University Public Worship is held every Sunday morning in Stanford Memorial Church at 10:00 am.
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| Radical Healing by The Rev. Dereca Blackmon – TEXT NOT AVAILBLE ON-LINE | 09/27/15 |
| The Call to Leadership by Dean Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 09/20/15 |
| Thin Places, Divine Things by The Rev. Joanne Sanders – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 09/13/15 |
| Labor, Leisure and Longing by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 09/06/15 |
| Poetry & the Inner Search – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 08/30/15 |
| Poetry & Praise by Dean Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 08/23/15 |
| Meditation, Mystery and Astonishment by The Rev. Joanne Sanders – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 08/16/15 |
| Talking our way in poetry & midrash by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 08/09/15 |
| Friends before and after “friending” by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 08/02/15 |
| Back to Business by the Rev. John Harrison – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 07/26/15 |
| Meditation, Mystery and Astonishment: Poetry of Mary Oliver by The Rev. Joanne Sanders – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 07/19/15 |
| John, Challenge and Comfort by Fr. Xavier Lavagetto | 07/12/15 |
| Open my lips that my mouth declare glory by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 07/05/15 |
| The Poet’s Glimpse into Infinity by The Rev. Wendy Smith | 06/28/15 |
| Poetry and the Mystery of Faith by The Rev. Professor Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 06/21/15 |
| COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND | 06/14/15 |
| Lessons Learned from Faith During my Time at Stanford by Patrick Cirenza – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 06/07/15 |
| Starting Over by The Rev. Joanne Sanders – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 05/31/15 |
| Holy Comforter. Holy Disturber by Dean Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 05/24/15 |
| Loving the Whole World One Person At a Time by The Rev. Becca Stevens – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 05/17/15 |
| Giving Birth to the Future: Reflections for Mother’s Day by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 05/10/15 |
| New Life Again! by Dean Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE | 05/03/15 |
| “Can’t We All Just Get Along?:” Learning to Listen Despite Difference by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 04/26/15 |
| You Are Witnesses of These Things by The Rev. Joanne Sanders – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 04/19/15 |
| Doubts, Differences, Doings by The Rev. Dr. Keith Riglin – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 04/12/15 |
| New Life by Dean Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 04/05/15 |
| Chaos of Love by The Rev. Joanne Sanders – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 03/29/15 |
| Lent & Liberation – Finding Your Way Home by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 03/22/15 |
| Look and Live by The Rev. Dr. Maurice Charles | 03/15/15 |
| Missing Miracles for the ‘Signs’ by Caitie Daphtary | 03/08/15 |
| The Examined Life by Dean Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 03/01/15 |
| The Wisdom of Wilderness by The Rev. Joanne Sanders – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 02/22/15 |
| They Shall See God by Dean Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 02/15/15 |
| Science and Religion by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 02/08/15 |
| The Exorcism of our Economism by the Rev. Brian E. Konkol | 02/01/15 |
| Dr. King’s Urge to Go Beyond Relying on the Wheels of Inevitability by Elizabeth Woodson | 01/25/15 |
| Martin Luther King Jr., Vocation and Prophecy by Dean Jane Shaw- TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 01/18/15 |
| Beyond Resolutions and Hangovers by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 01/11/15 |
| Journeys by The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 01/04/15 |
| Keep Fresh Our High Resolve by The Rev. Joanne Sanders | 12/28/14 |
| Mary’s Song by The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 12/21/14 |
| Preparing for the Spiritual Season by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 12/14/14 |
| Tidings of Comfort and Joy by The Rev. Mark Birch – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 12/7/14 |
| Waiting and Watching for God by The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 11/30/14 |
| The Least of These and The Most of Us by The Rev. Joanne Sanders | 11/23/14 |
| Mercy and Meritocracy: New Testament Economics by The Rev. Rebecca Lyman | 11/16/14 |
| Conceiving a Technological God by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 11/9/14 |
| To Be a Blessing by The Rev. Joanne Sanders | 11/2/14 |
| Remembering by The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 10/26/14 |
| Dispelling the Dark Clouds of Shame by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 10/19/14 |
| Feast and Famine by The Rev. Joanne Sanders | 10/12/14 |
| Commandments? Parables? Empathy? How Do We ‘Do’ Ethics in the 21st Century? by The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE | 10/5/14 |
| Learning with Love by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 9/28/14 |
| God of Abundance, God of New Beginnings by The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw – TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ON-LINE | 9/21/14 |
| How Often Should I Forgive? by Rev. Joanne Sanders | 9/14/14 |
| Building Community by Rev. Susan Scott | 9/7/14 |
| God Is Still On The Throne by Rev. John Harrison TEXT NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE | 8/31/14 |
| On Spiritual Convictions and What Matters Most: Community Restores Life by Rev. Joanne Sanders | 8/24/14 |
| On Spiritual Convictions and What Matters Most: Hope is a Muscle by Rev. Joanne Sanders | 8/17/14 |
| On Spiritual Convictions and What Matters Most: The Economy of Grace by Rev. Joanne Sanders | 8/10/14 |
| Matters of Conscience III: The obligation to obey, the obligation to disobey and how to tell the difference? by Rabbi Patricia Karlin – Neumann |
8/3/14 |
| Matters of Conscience II: The Religious Obligation to Disobey by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 7/27/14 |
| Matters of Conscience I: The Religious Obligation to Obey by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 7/20/14 |
| Leo Tolstoy’s Death of Ivan Ilyich by Dean Scotty McLennan | 7/13/14 |
| Willa Cather’s O Pioneers! by Dean Scotty McLennan | 7/6/14 |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby by Dean Scotty McLennan | 6/29/14 |
| The Prodigals by Rev. Dr. C. George Fitzgerald | 6/22/14 |
| No sermon available due to Commencement Weekend | 6/15/14 |
| Setting A Place at the Table by Annie Graham & Jovel Queirolo – sermon not available | 6/8/14 |
| Deep Friendship By Rev. Brent Coffin | 6/1/14 |
| Living in Hope by Rev. Dr. C. George Fitzgerald | 5/25/14 |
| Chosen and Precious in God’s Sight by Rev. Susan Scott – sermon not available | 5/18/14 |
| God Couldn’t Be Everywhere So God Created Mothers: Thoughts on Love and Loyalty For Mother’s Day by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | 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 |
Matters of Conscience II: The Religious Obligation to Disobey
2014
