Sam Teitel

Unitarian Universalist Minister

 

Sermons

On this page you will find videos of a selection of my sermons. To find downloadable MP3’s of my recent sermons from The Church of the River, go to our sermoncast archive.

“Are You Cursed?”4/12/23

This is a recording of a sermon that I preached in Little Rock, Arkansas


Sermons from the Calvary Lenten Preaching Series

For the past few years I have preached at Calvary Episcopal Church every year as part of their legendary Lenten Preaching Series and Waffle Shop.

 

“Elisha and the Bears” 3/22/24

“If It Doesn’t Break When It Hits The Ground” 3/31/23

“Did You Get What You Came For?,” 4/9/19

“Sugar, Salt and Bacon Grease”, 3/2/18



"Leaving Home", 4/30/17

This was the first ever sermon that I preached at The Church of the River as part of my candidating week.

 

"Beginnings Into Endings Into Beginnings," 4/24/16

This is a homily that I gave at First Parish in Wayland's multi-generational Thanksgiving service.

 

Sermon Chap Books

Part of my ministry to The Church of the River is sending out booklets (what slam poets call "chap books”) of my sermons a couple times a year. They are available for download below.

To Resist Despair

This is a chap book of sermons that I gave during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

On Grace

This chap book compiles a sermon series I gave in January 2022 on the ways in which our families of origin affect our theological beliefs.

On Judas

This is a chap book from a series that I did in January of 2024 about the Gospel of Judas, and how we can and cannot control our own legacies. This picture also doesn’t do justice to how intensely green the cover was.