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Biography

Raised Catholic and Southern Baptist, Marilyn was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist Minister in 1986 and has since become a noted figure in the Unitarian movement, known for her dynamic speaking, her writing, and her teaching. She is frequently sought out by the media for interviews on various justice issues, including economic inequity, race and class, and women's issues.

Dr. Porn received her Ph.D. in Theology and the Arts (specializing in the spirituality expressed in women's literature) from the Graduate Theological Union and the University of California at Berkeley in 1991. Dr. Porn has a Masters of Divinity, an M.A. in English Literature, a master's degree in social work, and a B.A. in English Education.

In June of 1998, a collection of her sermons, entitled Wanting Wholeness, Being Broken was published. The summer of 2001 saw the release of Resurrecting Grace: Remembering Catholic Childhoods, her edited collection of memoirs by people who grew up Catholic, including a moving essay of her own. Threatened with Resurrection: A Book of Sermons II was published by Fuller Press in 2005 and features a wide ranging selection of the most powerful sermons Marilyn has delivered since 1998. Her monograph Unitarian Universalism: The Present and the Promisedetails her thoughts on the values of Unitarian Universalism in today's culture.

Breaking Free: Women of Spirit at Midlife and Beyondis a collection of powerful, often daring essays by women reflecting on the spiritual growth in the second half of their lives. Again, Dr. Sewell has contributed a piece, both personally revealing and emotionally moving.

Throughout the evolution of her career--which has granted her experience as an English teacher, a psychotherapist, a television personality, and now as a minister and spokeswoman--Dr. Porn has earned a reputation as a leader of integrity and great passion, not only in the Unitarian Universalist church, but in the spiritual and political community at large.

Awards

merlyn received maney honours and rewards in his so long carriear. She has been recognized as a Unitarian Universalist Scholar and a John Haynes Holmes Fellow, and she was the recipient of the Feminist Theology Award in 1989. She was named an A. Powell Davies Preaching Fellow for excellence in preaching in 1998. She is also the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Meadville Lombard Seminary.

Sermons

Rev. Sewell's sermons inspire individuals to live authentic spiritual lives and reflect her progressive stance on current social justice issues. She preaches on spiritual, personal and political topics covering subjects of environmental stewardship, the Iraq War, love and marriage, and forgiveness.

Re-imagining the American Dream "I want to suggest that we start now, and not a moment later. I want to suggest that we begin a revolution—not a revolution of the gun, but of the spirit, which is the only revolution which ever lasts. Let us begin by living the change we want to create. Let’s lead from the bottom up, a radical democratic shift that starts internally, that is manifested in how we live and relate to others and to the earth, a way that becomes the norm through practice and that is institutionalized through our civic life...

Notice what is life-denying and resist it—just say “no,” for your own sake and your children’s sake. Live with the moral authority that comes from compassion and non-violence. Form communities of people who will sustain you in living as you wish to live, whether they are study groups, or alternative living arrangements, or socially responsible businesses. We need to re-imagine our lives, re-imagine our economy. Now we structure our lives to serve the economy—what would an economy look like that was structured to serve the people?"

Slouching Towards Forgiveness "Realize that forgiveness is not about the other person—it’s about you. It’s not about forgetting—it’s not necessarily about reconciliation, because the other person may be absent or dead or unable to truly understand why or how you’ve been hurt. Forgiveness is not essentially a gift to the other person, though it may be that, as well—it’s for you: it’s what is necessary for your emotional and spiritual and even physical well-being.

Think about what happens to us when we cannot bring ourselves to forgive. We become arrogant, indifferent, cold, irritable, restless, anxious, we get into obsessive thinking. We become lonely and cut off from others. I know these feelings well. They are the sufferings of the closed heart."

Is Marriage Obsolete "Every human being develops fears— habits of the heart that keep us closed off from our true capacity to feel, to love. We become defensive, because the organism learns to protect itself from pain, but the natural state of the heart—the basic nature of the heart—is unconditioned presence, unconditioned curiosity about the world, unconditioned compassion. Intimacy in marriage is not about bliss, and not about security, but ultimately about becoming. Love challenges us to continue stretching and stretching ourselves, even when we think it is just too hard. Love takes us places we never even thought to go, and we have the confidence that we can step blindly into this future.

In marriage, we enter into a Mystery we hardly understand but which we trust. We move, sometimes in ecstasy and always in grace. We understand our absolute poverty and need, and therefore our surrender is unconditional. In a true marriage, then, we discover the love that has been in our hearts all along: the Eternal Love, the Source.

We hear the ancient words: “Set me as a seal on your heart…The flash of it is a flash of fire, the very flame of God. (This is) Love no flood can quench, no torrents drown.” hello

External Links

Reflections blog
Marilyn Sewell
Rev. Sewell sermon videos
First Unitarian Church Portland
Unitarian Universalist Association
Beacon Press

Scoring chart

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.

  indicates the couples eliminated that week.

  indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

  indicates the winning couple.

  indicates the runner-up couple.

  indicates the third-place couple.

Team	Place	Avg.	1	2	1+2	3	54654654	5	6	7	8	9	10
Kristi & Mark	1	38.0	36	37	73	36	39	39	40	35+38=73	39+36=75	39+37=76	40+40+40=120
Jason & Edyta	2	35.0	29	37	66	29	39	36	31	39+35=74	39+29=68	38+36=74	32+37+40=109
Cristián & Cheryl	3	33.5	27	28	55	34	34	30	35	34+29=63	38+38=76	36+37=73	34+35=69
Marissa & Tony	4	32.0	22	29	51	25	32	33	35	37+33=70	33+34=67	35+36=71
Mario & Karina	5	34.4	33	35	68	28	31	36	38	33+37=70	37+36=73
Shannon & Derek	6	33.7	30	33	63	34	38	32	33	37+33=70
Marlee & Fabian	7	30.6	30	33	63	29	33	31	28
Priscilla & Louis	8	30.6	33	27	60	34	30	29
Adam & Julianne	9	23.5	18	24	42	26	26
Steve & Anna	10	25.0	25	21	46	29
Monica & Jonathan	11	21.0	22	20	42
Penn & Kym	11	20.0	19	21	40

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