251 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2021–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/first-u-think.html
Every audio sermon week across the years we have — a filled cell is a week with an upload, darker blue means richer topics. A steady weekly cadence shows as a solid band across years.
Against other uu and against every sermon on the site. Signals are approximate and grow more reliable as more of the archive is scored.
Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.
The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.
These touch the widest range of themes — often the richest listening.
Show all 251 sermons
Jun 26, 2026 · families and relationships
Shame & GuiltSpiritual GrowthFear & Anxiety
Jun 16, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Service & Spiritual GiftsElijahFriendship & Belonging
“It helps the community by decluttering ones homes, of allowing people to purchase book, creating new friendships and helping support women in our com…”
Jun 11, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingThanksgiving & HarvestShame & Guilt
Jun 4, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionHeaven & HellElijah
“He was a very good Minister and they were a, and he realized that his old beliefs had changed, like I used to like Matchbox cars, but and so as this…”
May 28, 2026 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeSin & RepentanceChurch Life & Membership
“2 years after the Peace Accords were signed, the South Vietnamese government unconditionally surrendered and the reunification of North and South Vie…”
May 20, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionChurch Life & Membership
“I've seen many of the other- you serving food at a homeless shelter and I think that it's awesome that the church allows you to get that experience s…”
May 12, 2026 · families and relationships
Parenting & ChildrenBible & ExpositionFriendship & Belonging
“One writes: we have brought children into a world on fire, with existential threats like climate change, gun violence, in the erosion of democracy, i…”
May 5, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticePeace & NonviolenceHumanism
“We are working to co-create, the Beloved attributed to the philosopher josia, but we know this term: Beloved Community, through the work of the Rever…”
Apr 30, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Racial Justice2nd Principle: Justice & EquityImmigration & Refuge
“So it's nice as an American if I can reduce my fossil fuel emissions pad on the shoulder, but it is life or death for someone living.”
Apr 24, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & GivingParenting & ChildrenFriendship & Belonging
“For if you think all people should be able to flourish and you believe your spiritual journey is less about dogma and more about how you treat one an…”
Apr 23, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityChurch Life & MembershipImmigration & Refuge
“All right, look around to those who are involved in removing invasive species, whether in your yard, Church property or state or County Park.”
Apr 16, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFaith & DoubtHope & Encouragement
“For if you think all people should be able to flourish and you believe your spiritual journey is less about dogma and more about how you treat one an…”
Apr 14, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeGrief & Lament
Apr 9, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingWorship & PraiseUnitarian Universalist Identity
“If you think all people should be able to flourish and you believe your spiritual journey is less about dogma and more about how you treat one anothe…”
Apr 8, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / InclusionThe Creed (Apostles'/Nicene)
“We don't choose them when we are activated by the chaos and the threats of the world around us, by International Wars but legislative assaults in our…”
Apr 1, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCreation CareGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“I find that once people get their head around the, that people are not always born strictly male or opens up a little space to understand how actuall…”
Mar 24, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltMarriagePoverty & Compassion
“Should I come bearing good news and bad news today?”
Mar 24, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental Health
“It's also true that, just by default, every mental health professional has at their side at all times a little button that locates the onus of the pa…”
Mar 10, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Evangelism & MissionUnitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Mental Health
“As Unitarian Universalist, we believe in the inherent worth and dignity of all people, and that includes making sure that every voice is heard.”
Mar 3, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudePoverty & CompassionMarriage
Feb 24, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentHumanism
“I was in conversation this week with you ministers in the Midwest and we were debriefing on the Twin Cities and how remarkable their response to ice…”
Feb 24, 2026 · unitarian universalism
HumanismGrief & LamentFriendship & Belonging
“I was in conversation this week with you ministers in the Midwest and we were debriefing on the Twin Cities and how remarkable their response to ice…”
Feb 17, 2026 · families and relationships
MarriageGender & Sexuality / InclusionDivorce & Broken Relationships
“How many of you remember, after 20 years together and with two small children, even though I was the one who wanted the divorce?”
