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Unity Church Ministerial Interns
- Lissa Gundlach, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2009-2010)
- Leon Dunkley, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2008-2009)
- Matt Alspaugh, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2007-2008)
- Jacqueline Duhart, Community Ministerial Intern (2007-2008)
- Teresa Schwartz, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2006-2007)
- Justin Schroeder, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2006-2007)
- Katie Lawson, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2005-2006)
- Dottie Mathews, United Theological Seminary Intern (2004-2006)
- Bill Neely, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2004-2005)
- Real Self-Reliance -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [June 13, 2010]
- On Sacrifice and Hope -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 30, 2010] Reflection -- Michael Orange
- A Larger Hope -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 9, 2010]
- Willing to be Changed by What We've Started -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 18, 2010]
- Practice Resurrection -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 4, 2010]
- Turning North -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 28, 2010]
- Walking the Talk -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 7, 2010]
- Setting the Course -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 17, 2010]
- Curiosity and Courage -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 3, 2010]
- What Are We Waiting For? -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 6, 2009]
- We're Here to Recruit You -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 11, 2009]
- A Job of Work to Do -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 27, 2009]
- Who Will Cry for Water -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 13, 2009]
- Keeping the Sabbath -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [June 7, 2009]
- I Will Not Let You Go -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 24, 2009]
- Redeem This -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 26, 2009]
- One More Redeemer -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 5, 2009]
- A Brief History of Sin -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 15, 2009]
- No Way, No How -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 11, 2009]
- The Silence of Jesus -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 7, 2008]
- Practicing Gratitude -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 16, 2008]
- Thank You George -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 2, 2008]
- What's in a Name? -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 14, 2008]
- What Every Soldier Needs -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 25, 2008]
- Our Sure Blossoming -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 18, 2008]
- Promises to Keep -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 30, 2008]
- Practice Resurrection -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 23, 2008]
- Know Your Place -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 10, 2008]
- This Work Will Break Your Heart -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 27, 2008]
- A Tolling of Bells -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 6, 2008]
- Love, the Guest -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 2, 2007]
- The Grace of the World -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 18, 2007]
- Identity and Violence -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 4, 2007]
- Shrink Wrap and Other Telling Terms -- Rob Eller-Isaacs[October 21, 2007]
- Faith Above All Fear -- Rob Eller-Isaacs[September 16, 2007]
- Promises to Keep -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 7, 2007]
- Peace Here at Home -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 3, 2006]
- Your Waves Washed Over Me -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 1, 2006]
- Gravity and Grace -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 9, 2006]
- Rising Tide -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 19, 2006]
- Cosmic Consciousness -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 5, 2006]
- Walk In Beauty -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 6, 2005]
- What Shadows Know -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 30, 2005]
- Why Me Lord? -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 23, 2005]
- To Begin Again in Love -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 2, 2005]
- The Rainbow Sign -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 11, 2005]
- No Other Desire: The Theology of Kahlil Gibran -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [June 19, 2005]
- No-Man's Land -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 29, 2005]
- In Our Hands -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 24, 2005]
- Choices We Make For Our Children -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 10, 2005]
- Nation Building Here at Home -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 30, 2005]
- Living By Heart -- Janne and Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 23, 2005]
- Wondering Who To Call -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 12, 2004]
- Bowing Before Brokenness -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 28, 2004]
- Where To? What's Next? -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 7, 2004]
- The Whiteness of the Whale -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 24, 2004]
- Our Lengthened Shadows -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 10, 2004]
- The Binding of Abraham -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 19, 2004]
- The Gladness of This Rhythm: The Theology of Rabindranath Tagor-- Rob Eller-Isaacs [June 6, 2004]
- Gone to Soldiers -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 30, 2004]
- Men at Work -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 16, 2004]
- ...And Throw Away The Key -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 18, 2004]
- Mary, the Mother of God -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 28, 2004]
- Who Do They Say That I Am -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 14, 2004]
- A Dream Deferred -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 22, 2004]
- These Sheltering Walls -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 25, 2004]
- Who is My Neighbor? -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 11, 2004]
- Gratitude: The Grammar of Our Lives -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [November 9, 2008]
- Forgiving Others -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [October 26, 2008]
- What is Faith -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [September 23, 2007]
- Sabbath Moments -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [June 4, 2006]
