151 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2025 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/chuurch-talk.html
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Apr 4, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy WeekSuffering & PerseveranceChurch Life & Membership
“It's very tough, right, like you physically get Palms, it's a thing you get to hold and wave.”
Mar 31, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Spiritual GrowthSuffering & PerseveranceAdvent & Christmas
“You might remember, if you were here on Christmas Eve, that I invited us all to enter into the retelling of the ancient biblical story, as invited us…”
Mar 18, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & Giving
“In addition, we've totally revamped our pledge campaign and how we talk about fundraising in the hopes that we can create greater equity and abundanc…”
Mar 10, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Stewardship & GivingCreation & EdenChurch Life & Membership
Mar 5, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Disability & BelongingRacial JusticeEconomic Justice & Wealth
“And even the way he talked about is, you know, it's a thing that becomes a reasonable and proportional action, which is why it's so, in the ways that…”
Feb 18, 2024 · connected common experience
Beloved CommunitySpiritual GrowthEvangelism & Mission
“Then, in 1990, in response to the failure of lawmakers to enforce Section 504, which required accessibility in federally funded build disabled, an ac…”
Feb 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeHumanism
“A few months later they give you a board, faced with the ongoing fiscal crisis and their own legal responsibility for the financial well-being of the…”
Feb 4, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
New Year & Watch NightRacial JusticeSuffering & Perseverance
“And so that was sort of the focus of the MLK Sunday and this thing of racism and white supremacy culture, what sort of wildness of the politics in ou…”
Jan 21, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFear & AnxietyJoy & Gratitude
“A few weeks ago I was reorganizing the books in my office and came across the Berry Street address, which happens at General ass from 1929.”
Jan 14, 2024 · human moral beliefs
Racial JusticeAdvent & ChristmasBaptism & Communion
“So again, the three terms that we have: moral injury, which is a kind of trauma inflicted by violating our own moral code that makes us question our…”
Jan 7, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Spiritual GrowthIdentity & Worth
Jan 4, 2024 · power between ideas
Advent & ChristmasChurch Life & Membership
“So, but I think I think for you, use being able to put down our cynicism, because we project so much more religious cynicism at Christianity than at…”
Dec 28, 2023 · power between ideas
Peace & NonviolenceJoy & GratitudeEvangelism & Mission
“You know microplastics and biohazards, and that Christmas edition was one particular spread featured a nautical themed Christmas tree covered in glit…”
Dec 6, 2023 · connected common experience
Advent & ChristmasLoneliness & IsolationFriendship & Belonging
Dec 6, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Suffering & PerseveranceNoah & the FloodPeace & Nonviolence
Nov 28, 2023 · human moral beliefs
Suffering & PerseveranceFriendship & Belonging
Nov 28, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestBeloved CommunityJoy & Gratitude
Nov 28, 2023 · power between ideas
Suffering & PerseveranceFaith & Mental Health
Oct 23, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Sovereignty & Election
“I want to encourage us all to use care with our words so that we can tell the truth about power and violence without using people as collateral or as…”
Oct 8, 2023 · unitarian universalism
6th Principle: World CommunityHope & EncouragementFaith & Civic Life
Oct 6, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & NatureHumanismWork & Vocation
“So what the universe was reacting to?”
Oct 6, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Pluralism & InterfaithCreation CareJoy & Gratitude
“Presumably that will include some of the new article two: language of love and also interdependence, Equity, transformation, pluralism, generosity an…”
Sep 24, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionBeloved CommunityFriendship & Belonging
Sep 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Sep 19, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Pluralism & InterfaithBaptism & Communion
“Here's what we invite everyone to bring water to church, and if you don't have any, will you give you some at the door so that everyone can we reflec…”
Jun 18, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthImmigration & RefugeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“As Nazi records show, is too dangerous to the Reich for him to be allowed to.”
Jun 18, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareRacial JusticeChurch Life & Membership
“You know where humans stand relative to Creation.”
