406 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/first-unitarian-dallas-podcast.html
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Jul 26, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Forgiveness & ReconciliationLoneliness & IsolationGrief & Lament
“You grew up in those words that are famous in the Bible: the ones that go: love your neighbor as yourself and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive…”
Jul 21, 2026 · uu spiritual principles
Immigration & RefugeFaith & Doubt
Jul 20, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipCreation CareAbraham & Isaac
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jul 13, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasBible & ExpositionDoubt & Deconstruction
“While your journey in this church may very likely include both deconstruction and reconstruction of your personal faith and religious identity, you a…”
Jul 5, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeDanielActs
Jun 28, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Sin & RepentanceReason & Free InquiryGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jun 25, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeRacial JusticeWork & Vocation
“And I just think sometimes it's like going back to basics, I was thinking about this podcast and what we'd be talking about, a little bit of immigrat…”
Jun 21, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Loneliness & IsolationChurch Life & MembershipGrief & Lament
“And this life, when no one understands us or quite gets us, or even just returns or calls or invites us anywhere, love, despite all we say, can feel…”
Jun 14, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentCreation & EdenMarriage
“It is writing new ways about old assumptions.”
Jun 7, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionCrucifixion & AtonementHumanism
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 31, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipPoverty & Compassion
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 24, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFaith & DoubtChurch Life & Membership
“I'm living more authentically, just as I am I'm.”
May 17, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionService & Spiritual GiftsSuffering & Perseverance
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 10, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Shame & GuiltFriendship & BelongingDoxology & Benediction
“I am sure if there were the kinds of classifications and definitions and education then, as there are now, I would have been told I had a learning di…”
May 4, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityWorship & PraiseSpiritual Growth
“A community where we can speak with passion, where we are received as we are, where our strengths are joined to do the where we are held when we falt…”
Apr 30, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFaith & DoubtDating & Godly Relationships
Apr 26, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingNoah & the Flood
“Building the Beloved Community is work for a faithful people, because we know the difference is beautiful and not a witness.”
Apr 22, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeEvangelism & MissionPoverty & Compassion
“I'm including the Civil Rights Movement.”
Apr 19, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareDoxology & BenedictionBaptism & Communion
Apr 12, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Spiritual GrowthHealth & TemperanceCreation Care
“Instead, its members worked for the Improvement of the human mind and spirits and were involved in movements for the abolition of slavery, women's ri…”
Apr 5, 2026 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Friendship & BelongingAbraham & IsaacPoverty & Compassion
Apr 3, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeFear & Anxiety
“I'm told that is there a lot fewer enforcement actions happening at Immigration Court.”
Mar 29, 2026 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Church Life & MembershipCreation CareMatthew
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Mar 22, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtAddiction & RecoveryUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I never stepped foot into an actual confessional until a few weeks ago when I was on retreat with the Texas Unitarian Universalist ministers at a Cat…”
Mar 20, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy WeekIdentity & Worth
“6 week period of time before Easter, between Ash Wednesday and Easter, where we started digging into spiritual First Pond, what it means to be mortal…”
Mar 15, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionUnitarian Universalist IdentityGod the Father / Creator
“I spent a lot of time with em and I remember going to Catholic Mass with at the hospital chap, but also in a giant, unadorned and unremarkable space…”
Mar 13, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic Life
Mar 9, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Jesus: Life & TeachingsEvangelism & MissionFaith & Doubt
“Blessed are those who mourn our weak Meek thirst for righteousness and are poor in spirit.”
Mar 1, 2026 · unitarian universalism
HebrewsRacial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
“But religion describes the outward practices that we repeat or we engage in, that give us a sense of belonging, of something like that.”
Feb 22, 2026 · power between ideas
The FallFriendship & BelongingLent & Holy Week
“Some ancient writers say that the tree of knowledge was self-knowledge, that our childish ways give way someday when we are self-aware, aware that wh…”
Feb 15, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasChurch Life & MembershipParenting & Children
“I started to understand the value of having a third space, and my Fondest Memories of my childhood at church will always be participating in the Chri…”
Feb 8, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityIdentity & WorthFaith & Doubt
“Justice and Equity are impossible without love.”
Jan 18, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jan 12, 2026 · unitarian universalism
ActsRacial JusticeFaith & Civic Life
“It calls on a deep sense of generosity, of seeing each other and even seeing those we dislike and disgust us as part of a human.”
Jan 12, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentThanksgiving & HarvestInterdependence & Nature
Jan 11, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Pluralism & InterfaithFriendship & BelongingThe Ten Commandments
“I came to appreciate my own Unitarian, Universalist community and the sense of belonging that I had taken for granted, newly committed to creating th…”
Jan 4, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthShame & GuiltFriendship & Belonging
Dec 28, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeCreation CarePluralism & Interfaith
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Dec 19, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthMarriageFaith & Civic Life
Dec 14, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasParenting & Children
“We're just preparing ourselves with our annual Christmas Pageant, telling the story of the first Christmas, the birth of baby Jesus and all that this…”
Dec 7, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareSin & RepentanceFriendship & Belonging
Dec 5, 2025 · unitarian universalism
The Good SamaritanFaith & Civic LifeCreation Care
Nov 19, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifePrayer & DevotionImmigration & Refuge
“I'm not representing people, I'm not doing anything like that, but I am working with groups that are looking trends that are happening in Immigration…”
Nov 13, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Addiction & RecoveryChurch Life & MembershipAdvent & Christmas
“More Sonny's Blues, James Baldwin writes in the short story about a young man, Sonny, who struggles first with the loss of his parents and being rais…”
Nov 13, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestBaptism & CommunionAdvent & Christmas
“Set the table, for you can invite a guest to sit with you, feeding someone.”