Feb 10, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
MarriageGrief & LamentFaith & Doubt
“And unfair because we enjoy the pain and the suffering of all this un, but because it makes more sense to feel like it's unfair, that then to accept…”
Feb 3, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingSin & Repentance
Jan 29, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Worship & PraiseService & Spiritual Gifts
Jan 28, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Sin & RepentanceUnitarian Universalist IdentityGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“These days, the joke is less because things have gotten more has the new president signs executive orders that give tax breaks to the most privileged…”
Jan 20, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticePoverty & CompassionShame & Guilt
“But between March 2020 and March 2021, the American government spent 4 trillion previously on allotted dollars for trillion dollars on the coron Aid…”
Jan 15, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Mental HealthFriendship & BelongingNew Year & Watch Night
“If you think all people should be able to flourish and you believe your spiritual journey is less about dogma and more about how you treat one anothe…”
Jan 13, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeFear & AnxietyAdvent & Christmas
“To be clear, I was resisting a lot of very dearly held Traditions.”
Jan 6, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeIdentity & Worth
“I'd love to preach about how obvious it is that we should resist, but I want the question that drives us today to be this: when is resistance holding…”
Dec 23, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingCreation CarePluralism & Interfaith
“I'm going to fight for the rights of my fellow siblings in Des Moines, even when those in power are calling Latin American siblings aliens, even when…”
Dec 10, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Service & Spiritual GiftsPoverty & CompassionThanksgiving & Harvest
“If you think all people should be able to flourish and you believe your spiritual journey is less about dogma and more about how you treat one anothe…”
Dec 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyThanksgiving & HarvestDivorce & Broken Relationships
Dec 2, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthService & Spiritual GiftsPoverty & Compassion
“If you think all people should be able to flourish and you believe your spiritual journey is less about dogma and more about how you treat one anothe…”
Nov 25, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestParenting & ChildrenFriendship & Belonging
“As we nurture our practice of gratitude, we can spend less time measuring precisely how much water, just how much, were owed- that isn't- and we can…”
Nov 25, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionService & Spiritual GiftsFriendship & Belonging
“Our mission is to create an environment that empowers women in crisis to achieve positive long-term change, and the way we do that is by meeting wome…”
Nov 18, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestParenting & Children
“So I want to explore what this world might look like if we practice gratitude as a habit and what it might look like if we practice gratitude.”
Nov 12, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & GratitudeFriendship & Belonging
“If the evidence is so strong, if we know that practice and gratitude makes our lives joyful, why do we not do that all the time?”
Nov 12, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionService & Spiritual GiftsFriendship & Belonging
“If you think all people should be able to flourish and you believe your spiritual journey is less about dogma and more about how you treat one anothe…”
Nov 5, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestShame & GuiltGrief & Lament
“It is the very last and most meaningful gift you can give those you love, and I say this with no shame or blame for any of the stories.”
Oct 30, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Mental HealthMarriage
“Compassion is not about anyone who loves someone with ADD, anyone who loves someone with severe mental health challenges.”
Oct 23, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingShame & GuiltParenting & Children
Oct 21, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionSuffering & PerseveranceGrief & Lament
“Listening Amos does this in two primary ways: by encouraging our citizens to talk to one another one to one, and in small group meetings called House…”
Oct 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Worship & PraiseThe FallSpiritual Growth
“Adam and Eve eat fruit from the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil.”
Oct 14, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeImmigration & RefugeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“And so over these many years now over a decade on the national front, we've been the nation's Premier defender of the rights and Shrine in the United…”
Oct 8, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentCreation CareGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Oct 7, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Sin & RepentanceGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Universalism is a pluralistic religious tradition, meaning we don't have a dogmatic statement of belief.”
Oct 1, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Divorce & Broken RelationshipsHumanismFriendship & Belonging
“And don't get me wrong, I loved serving on the board, I've learned so much and gotten to connect with such amazing people, and I love being able to s…”
Sep 23, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionDating & Godly RelationshipsLent & Holy Week
“And lent is a Christian tradition around the season of Easter, Ash Wednesday, where people are constantly trying to give things.”
