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Sermons by Galen Guengerich

Sermons by Galen Guengerich are listed below, in reverse chronological order, back to 1995. Sermons can be read online, or printed out. Beginning November 21, 2004, sermons are in PDF format.

A Steadiness of Days June 1, 2008
Where Chance Meets Necessity May 18, 2008
The World of Their Making May 4, 2008
The Triumph of Time and Enlightenment April 20, 2008
In Need of Music April 13, 2008
Wanting Everything March 23, 2008
The Admonitions of Beauty March 2, 2008
The Shadow of a Doubt February 24, 2008
To Bear the Light February 10, 2008
A Revolution of Values January 20, 2008
The Year of Living Radiantly January 13, 2008
Christmas Eve Homily December 24, 2007
The Best Season of Your Life December 2, 2007
Where a Standard Never Flew November 11, 2007
Church of the New Millennium November 4, 2007


Listen to the sermon and readings given at

The Service of Installation of Galen Guengerich

as 10th Minister of All Souls Church

October 28, 2007at 5:00 p.m.


Real Presence October 21, 2007
A Book of Hours October 14, 2007
A Real Fight September 30, 2007
From Faith to Religion September 16, 2007
Rosh Hashanah Homily September 13, 2007
The Things We Carry September 9, 2007
The Dangerous Edge of Things June 3, 2007
The Fullness of Life May 20, 2007
The Needs of Our Nature May 6, 2007
What's Good to Think April 22, 2007
When Darkness Becomes Desire April 8, 2007
The Folly of Despair March 18, 2007
The Full Weight March 11, 2007
The Issue of Religion February 25, 2007
A Place of Constant Beginning February 4, 2007
The Fragility of Goodness January 14, 2007

From Mennonite to Manhattan

January 7, 2007
Christmas Eve Homily December 24, 2006
The Chance of Happiness December 17, 2006
An Ethic of Gratitude December 3, 2006
A More Than Common Place November 19, 2006
The Secret of Success November 12, 2006
Faith in the Public Square November 5, 2006
Our Refuge and Hope October 22, 2006
The Discipline of Gratitude October 15, 2006
A Sudden Explosion of Faith October 1, 2006
The Cadence of Courage September 17, 2006
The Difference Principle June 4, 2006
The Vital Few May 21, 2006
Everything For Granted May 14, 2006
The Axis of Goodness April 30, 2006
The Opposite of Sin April 9, 2006
Remembrance of Things Future April 2, 2006
The Quintessence of Life March 12, 2006
Boulevard of Broken Dreams March 5, 2006
Dreamers of the Day February 5, 2006
A Tiny Ripple of Hope January 15, 2006
The Feast of Our Mortality January 8, 2006
Christmas Eve Homily December 24, 2005
The Music of Utopia December 11, 2005
The Witness and the Document December 4, 2005
A Single Thread of Light November 13, 2005
As Syllable is to Sound November 6, 2005
Nothing to Declare October 30, 2005
The Practice of Living October 16, 2005
A Universe of Possibility October 2, 2005
Halfway to Somewhere September 25, 2005
The City in the Sea September 11, 2005
Our Fire and Restless Force June 12, 2005
A Complicated Kindness May 22, 2005
The Value of One May 16, 2005
Optimism May 1, 2005
In Search of the Sublime
Delivered at King's Chapel, Boston
April 24, 2005
The Future of the Church April 17, 2005
Full Fidelity March 20, 2005
The End of Faith February 27, 2005
Standard of Living February 20, 2005
Through the Storm January 23, 2005
One Thing in Common January 2, 2005
A Merry Heart December 12, 2004
The First Stop on the Road December 5, 2004
The One and the Many November 21, 2004
Climb to the Light October 31, 2004
The Great Obligation October 3, 2004
I'm Sorry (Yom Kippur Service) September 24, 2004
Ceremony of Innocence September 19, 2004
Compound Interest May 23, 2004
A Gentle Shining May 9, 2004
The Harmony of Heaven and Earth April 18, 2004
A Middle Distance April 4, 2004
The Tender Light of Faith March 14, 2004
The Uses of Adversity February 15, 2004
An Ingenious Romance February 8, 2004
Under Pressure January 4, 2004
Prodigal of Love December 14, 2003
Everything and More November 23, 2003
The Shadows and the Dreaming November 2, 2003
A Readiness for Responsibility October 26, 2003
An Elaborate Excitement October 12, 2003
The Magic Show September 21, 2003
The Spirit Mind September 7, 2003
The Measure of All Things July 27, 2003
In Search of the Sublime June 1, 2003
The Center of the World May 11, 2003
Living By Choice May 4, 2003
This I Know April 13, 2003
Love's Fire April 6, 2003
The Echo of the Future March 9, 2003
The Gentle Sin February 16, 2003
The Night-Wind of the Past February 2, 2003
Angle of Vision January 5, 2003
The Light and The Silence December 21, 2002
The Feast of Your Life December 8, 2002
Democracy on Purpose November 3, 2002
Relatively Certain October 27, 2002
Intimate Convictions September 29, 2002
A Quantum Leap September 22, 2002
Yom Kippur September 15, 2002
9-11 Candlelighting Service September 11, 2002
The True Horizon August 11 , 2002
The Heart of the City July 21, 2002
The Cost of Living June 2, 2002
Coming of Age May 5, 2002
Never Alone April 28, 2002
True Faith March 24, 2002
Insurmountable Opportunities March 17, 2002
The Logic of Desire February 10, 2002
The Coherence of Commitment February 3, 2002
Peace of Mind January 1 3, 2002
Last Chance December 23, 2001
The Coming of the Dawn December 9 , 2001
The End and the Beginning November 11, 2001
A Fragile Happiness October 28 , 2001
What Is True For All October 14 , 2001
The Defining Moment September 30, 2001
The Shaking of the Foundations September 16, 2001
Good Earth July 15, 2001
Everlasting Fire July 8, 2001
And the Living is Easy June 3 , 2001
Architecture of Love May 13 , 2001
Signs and Wonders April 22 , 2001
Devoted to Imprecision April 8, 2001