Nov 13, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & NatureLoneliness & IsolationHumanism
“As many of you probably know, rev Dr Hallman was one of the first female ministers in Dallas and one of the first women in senior Ministry in our lar…”
Nov 10, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Forgiveness & ReconciliationFear & AnxietyCreation Care
“Last week, here in this Pulpit, Jen Crow told the story about our sister Church in Rochester, New York, who was part of a rapid response team of cong…”
Nov 5, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionUnitarian Universalist IdentityWorship & Praise
Nov 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Holy SpiritGrief & LamentFaith & Civic Life
Oct 30, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & GivingDanielIdentity & Worth
Oct 6, 2025 · unitarian universalism
HumanismUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Is congregation was allergic to much of the language and trappings of church and, as was the approach of children's religious education at the time,…”
Oct 6, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & GivingRacial JusticeChurch Life & Membership
“Here, some of the most famous examples of finding power in Collective organizing of people against tyrannical government rule draw their inspiration…”
Oct 6, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Worship & PraiseEvangelism & MissionCreation Care
“What I witness in India is that they have this way of resetting themselves in true worship: through prayer, through singing.”
Oct 6, 2025 · unitarian universalism
The TrinityPluralism & InterfaithThe Creed (Apostles'/Nicene)
Sep 8, 2025 · unitarian universalism
MarriageFear & AnxietyPrayer & Devotion
“What I am thinking about- meditation now I do not claim to be an expert or meditation- is concern, religious practice shown to help with Stress and A…”
Sep 8, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingInterdependence & NatureSin & Repentance
“The use of reason and the search for truth Are Spiritual practices, and service is this is how we give thanks for the gift of life that we have recei…”
Sep 8, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryPrayer & DevotionBible & Exposition
“When, in the late 1700s, churches were being swept up by the Holy Spirit movement and God's Frozen people were falling out in the pews of the New Eng…”
Aug 31, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & GivingUnitarian Universalist IdentityParenting & Children
“In addition to solving planetary and environmental issues, Captain Planet also had important timely messages about issues that are very human.”
Aug 17, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeSalvation & GraceFaith & Civic Life
Aug 17, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionEvangelism & MissionImmigration & Refuge
“1700s and one that we, as Unitarian Universalist, continue striving to live are Universalist forebearers had missionary fervor because they believed…”
Aug 17, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeThe Creed (Apostles'/Nicene)Revelation / End Vision
“He had a vision of the river of crystal clear water flowing from the Throne of God and the lamb Revel.”
Aug 10, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeHumanismFaith & Civic Life
“Ig Ethel red Brown and his fellow Caribbean activists worked to improve the experience of being a person of African descent everywhere, not just in t…”
Aug 3, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryChurch Life & MembershipImmigration & Refuge
“Bible, The Book of Proverbs chapter most, is an Abomination to the Lord, though, hand join in hand, he shall not be on.”
Jul 20, 2025 · families and relationships
Church Life & MembershipAdvent & ChristmasGrief & Lament
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jul 20, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentFaith & Civic LifeChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jun 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareIdentity & WorthPrayer & Devotion
“Frida created many paintings, some of which are too graphic to show here, representing the roller coaster of emotions that came from her relationship…”
Jun 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticePoverty & CompassionJoy & Gratitude
“He used his advocate for any demanded things like equal access for African-American youth who were barred at the door of the venues where he played,…”
Jun 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCrucifixion & AtonementSalvation & Grace
Jun 19, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeRacial JusticeFaith & Civic Life
“Another is by letting people know that Texas led the way and this important issue, this important cell of operation in the lives of these people who…”
Jun 11, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic Life
Jun 4, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeFaith & Civic LifeMarriage
“So one thing that the Biden administration had was what's called prosecutor.”
May 29, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthFear & AnxietyFaith & Civic Life
“In Wartime, satirical media Outlets, onion, took out a full-page ad in the New York Times with the headline Congress.”
May 29, 2025 · connected common experience
Friendship & BelongingShame & GuiltPoverty & Compassion
“Apparently, that core value that Christians are keen on posting all throughout our public school systems that says Thou shalt not kill, has been give…”
May 29, 2025 · unitarian universalism
HumanismFriendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“We do not Bend to the, the bow of human kindness across our destiny until the Ark of the moral Universe bends toward Justice.”
May 29, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionUnity of the ChurchEvangelism & Mission
“High school student is bitten by a radioactive spider, then takes on the responsibility for protecting New York City, but he still has to commute all…”
May 29, 2025 · unitarian universalism
The Kingdom of GodDating & Godly RelationshipsLent & Holy Week
May 25, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeReformation SundayShame & Guilt
“He and I might not have seen eye-to-eye on our theology, but John Calvin was the person who began the reformed Christian tradition and during the Ref…”
May 21, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentParenting & ChildrenFaith & Mental Health
“You know the the impulse is to not not expose any of our children to, but sometimes we need to just engage with those from our unique, Unitarian, Uni…”
May 14, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthUnitarian Universalist IdentityAdvent & Christmas
“One of the most joyful times at this church is after worship on Christmas Eve, when we're seeing everyone back from college football- all the 20 some…”
May 8, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionCreation Care
May 8, 2025 · families and relationships
Parenting & Children
Apr 30, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
DanielEvangelism & MissionLent & Holy Week
Apr 27, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipParenting & ChildrenPeace & Nonviolence
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Apr 27, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionChurch Life & MembershipCreation Care
“If they could privatize the air we breathe, they would, but, as Clarissa pinkola Estes writes, we were made for the capitalism has created more riche…”
Apr 27, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionFear & AnxietyLent & Holy Week
“Francis railed against a monoculture like this, of an economic system founded only on self-interest that results in economic inequity.”
Apr 23, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Work & VocationDaniel
Apr 17, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Resurrection & EasterUnitarian Universalist Identity
“It's what is the truth or the meaning that we can?”
Apr 13, 2025 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Crucifixion & AtonementFear & AnxietyResurrection & Easter
“To crucify is the good news, but they killed Jesus and they killed the dream of his repeat.”
Apr 13, 2025 · power between ideas
Church Life & MembershipSuffering & PerseveranceBible & Exposition
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Mar 19, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Mental HealthLoneliness & Isolation
“Sure, and spiritual health and mental health are certainly connected, but we don't claim that faith is going to solve all of your Mental Health.”