Sep 23, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
JonahFriendship & BelongingPeace & Nonviolence
“It was only after I started engaging in these conversations that I finally realized the best part of the prophet Jonah story, and it's the actual poi…”
Sep 17, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingCreation CarePluralism & Interfaith
Sep 11, 2025 · power between ideas
Pluralism & InterfaithImmigration & RefugeFriendship & Belonging
“If you think all people should be able to flourish and you believe your spiritual journey is less of a dogma and more about how you treat one another…”
Sep 11, 2025 · power between ideas
Pluralism & InterfaithImmigration & RefugeFriendship & Belonging
“If you think all people should be able to flourish and you believe your spiritual journey is less of a dogma and more about how you treat one another…”
Sep 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionRacial JusticeFear & Anxiety
“The average drop of water in Lake Michigan last 62 years before evaporates into the great cloud, and likewise only a few of us in our seats today cou…”
Sep 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionEvangelism & MissionChurch Life & Membership
“The average drop of water in Lake Michigan last 62 years before evaporates into the great cloud, and likewise only a few of us in our seats today cou…”
Sep 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
HumanismStewardship & GivingJoy & Gratitude
Aug 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeIdentity & WorthGrief & Lament
“Histories with our congregation, someone who signed the membership book last week, someone who signed the membership book over 10 years ago and someo…”
Aug 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthImmigration & RefugeFaith & Civic Life
“Histories with our congregation, someone who signed the membership book last week, someone who signed the membership book over 10 years ago and someo…”
Aug 20, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / InclusionMarriage
Aug 20, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingIdentity & WorthGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Aug 13, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & WorthUnitarian Universalist IdentityPluralism & Interfaith
“And so our congregational singing gives us the opportunity to live out our value of pluralism, and that sounds beautiful in theory, but I've been a m…”
Aug 13, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & WorthCreation CarePluralism & Interfaith
“And so our congregational singing gives us the opportunity to live out our value of pluralism, and that sounds beautiful in theory, but I've been a m…”
Jul 30, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingPluralism & InterfaithBible & Exposition
Jul 23, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeService & Spiritual GiftsCreation & Eden
Jul 15, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipIdentity & Worth
“But through it all we have kept the unique uu commitment: freedom of belief, respect for our Earth and it belief in the inherent worth and dignity of…”
Jul 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeWork & VocationRacial Justice
“It looks like First Unitarian Church of Denver, Colorado, where Jeanette visery, a mother of four in immigrants right Advocate, sought sanctuary in t…”
Jul 1, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Peace & Nonviolence
Jun 10, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Work & VocationMarriageJoseph
“Is there no substitute for what Grandpa vanderhoff tried to teach Mr Kirby?”
May 29, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceService & Spiritual Gifts
May 20, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Forgiveness & ReconciliationFear & AnxietyParenting & Children
May 13, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Suffering & PerseveranceJoy & Gratitude
“He has the Buddha explain: love cannot exist without understanding.”
May 6, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeThanksgiving & HarvestPeace & Nonviolence
“This is a term that's originally attributed to the philosopher Joss, but we know this term: Beloved Community through the work of the Reverend, Dr Ho…”
Apr 29, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Jesus: Life & TeachingsGrief & LamentUnitarian Universalist Identity
“We know that we can't get people to raise their pledges- 35%, maybe, where's the stewardship team?”
Apr 15, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceFaith & Doubt
Apr 8, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareIdentity & Worth
“Just writing I need boardwalks, have led bird walks here, add all over the United States and something we call nurture nature, workshops and Retreats…”
Apr 1, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyPoverty & CompassionGrief & Lament
“And he got it from Zorba, the Greek, where Zorba says I am a man who's got to the full catastrophe, meaning his life is full of joy and sorrow, love…”
Mar 25, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionIdentity & WorthDaniel
Mar 25, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyService & Spiritual Gifts
Mar 11, 2025 · gifts giving gratitude
Poverty & CompassionFear & AnxietySpiritual Growth
“Well, then there's the question of how much of that goes to support your congregation and its, if you determine a percent first and then calculate wh…”
Mar 4, 2025 · human moral beliefs
Reason & Free InquiryHumanismDisability & Belonging
“Advocates of Criminal Justice Reform invoke d the argument that the death penalty is incompatible with dignity of human life, was a contributing fact…”
Feb 26, 2025 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Names & Titles of GodHumanismFaith & Civic Life
“The reality of is not always accompanied by Readiness to engage with counselors or clergy to change their behavior and their ass.”
