Recent PSWIRL Theme Speakers and Topics
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2008 Jim Grant, Unitarian Universalist Minister, "The Struggle to Become Human"
2007 John Morehouse, Minister of the Pacific Unitarian Church in Rancho Palos Verdes
"Making Peace from the Inside Out"
2006 Jon Dobrer, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fullerton
“Islam, Judaism and Christianity Intertwined: What Does It Mean For You?”
2005 Marguerite Lovett, Minister of the Unitarian/Universalist Church of Long Beach
“Can We Stand The Test?”
2004 Jim Conn, Methodist Minister and former Mayor of Santa Monica
“Our Lives and the World after 9/11”
2003 Teri Masters, Interfaith Minister
“Making Peace – With Ourselves, With Each Other, With the World”
2002 Susan Ziemer-Brender, Holocaust Victim to Licensed Therapist
“Survival to Celebration”
2001 Barbara Reinhart, Licensed Therapist
"The Balanced Life: A Refocusing for the 21st Century"
2000 Jeremy Taylor, Unitarian Minister and Dream Analyst
“The Evolving Role of Mythology and Liberal Philosophy in the New Millennium”
1999 Cecile Andrews, founder of the Voluntary Simplicity movement
“The Circle of Simplicity, an effort to live the examined life”
1998 Dr. Natalie Houghtby-Haddon, Minister, First Methodist Church in Torrance
“Gender and Justice in the City (Heavenly and here-and-now)”
1997 Anne Hines, Minister of the San Dieguito Unitarian Fellowship
“Revealing the "Old" in our Everyday Life, Clearing Up Some Religious Distortions”
1996 Jim Conn, Minister of Santa Monica’s Church in Ocean Park
“Reweaving the fabric of our lives: our communities, our relationships, our souls”
List compiled by Peter Landecker
List last updated on February 20, 2008
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