Posted by Rev. David on June 5, 2011
The following were my words at the Tribute and Celebration of the ministry of Rev. Barbara Pescan, at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, on June 4th, 2011… I remember a day at General Assembly in Ft. Lauderdale in 2008. A few weeks after Barbara had sprinkled some pixie dust on me and I had magically [...]
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Posted by Rev. David on April 2, 2010
I am honored to announce that, on Sunday June 6th at 4pm, the Unitarian Church of Evanston, IL will Ordain me, David Pyle, as a Unitarian Universalist Minister. Visit the link below to RSVP. Fomal invitations will be mailed by the congregation soon to ministers, family, and colleagues. https://www.rsvpmenow.com/rsvpbeta/?id=20919 Yours in Faith, David
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Posted by Rev. David on January 24, 2010
I do not often post my sermons directly to the Blog here at Celestial Lands, but something is moving me to share this one here this morning. Perhaps because I have been so disappointed and depressed over some recent events in American Political History that this sermon, written a year ago, is also preaching to me [...]
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Posted by Rev. David on December 23, 2009
It was Christmas, so I called home. That may not sound like much, but after the day I had just had, it was everything in the world to me. I had woken up that morning in my bunkbed made of plywood and 2×4′s, in a bombed out hotel room in Sarajevo, Bosnia. There was no [...]
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Posted by Rev. David on January 20, 2009
In doing some research into the history of the Unitarian Church of Evanston, Illinois during the era of the Civil Rights Movement and the opposition to the war in Vietnam, I have come across a little known and courageous moment in American history. It is a moment that touches three distinct eras of my own [...]
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Posted by Rev. David on August 31, 2008
Today is the last day of my Internship and then Summer Ministry at the Unitarian Church of Evanston Illinois. It was a wonderful and formative experience, and I will miss being a part of the life of this wonderful congregation. Here is a link to the sermon I preached this morning for the congregation, entitled [...]
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