Feb 20, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionUnitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & Refuge
“We've been accredited by the uua as a green Sanctuary since 2015 are ongoing green Sanctuary team focuses on engaging church members on Energy Effici…”
Feb 11, 2025 · power between ideas
Bible & ExpositionChurch Life & MembershipJoy & Gratitude
“Judah made a series of attempts to escape from Babylonian dominance, and Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia laid Siege to Jerusalem in 597 and again 10 year…”
Feb 5, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthDanielThanksgiving & Harvest
“Wealthy students show higher rates of drug and alcohol abuse than they also suffer from depression and anxiety, and rates as much as triple those of…”
Feb 5, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Fear & AnxietyFaith & Civic LifePeace & Nonviolence
Jan 22, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingCreation CareThe Good Samaritan
“For instance, in September 1967, King addressed the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, an organization for helping people b…”
Jan 15, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Names & Titles of GodHope & EncouragementWorship & Praise
“It might be a slave master or prison bars, or an addiction or a mental illness or poverty or bad habits, or imp someone.”
Jan 7, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasJoy & Gratitude
“In the Christmas season, we often see peace and joy added to make five piece: hope: faith, Joy.”
Jan 3, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasGender & Sexuality / InclusionMatthew
“Finally knew that he was made, and he couldn't have been that he hung with the care from the biggest Christmas tree in the park with the sweetest vie…”
Jan 3, 2025 · connected common experience
Faith & DoubtAdvent & ChristmasFear & Anxiety
Nov 26, 2024 · power between ideas
HumanismThe Ten CommandmentsGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Those societies also measure higher on violence, drug and alcohol addiction, teen pregnancy imprisonment rates and High School Drop.”
Nov 21, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Forgiveness & ReconciliationSin & Repentance
Nov 21, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Forgiveness & ReconciliationSin & Repentance
Nov 21, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Forgiveness & ReconciliationSin & Repentance
Nov 12, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Reason & Free InquirySalvation & GraceMarriage
Nov 6, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyUnitarian Universalist IdentityAll Saints
“In Spanish, All Saints Day and All Souls day are known as el dia de todos Los Santos and El Dia de los Muertos.”
Oct 30, 2024 · uu spiritual principles
Creation CareGun Violence & SafetyGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“A couple weeks ago, I mentioned that the Doomsday scenarios have a terrible track record.”
Oct 24, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Parenting & ChildrenCrucifixion & AtonementSingleness
“In the short growing season only the scanty of living could be wrung from the land, and on Sundays his father mature and preached without paying the…”
Oct 17, 2024 · unitarian universalism
The Creed (Apostles'/Nicene)Reason & Free InquiryCrucifixion & Atonement
Oct 10, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietySuffering & PerseveranceReason & Free Inquiry
Oct 3, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Forgiveness & ReconciliationDanielEvangelism & Mission
Sep 26, 2024 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & GratitudeBible & Exposition
Sep 12, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Loneliness & IsolationSuffering & Perseverance
“Last year, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an official advisory on our epidemic of loneliness and is.”
Sep 5, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeCreation & EdenChurch Life & Membership
Sep 5, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Aug 29, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipHoly Spirit
Aug 20, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasHope & EncouragementDivorce & Broken Relationships
“He started in twice on Wednesdays once we were old enough to be in confirmation class, and that way the Apple hasn't fallen from the tree.”
Aug 15, 2024 · unitarian universalism
HumanismReason & Free InquirySalvation & Grace
“I just didn't know it, didn't know about it, couldn't express it that, but I really felt that I should have been here all well, I had never heard the…”
Aug 8, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceUnitarian Universalist IdentityReason & Free Inquiry
“Today, principal goes to the of what it means to be Unitarian: the right to engage in a free and responsible search for truth.”
Jul 25, 2024 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingPrayer & Devotion
Jul 18, 2024 · unitarian universalism
HumanismUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
Jul 11, 2024 · power between ideas
Poverty & CompassionFaith & Mental HealthThanksgiving & Harvest
“Social issues, including family breakdown, domestic V, unplanned medical expenses due to lack of insurance or Insurance accessibility in the lack of…”
Jul 4, 2024 · families and relationships
MarriageFriendship & Belonging
Jun 27, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtUnitarian Universalist IdentityHumanism
“They help us listen, pay attention and be, and we need is a social species weak.”