- Bringing Our Whole Selves Home -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [March 26, 2006]
- The Uses of Suffering -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [March 19, 2006]
- Better Angels -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [February 12, 2006]
- The Ripening Years -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [January 29, 2006]
- Yearning For Balance -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [November 13, 2005]
- The Call -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [September 18, 2005]
- You Can't Drown the Fire -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [February 27, 2005]
- Living By Heart -- Janne and Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 23, 2005]
- The Hope Freedom Creates (also known as "The Audacity of Hope") -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [October 31, 2004]
- A Place at the Table -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [October 3, 2004]
- To Infinity and Beyond -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [February 29, 2004]
- When Love Goes Bad -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [February 15, 2004]
Unity Church Ministerial Interns
Lissa Gundlach, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2009-2010)
- Transforming the Church -- Lissa Gundlach [April 11, 2010]
:Leon Dunkley, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2008-2009)
- Thank You Summer Days (36x30) -- Leon Dunkley [November 30, 2008]
Matt Alspaugh, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2007-2008)
- I Tripped and Fell -- Matt Alspaugh [February 24, 2008]
- Slaughter of the Innocents -- Matt Alspaugh [December 30, 2007]
- Joy in Integrity -- Matt Alspaugh [November 25, 2007]
Jacqueline Duhart, Community Ministerial Intern (2007-2008)
- Sins of Privilege -- Jacqueline Duhart [October 28, 2007]
Teresa Schwartz, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2006-2007)
- Life Wants to Live -- Teresa Schwartz [April 8, 2007]
- Perils of Perfection -- Teresa Schwartz [March 4, 2007]
- Deep Democracy -- Teresa Schwartz [January 21, 2007]
- Reflection (Christmas Eve) -- Teresa Schwartz [December 24, 2006)]
- Hand-In-Hand -- Teresa Schwartz [November 26, 2006)]
Justin Schroeder , Hallman Ministerial Intern (2006-2007)
- Fools, Foolishness, and Folly -- Justin Schroeder [April 1, 2007]
- Finding Security in an Insecure Age -- Justin Schroeder [March 18, 2007]
- Created Identity -- Justin Schroeder [February 18, 2007]
- Beloved Community -- Justin Schroeder [January 14, 2007]
- Rachel's Weeping -- Justin Schroeder [December 31, 2006]
- Are You On Philoxenia? -- Justin Schroeder [November 5, 2006]
Katie Lawson, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2005-2006)
- Into the Wild -- Katie Lawson [March 12, 2006]
- Finding Home -- Katie Lawson [January 22, 2006]
- For Love of Zero -- Katie Lawson [January 1, 2006]
- Hungering for Innocence -- Katie Lawson [November 27, 2005]
Dottie Matthews, United Theological Seminary Intern (2004-2006)
- What Wondrous Love -- Dottie Mathews [April 2, 2006]
- Manifest Destiny -- Dottie Mathews [February 26, 2006]
- Embracing Christmas Together -- Dottie Mathews [December 25, 2005]
Bill Neely, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2004-2005)
- Planting Peace -- Bill Neely [June 5, 2005]
- Fences and Freedom -- Bill Neely [April 3, 2005]
- The Difficult Embrace -- Bill Neely [February 6, 2005]
- Repairing Our Roots -- Bill Neely [December 26, 2004]
- Public Stands and Private Journeys -- Bill Neely [November 14, 2004]
- The Courage to Let Go: Surrender -- Rev. Don Southworth, Acting Director Unitarian Universalist Minister's Association [January 23, 2010]
- A Hyphen's Progress: A Journey of Faith, Identity and Belonging -- Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater [October 25, 2009]
- Dragged Kicking and Screaming into Heaven, Rev. Dr. Mark Morrison-Reed, [October 12, 2008]
- How Faith Endures -- Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, Fourth Universalist, New York [October 14, 2007]
- A Humble Vision -- Rev. Jen Crow, First Unitarian Church of Rochester, New York [January 28, 2007]
- A Fool's Errand -- Rev. Diane Miller, First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island [March 5, 2006]
- No One But Us -- Denny Davidoff [October 16, 2005]
- beliefnet.com -- Rev. Lisa Friedman [July 3, 2005]
- Jesus, Riding a Donkey, Speaks out on the Separation of Church and State -- Rev. David Keyes, Minister in Residence [March 13, 2005]
- Are We Saved? -- Rev. Gary Smith, First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts [October 17, 2004]
- Choose to Bless the World -- Rev. Rebecca Parker, Starr King School for the Ministry [September 26, 2004]
- The Bible as a Liberal Library -- Rev. Mark Belletini, First UU Church of Columbus, Ohio [August 8, 2004]
- A Quiver Full -- Kerri Meyer, Director of Religious Education [May 16, 2010]
- Suffering and the Sacred -- Luke Stevens-Royer, Coordinator of Youth and Campus Minstries [March 14, 2010]
- I Know It When I See It -- Karen Hering, Assitant Literary Minister [March 22, 2009]
- For the Bible Tells UUs So -- Kerri Meyer, Director of Religious Education [August 24, 2008]
- Godtalk: Theist Language and UU Children -- Kerri Meyer, Director of Religious Education [August 20, 2006]
- How Much for Me? How Much for Thee and We? -- Dane Smith [September 5, 2010]
- Shifting Sands, Shifting Truths -- Laura Schlatter [July 18, 2010]
- Is this a holy thing to see? -- Chico Hathaway [July 11, 2010]
- She Works Hard for the Money (And You Better Treat Her Right) -- Dane Smith [September 6, 2009]
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Defying Gravity -- Jenny Wilson [August 16, 2009]
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Religion Citizenship, and the American Life -- Chico Hathaway [July 12, 2009]
- The Teenage Test Kitchen: Recipes for a Human Life -- Youth of Unity Church [August 10, 2008]
- To Infinity and Beyond -- Craig Allen [July 20, 2008]
- Making the Effort -- Laura Smidzik [July 13, 2008]
- A Religious Look at the 4th of July -- Chico Hathaway [June 29, 2008]
- Keeping Faith With Our Church -- Estelle Brouwer [September 30, 2007]
- Soul in the Dilbert Zone -- Craig Allen [July 29, 2007]
- Conditions for Travel -- Jenny Wilson [August 13, 2006]
- Magical Merit -- Craig Allen [July 30, 2006]
- The Religion of Work -- Chico Hathaway [July 16, 2006]
- Pi, Jesus, and the USA: The Stories We Choose To Believe -- Chico Hathaway [August 28, 2005]
- Conversations on the Journey -- Richard Foushée [August 14, 2005]
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Hanging On, Letting Go: Making Sense of Ambiguous Loss -- Jenny Wilson [July 31, 2005]
- The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze -- Laura Schlatter [July 17, 2005]
- The Reality of Delusion -- Duncan Baird [June 26, 2005]
- Your Place -- Cary Eustis [February 20, 2005]
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