Mar 12, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & Worth
Mar 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestCrucifixion & AtonementMarriage
Mar 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyLoneliness & IsolationBible & Exposition
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Mar 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeSuffering & PerseveranceService & Spiritual Gifts
“Edward Everett Hale, a 19th century Unitarian Minister, who, interestingly, served for some time as chaplain of the United States Senate, wrote these…”
Mar 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Suffering & PerseveranceRacial JusticeEvangelism & Mission
“And heartbreak caused by another in high school, my false love, healed by my loving self, now turned inward love, and for that I am grateful.”
Mar 9, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Lent & Holy WeekFear & AnxietyGrief & Lament
“This is why it is a common Lenten practice.”
Mar 5, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy WeekThe Last Supper
“Well, the story of Jesus and his life and these 40 days where he was wandering in the wilderness before, well before arriving in Jerusalem and being…”
Mar 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Shame & GuiltChurch Life & MembershipPoverty & Compassion
“I'm telling you some of the motivation that is coming out of them, the shame that is piled on to them, yes, by their own peers, maybe by the women th…”
Feb 23, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipImmigration & RefugeIdentity & Worth
“It has given me the strength to be involved in church groups that would otherwise feel racial equity, promoting Racial equality, equity and awareness…”
Feb 19, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityParenting & ChildrenFaith & Doubt
Feb 16, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeCreation CareFriendship & Belonging
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Feb 12, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Work & VocationSpiritual GrowthService & Spiritual Gifts
“And but the thing that kind of kept me grounded as I was figuring that out and as I transfer schools and moved to different cities, were Unitarian, a…”
Feb 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtGrief & LamentGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“I can imagine the 16th century feeling much like Quantum Sciences, the maturing of AI, the looming climate crisis, the intricacies of biology.”
Feb 5, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Mental HealthDating & Godly RelationshipsDaniel
“I was thinking about another things, and then someone invited me to a concert at All Souls on the Upper East Side in Manhattan.”
Feb 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentMarriageFriendship & Belonging
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jan 29, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & WorthFriendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Jan 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentChurch Life & MembershipCreation Care
Jan 23, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyIdentity & Worth1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
“I think some people have figured out that weaponizing, others anxiety, weaponizing the stuckness that they know, I actually think for some people usi…”
Jan 19, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityInterdependence & Nature
“He finished high school at 15 and enrolled at Morehouse.”
Jan 12, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Worship & PraiseFaith & Civic LifePluralism & Interfaith
“A woman opened the apartment door to Martha, who introduced herself and show the woman her United States.”
Jan 5, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingBible & ExpositionThe Fall
“I should have warned you, and for those of you who don't know what it is, original sin in general is the idea that God so loved the world that he dam…”
Dec 29, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionPoverty & CompassionFriendship & Belonging
“Some of us held a lot of expectations and hosted family and made gifts and gave gifts, and others hid from the holiday.”
Dec 22, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipSuffering & Perseverance
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Dec 15, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasJoy & GratitudeImmigration & Refuge
“But Santa dear, we're in a.”
Dec 12, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasBaptism & Communion
“Even if we walk into Christmas Eve service like you, can't really walk out of there, because there's just so much hope, opportunities and it's also a…”
Dec 8, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasSalvation & GracePoverty & Compassion
“Do that starts with a deep understanding that life is about meaning-making, not accumulation in the building of wealth, but making meaning and pass s…”
Dec 1, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasSin & RepentanceChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Nov 24, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Civic LifeImmigration & Refuge
“Another verse song during the Civil Rights Movement was: I'm going to be.”
Nov 21, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeRacial Justice
Nov 17, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipRacial JusticeHope & Encouragement
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Nov 14, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeDanielIdentity & Worth
“Right and to you know, for since the Civil Rights movement in the the 60s, a lot of white people have taken the position: oh, you know, I, I don't se…”
Nov 10, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentImmigration & RefugeFaith & Civic Life
“In 1858, in the middle of a lead up to the Civil War, back in the day when politicians had power that was built on Integrity, not media, Abraham Linc…”
Nov 5, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingBaptism & CommunionWorship & Praise
Nov 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeFaith & Mental HealthPoverty & Compassion
“That's giving the hopelessness, whether it be addiction, whether it be Financial pressures, whether it be what other other kind of mental health chal…”
Oct 27, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticePoverty & CompassionFaith & Civic Life
“The same song goes back to the 5th chapter of Matthew, which is the Beatitudes of the Bible, when he says: a city that sets on a hill cannot be hidde…”
Oct 24, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Peace & NonviolenceFriendship & Belonging
Oct 20, 2024 · unitarian universalism
DanielFaith & DoubtIdentity & Worth
“First Unitarian Church of Dallas in 20.”
Oct 18, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipService & Spiritual GiftsFaith & Doubt
Oct 13, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareReason & Free InquiryIndigenous Justice & Land
“Okay, Professor fiery Cushman, who runs the moral psychology research laboratory at Harvard, who's carry on the work of William James writes about so…”
Oct 10, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Beloved CommunityRacial JusticeForgiveness & Reconciliation
“Many people who spoke to me after and after yours also, we're just feel like if we're going to have Truth and Reconciliation, we better tell the trut…”
Oct 6, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeThanksgiving & HarvestGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Here we are full of pride and joy for 125 years in Dallas, as we should be, and looking forward to what we can be, just as those who form this church…”
Oct 4, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeEvangelism & MissionShame & Guilt
Sep 29, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingPrison & Restorative JusticeFaith & Mental Health
“Is this Awakening that started in reading this, along with a lifetime of China, understand and feel and try to embrace the Trinity he was hearing abo…”
Sep 22, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionWorship & PraiseUnitarian Universalist Identity
Sep 20, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltChurch Life & MembershipGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Sep 18, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
DanielStewardship & GivingJoy & Gratitude
“So when that pledge card shows up in your mail or in your inbox, the sooner you can get it back to, the sooner the board can sit down and set our pri…”
Sep 15, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipCreation CareFaith & Doubt
“Be quiet in the phrase we all know that was on Obama's rug in the Oval Office, about the Ark of the moral Universe spending.”