Jun 20, 2024 · families and relationships
Jesus: Life & TeachingsUnitarian Universalist IdentitySuffering & Perseverance
Jun 13, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFear & AnxietyUnitarian Universalist Identity
Jun 6, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionInterdependence & NatureSin & Repentance
“Macy and Johnstone describe a helpful continuous spiral depicted on the front of your order of service.”
May 30, 2024 · families and relationships
Prophecy & End TimesJesus: Life & TeachingsSuffering & Perseverance
“We are also, as we usually don't do, observing so along with flowers.”
May 23, 2024 · unitarian universalism
HumanismWorship & PraisePeace & Nonviolence
May 14, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
May 9, 2024 · connected common experience
Fear & AnxietyCrucifixion & AtonementCreation Care
“Ai robots that decide humans are unnecessary.”
May 2, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy WeekGrief & LamentAddiction & Recovery
“Jewish holy week of Passover began at sundown on Monday, April 22nd is the celebration of Freedom continues 8 days through the evening of Tuesday, Ap…”
Apr 25, 2024 · families and relationships
Creation CareFaith & Civic LifeFaith & Mental Health
“For many years now, by historical standards, food has been ridiculously cheap, partly because of Agriculture subsidies and fossil fuel industry subsi…”
Apr 17, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingJohnPeace & Nonviolence
Apr 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementResurrection & EasterUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Instead, Unitarian Universalist ministers like me at Easter have been wanting to talk about Easter as a springtime celebr.”
Mar 28, 2024 · connected common experience
Forgiveness & ReconciliationFriendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Mar 21, 2024 · unitarian universalism
HumanismFaith & DoubtGod the Father / Creator
“It was our more Western congregations at the for, but Western by now, was a bit further west than the Unitarian humanist movement got its right here…”
Mar 19, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityBaptism & CommunionPluralism & Interfaith
“And one Sunday in Waco, during our holiest Sacrament, the coffee communion play after the, I made the mistake of blithely blurting.”
Mar 7, 2024 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Spiritual GrowthJesus: Life & TeachingsCreation Care
Feb 22, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionInterdependence & NatureIdentity & Worth
Feb 20, 2024 · uu spiritual principles
Spiritual GrowthSalvation & GraceFaith & Doubt
Feb 8, 2024 · more than it appears
Friendship & BelongingPoverty & CompassionAddiction & Recovery
Feb 1, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Spiritual GrowthBaptism & CommunionFriendship & Belonging
Jan 25, 2024 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“What is the value that Unitarian universalists are considering codifying in our association's bylaws with language that says: celebrate that we are a…”
Jan 17, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticePoverty & CompassionChurch Life & Membership
“As time went by, the trend of increased numbers of African slaves, combined with more and more of the indentured serving out their time, and more and…”
Jan 10, 2024 · power between ideas
JamesRacial JusticeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“If the applicant's name is stereotypically white, then if the name is stereotypically black, because black renters learn about 11% fewer rental units…”
Jan 3, 2024 · families and relationships
MatthewBible & ExpositionCreation Care
“Every place in Israel would have had cousins or second or third cousins of Mary or Joseph.”
Jan 3, 2024 · families and relationships
Dec 21, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasBible & ExpositionRacial Justice
“Begin your transformation This Christmas by reaching out in love to your family, a friend or a stranger, you will find more peace and joy than you ev…”
Dec 14, 2023 · connected common experience
Hope & EncouragementImmigration & RefugeIdentity & Worth
“Yes to my brother-in-law being in denial about climate change and yes to his insistence that I'm in denial about the Deep State, and yes to different…”
Dec 7, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
MarriageParenting & ChildrenFear & Anxiety
Nov 30, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & GratitudeLoneliness & Isolation
Nov 23, 2023 · connected common experience
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation Care
“I moved to include with the Puritans War, which was, I don't know, beats me.”
Nov 16, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipFaith & Civic LifeBeloved Community
Nov 7, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
Interdependence & NatureCreation CareHumanism
Nov 2, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
Identity & WorthSalvation & GracePeace & Nonviolence
“The Scandal rather settled down after a week or so, but from then on through high school, I was the class A, even apart from a few kids who were host…”
Oct 19, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionFaith & Civic LifePrison & Restorative Justice
Oct 12, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipBible & ExpositionInterdependence & Nature
“This Justice, equity and compassion in human relations points is towards something Beyond inherent worth and dign.”
