Sermons

Guest Speakers

The Rev Lisa Doege

The Rev Dana Reynolds

The Rev Don Rollins

The Rev Sarah Oelberg

The Rev Harold Babcock

The Rev Amandus Norman

The Rev Kristofer Janson

Guest Speakers

the Rev.
Laurie Bushbaum

Winter Faith
and
Summer Faith
December 3, 2023

the Rev.
Karen Hutt

Democracy:
Permeable or Permanent?
March 26, 2017

Terri Burnor

Candidate for ministry
&
A 2015 graduate of New Brighton Theological Seminary

Bearing Witness to the Dakota People:
At Standing Rock and in Minnesota
(AUDIO FILE ONLY)
Nov 27, 2016

Chad Snyder

Michael Servetus Unitarian Society

We might be wrong:
The sin of certainty in an uncertain life
May 1, 2016

Bruce Peck

Dakota UU Church

Problems With Belief
April 3, 2016

Steve Kipp

Professor of Astronomy
MSU Mankato

Unitarian Universalists and the Universe
February 14, 2016

Fr. Jacek Soroka

Fr. Jacek Soroka is a hospital/hospice chaplain at Immanuel St. Joseph's - Mayo Health System in Mankato, Minnesota.

Sister Death,
Spiritual Needs at the End of Life
(AUDIO FILE ONLY)
Aug. 23, 2009

the Rev.
David Danielson

Echos Of Drude
May 31, 2009

Colleen Tasto

Trusting Your Truth
Mar. 8, 2009

Marlene Lange
Peer Counselor

Learning the Lessons of Love, Gratitude & Service
Feb. 8, 2009

the Rev. Ursula Clara Christ
Interfaith Minister

Friendship Through Difference and Difficulty
Feb. 28, 2010
Personal Experience
and Connection with God
Jan. 11, 2009
Ego vs. Self
March 9, 2008

Dr. Karen
A. Larson

Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

American Culture and Terrorism
Sept. 11, 2005

the Rev.
Lisa Friedman

UU Fellowship of Mankato, MN

Unitarian Universalist Practice
Nov. 14, 2004

Sermons by the Rev. Lisa Doege, at Nora from 2009-2022

- 2021 -

Sermons Streamed During The Pandemic

- 2020 -

Sermons Streamed During The Pandemic
Let It Be a Prayer - Oct 18, 2020

- 2019 -

Now What? - Apr 28, 2019
Wild Things in Church - Mar 17, 2019
Sweeping Away Cobwebs—Or Not - Mar 10, 2019
Keeping Rhythm - Mar 3, 2019
Now it Begins? - Feb 3, 2019
The Word of the Year - Jan 20, 2019
Hawks On Lampposts - Jan 13, 2019
Going Home Another Way - Jan 6, 2019

- 2018 -

To Hear the Angels Sing - Dec 23, 2018
Still the Days Grow Dark - Dec 16, 2018
Thanks A Lot! - Nov 18, 2018
Made to Order - Nov 11, 2018
Remember Me - Nov 4, 2018
Deep Hunger & Deep Gladness - Sep 16, 2018
It Matters What We Believe - Sep 2, 2018
To What End? - Aug 26, 2018

- 2017 -

Egy Az Isten (God is One) - Aug 6, 2017

- 2015 -

We Gather Together - Aug 16, 2015

- 2011 -

Glad Tidings of Great Joy - Dec 25, 2011
Holy the Dark - Dec 18, 2011
Why Believe? - Dec 11, 2011
It Came Just the Same - Dec 4, 2011

Sermon Exchange between
Nora UU Church, Hanska, Mn, USA
&
Unitarian Church of Benced, Romania

Dear Ildiko and members of the Benced church,

I send you greetings from your partner church here in Minnesota, Nora Unitarian Universalist Church. I hope that this finds you well and prospering. We are excited to view this sermon exchange as the beginning of a period of creative partnership, allowing our members to get to know one another across the miles.

I am eager to read Ildiko’s words to my congregation. I will send along their responses to her sermon and I hope I will receive your response to my words as well. In the weeks to come our children will send pictures and letters to your children.

Blessings to you all now and as winter approaches.

In our shared faith,

Lisa Doege

Faith Worth Dying For;
Freedom Worth Living For - Oct 23, 2011
Sermon by Rev. Ildiko Makkai-Ilkei of Benced, Romania - Oct 23, 2011

On the Importance of Being Religious - Sep 18, 2011
The People Who Brought You the Weekend - Sep 4, 2011
Now as Then - Aug 28, 2011
Feeling Good or Doing Good - Mar 6, 2011
Seeing a Shadow - Feb 6, 2011
So What's New? (2) - Jan 23, 2011
Seven of Nine (one of 7,000,000,000) - Jan 16, 2011
So What's New? (1) - Jan 9, 2011