Sep 12, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & WorthService & Spiritual GiftsFaith & Mental Health
“You know, we live in a place where questions of care for our trans community and, sadly, around Mental Health Care, around these other things.”
Sep 1, 2024 · unitarian universalism
God the Father / CreatorCreation CareUnitarian Universalist Identity
Aug 25, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionDavid & GoliathGrief & Lament
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Aug 21, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & WorthPoverty & CompassionHumanism
Aug 18, 2024 · unitarian universalism
David & GoliathFriendship & BelongingPsalm 23 / The Shepherd
“So what happened eventually, though, is that I learned later in life that the Philistines were a group of people who lived in the five kingdoms in th…”
Aug 11, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Worship & PraiseSpiritual GrowthNoah & the Flood
“Almost 200 years ago, Unitarian Minister Theodore Parker, who is famous for his words, the Ark of the moral universe, is long, but it bends toward.”
Aug 9, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Sermon on the Mount / BeatitudesWork & VocationDavid & Goliath
“We are grounding ourselves in something called the five smooth stones of liberal religion, of which we are a part that were articulated by James Luth…”
Aug 8, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & RefugeEvangelism & Mission
Aug 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyEvangelism & MissionChurch Life & Membership
“Sunday worship service are church membership is open to.”
Jul 31, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasShame & GuiltDaniel
Jul 28, 2024 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingTheosis / DeificationPoverty & Compassion
“All we can do is stand firm, speak the truth and not forget to not let forces of evil turn us on one another and make small acts of kindness and comp…”
Jul 24, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Hope & EncouragementFaith & Civic LifeFriendship & Belonging
“Another thing I thought about was getting to celebrate marriage equality with this church and what a momentous occasion that was both personally and…”
Jul 21, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeSuffering & Perseverance
“I'm in the diner, I do some work with couples that are getting married, and he was telling us a story some of our friends about play Keep.”
Jul 17, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeInfertility & Child LossGun Violence & Safety
Jul 14, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentParenting & ChildrenPoverty & Compassion
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jul 10, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
HumanismCreation CareFaith & Doubt
Jul 7, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtSuffering & PerseveranceCreation Care
“That's why I present her to you today as an artist who inspires when our bodies are centered and we are present to one another, engaged in a collecti…”
Jul 3, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & GratitudeGod the Father / Creator
Jun 30, 2024 · families and relationships
Church Life & MembershipParenting & ChildrenFaith & Doubt
“And then, 10 years after that, March, Johnson led the 10th Pride Parade as a celebrity Grande for some of the most vulnerable Youth and other people…”
Jun 26, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Jun 23, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Names & Titles of GodUnitarian Universalist IdentityGod the Father / Creator
Jun 19, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingEvangelism & MissionChurch Life & Membership
Jun 16, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFaith & DoubtInterdependence & Nature
“I think of this as embracing the opportunity to live in this world and to live at fully, to take one's place in the interdependent web of existence a…”
Jun 12, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeAdvent & ChristmasThe Church Fathers
“and he really liked Christianity because he could sort of play the role of God himself and God's messenger.”
Jun 10, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Loneliness & IsolationPoverty & CompassionRacial Justice
“About militia culture that is preparing for a Civil War, about people like our governor who pardoned a man who shot a black lives matter protesters t…”
Jun 5, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Bible & ExpositionHumanismThe Trinity
Jun 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Hope & EncouragementSin & RepentanceForgiveness & Reconciliation
May 26, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Evangelism & MissionHope & EncouragementImmigration & Refuge
May 22, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingPeace & Nonviolence
“What is my favorite Hawaiian food?”
May 19, 2024 · unitarian universalism
MarriageUnitarian Universalist IdentityChurch Life & Membership
“As a Unitarian Universalist Church, we draw on stories for Learning and inspiration, whether it's a reading and worship or a sacred or secular story…”
May 16, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionFaith & Mental Health
“It's stress about school and about expectations in general and succeeding and all of those things but you know technology adds a whole other layer to…”
May 12, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyFaith & Civic LifeDaniel
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 8, 2024 · unitarian universalism
MarriageAdvent & ChristmasImmigration & Refuge
“This church at that time was, I think, like so many Unitarian churches across the country, they were intellectual.”
May 5, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Salvation & GraceJoy & GratitudeDoubt & Deconstruction
May 1, 2024 · unitarian universalism
DanielCreation CareShame & Guilt
Apr 28, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Apr 24, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareDanielFriendship & Belonging
“I mean, technology, science, you know, we probably will probably have some solutions that are, you know, really well thought out, you know, by people…”
Apr 21, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareStewardship & Giving
“And, yes, it can feel despairing to see the climate changing and feel as if we can do nothing.”
Apr 17, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
HumanismBible & ExpositionWorship & Praise
“We're saying we're saying we're humanists and you're not humanists and I was always saying we're actually all humanists Now we maybe have other audie…”
Apr 14, 2024 · unitarian universalism
HumanismFriendship & BelongingLent & Holy Week
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Apr 10, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & NatureGrief & LamentBible & Exposition
“But I, but I think that the, the messages and the theology that are woven into her was the people who say- and every time I say this in a sermon, peo…”
Apr 7, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentitySuffering & PerseveranceSpiritual Growth
“I told a story about a retreat that he facilitated years ago for the Board of Trustees of a Unitarian Universalist, and he asked: in what ways does C…”
Mar 31, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Resurrection & EasterChurch Life & MembershipPoverty & Compassion
Mar 24, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtPoverty & CompassionChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Mar 17, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeChurch Life & MembershipRacial Justice
Mar 10, 2024 · connected common experience
Creation CarePoverty & CompassionSin & Repentance
Mar 3, 2024 · spirit soul within us
Church Life & MembershipHope & EncouragementFaith & Doubt
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Feb 25, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeStewardship & GivingIdentity & Worth
“Would you Harbor a teenager wanting an abortion, a trans teen being attacked by the whole Republican?”