No Specific Destination

April 1, 2001

Thin Air

Mar. 11, 2001

Mar. 4, 2001

A Temporary Condition

Feb. 4, 2001

Keeping Time

Jan. 7, 2001

The Fate of Pleasure

Dec. 3, 2000

Point of Fulcrum

Nov. 5, 2000

Tipping Toward the Light

Oct. 8, 2000

Something Left to Contemplate

Sept. 17, 2000

Through the Viewfinder

June 18, 2000

No Chance Matter

Apr. 9, 2000

At the River - Ives Service

Mar. 26, 2000

The Poetry of the Earth - Bernstein Service

Mar. 19, 2000

Love's Labor

Feb. 13, 2000

The Art of Failure

 Jan. 23, 2000

A Fragile Hope

Jan. 16, 2000

Star of Wonder

Dec. 24, 1999

The Nature of Things

Dec. 12. 1999

First Person Plural

Nov. 21, 1999

Hearts Touched With Fire

Nov. 7, 1999

Ordinary Time

Oct. 24, 1999

Virtue at the Testing Point

Oct. 17, 1999

The Bottom Line

Sept. 26, 1999

Something of Substance

Sept. 19, 1999

Wide Margins

May 16, 1999

Imperfect Information

May 9, 1999

Apr. 25, 1999
Mar. 28, 1999
Mar. 21, 1999
Mar. 7, 1999
Feb. 28, 1999
Feb. 14, 1999
Jan. 31, 1999
Dec. 24, 1998
Dec. 6, 1998
Nov. 15, 1998
Nov. 8, 1998
Oct. 25, 1998
Oct. 18, 1998
Sept. 27, 1998
Sept. 6, 1998
Aug. 16, 1998
July 12, 1998
May 3, 1998
Apr. 5, 1998
Mar. 29, 1998
Mar. 8, 1998
Feb. 15, 1998
Feb. 1, 1998
Jan. 11, 1998
Jan. 4, 1998
Dec. 7, 1997
Nov. 23, 1997
Nov.16, 1997
Oct. 19, 1997
Oct. 5, 1997
Dec. 24, 1996
Mar. 31, 1996
Mar. 17, 1996
Feb. 18, 1996
Feb. 11, 1996
Jan. 15, 1996
Dec. 3, 1995
Nov. 5, 1995
Oct. 8, 1995
Oct. 3, 1995
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