Marilyn Sewell

Marilyn Sewell is a writer, leader, activist, and speaker. She is the Minister Emerita of the First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon, where she served as the Senior Minister for seventeen years before she retired. She has edited or authored ten books, her latest a memoir, Raw Faith: Following the Thread.

From Marilyn Sewell

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Marilyn Sewell offers insightful, compassionate slices of life that will bring laughter and, at the same time, take you deeper into the mysteries of life.

Book | By Marilyn Sewell

Six leaders reflect on activism and religious identity in a racially and politically charged era.

Feature | By Takiyah Nur Amin, Robin Bartlett, Ranwa Hammamy, Paul Rasor, Marilyn Sewell, Pamela Wat | November 1, 2017 | From UU World

Groundbreaking anthology for women searching for spiritual guideposts to the second half of life.

Book | By Marilyn Sewell | From Beacon Press
Book | By Marilyn Sewell | From Beacon Press

Radical hospitality. Radical means “out of the ordinary,” “revolutionary,” even. So what would it mean to receive someone—a stranger—with a presence that was not just polite, but to receive them with revolutionary generosity? Activist Rosemarie Harding remembers her growing-up days, in...

Sermon | By Marilyn Sewell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

Come into this circle of love and justice, Come into this community where we can dream and Believe in those dreams— Come into this holy space where we remember who we are And how we want to live. Come now, and let us worship together!

Opening | By Marilyn Sewell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

Father, Mother God, here we are together—rich and poor; educated and not so well educated; gay and straight; democrats and republicans; some of us with light skin, some of us with darker; some of us walking, some of us unable to walk: none of us as whole as we would like to be—help us to know...

Meditation | By Marilyn Sewell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

The early settlers who risked life and limb to come to this land—a land strange and unknown, but full of promise—these early settlers had a dream. That dream included freedom to worship as they wished; it included the opportunity to prosper, if they were willing to work hard; it included the...

Sermon | By Marilyn Sewell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

Unitarian Universalism is a religious movement that no longer takes religion seriously.

Feature | By Marilyn Sewell | December 4, 2011 | From UU World

Unitarian Universalists underestimate the very real obstacles we are up against in trying to create multicultural congregations.

Feature | By Marilyn Sewell | August 1, 2010 | From UU World

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