Feb 18, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Lent & Holy WeekNoah & the FloodBible & Exposition
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Feb 12, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeCreation CareChurch Life & Membership
“Martin Luther King said: the Ark of the moral universe is long, but it- and I believe that our tides of change, or emblematic of the idea that, while…”
Feb 4, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeRacial JusticeAdvent & Christmas
“But when I returned from that early morning errand, still really early, my dad was sort of sitting up on his bed and looking out.”
Jan 28, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Shame & GuiltDanielPoverty & Compassion
“I see young people joining the church because they want something that nourishes them is ways that social media can't.”
Jan 21, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestFear & AnxietyWorship & Praise
“Or it can be walking for hours or sitting in meditation, or it can be what we do in India, with the unitarians there saying grace before each meal to…”
Jan 14, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeBeloved CommunityGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“It sits on Boston Common, the oldest city park in the United States, near the Gazebo, from which king gave a famous speech on a rainy April day in 19…”
Jan 8, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtImmigration & Refuge
Jan 2, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingNew Year & Watch NightEvangelism & Mission
Dec 24, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareDanielChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Dec 17, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingPeace & Nonviolence
“His love in action, his faithfulness, his message and commitment to love your neighbor as yourself and as God loves you- all of these guided his thou…”
Dec 10, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasSin & RepentanceGod the Father / Creator
Dec 3, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Prophecy & End TimesAdvent & ChristmasFear & Anxiety
Nov 26, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & Harvest4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchJonah
Nov 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentJoy & GratitudeCreation Care
“He invited us on the investment Committee in our discussions about Investments to ground in gratitude for the with.”
Nov 12, 2023 · unitarian universalism
God the Father / CreatorImmigration & RefugeParenting & Children
“Our church membership is open to all for more information, go to Dallas, you, youorg.”
Nov 5, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingChurch Life & MembershipFaith & Doubt
“Many stars that you can count is how much you don't understand about life, and the meaning of this moment for us and for Abraham is rest in the world…”
Oct 29, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentHope & EncouragementPrayer & Devotion
Oct 22, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementWork & VocationSpiritual Growth
“Even our youngest children in the church are learning this practice of making promises to one another about how they will interact with their peers a…”
Oct 15, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentUnitarian Universalist IdentityPoverty & Compassion
Oct 8, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Sabbath & RestChurch Life & MembershipParenting & Children
Oct 8, 2023 · unitarian universalism
“And then I do a short meditation and then I read a Psalm, and then I read a Whimsical poem by Billy Collins or a serious poem by May sartin, and then…”
Oct 1, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestChurch Life & MembershipGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Sep 24, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Service & Spiritual GiftsForgiveness & ReconciliationChurch Life & Membership
“Maybe look at what you've done to amend your behavior or make what was wrong right throughout the year and decide whether to forgive you or- and this…”
Sep 17, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Loneliness & IsolationNew Year & Watch NightFaith & Civic Life
Sep 10, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthCreation & EdenCrucifixion & Atonement
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Sep 3, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyPoverty & Compassion
Aug 27, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Salvation & GraceFriendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Aug 20, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeIdentity & Worth
Aug 13, 2023 · unitarian universalism
The ExodusThe Ten CommandmentsChurch Life & Membership
“Not all the homes I saw were winners, mind you, when exploring one home and discovered- much to my realtors horror- that it was stricken by a plague…”
Aug 6, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Divorce & Broken RelationshipsChurch Life & MembershipIdentity & Worth
“The fact that they had just had a paper rejected by a.”
Jul 31, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Prophecy & End TimesShame & GuiltAdvent & Christmas
Jul 25, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / InclusionAdvent & Christmas
“He was a green Mohawk, Punk, loving re, and I talked with him in that room right there 10 minutes before Christmas Eve services when his mother was d…”
Jul 18, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementHumanismBeloved Community
“He told us about how Islam and Muhammad developed their ideals in institutions in Medina.”
Jul 9, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Noah & the FloodMarriageChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jul 3, 2023 · families and relationships
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic LifeForgiveness & Reconciliation
“The only problem was he was an atheist, and so he jumped to ship and slept in a crate and came to New York, where he learned English while sleeping i…”
Jun 25, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionUnitarian Universalist IdentityChurch Life & Membership
“His diagnosis with AIDS coincided with the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, when the Stonewall Inn in New York was raided by police and th…”
Jun 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeJoy & GratitudeChurch Life & Membership
“In the one year before the bill was signed, 187 people were killed or injured in mass shootings in Texas.”
Jun 12, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeRacial JusticeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jun 5, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionWorship & PraiseFear & Anxiety
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 31, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Sin & RepentanceSuffering & PerseveranceChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 22, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFaith & Mental HealthLoneliness & Isolation
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 15, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityAdvent & ChristmasHope & Encouragement
“This is the case when I was a child and a youth, and it's also been the case for me, as how many of you have ever been seated at a lot of you.”
May 7, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 1, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingForgiving YourselfGrief & Lament
“It means that whatever is calling you, whether it's a family matter or is happening at the Capitol Building, you Ponder what a deeper, loving respons…”
Apr 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipStewardship & Giving
“As a 15-year-old, I spent a couple weeks of my summer volunteering at the youth office of our Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston.”
Apr 2, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementRacial JusticeGun Violence & Safety
Mar 27, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingHumanismSpiritual Growth
“Virtue is an essential component of our spiritual growth and it helps us lead a fulfilling and meaningful life.”
Mar 20, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Contemplative Prayer & SilenceRevival & RenewalFear & Anxiety
“Abraham Joshua heschel, the great Jewish Theologian who took part in the march on Selma, said it is a burning sin to remain.”