- 2010 -

Dim, Sum, Tapas and Stone Soup - Oct 3, 2010
Drinking the Kool Aid - Sep. 5, 2010
We Need Not Think Alike to Love Alike - Aug. 29, 2010
We Dare Not Fence the Spirit - Aug. 22, 2010
Kissing & Scolding - May 9, 2010
Budget Barbie & We’ll Get By Will - Apr. 18, 2010
Snips & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails - Apr. 11, 2010
Not in the Tomb - Apr. 4, 2010
Balancing Eggs - Mar. 21, 2010
What’s in a Name? - Mar. 14, 2010
This One’s for the Girls - Mar. 7, 2010
Theological Footnotes - Feb. 21, 2010
Now What? - Jan. 10, 2010

- 2009 -

Filling the Horn of Plenty - Nov. 22, 2009
Answering the Call to Service - Nov. 8, 2009
And the Dead in Sacred Memory - Nov. 1, 2009
Celebrating Ordinary Time - Oct. 18, 2009
By What Authority? - Oct. 11, 2009
Before Us, A Smorgasbord - Oct. 4, 2009
Rebels (With Causes) - Sep. 27, 2009
Just Seven Words - Sep. 20, 2009
The Brilliance & Blessing of Gathering - Sep. 13, 2009

Sermons by the Rev. Dana Reynolds, at Nora from 2008-2009

- 2008 -

Religion as Jesus Taught It (Nov. 23)
When Thomas Jefferrson Guessed Wrong (Oct. 5)
Engaging Our Theological Diversity (Sep. 28)

Sermons by the Rev. Don Rollins, at Nora from 2004-2008

- 2008 -

A Window And A Door: Whose Church Is This? (Jun. 8)
Pharaoh Finally Gets It ... Sort of (Apr. 20)
Jeremiah Was A Bulldog (Apr. 6)
And Now You Know The Rest Of The Story (Mar. 23)
Jimi Hendrix as Spiritual Guide (Feb. 24)
Jackie Robinson And Lary Doby As Spiritual Guides (Feb. 17)
Billie Holiday As Spiritual Guide (Feb. 3)
Time Flies Like An Eage, Fruit Flies Like A Banana: Does Your Soul Ever Laugh? (Jan. 13)

- 2007 -

A Religious Liberal’s Christmas (Dec. 23)
Hope Is Dead: Long Live Hope! (Dec. 16)
Worship: Why We Do What We Do (Dec. 2)
Fading Light: The Spirit & Seasonal Affective Disorder (Nov. 4)
Association Sunday (Oct. 21)
Lyndon Johnson, Peter Benchley & Nora Church (Sept. 16)
Grief Work (Sept. 2)
Affirming Faith: Lessons from Lutheranism (Aug. 26)
Affirming Tradition: Lessons from Roman Catholicism (Aug. 19)
Iraq: God And War (Mar. 18)
Aging as Spiritual Guide (Feb. 18)

- 2006 -

Which Christmas Don’t You Celebrate? (Dec. 17)
Public Education in Crisis (Nov. 5)
Top 10 Reasons That Liberal Religion Matters (Oct. 1)
What If? (Aug. 27)
Faith at Fifty (Jun. 11)
Questions (Apr. 23)
Resurrection: The Ultimate Metaphor (Apr. 16)

- 2005 -

Abortion and Liberal Religion (Oct. 23)
Stories from Church (Oct. 2, 2005)
Why God Is A Baseball Fan (Sept. 25)
Unitarian Universalism Simplified (Sept. 18)
Theism Is Dead: Long Live God! (Aug. 21)
Mission, Music & Money (Aug. 14)

- 2004 -

Johnny Cash for President: 2008 (Sept. 19)

Sermons by the Rev. Sarah Oelberg, at Nora from 1991-2003

- 2003 -

Feasting, Fasting and Famine (Nov. 23)
Deception, Deceit and Dishonesty (Oct. 12)
The Story of Jonah (Oct. 5)
Tradition: Blessing or Curse (Sept. 28)
Drawing On The Divine (Apr. 6)
Peace On Earth Or Peace Within? (Mar. 23)
Spirituality Without God (Feb. 9)
Heroes And Heretics (Feb. 2)

- 2002 -

War And Peace (Nov. 10)
Roots of the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict (Sept. 22)
It's A Grand Old Flag (Jun. 16)
Great Emancipators (Feb. 10)
Whose Side Is God On? (Feb. 3)
Moral Challenges of Globalization (Jan. 13)

- 2001 -

Sermons by the Rev. Harold Babcock, at Nora from 1983-1986

The View from the Heartland
Presented at his home church on September 18, 2005.
Witnesses to Mortality
Presented at Nora church on February 24, 2002.
Sightless Among Miracles
Presented at his home church on September 17, 2000.

A Sermon by the Rev. Amandus Norman, at Nora from 1883-1931

Kristofer Janson
- As Man, Poet, and Religious Reformer (1931)

the Rev. Kristofer Janson, 1^st Minister at Nora, 1881-1883

The Religious Views of Bjørnson and Ibsen (1910)

Bjørnson and Ibsen were close friends of our first minister, and this address by Kirstofeer Janson gives us insight into why they are venerated in our church.