Oct 5, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Identity & WorthAbraham & IsaacRacial Justice
“King then says it was the same attitude, attitude that made it possible for Lincoln to speak a kind word about the South during the Civil War, when f…”
Sep 28, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
Gun Violence & SafetyRacial JusticeSpiritual Growth
“We've also done a lot of learning about privilege, about the ways that white supremacy culture infects so many ways of thinking.”
Sep 21, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingMarriageReason & Free Inquiry
“The polity we still follow today, along with our free search for truth and meaning, comes free self and maintain our own buildings.”
Sep 14, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Service & Spiritual GiftsImmigration & RefugeBible & Exposition
“Green Sanctuary Family Promise was the spotlight earlier.”
Sep 6, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Divorce & Broken RelationshipsHumanismThanksgiving & Harvest
“Now, while growth in our congregations is not a political, I can see that the acceptance of others is being the natural consequence of working toward…”
Aug 29, 2023 · unitarian universalism
The Kingdom of GodAddiction & RecoveryRacial Justice
“I quit drinking about 6 months prior and was coming out of the haze of early sobriety.”
Aug 24, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtImmigration & RefugeRacial Justice
Aug 17, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Doubt & DeconstructionChurch Life & MembershipJoy & Gratitude
“For one thing: our children, sex education and their youth groups, comprised of the church, kids and their Community friends, who are not content to…”
Aug 3, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & GratitudeChurch Life & Membership
Jul 27, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtPluralism & InterfaithUnitarian Universalist Identity
Jul 20, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Sin & RepentanceFaith & DoubtAdvent & Christmas
Jul 13, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareUnitarian Universalist IdentityElijah
Jul 6, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & Belonging1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityFear & Anxiety
“I felt a sense of belonging and curiosity about this other way of seeing the world.”
Jun 29, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipGender & Sexuality / InclusionMarriage
May 17, 2023 · families and relationships
Grief & LamentMarkJoy & Gratitude
“If we're talking about care for our, care for the, or care for the poor or care for each other in a time of grave danger, When leaders aren't leading…”
May 4, 2023 · power between ideas
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & BelongingLent & Holy Week
“So I know we've had enough anger recently to last a lifetime.”
Apr 27, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Work & VocationSuffering & PerseveranceGrief & Lament
Apr 20, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CarePrayer & DevotionFear & Anxiety
Apr 13, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentHumanismPoverty & Compassion
Apr 6, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentJoy & GratitudeCrucifixion & Atonement
“What I wanted and needed was to build a sense of resilience in the midst of my deep grief.”
Mar 30, 2023 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & HarvestFear & AnxietyAnger
“It's because of Earth Justice, climate Justice, gun Justice, trance Justice, immigration, Justice, the dismantling of white supremacy, culture and mi…”
Mar 22, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Prayer & DevotionThanksgiving & HarvestParenting & Children
Mar 16, 2023 · power between ideas
Grief & Lament
Mar 7, 2023 · spirit soul within us
Creation CareReason & Free InquiryBible & Exposition
Mar 2, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeImmigration & RefugeStewardship & Giving
Feb 23, 2023 · families and relationships
Grief & LamentSin & RepentanceWork & Vocation
“Incredibly, I had a sense of belonging, not exactly to anyone, but absolutely, and nobody ever said it.”
Feb 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtPeace & NonviolenceBaptism & Communion
Feb 9, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeGrief & LamentCreation Care
“What if Unitarian, Universalist, listen to the stories, the testimony, the grief, The Joy, the love, the black people, brown people, native people, p…”
Feb 2, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyThe Ten CommandmentsImmigration & Refuge
Jan 26, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingThanksgiving & Harvest
“I received an invitation this week to a conference I've attended before, hosted by middle Church in New York City, to Progressive interracial Protest…”
Jan 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeHumanismJoy & Gratitude
“Make a and if somebody says your money or you may have to just a moment, Lift Every Voice is written 123 Years Ago by James Weldon Johnson and his br…”
Jan 12, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
All SaintsThe Woman at the WellLoneliness & Isolation
Jan 5, 2023 · spirit soul within us
Fear & AnxietyParenting & ChildrenAngels & Spiritual Warfare
Dec 22, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasLoneliness & IsolationJoy & Gratitude
“Our what's to be Bedazzled, our job is to squint up our eyes and see in the dark what is shining in Define solstice.”