Mar 13, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipMarriageSalvation & Grace
“But more than 3 million have ancestry from India living and their citizens of the United States, including our vice president.”
Mar 6, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Lent & Holy WeekSalvation & GraceCrucifixion & Atonement
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Feb 27, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementUnitarian Universalist IdentitySalvation & Grace
“In Luke 4 there's a list of what Jesus ministry accomplished, what's accomplished by the cross.”
Feb 20, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Shame & GuiltFriendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
Feb 13, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthImmigration & RefugeRacial Justice
Feb 5, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeIdentity & WorthChurch Life & Membership
“If you go to the traffic circle in the town of Manteo, North Carolina, you will see a statue of Richard with a posture and gaze of strength and coura…”
Jan 30, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipBeloved CommunityGrief & Lament
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jan 23, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionParenting & ChildrenChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jan 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeIdentity & Worth
Jan 9, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipImmigration & RefugeSpiritual Growth
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jan 2, 2023 · unitarian universalism
New Year & Watch NightChurch Life & MembershipForgiving Yourself
“Because what is also the most commonly broken resolution in the United States getting the great whirring sound you're hearing right now is the spinni…”
Dec 26, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasSin & Repentance
“Each family has its own Traditions, which you are no doubt immersed in on this Christmas.”
Dec 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityAdvent & ChristmasJoseph
“Hanukkah begins are pageant tells the story of the first Christmas, the Holy Family journey toward Bethlehem, taking refuge in a stable and birthing…”
Dec 12, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentHumanismBible & Exposition
Dec 5, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasSin & RepentanceGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“My friends, while you are making those wish lists of things, you hope Santa brings those iPads and warm slippers- all important, make a list of what…”
Nov 28, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasInfertility & Child LossImmigration & Refuge
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Nov 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Worship & PraiseFaith & DoubtMarriage
Nov 15, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityChurch Life & MembershipFaith & Civic Life
“It is also filled with a fervent resolve, a resolve that is rooted in my face as a Unitarian Universalist, in the inherent goodness of all people and…”
Nov 6, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeGod the Father / CreatorFaith & Doubt
“At age 44 she received a hysterectomy by a white doctor without her consent, while undergoing surgery for tumor sterilization of black woman away to…”
Nov 1, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentPoverty & CompassionBaptism & Communion
“Bless those mourners who stood today in our midst, those who rose with courage to honor the passing of a person.”
Oct 24, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Prayer & DevotionParenting & ChildrenRacial Justice
“Hallelujah, and thank you for listening to this podcast of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas Sunday worship service.”
Oct 17, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Creation & EdenFriendship & BelongingFear & Anxiety
Oct 11, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingChurch Life & MembershipJesus: Life & Teachings
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Oct 3, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Loneliness & IsolationUnitarian Universalist IdentityMarriage
“Even those of us surrounded by Family, by young kids or elderly family members who needed us felt isolated.”
Sep 19, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionWork & VocationWorship & Praise
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Sep 5, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeInterdependence & NatureFaith & Mental Health
“Crippling student debt, which our country is finally finding ways to relieve, but not to the extent truly any Awakening that many have experienced, r…”
Aug 29, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Salvation & GraceResurrection & EasterRacial Justice
Aug 22, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingJoy & GratitudePoverty & Compassion
Aug 14, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeIdentity & WorthFriendship & Belonging
“That makes and failing, and loving and celebrating over and over again finding new Circles of practice beyond our own communities- and doing that ove…”
Aug 7, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryChurch Life & MembershipCreation Care
“Additional unitarians in the new, merging transcendent miracles, Protestant, re, and they came with that strong belief that the mere used to they did…”
Aug 1, 2022 · unitarian universalism
MarriageGrief & LamentChurch Life & Membership
Jul 25, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtChurch Life & MembershipEvangelism & Mission
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jul 18, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityParenting & ChildrenSabbath & Rest
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jul 12, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryParenting & ChildrenFaith & Doubt
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jul 5, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareFaith & Civic LifeRacial Justice
“Free speech and religious liberty is a what's rights are a firewall against political violence, and we have to find ways to lift reason.”
Jun 29, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial Justice
“Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.”
Jun 29, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Mental HealthFriendship & Belonging
Jun 14, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipImmigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Eight years ago- yes, our immigration system has been broken for a really long was certainly more courageous than mine in between singing and chantin…”
Jun 7, 2022 · unitarian universalism
DanielDivorce & Broken RelationshipsImmigration & Refuge
May 31, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeChurch Life & MembershipDaniel
“And and for John and Laura Daniel, who invited me over the years to be in Dallas.”
May 23, 2022 · unitarian universalism
DanielCreation CareGod the Father / Creator
May 16, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingMarriageImmigration & Refuge
“Even with people, we, I love, the world is way more fractured than when I graduated high school and my graduation back in the mid-80s.”
May 9, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementDanielBaptism & Communion
May 3, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareMarriageChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Apr 27, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentGender & Sexuality / InclusionAdvent & Christmas
“All of that being said, though, I know that I have felt the Deep spirit sing that you know is bigger than that connects you to the world, my relation…”
Apr 18, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Lent & Holy WeekResurrection & EasterChurch Life & Membership
Apr 11, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipReason & Free InquiryLent & Holy Week
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Apr 4, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Friendship & BelongingBible & ExpositionGun Violence & Safety
Mar 28, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipSin & RepentanceUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Mar 21, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentitySin & RepentanceHeaven & Hell
“Dr Rebecca Parker, who preached this past summer at First Unitarian and is a renowned scholar and Unitarian Universalist theologue, went on a scaveng…”
Mar 14, 2022 · human moral beliefs
Friendship & BelongingHumanismSuffering & Perseverance
“My send is this experience of knowing we have got to make a serious 180 degree course correction in our Collective lives if we have any chance of hol…”
Mar 7, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist IdentityGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“And by the time we look up, the flood is crossing the border of Ukraine and former US president is saying how clever it is.”
Mar 5, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeLent & Holy WeekGrief & Lament
“I did that 2 weeks ago when I went on retreat in the desert.”
