September 5     Mosque – Oh, on the Hudson?            Rev. Edmund Robinson
Why does the building of an Islamic activity center which will have a small mosque near the site of the World Trade Center stir such political passions?  What does this say about the so-called clash of cultures?

September 12   Waters, vines and fig trees      Rev. Edmund Robinson
The Jewish High Holy Days remind us of our covenant with the source of being.  As we mingle the waters from our summer travels, we reflect on our own backyards and the waters that make us whole.  

September 19    It's Turtles All The Way Down           Rev. Edmund Robinson
Can the future be known, even by God?  Modern physics would       suggest not, and one strain of thought holds that there is an indeterminacy about things that is built into the structure of reality.

September 26    The Trainwreck Named Desire           Rev. Edmund Robinson
Mainstream American culture is based on the proposition that happiness lies in fulfilling our desires, but a strain of wisdom from Buddhist, Hindu, Christian and Stoic sources teaches that real happiness comes in mastering desire itself.