Barren Earth: A Unitarian Universalist Sermon for Advent | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter | 12.07.2025

In this Unitarian Universalist Advent sermon, "Barren Earth," Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter reflects on how hope can appear in the hardest seasons of life. Through stories of poets, and spiritual teachers, he invites us to see how even what looks empty or frozen can still hold the promise of new life. When the world feels heavy and the ground feels bare, we are reminded that renewal often begins unseen.

This sermon speaks to grief, exhaustion, and the quiet longing for healing that many of us carry. Rev. Kanter explores how hope is not fragile or distant, but alive in small, ordinary places.

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