Feb 21, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeIdentity & Worth
Feb 14, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging2nd Principle: Justice & EquityChurch Life & Membership
“If you say you believe in the principle of inherent worth and dignity of every person, that remember that you are a person too, someone of worth and…”
Feb 7, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Worship & PraiseHumanismHeaven & Hell
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jan 31, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Church Life & MembershipCreation CareUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jan 24, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchFriendship & Belonging
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jan 17, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipRacial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
“That's what the PO Martin Luther King Jr's holiday.”
Jan 11, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Evangelism & MissionChurch Life & MembershipCreation Care
“Our capacity to love has hindered our ability as a nation to respond to this debilitating pandemic and Reckoning of things like systemic racism and t…”
Jan 11, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Spiritual GrowthCreation CareChurch Life & Membership
“I'm talking about something deeper, something more spiritually nourishing, witnessing to something that you wish to let go of knowing it is a, to som…”
Dec 27, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Sabbath & RestIdentity & WorthUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Begins at sundown on Friday and every Saturday the street was packed with people there to observe the sabbath, first with morning Sabbath school, the…”
Dec 20, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasEarth-Centered Spirituality
“We believe that there's truth to be found in the Christmas story every time we tell it, and this is why we retell and re-enact the story of the first…”
Dec 13, 2021 · school age stories
Advent & ChristmasMarriageLent & Holy Week
“Martin Luther King believed that non-violence is not passive but a proactive force that can defeat violence.”
Dec 6, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasChurch Life & Membership
Dec 1, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentAdvent & ChristmasSalvation & Grace
Nov 15, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestBaptism & CommunionImmigration & Refuge
Nov 9, 2021 · unitarian universalism
God the Father / CreatorChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Nov 3, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyEvangelism & MissionImmigration & Refuge
Oct 26, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeForgiveness & ReconciliationPoverty & Compassion
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Oct 20, 2021 · unitarian universalism
DanielThe Kingdom of GodChurch Life & Membership
“It has brought him, like Daniel, through the Lion's Den.”
Oct 11, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityPoverty & Compassion
Oct 5, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipAdvent & Christmas
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Oct 5, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionThe Kingdom of GodCreation Care
“Something like a blessing from a homeless man and an off-key soloist.”
Sep 20, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Forgiveness & ReconciliationDanielInterdependence & Nature
“We zoomed until we could zoom no more.”
Sep 15, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeCreation CareService & Spiritual Gifts
“And I saw the human impact of unplanned and unwanted pregnancy and I decided that to be pro-life was to be Pro the lives of the women in front, to su…”
Sep 9, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Salvation & GraceFaith & DoubtEvangelism & Mission
Aug 29, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyCreation CareSabbath & Rest
Aug 24, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Heaven & HellRacial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
“If the bright Sky, the Deep green Pine Forest, the Alpine Meadows, the sparkling stream and Rising above the sharp peaks of the mountains, do you mea…”
Aug 24, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentUnitarian Universalist IdentityAddiction & Recovery
Aug 9, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Work & VocationPrayer & DevotionWorship & Praise
“The frame is daily spiritual practice that could be prayer or meditation, even for a few moments in the day.”
Aug 3, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Prayer & DevotionChurch Life & MembershipFriendship & Belonging
“I crisscrossed back and forth across the United States and spent a few months in Ghana, West Africa, after living in one city for the first 18 years…”
Jul 25, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Racial JusticeCrucifixion & AtonementShame & Guilt
“I believe God is everything, and when you can feel that and be happy to feel that you, the Black Liberation Theologian James cone speaks of the journ…”
Jul 19, 2021 · spirit soul within us
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipLent & Holy Week
“Can a car not only on a personal and global climate change presents us with a go on, as we, having three options, deny and hold on even more.”
Jul 12, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentCrucifixion & AtonementLoneliness & Isolation
“I didn't believe Jesus death on the cross was an atoning sacrifice that saved Humanity from, but I did of the highest form of self-sacrificing, and j…”
Jul 5, 2021 · power between ideas
Fear & AnxietyFaith & Civic LifeMarriage
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jun 29, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Stewardship & GivingFaith & Civic LifeCreation Care
“And we have claims that God is for one side of the political play on issues for some and not for I don't know if you heard the latest hogwash, but co…”
Jun 21, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Prayer & DevotionUnitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & Refuge
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jun 14, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityReason & Free InquiryThe Ten Commandments
“As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become.”
Jun 8, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipRacial JusticeGrief & Lament
“Investing ourselves in something we think is a valuable but is not a value, while ignoring the things that are true and worthy of our lose view of Sa…”
May 31, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementChurch Life & MembershipEvangelism & Mission
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 25, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthImmigration & RefugeAdvent & Christmas
May 16, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthHope & EncouragementUnitarian Universalist Identity
“My last encouragement to you is to Journey Down the Road, letting your Unitarian, Universalist values lead the way.”
May 10, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFaith & Civic Life
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 3, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipPoverty & Compassion
“Our church membership is open to all for more information: go to Dallas org.”
Apr 26, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeBeloved CommunityFear & Anxiety
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Apr 18, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareUnitarian Universalist Identity
“8 years ago, when I rode from my bicycle from Dallas to Boston, I went up through the Greenbelt of Cleveland designed by Frederick Olmsted.”
Apr 15, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Creation & EdenShame & GuiltChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Apr 5, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeResurrection & EasterAdvent & Christmas
“Ruthie's friends tell the story of how they stood watch with her the night before the funeral, painting her sprinkling in a little sand from what the…”
Mar 29, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Lent & Holy WeekBible & ExpositionCrucifixion & Atonement
Mar 22, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Loneliness & IsolationBeloved CommunityHope & Encouragement
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Mar 16, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipLoneliness & Isolation
“Our church membership is open to all for more information or work.”
