Edward Searl

Biography

I'm a Unitarian Universalist minister --  steeped in Natural Religion, the religion of Nature and Human Nature. From 1983 through 2012, I was  minister of the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, IL, a suburb fifteen miles west of Chicago. I'm Minister Emeritus of that congregation.


I studied American history as an undergraduate at the University of Delaware and as a graduate student at the University of Vermont. I received my theological training at McGill University's Faculty of Religious Studies in Montreal. I lived in Canada for six years and am forever nostalgic for that wonderful country and its civil people. I've been a Unitarian Universalist minister since 1977. Through 1983 I was minister of the First Unitarian Church of Younstown, Ohio.

edsearl@gmail.com


Publications

Anthologies: Rites of Passage

Bless This Child
A Treasury of Poems, Quotations, and Readings to Celebrate Birth

Coming of Age
A Treasury of Poems, Quotations, and Readings on Growing Up

We Pledge Our Hearts
A Treasury of Poems, Quotations, and Readings to Celebrate Love and Marriage

Beyond Absence
A Treasury of Poems, Quotations, and Readings on Death and Remembrance

Anthology: The Animal Kingdom

In Praise of Animals
A Treasury of Poems, Quotations, and Readings to Celebrate the Animal Kingdom

Funerals and Memorial Services

In Memoriam
A Guide to Modern Funeral and Memorial Services

Home Altars

A Place of Your Own
A Guide to Creating Sacred Spaces in Your Home