Idolatry of Symbols: 3/25/2007, by Rev. Karen Gustafson

The Idolatry of Symbols by Rev. Karen Gustafson Karen was ordained by the Duluth Unitarian Universalist congregation in 1986. She is a graduate of the Starr King School for the ministry in Berkeley California. Before becoming an minister, Karen was a public school educator in Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. She is married and has four just- barely-adult children. Karen is inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver, Denise Levertov and Wendell Berry and time in the woods and near the lakes of northern Minnesota. This sermon explores symbols and the power they can hold over us.