Dec 15, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasJoy & Gratitude
“We remember unexpected, who embrace the baby at has his own, believing that every child has a god-given entitlement to love and stand by the women an…”
Dec 8, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Sin & RepentanceElijahForgiveness & Reconciliation
Dec 1, 2022 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Civic LifeRacial Justice
“I'm deeply moved each time I look at the photograph of my grandson, Ben and I sitting on the Rocks, looking out over that Canadian glacial.”
Nov 24, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestBaptism & CommunionPoverty & Compassion
Nov 17, 2022 · unitarian universalism
HumanismCreation CareThe Exodus
“But at least I take consolation in the knowledge that when I'm dead I won't have to suffer the ministrations of pedantic little pastors like this.”
Nov 10, 2022 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeImmigration & RefugeSin & Repentance
“But they said: blah, blah, Homeland Security, blah, blah, blah, bureaucracy, blah, blah, blah.”
Nov 3, 2022 · families and relationships
Spiritual GrowthJoy & Gratitude
Oct 27, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityLoneliness & Isolation
“We may miss The Importance of Being connected with others, a fully seeing and hearing the state of each other's Hearts, but also of being deeply conn…”
Oct 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceGrief & LamentInterdependence & Nature
“So they're getting married and she said I can't speak those words, referring to the word she chosen 3 years ago, this well-worn text she and her part…”
Oct 13, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingBible & ExpositionContentment
Oct 6, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthImmigration & RefugeLoneliness & Isolation
Sep 29, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Crucifixion & AtonementForgiveness & ReconciliationGod the Father / Creator
“Don't the interest before the gate has been closed, says the poet yehudi amakai, writing of the work of Yom Kippur.”
Sep 15, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFaith & Doubt
“A couple of days ago, I was talking with one of our teachers- someone I and many of us look up to as an expert educator in this kangra, and with heav…”
Sep 15, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeThe FallRacial Justice
Sep 8, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Work & VocationFriendship & BelongingHumanism
Aug 25, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Mental HealthIdentity & Worth
“Last year, Amos secured a new Children's Mental Health crisis system.”
Aug 18, 2022 · families and relationships
Suffering & PerseveranceForgiveness & ReconciliationShame & Guilt
“Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech and the inability to listen to others, I am committed to cultivating loving speech and compassionat…”
Aug 11, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipReason & Free InquiryFaith & Doubt
“So if you see catching up with each other during coffee hour instead of talking to new members, you know why she and I discussed this dilemma just a…”
Jul 28, 2022 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeStewardship & GivingParenting & Children
Jul 21, 2022 · families and relationships
Creation CareGrief & LamentFaith & Civic Life
Jul 14, 2022 · families and relationships
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic Life
Jul 7, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryHumanismFaith & Civic Life
“And true it for George Washington truant, who is a well-known Southern Baptist preacher from North Carolina, who later went on to lead the Baptist Ch…”
Jun 23, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentChurch Life & MembershipPeace & Nonviolence
“That's not to say that the pain or the grief or the apprehension we feel from this moment don't matter.”
Jun 16, 2022 · connected common experience
HumanismCreation & EdenShame & Guilt
“But it makes sense if a Catholic and a Jew and a Buddhist and a you sit down together.”
Jun 9, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Bible & ExpositionPentecostRacial Justice
Jun 1, 2022 · power between ideas
Baptism & CommunionFriendship & BelongingIdentity & Worth
“And Community is what flower communion is all about.”
May 24, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionWorship & PraiseIdentity & Worth
Apr 21, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Poverty & CompassionChurch Life & MembershipMarriage
“Ashland describes a man full of conviction and passion and, Rife with contradiction, looks hard at all of the reasons why Jesus was positioned over a…”
Apr 14, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Creation & EdenAdvent & ChristmasGod the Father / Creator
Apr 7, 2022 · connected common experience
Faith & Civic LifeDanielPrison & Restorative Justice
“My mom's Farm was a century locate it just north of Marion, Iowa, on Highway 13.”
