“Much of the anxiety which characterizes our lives today derives from the fact that we have nobody to listen to us, to hear us. We speak but are not heard.” If you read this short …
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Some Ingredients of Religious Faith
“…No one communion possesses the full understanding of the nature of God. The differences are beneficial for they enlarge our view and give us a richer comprehension of God.” In this sermon, delivered on January …
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No Messiah, Please
“The days in which we live lend themselves to the appearance of a Messiah.” Rabbi Olan’s sermon “No Messiah, Please,” aired on WFAA and KRLD on January 19, 1969, just one day before the inauguration …
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Holding Fast to Our Traditions
“The pattern of life is woven over the loom of time. Its beauty depends upon the harmonization of the past and the future into a living present.” The theme of this sermon, delivered on January …
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An Attempt at Prophecy–A Sermon for 1969
“A rabbi is not a prophet. He has had no singular experience with God which entitles him to say: ‘Thus saith the Lord.’ He is only the keeper of the Biblical Prophetic tradition and its …
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Getting Rid of Our Guilts
“Guilt, it appears, festers and grows until it dominates our lives with fear and trembling.” I have heard it said jokingly that guilt is the gift that keeps on giving. Without using these exact words, …
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The good life
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What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
“The human creature… has come on the scene endowed with two new qualities, a mind which can know, and the ability to experience which is another way of knowing. If man is going to survive, …
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We Have Been There Before
“‘We live in a decadent age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They inhabit taverns and have no self-control.’ This sounds very contemporary. It was inscribed on an Egyptian …
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What Our Children Can Inherit From Us
Rabbi Levi Olan’s December 1, 1968 radio sermon was one of several that he preached on the topic of parenting. Speaking to parents (and perhaps grandparents), his question of the day was what can our …
Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City 