Jun 7, 2023 · power between ideas
Creation CareGod the Father / CreatorFriendship & Belonging
May 14, 2023 · families and relationships
Unitarian Universalist Identity
“The following sermon was delivered by Reverend Laurel gray at the Unitarian Universalist congregational Society of Westborough, Massachusetts, when I…”
May 7, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareMarriage
May 5, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeReason & Free InquiryCrucifixion & Atonement
May 2, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
Friendship & BelongingSpiritual GrowthRacial Justice
Apr 9, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Shame & GuiltCrucifixion & AtonementPluralism & Interfaith
Apr 9, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Parenting & Children
Apr 9, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Stewardship & GivingChurch Life & MembershipFaith & Civic Life
“It's important solidar pledge campaign, which is sort of when everyone commits to how much they'll donate for the year so that we can put together pl…”
Mar 26, 2023 · power between ideas
Forgiveness & ReconciliationGrief & Lament
Mar 26, 2023 · power between ideas
Mar 21, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Pluralism & InterfaithLent & Holy Week
“So I take it as a given that some of you have a beloved statue of Saint Francis amongst your, or maybe Saint Anthony brings you comfort our Mother Te…”
Mar 5, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Hope & EncouragementChurch Life & Membership
“This year we've done incredible work to rebuild our religious exploration program so that we can, so that we have the infrastructure to engage and su…”
Mar 5, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Baptism & CommunionRacial JusticeChurch Life & Membership
Feb 12, 2023 · connected common experience
Friendship & BelongingCreation & EdenWorship & Praise
“I think it's also why so many of you said that this congregation became even more important to you during those, because the connection to a wider gr…”
Feb 12, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & Lament
“This is an exercise in queuing into our assumptions and making space for a deeper the five stages of grief model that Elisabeth Kubler-Ross introduce…”
Feb 12, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Feb 1, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Feb 1, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & WorthRacial JusticeInterdependence & Nature
“In this rewrite- and I mean my understanding from talking to people who've been part of the process, play people on the UA board- is that the ethos o…”
Jan 25, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & Children
Jan 20, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeFaith & Civic Life
“So take a listen, if you haven't, and you might remember that the proposed principles begin with an ethic of Love at the center, around which the oth…”
Jan 8, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthUnitarian Universalist IdentityGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“And then, in terms of the six sources, which previously was a list which included everything from World's religions to science, to nature-based Tradi…”
Dec 25, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasThe NativityUnitarian Universalist Identity
“King Herod is forcing a census because he's heard the rumors too that a baby will be born.”
Dec 14, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & Belonging
Nov 28, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Peace & NonviolenceGrief & LamentReason & Free Inquiry
“Is the change the family dynamic or change the culture of the community that you're in, that you spend your holidays really really hard, even if they…”
Nov 28, 2022 · power between ideas
Shame & Guilt
Nov 23, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Grief & Lament
“Usually during the service, we write the name of loved ones on paper leaves and come hang them on the branches on the altar.”
Nov 1, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceGrief & LamentFriendship & Belonging
“Because I can be honest with you about like a way that we disagree or a way that we feel without it threat the things that really you're a steam of m…”
Oct 23, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityMarriage
Oct 9, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeBeloved CommunityFear & Anxiety
Oct 2, 2022 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentForgiveness & Reconciliation
Sep 29, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Service & Spiritual GiftsBeloved CommunityGrief & Lament
Sep 27, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeImmigration & Refuge
“And those two big picture questions were: how do we create boundaries that Foster a sense of belonging, which is a question about how we treat each o…”
Sep 27, 2022 · spirituality in nature
Baptism & Communion
“I recommend never, ever drinking water- Canadian water- because, unlike the Christian liturgical meaning of communion, that have bread and wine, whic…”
Jul 1, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyUnitarian Universalist IdentityGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“And so this year GA was in Portland, Oregon, which is near ish to Spokane, Washington, right like it's on the same Coast, it's in the.”
Jul 1, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeService & Spiritual Gifts
“It is an issue of gender, equal bodily autonomy and religious liberty, all of which are long-held Unitarian Universalist religious teach.”
Jun 6, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
God the Father / CreatorJoy & GratitudeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Jun 6, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeWorship & Praise
May 31, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtFaith & Mental HealthChurch Life & Membership
May 10, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial Justice
May 1, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
MarriageLoneliness & IsolationFriendship & Belonging
“It helped that I was living in my grandparents house, where my grandmother had taught me to make doll clothes nearly 30 years before, and making clot…”
May 1, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipStewardship & GivingForgiveness & Reconciliation
“And so to me, this theological question is: when we're going into into these like existential dread inducing conversations about, like, climate chang…”
Apr 21, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionThanksgiving & HarvestGrief & Lament
Mar 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Mar 18, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Signing our congregational membership book is less conversion and more voter registration, making one eligible to vote at the annual meeting and serv…”
Mar 18, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionBaptism & CommunionFriendship & Belonging
Feb 21, 2022 · families and relationships
Immigration & RefugeLoneliness & Isolation
Feb 14, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Sin & RepentanceCreation CareGenesis
“You've probably heard this week about Florida's don't say gay, which is the latest effort to criminalize lgbtq identities and making it a crime to sp…”
Feb 13, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“And so that's where, like what the, the UA is doing now and the the commission that specifically looking at this, because, like, the 8th principal ha…”
Feb 12, 2022 · more than it appears
Marriage
Jan 19, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtJoy & GratitudeFear & Anxiety
Jan 19, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Jan 10, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeNew Year & Watch NightAttributes of God
“But in reality, living lives of meaning is a daily practice of self Attunement won, best done in a community of love, and I know I have shared before…”
Dec 31, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasService & Spiritual GiftsShame & Guilt
“Absolutely Merry Christmas to all and to all.”
