199 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/first-unitarian-universalist-society-of-san-francisco-2.html
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Aug 3, 2025 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeCreation CareFaith & Doubt
“He connected with a jobs training program called freedom, run by local African-American men who had been delivering healthy food to folks in their in…”
Jul 27, 2025 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & BelongingCreation & Eden
“Abby cedarian are cosmetology department flyer on a bulletin board near The Faculty Lounge, catches my eye, punctures, my inertia.”
May 11, 2025 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentDivorce & Broken Relationships
May 4, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipUnitarian Universalist Identity
“And the next thing I know, I'm off to Seminary and at 40 years old, becoming ordained and administer and serving my first congre.”
Apr 27, 2025 · power between ideas
Creation CareWork & VocationFear & Anxiety
“Dorky- I started paying attention to my succulents, which I got because they're almost impossible to kill, and it's been fun to pay more attention to…”
Apr 20, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Crucifixion & AtonementGrief & LamentCreation Care
Mar 30, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestFear & AnxietyCreation Care
“Money may not disappear anytime soon, he writes, but it will just serve a diminished role, even as it takes on more of the properties of the economy,…”
Mar 23, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Stewardship & GivingJoy & GratitudeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“More than that, you, USF helps me transform my anger at the world's injustices into meaningful community.”
Mar 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyUnitarian Universalist IdentitySuffering & Perseverance
“Trust is choosing to risk making something you value vulnerable to another person's actions when they say that again, trust is choosing to risk makin…”
Jan 19, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityHope & Encouragement
“In The Life and Times of Martin Luther King, there was a lot I already knew about King's life and the Civil Rights Movement from other books, includi…”
Dec 8, 2024 · unitarian universalism
JonahBaptism & CommunionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“The Unitarian values of Love, interdependence, Justice and equity, in particular, are meant to be- and I find myself constantly and inspired by fello…”
Dec 1, 2024 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation CareFaith & Civic Life
“You have a role to play here.”
Nov 24, 2024 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & HarvestBaptism & CommunionJoy & Gratitude
“At the tables of Our Lives, that we tell stories and soak them in and feel the interconnection that is always there among us but in our bones, that w…”
Nov 3, 2024 · connected common experience
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & BelongingHeaven & Hell
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 13, 2024 · families and relationships
Joy & GratitudeFaith & Civic LifeHope & Encouragement
“And you and I. Maybe we start to teach our kids about the Underground Railroad that went South and all it implies and upends to tell that story, and…”
Sep 22, 2024 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingJesus: Life & TeachingsCreation Care
“You have a role to play here.”
Jun 16, 2024 · families and relationships
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionImmigration & RefugeMarriage
“You have a role to play here.”
May 26, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionPluralism & InterfaithEvangelism & Mission
“I'm an Interfaith Minister and Street chap.”
May 12, 2024 · spirit soul within us
HumanismSalvation & GracePrayer & Devotion
“You have a role to play here.”
Apr 28, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & RefugeRacial Justice
“Human suffering in war and poverty, Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine, being queer in Uganda or adivasi in India, or trans and a teen in Florida or pregnant and…”
Apr 14, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareThanksgiving & HarvestFriendship & Belonging
“That view in more ways than Tyson wonders whether that animating image and the ones to follow were what propelled a nation, the United States, dancin…”
Mar 31, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Resurrection & EasterLoneliness & IsolationThe Exodus
“Most religions have some story or stories of the same thing: Victorious over evil, powerful evil and Moses and the Israelites being aided in their es…”
Mar 17, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGender & Sexuality / InclusionPluralism & Interfaith
“But we have not substantially changed it for over 30 years, and it was becoming clear to many of us that it was time because our seven principles wer…”
Mar 10, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeChurch Life & MembershipFaith & Doubt
“You have a role to play here.”
Feb 18, 2024 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeReason & Free InquiryGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Jan 21, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Jan 7, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingChurch Life & MembershipFaith & Mental Health
“The promises I made only to avoid conflict or to look worthy to others of the love and respect I craved, knowing full well, those promises were not c…”
Dec 31, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionSpiritual Growth
Nov 5, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipJoy & GratitudeInterdependence & Nature
“That tactic didn't really serve me well, as my negative voices remained long after the voices of others move, as I lived with cage Jorgensen, my frie…”
Oct 15, 2023 · power between ideas
Church Life & MembershipFriendship & BelongingJesus: Life & Teachings
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 8, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Pluralism & InterfaithBible & ExpositionSermon on the Mount / Beatitudes
“Andron began with a story about my predecessor, as you you a president, Bill Schultz, great leader in human rights, when Bill was leading the uua in…”
Oct 1, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFaith & DoubtPeace & Nonviolence
“You have a role to play here.”
Sep 24, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Forgiveness & Reconciliation1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityHope & Encouragement
“10 days before Yom Kippur, it is custom and Jewish tradition to look back over the past year and make amends with those of, with those you have offen…”
Sep 3, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
Racial JusticeFaith & DoubtCreation Care
“Do we have to work the way we how is governed by the type of Economic and political system we live, because almost interact Within?”
Aug 27, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasThanksgiving & HarvestInterdependence & Nature
“For more information go to USF dot org.”
Aug 20, 2023 · families and relationships
God the Father / CreatorChurch Life & MembershipFriendship & Belonging
“You have a role to play here.”