Mar 8, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Work & VocationSuffering & PerseveranceLent & Holy Week
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Feb 28, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Lent & Holy WeekAdvent & ChristmasSpiritual Growth
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Feb 23, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipHumanismMarriage
“I was a kid, I thought everybody who died died, got buried, and the funeral service happened at the bean Massey Bridge Funeral Home in Grand Prairie,…”
Feb 15, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionThe ExodusUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Their missions states that their work is grounded in the belief that all people have inherent power and dignity, a belief that connects back to our u…”
Feb 8, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipShame & GuiltGrief & Lament
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Feb 1, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipUnitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & Refuge
Feb 1, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJesus: Life & TeachingsPrison & Restorative Justice
Jan 18, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeChurch Life & Membership
“In every sermon he preached, in Every Act of Courage he had, he had no idea that his prize would come long after his life was over, that his words wo…”
Jan 13, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeChurch Life & MembershipGrief & Lament
“He was living in a time of great social upheaval, in time in which abolitionists were being murdered in the streets, fugitive slaves being returned t…”
Jan 3, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Divorce & Broken RelationshipsChurch Life & MembershipNew Year & Watch Night
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Dec 27, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingChurch Life & Membership
Dec 22, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasJoseph
Dec 15, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeAdvent & ChristmasImmigration & Refuge
Dec 6, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy WeekIdentity & Worth
Nov 30, 2020 · connected common experience
Advent & ChristmasPoverty & Compassion
Nov 30, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestFaith & DoubtHope & Encouragement
Nov 17, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipThanksgiving & Harvest
Nov 17, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Nov 8, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeChurch Life & MembershipPoverty & Compassion
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Oct 26, 2020 · unitarian universalism
HumanismPrayer & DevotionIdentity & Worth
Oct 19, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Loneliness & IsolationCrucifixion & AtonementJoseph
“He's a former megachurch Pastor who's now taking a different tone in life with books and podcasts and speaking tours, and in his book on the Bible he…”
Oct 12, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentDivorce & Broken RelationshipsMarriage
Oct 4, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Spiritual GrowthCreation CareChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Sep 29, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyIdentity & WorthForgiveness & Reconciliation
“I felt it acutely a few weeks ago when I locked my car key in my.”
Sep 21, 2020 · unitarian universalism
God the Father / CreatorIdentity & WorthWork & Vocation
Sep 14, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyCreation CareHeaven & Hell
“Fear of death and giving in to security?”
Sep 7, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeSalvation & Grace
“This is the Theology of universal salvation that defines our, and much can never be redeemed, says Oliver.”
Sep 3, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I knew that almost all of the teens attending the youth con Retreat would be, but I never met any group of teenagers who collectively didn't feel aff…”
Aug 24, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementGrief & LamentHope & Encouragement
“Thank you for listening to this podcast of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas Sunday worship service are church membership is open to all.”
Aug 24, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Loneliness & IsolationFaith & DoubtImmigration & Refuge
“We gather together on Sunday mornings to measure Our Lives plus second, when we become as if thinkers, we become disembodied Souls.”
Aug 10, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipDanielSin & Repentance
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Aug 4, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeCreation CareSalvation & Grace
Jul 29, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Salvation & GraceChurch Life & MembershipImmigration & Refuge
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jul 20, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Jesus: Life & TeachingsIdentity & WorthImmigration & Refuge
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jul 13, 2020 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Faith & DoubtSalvation & GracePrayer & Devotion
“Emerson's response to Nature was to say: I will lift up my hands and say Cosmos, as if to praise God of nature, said Emerson, was a metaphor for the…”
Jul 11, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeGrief & LamentWorship & Praise
“If you haven't seen it, I recommend Italian immigrants docked on Ellis Island with only a view of New York City, of them around a window.”
Jun 29, 2020 · unitarian universalism
HumanismCreation & EdenGenesis
“I'm afraid of what would happen if think of a story of Adam and Eve in the two characters, whose name in Hebrew means something like dirt creature an…”
Jun 21, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Beloved CommunityFriendship & BelongingInterdependence & Nature
“Daniel Leviton, a professor of psychology and behavioral neuroscience and author of this, is your brain on music- says that when we sing with others,…”
Jun 21, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietySin & Repentance
Jun 21, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentChurch Life & MembershipRacial Justice
“Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are upon her cheeks, rise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches, pour out thine heart like water.”
Jun 2, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
The Parable of the SowerChurch Life & MembershipFriendship & Belonging
“One soil surrounded by thorns and weeds that chokes away.”
May 24, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipCreation CareParenting & Children
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 18, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingParenting & ChildrenChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
May 12, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Loneliness & IsolationJoy & GratitudeCreation Care
May 9, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipUnitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & Refuge
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Apr 30, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Service & Spiritual GiftsIdentity & WorthInterdependence & Nature
Apr 20, 2020 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingThe ExodusExodus
“But what it says to this human being trying to control nature and God itself through knowing god, turns to Moses and says: I'm not even going to tell…”
Apr 18, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeFriendship & BelongingCreation Care
Apr 8, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionFear & Anxiety
Mar 30, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Forgiveness & ReconciliationThanksgiving & HarvestLoneliness & Isolation
Mar 23, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Mar 16, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Lent & Holy WeekMarriageBible & Exposition
“When did you feel the greatest sense of belonging to yourself, others- the Divine and the drained or disconnected or felt the absence of prayer, of t…”
Mar 9, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryChurch Life & Membership
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Mar 2, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Mar 2, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & Refuge
Feb 24, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipWork & Vocation
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Feb 18, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionDaniel
Feb 10, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Shame & Guilt
Feb 3, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipImmigration & Refuge
Jan 27, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jan 21, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGun Violence & SafetyIdentity & Worth
“Because these times that we are living a tradition that holds the inherent worth and dignity of every person as Central, a tradition that believes in…”
Jan 14, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipAdvent & Christmas
“Our church membership is open to all.”
Jan 6, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & Membership
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.
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Invite your members to build their own personal theology on Divining — and see, over time, which of your past sermons resonate most.
