- Marilyn Sewell
Rev. Dr. Marilyn Sewell is a
Unitarian Universalist theologian and writer/editor. She is the minister of the First Unitarian Church ofPortland, Oregon .In her role as church leader, she has been responsible for expanding the congregation to the level where two Sunday services were required to accommodate all parishioners [ [http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=116346294184421100 “Unitarian Pews Runneth Over” Portland Tribune] ] and seeking
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) gold certification for the congregation’s energy-efficient Buchan Building community center. [ [http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=119705427168782200 “Christians Add Green Crusade” Portland Tribune] ]Dr. Sewell has also edited several books relating to theology and women’s issues. Her works include “Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality” (1991), “Breaking Free Women of Spirit At Midlife” (1995), “Claiming the Spirit Within” (1996), “Wanting Wholeness, Being Broken” (1998), “Cries of the Spirit” (2000) and “Resurrecting Grace: Remembering Catholic Childhoods” (2001, co-editor with Louise DeSalvo, Michael Patrick MacDonald, and Frank McCourt). [ [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Marilyn%20Sewell Amazon.com profile] ]
Dr. Sewell received national attention following the
September 11 attacks when "The New York Times " ran an excerpt of her sermon calling for tolerance and reason. As she told her congregation: “There is the temptation, of course, to strike back with all our force, and soon, perhaps before we are entirely sure who is the enemy...But let it not be those who have done no harm, whose only crime is having dark skin and a religion that is unfamiliar to us." [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E0D9173BF934A2575AC0A9679C8B63 “AFTER THE ATTACKS: A Day of Worship; Excerpts From Sermons Across the Nation” New York Times] ]References
External links
* [http://www.marilynsewell.com Official web site]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=OCqbewHzou0C&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=%22Marilyn+Sewell%22+unitarian&source=web&ots=LcXcKsfD_d&sig=81LcaUSJiiKVB3538fblgAvJIto&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA25,M1 With Purpose and Principle: Essays about the Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism]Asbox |{1|}|{2|}|{3|}|{4|}|
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