Dec 24, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasIdentity & WorthPoverty & Compassion
Dec 9, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Suffering & PerseveranceUnitarian Universalist Identity
Nov 24, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasThanksgiving & HarvestRacial Justice
“And so, like trying to talk about, like the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, in a way that historically accurate and appropriate for 9th graders or for 9 y…”
Nov 21, 2021 · power between ideas
Nov 21, 2021 · power between ideas
Joy & GratitudeThanksgiving & HarvestBaptism & Communion
Nov 7, 2021 · connected common experience
Worship & Praise
“But it's also because, with Sylvia's death and memorial service last week, there is a fresh grief in our midst, and that can also conjure memories of…”
Nov 5, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentFaith & Civic Life
“So I do not think that we're going to spend the whole year on Zoom, but we also know that this sort of space between Thanksgiving and Christmas and p…”
Oct 27, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & Belonging
“The two questions are: how do we create a sense of belonging within boundaries?”
Oct 23, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Indigenous Justice & LandCrucifixion & AtonementUnitarian Universalist Identity
“We would be remiss if we overlooked the fact that European Christians used biblical Covenant to justify slaughtering indigenous peoples and stealing.”
Oct 1, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & BelongingPrayer & Devotion
“You know you can live in a privy, play huge house, far away from everyone, like you know, and it's sold as privacy.”
Sep 29, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Forgiveness & ReconciliationPoverty & CompassionSin & Repentance
“This year, Yom Kippur was on September 16th, exactly 10 days ago, and Yom Kippur is the final day of the days of all or high holy days for Jews all o…”
Sep 15, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentWorship & PraiseChurch Life & Membership
Sep 1, 2021 · unitarian universalism
1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityDivorce & Broken RelationshipsCreation & Eden
Jun 14, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasBaptism & Communion
“We're glad you're here this second Sunday in June when we're celebrating flower communion and bridging with our high school seniors.”
Jun 14, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeChurch Life & MembershipCreation & Eden
“And then there's also this like okay, but when are we sort of still in like toxic white supremacy culture of I'm going to like, prove that you did th…”
Jun 6, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & Refuge1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityUnitarian Universalist Identity
“So we must burn on Hol and, as Unitarian universalists, we believe in the interdependent web of.”
May 25, 2021 · power between ideas
Advent & ChristmasFaith & DoubtPeace & Nonviolence
May 25, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareNew Year & Watch Night
May 4, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionMarriageShame & Guilt
Apr 21, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtRacial JusticeStewardship & Giving
“I don't even remember how many weeks ago it was now, because what is a congregation have been working with a consultant from the USA to help us figur…”
Apr 17, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Church Life & MembershipThe ExodusJoy & Gratitude
“The book of Exodus is quite long- I won't relay all of it to you this morning- and it is roughly divided into four parts.”
Apr 6, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityBible & ExpositionGrief & Lament
Apr 6, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtInterdependence & NatureUnitarian Universalist Identity
“This is what Amanda Hall a few weeks ago called one of our core axioms.”
Apr 6, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Mar 30, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityGod the Father / Creator
“And if we're like remembering that we have tenants of white supremacy culture that were using as a sort of sub-themes for the individualism is one of…”
Mar 10, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityChurch Life & MembershipFaith & Civic Life
“The story starts a long time ago, before this country was founded, in the year 1568, King John sigismund of Transylvania, the only Unitarian of all t…”
Feb 25, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Assuming that the Need For Change already exists within us is, I think February is, of course, Black History Month and at noon during the lunch and l…”
Feb 25, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Noah & the FloodStewardship & Giving
“Like a wedding ring, the rainbow holds the memory of the promise, the promise that is given freely, that commits to flourishing, that remembers that…”
Jan 21, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity5th Principle: Conscience & Democratic ProcessRacial Justice
“So our Unitarian Universalist Association can condemned the attack on the capital because it was an attempt to stop a democratic process.”
