All Posts by Glenn Barrows

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Community

Whole Souul Living CommunityCommunity is our Whole Souul Living Theme for May. In a wonderful allegory, Rev. Barbara Pescan wrote: One of the old ones stood up into the morning light and spoke to those who had come back to the river: “Now we have come again to this place; it is a good thing. […]

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A Piece of Mike Mind

A Piece of Mike MindIn this month when our Whole SoUUl Living Theme is Spiritual Practices, I am thinking about reciprocity, the counter-cultural discipline of mutual relationships, understanding where things come from and what makes for right relationships among people and the Earth.  More specifically, I’m thinking of reciprocity in the context of the news […]

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Pastoral Letter to First Unitarian Denver

Pastoral Letter to First Unitarian DenverSeveral people have asked me recently, “How are you doing, knowing that Rev. Beth is leaving?” The short answer is, “Well, I wish she wasn’t!” But that’s only a small piece of the real answer. Rev. Beth has done good work with us. Her style and strengths are different than […]

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Sermon – Spending and Being Spent

​Spending and Being SpentSermon for 1st Unitarian Society of Denver, by Rev. Mike Morran, delievered January 2, 2011​​We are going to have some fun this month because our Whole Souul Living Theme is Economy. And I know, I know. Economy? What does that have to do with church? Or with a spiritual life? Or with […]

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Sermon – First Things First

​Sermon – First Things FirstFirst Things First​Sermon delivered by Rev. Mike Morran on November 7, 2010 at First Unitarian Society of Denver Call to Worship​Words by Clarke Wells Once upon a time there was a magician who didn’t know he was one because no one ever told him he was, and besides he had been taught from […]

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Sermon – The Devil is in the Details

​Sermon – The Devil is in the DetailsSermon for 1st Unitarian Society of Denver, by Rev. Mike Morran, delivered February 6, 2011 Our Whole Souul Living Theme for the month of February is Evil. And while it might seem strange to hold up an ancient concept like Evil in the context of a modern, liberal church, […]

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Sermon – Civil Rights-Religious Roots

​Sermon – Civil Rights-Religious RootsSermon for First Unitarian Denver by Rev. Mike Morran, all rights reserved Reading, from Dr. Vincent Harding:”We who must now continue to wrestle with the growing reality of economic injustice in America, we who are challenged to face the fact that this nation has no humane future if it does not deal […]

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