotty McLennan

 10/6/13

STUDENT REFLECTION by Debra Linfield ’15

 9/29/13

STUDENT REFLECTION by Amy Harris ’14

 9/29/13

GOD AND WEALTH by Dean Scotty McLennan

 9/22/13

No Text Available – The Life of Faith in the Global Village by Rev. Dr. C. George Fitzgerald

 9/15/13

HATING ONE’S RELATIVES FOR CHRIST by Dean Scotty McLennan

 9/8/13

THE FUTURE OF RELIGION: OPPORTUNITY OR OBSTACLE? Part III: Reclaiming Identity: Reformation or Restriction? by Rev. Joanne Sanders

 9/1/13

THE FUTURE OF RELIGION: OPPORTUNITY OR OBSTACLE? Part II: Reimagining Religion: Renewal or Resistance? by Rev. Joanne Sanders

 8/25/13

THE FUTURE OF RELIGION: OPPORTUNITY OR OBSTACLE? Part I: Redefining Community: Rising or Retracting by Rev. Joanne Sanders

 8/18/13

FLANNERY O’CONNOR’S GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND by Dean Scotty McLennan

 8/11/13

LIVING LIKE PHILIP ROTH’S GHOST WRITER by Dean Scotty McLennan

 8/4/13
ALBERT CAMUS’ FALL by Dean Scotty McLennan 7/28/13
NADINE GORDIMER’S LATE BOURGEOIS WORLD AND BEYOND by Dean Scotty McLennan 7/21/13
SUSTAIN ME WITH RAISIN CAKES; REFRESH ME WITH APPLES by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 7/14/13
THE VOICE OF THE TURTLEDOVE IS HEARD IN THE LAND by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 7/7/13
LET ME BE A SEAL UPON YOUR HEART by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 6/30/13
THE USE OF POWER by Rev. Susan Scott 6/23/13
No University Public Worship – Commencement Weekend 6/16/13
STORIES OF WELCOME AND SERVICE by Stanford Seniors – Text Not Available 6/9/13
A LIVED FAITH: WHEN LOVE BREAKS THROUGH by Rev. Joanne Sanders 6/2/13
LIVING IN HOPE by Rev. Dr. C. George Fitzgerald 5/26/13
FACES OF GOD by Dean Scotty McLennan 5/19/13
LOT AND LOVING THE STRANGER by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 5/12/13
OPENING TO POSSIBILITY by Rev. Wilma Reichard 5/5/13
HOW SKEPTICS AND BELIEVERS CAN CONNECT with Professor Tanya Lurhmann and Dean Scotty McLennan 4/28/13
Coming Soon 4/21/13
RELUCTANT CHRISTIANS by Dean Scotty McLennan 4/14/13
RENOVATING RITUAL: THE BALANCING ACT BRIDGING THE PAST AND THE FUTURE by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 4/7/13
FROM REJECTION TO CORNERSTONE by Dean Scotty McLennan 3/31/13
DECEPTION OR HOPE? AND THE VERDICT by Robert Anderson 3/24/13
EMANCIPATING PEOPLE by Dr. Robert Franklin 3/17/13
ANTICIPATING EASTER, PREPARING FOR PASSOVER by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 3/10/13
HOLY LONGING, HOLY THREADS by Rev. Joanne Sanders 3/3/13
STUDENT REFLECTION by Phani Aetukuri, Ph.D. candidate 2/24/13
STUDENT REFLECTION by Taylor Winfield ’13 2/24/13
CONFORMING AND TRANSFORMING by Rev. Dr. C. George Fitzgerald 2/17/13
SUSTAINING CREATION by Dean Scotty McLennan 2/10/13
SCIENCE & RELIGION: A DIALOGUE SERMON by Professor Bill Durham and Dean Scotty McLennan 2/3/13
I HAVE A DREAM MEETS MORAL GRANDEUR AND SPIRITUAL AUDACITY by Rev. Patricia Karlin-Neumann 1/27/13
MARTIN LUTHER KING’S LIBERAL CHRISTIANITY by Dean Scotty McLennan 1/20/13
KEEP FRESH OUR HIGH RESOLVE by Rev. Joanne Sanders 1/13/13
GOLD AND FRANKINCENSE by Dean Scotty McLennan 1/6/13
No Sermon Available – JUST A TOUCH OF FAITH by Rev. John Harrison 12/30/12