Jan 10, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeIdentity & WorthUnitarian Universalist Identity
Dec 25, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityPrayer & DevotionAdvent & Christmas
Dec 24, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipCreation CareRacial Justice
“I mean, I think, right perfectionism, again, is one of these tenants of white supremacy culture.”
Dec 23, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & DoubtJoy & Gratitude
“A Unitarian universalism based on a rejection of other systems of belief not only felt vacant to me, but kind of as a young adult, I was looking for…”
Nov 30, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestImmigration & RefugeGrief & Lament
“And on this All Souls Sunday- and this year we're celebrating all on the last Sunday in November, in the space between Thanksgiving and the winter ho…”
Nov 30, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingPrison & Restorative Justice
“And if we're focusing only on reason, it makes those other things silly, but that actually is a way of dismissing other other ways of knowing, like,…”
Nov 30, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
The FallBible & ExpositionGod the Father / Creator
“They're The Horizon, the north star that helps us find our way back into convergence with the good.”
Nov 9, 2020 · connected common experience
ElijahUnitarian Universalist Identity
Oct 16, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeRacial JusticeCreation Care
“And so I think it's a really important thing as a community to remember our agency by activating it and using it and grounding into the sense that, l…”
Oct 4, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentChurch Life & Membership4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“I can meet you in the place of grief and pain and not look away, because I trust that your spirit knows as much of loss as it does of love and see.”
Oct 4, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeDanielIdentity & Worth
Sep 15, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentStewardship & GivingUnitarian Universalist Identity
Jul 26, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestBaptism & CommunionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“June's theme was compassion and in this episode will be discussing the sermon flower communion, which can be found in this podcast, will also discuss…”
Jun 21, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeShame & GuiltUnitarian Universalist Identity
“And that way, when we find ourselves in the energy sucking cycle of reputation management, yes, it's easier to catch ourselves doing that and say: ok…”
Jun 19, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestIdentity & WorthBaptism & Communion
“As I said in my sermon two weeks ago, it was the idea that some people are more human than others that made slavery and the genocide of native people…”
May 30, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial Justice
May 24, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeUnitarian Universalist IdentityHumanism
“And yet, amidst all the struggle of this moment, amidst all the struggle that you met on your journey these last few years, your graduating from high…”
May 10, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist Identity
May 3, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCreation & EdenGrief & Lament
“See, we are universalists born of a theological lineage that says: no one is ever beyond the reaches of love, no one is ever forsaken, no one is ever…”
Apr 19, 2020 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Grief & LamentSalvation & GraceJoy & Gratitude
Apr 12, 2020 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Grief & LamentSalvation & GraceJoy & Gratitude
Apr 12, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Suffering & PerseveranceGrief & LamentFear & Anxiety
Apr 5, 2020 · power between ideas
Fear & AnxietyPrayer & Devotion
Mar 29, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & Lament
Mar 22, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & Communion
Mar 15, 2020 · power between ideas
Stewardship & GivingSuffering & PerseveranceParenting & Children
“Pledge season is a time when we reflect on how sharing our Resources with this community helps all of us to flourish together.”
Mar 13, 2020 · power between ideas
Joy & GratitudeFaith & DoubtReason & Free Inquiry
“And the fourth of these principles is that we Covenant to a firm and promote a free and responsible search for truth and meaning.”
Feb 23, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingStewardship & GivingUnitarian Universalist Identity
“And our third goal is share our principles, and that really relates to something Laura was talking about earlier in the podcast about share your gift…”
Feb 23, 2020 · connected common experience
Friendship & BelongingThanksgiving & Harvest
Feb 23, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingChurch Life & MembershipUnitarian Universalist Identity
“This is why I'm a minister, because I believe that the being together in religious community matters, that it does something for our spirits.”
Jan 23, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasChurch Life & MembershipForgiveness & Reconciliation
“I think it's more a gift to ourselves when we're ready to do that, but I certainly don't think it's something that can be required right, because tha…”
Jan 23, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeNew Year & Watch NightBaptism & Communion
“And in the ritual, a community goes to the.”
Jan 23, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & Christmas
“There are so many holidays and traditions at this darkest time of year Waze a, reminding us that sometimes the dark is the birthplace of Miracles, of…”
Jan 22, 2020 · connected common experience
Advent & ChristmasIdentity & WorthSabbath & Rest
“A story about an unyielding commitment to Hope and freedom and ideals, no matter how powerful and terrifying the opponents, and unlikely Victory, fin…”
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