Mar 29, 2022 · connected common experience
Faith & Civic LifeReason & Free InquiryRacial Justice
“The idea that the United States has some kind of mission and character that separates it from other American politics.”
Mar 24, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentFriendship & Belonging
Mar 10, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
God the Father / CreatorFaith & DoubtHumanism
Mar 3, 2022 · connected common experience
Addiction & RecoveryForgiveness & Reconciliation
Feb 24, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Doubt
Feb 16, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionIdentity & Worth
Feb 10, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionFaith & Civic LifeRacial Justice
“Later in the trip, my friend and I stopped in Montgomery to see the National Memorial for peace and Justice in the Legacy Museum.”
Jan 31, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionMatthewCreation Care
“The living tradition which we share draws from a lot of sources, several based on powerful written words, wisdom from the world's.”
Jan 28, 2022 · families and relationships
Poverty & CompassionSin & RepentanceThanksgiving & Harvest
“When It Was Written, he didn't find most Americans to live in extreme poverty, but over the last 10 years, with the widening economic divide, a case…”
Jan 19, 2022 · connected common experience
Racial Justice
Jan 13, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityFriendship & Belonging
Jan 6, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasPoverty & CompassionSermon on the Mount / Beatitudes
“1/2 of our plate goes to the internal social justice programs of the church and 1/2 to our faith in action Partners.”
Jan 4, 2022 · connected common experience
Racial JusticePoverty & Compassion
Dec 23, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasFaith & Civic LifeFaith & Mental Health
“It was 1962 in the United States was facing off against the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis, with the prospect of unspeakable War, which…”
Dec 1, 2021 · families and relationships
Fear & AnxietyIdentity & WorthWorship & Praise
Nov 3, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentCreation Care
Oct 14, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionForgiveness & ReconciliationReason & Free Inquiry
“Love and Trust triumph over fear and hatred when we listen with a loving heart and an open mind.”
Sep 30, 2021 · families and relationships
Faith & Mental HealthRacial JusticeShame & Guilt
“Glenn Close said what mental health needs is more sunlight, more Candor and more unashamed convers, but it's hard to talk about someone with mental i…”
Sep 2, 2021 · connected common experience
Reason & Free InquiryGender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic Life
“The Flaming chalice was the symbol created to let those seeking safety know that it could be found where they saw the Chalice.”
Aug 14, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeImmigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“As the years went on, the Unitarian service committee, which later became the Unitarian Universalist service committee, expanded its global humanitar…”
Aug 14, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestUnitarian Universalist Identity
Aug 14, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Reason & Free InquiryThanksgiving & HarvestFear & Anxiety
Aug 14, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityEvangelism & MissionWork & Vocation
May 21, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareFaith & Mental HealthHumanism
May 4, 2021 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
May 3, 2021 · human moral beliefs
Poverty & CompassionReason & Free InquiryProphecy & End Times
“The values experiencing the interconnected web of all we acknowledge we each will be continuing to a change and evolve as we all trans to an ecologic…”
Mar 3, 2021 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeRacial JusticeSpiritual Growth
“Time and time again, the West has overestimated human rational, most notably in the 18th century, in the form of the, and underestimated the power of…”
Feb 17, 2021 · families and relationships
Loneliness & IsolationFear & Anxiety3rd Principle: Acceptance & Growth
Feb 4, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Addiction & RecoveryAdvent & ChristmasSpiritual Growth
“In like so many of us, I've been angry and upset about having to make so many changes in my life, like not having Thanksgiving or Christmas with my-…”
Jan 27, 2021 · unitarian universalism
2nd Principle: Justice & Equity7th Principle: Interdependent WebFriendship & Belonging
“I appreciate that many of our church members have been leaders of Amos and advocating for more complete funding of Mental Health Services for childre…”
Among the 3,012 churches with a readable, rated website (scores of 0 and 100 left out), this one’s site couldn’t be read when we checked.
Denomination off, name wrong, or this isn’t actually a house of worship? Tell us — it helps keep the archive honest, and flags the page for a re-check.
Invite your members to build their own personal theology on Divining — and see, over time, which of your past sermons resonate most.