2012

GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY by Dean Scotty McLennan 12/24/12
No Sermon Available – FISCAL CLAUS by Rev. Joanne Sanders 12/24/12
WAITING AND WONDERING by Rev. Joanne Sanders 12/23/12
GOOD NEWS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST by Dean Scotty McLennan 12/16/12
WHAT THEN SHALL WE DO? by Rev. Joanne Sanders 12/9/12
LIVING IN THE END TIMES by Dean Scotty McLennan 12/2/12
HOLIDAYS, HOSPITALITY AND HEART by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 11/25/12
VOICE OF CONSCIENCE by Dean Scotty McLennan 11/18/12
HEARTS OF SUBSTANCE by Rev. Joanne Sanders 11/11/12
No Sermon Available – Baptism Sunday, Ms. Mary C. Greene preaching 11/4/12
SO REMIND ME: WHAT EXACTLY BELONGS TO CAESAR? by Rev. Rosa Lee Harden 10/28/12
HUMILITY by Dean Scotty McLennan 10/21/12
WHAT MONEY SHOULDN’T BUY by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 10/14/12
PILGRIMAGE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE by Dean Scotty McLennan 10/7/12
REFLECTION by Rasheedat Zakare-Fagbamila ’13 9/30/12
REFLECTION by Ross Feehan, MS candidate 9/30/12
STARTING TO WALK by Dean Scotty McLennan 9/23/12
LEARNING FROM WISDOM by Dean Scotty McLennan 9/16/12
REMEMBERING 9/11: HOW MIGHT WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 9/9/12
ARISE MY LOVE: ON SEEING A WORLD IN GRACE by Rev. Joanne Sanders 9/2/12
PRAY AT ALL TIMES: ON CHALLENGING POWERS AND PRINCIPALITIES by Rev. Joanne Sanders 8/26/12
DO NOT BE FOOLISH: ON CREATING THE COMMON GOOD by Rev. Joanne Sanders 8/19/12
KILLING ONE’S CHILDREN IN ISHIGURO’S “ARTIST OF A FLOATING WORLD” by Dean Scotty McLennan 8/12/12
FOOD THAT PERISHES IN MAHFOUZ’S “MIRAMAR” by Dean Scotty McLennan 8/5/12
THE SIN OF WRATH: RELIGION AND POLITICS by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 7/29/12
THE SIN OF PRIDE: RELIGION AND THE SELF by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 7/22/12
THE SIN OF GREED: RELIGION AND MONEY by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 7/15/12
WELCOMING PROPHETS by Rev. Dr. C. George Fitzgerald 7/8/12
HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN IN ACHEBE’S “NO LONGER AT EASE” by Dean Scotty McLennan 7/1/12
FEAR AND FAITH IN HAMID’S “RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST” by Dean Scotty McLennan 6/24/12
No University Public Worship – Commencement Weekend 6/17/12
HOMES: A REFLECTION by Adelaide Oneal ’12 & Heidi Thorsen ’12 6/10/12
ABOUT TO LEAVE…by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 6/3/12
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH by Dean Scotty McLennan 5/27/12
OPENING MINDS TO THE SCRIPTURES by Dean Scotty McLennan 5/20/12
THE NATURE OF NURTURE by Rev. Joanne Sanders 5/13/12
Sermon not available. Rev. Wilma Reichard 5/6/12
ANTICIPATING MAY DAY: LABOR AND LIFE by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 4/29/12
TO WHAT DO WE ASPIRE? by Rev. Joanne Sanders 4/22/12
DOUBTING THOMAS by Dean Scotty McLennan 4/15/12
RESURRECTION DAY by Dean Scotty McLennan 4/8/12
ENTERING INTO THE PASSION OF CHRIST by Rev. Susan Scott 4/1/12
Sermon not available 3/25/12
THE WAY TO THE PROMISED LAND by Dean Scotty McLennan 3/18/12
REACHING ACROSS A GREAT DIVIDE: ACTING IN THE INTERESTS OF PEACE by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 3/11/12
TRANSITION TIME by Rev. Dr. C. George Fitzgerald 3/4/12
REFLECTION by Jenna Nicholas ’12 2/26/12
REFLECTION by Hannah Kopp-Yates ’12 2/26/12
WILDERNESS EXAMS by Rev. Joanne Sanders 2/19/12
CAN WE LISTEN TO PROPHETS? by Dean Scotty McLennan 2/12/12
SCIENCE AND RELIGION: A DIALOGUE SERMON by Professor Douglas Osheroff and Dean Scotty McLennan 2/5/12
WHO ARE OUR PROPHETS NOW? by Dean Scotty McLennan 1/29/12
REFLECTION by Michael Tubbs ’12 1/22/12
REFLECTION by Rachel Kelley ’12 1/22/12
THE BELOVED COMMUNITY by Bishop Yvette Flunder 1/15/12
STARTING AFRESH by Dean Scotty McLennan 1/8/12
CROSSING INTO 2012 by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann 1/1/12