Category Archives: Standing on the Side of Love

Holding History: Honoring Indigenous Communities (sermon)

Posted on November 22, 2021 by KGJ

The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ November 21, 2021 Reverend Karen G. Johnston Holding history. That is this month’s Soul Matters theme.  This month is also Native American Heritage month. In just a few days most, if not all of … Continue reading →

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Mothers, Lost & Found

Posted on May 9, 2021 by KGJ

May 9, 2021 The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ Rachel, 22 and Rozenah, 6 weeks Sarah, 22, and Diannah, 7 months Hagar, 39, and Augustus, 4; Mary, 2 Christeen, 37 and Diana, 9, Dorcus, 1 I say these names of … Continue reading →

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V’ahavta by Aurora Levins Morales – video interpretation

Posted on April 18, 2021 by KGJ

The pandemic has brought to me is learning how to edit videos and create worshipful art in this way. Here is one of them. The powerful, mind-blowing, heart-breaking, heart-making poem, V’ahavta, by the powerful, down-to-earth, radical Aurora Levins Morales. Support … Continue reading →

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There Are More of Us Than There Are of Them (sermon)

Posted on January 11, 2021 by KGJ

There are more of us than there are of them. There are more of us walking with the wind. In November 2019, I raised to you these prayerful words from Sikh community activitist and author, Valerie Kaur What if this … Continue reading →

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The Impossibility of Universalism

Posted on September 27, 2020 by KGJ

Reverend Karen G. Johnston The Unitarian Society East Brunswick, NJ September 27, 2020 While Buddhism asserts that we all have Buddhanature – that at our core can be found a golden goodness – the roots of Unitarianism or Universalism does … Continue reading →

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Walking with the Wind by John Lewis

Posted on August 20, 2020 by KGJ

Here is a video story based on the prologue in John Lewis’ memoir, Walking with the Wind. This was originally used as a Time For All Ages during a Sunday worship at The Unitarian Society.

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Little People Living Love Out Loud (sermon)

Posted on November 4, 2018 by KGJ

The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick Reverend Karen G. Johnston   Our reading:   The sermon: Little people living love out loud. That’s what Kid President told us is ours to do. That’s what the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project is … Continue reading →

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No Hell Below Us: A Sermon for John Murray Day 2018 (sermon)

Posted on October 1, 2018 by KGJ

The Unitarian Society East Brunswick September 30, 2018   (This sermon was preceded by the poem, Monet Refuses the Operation.)     Are there Star Wars fans in the house?   Can I get a sense with a show of hands: … Continue reading →

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What We Lost Fifty Years Ago: Dr. King (sermon)

Posted on March 26, 2018 by KGJ

(A heads up: last Sunday, when I was not here, I was actually attending the 9am service at First Baptist of Lincoln Gardens, in Somerset.  If you are not familiar with First Baptist, it is a Black Baptist church with … Continue reading →

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There Are No Unsacred Places (sermon)

Posted on September 18, 2017 by KGJ

September 17, 2017 The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick (this sermon was delivered extemporaneously, though written in full ahead of time; the content is substantially the same, though minor changes exist between this text and the one preached) Place is important.  … Continue reading →

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