Aug 13, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentChurch Life & MembershipService & Spiritual Gifts
“About 50% is genetics and other 10 or 20% life circumstances, and all of that is why social justice is so important, why we have to fight for a bette…”
Aug 6, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Reason & Free InquiryForgiveness & ReconciliationParenting & Children
“According to Daniel Ellsberg and his 2017 book, the Doomsday, today the population of the entire United States is 340 million people.”
Jul 30, 2023 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingIdentity & WorthForgiveness & Reconciliation
“I'm going to repeat it because it's meant so much to me: are privileged is our resource for service bearing witness in a fractured world of scarcity…”
Jul 23, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipJesus: Life & TeachingsCreation Care
“Evidence by the fact that even discussing climate change and how to mitigate our harmful impact inexplicably continues to be controversial.”
Jul 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeGender & Sexuality / InclusionPoverty & Compassion
“In the exercise, participants learn how to pay attention to their bodies as they experience discomfort and are encouraged to develop self practices t…”
Jul 9, 2023 · power between ideas
HumanismFriendship & BelongingEvangelism & Mission
Jun 18, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Parenting & ChildrenDating & Godly RelationshipsIdentity & Worth
“And we're here this morning, Father's Day, to Bear witness to this piece of no matter what.”
Jun 11, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeChurch Life & MembershipWorship & Praise
“So before I had talk therapy or medicine or any of the other treatment methods I've used over the years, I had Muse.”
Jun 4, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeBaptism & CommunionPoverty & Compassion
“For more information, go to uusf, the story of our year.”
May 21, 2023 · power between ideas
Shame & GuiltMarriageFriendship & Belonging
“She was a single mom, going full-time to Seminary and working or doing free internships, and have suffered loss, and she says the ongoing trauma of p…”
May 14, 2023 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeParenting & ChildrenChurch Life & Membership
“I was thinking about the fact that she was my age when she had me, that she wanted to become an actor and a writer, moved to New York City, which is,…”
May 7, 2023 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & HarvestFriendship & BelongingInfertility & Child Loss
“I have the unexpected Adventures that come with making it up as you go along, the unbelievable earnings and memories and the Deep gratitude sit but s…”
Apr 30, 2023 · power between ideas
Joy & GratitudeCreation CareThe Persecuted Church
“Around the same time, some unions were already celebrating a less politicized a elderly in September hearing that may first already connected to Clev…”
Apr 23, 2023 · church god jesus gospel spirit
God the Father / CreatorFaith & Civic LifeJesus: Life & Teachings
Apr 16, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionChurch Life & MembershipNoah & the Flood
Apr 9, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Crucifixion & AtonementLent & Holy WeekRacial Justice
Apr 2, 2023 · connected common experience
The ExodusSuffering & PerseveranceService & Spiritual Gifts
“And- and stay with me- what I'm drawn to in the story is this character that is just offstage, who keeps moving in to support the people, the charact…”
Mar 26, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Stewardship & GivingAdvent & ChristmasLoneliness & Isolation
“Should I instead increase how much I give to other Charities, including ones with direct impact, like USC or act Blue?”
Mar 19, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareInterdependence & NatureGod the Father / Creator
“And yet Darwin is a different kind of Genius than what we usually think of he's.”
Mar 12, 2023 · families and relationships
Church Life & MembershipBible & ExpositionPluralism & Interfaith
“We make our Retreats where we can, but we, Henry David Thoreau, who retreated to his cabin in Walden Pond for 2 years, 2 months and 2 days, said: not…”
Mar 5, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
MarriageStewardship & GivingRacial Justice
“And high school was the same, just more competitive College had this thing called a forced curve, and in this world there were winners and people who…”
Feb 12, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingMarriageDaniel
“While I was single for several years after GF, I then started dating my now wife, who is not only a wonderful partner but is also just as affirming o…”
Feb 5, 2023 · families and relationships
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipJoy & Gratitude
“At that time, the borders to China were slam due to Miles cultural Rev letters and phone calls were strictly for.”
Jan 29, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeFaith & Civic LifeChurch Life & Membership
“But the accused Mets King on the street and shot him and, as he Lay Dying outrage, citizens, including the country, formed a vigilance Committee of 8…”
Jan 22, 2023 · spirit soul within us
Bible & ExpositionImmigration & RefugeLent & Holy Week
“I said I'm a fan of San Francisco and a big fan of your senior Minister, Vanessa r blessing.”
Jan 15, 2023 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeChurch Life & MembershipSuffering & Perseverance
“60 years later, president zelinsky reminds us again that we are living in one world, from the United States to China, from Europe to Latin America an…”
Jan 8, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionFriendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Dec 18, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Earth-Centered Spirituality
“People in the northern Europe celebrated the winter solstice with bonfires on hilltops and Evergreen boughs and even whole trees.”
Dec 11, 2022 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingSalvation & GraceFaith & Doubt
“God is trying to win a bet with one of his angels, a bet that Joe will remain faithful to God even when tortured.”
Dec 4, 2022 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeBaptism & CommunionHumanism
“It included a mother, a passionate artist to also had some mental health struggles, and it wouldn't Point put all of the family's belongings into the…”
Nov 27, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & GratitudeChurch Life & Membership
“My first in-person gig outside the Bay Area after the lockdown in 2020 happened as the world began to open a bit more in 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada, w…”
Nov 20, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Forgiveness & ReconciliationThanksgiving & HarvestChurch Life & Membership
“10 days before Yom Kippur, it is the custom in true is tradition, to look back over the past year and make amends to those you have offended by seeki…”
Nov 13, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & BelongingThe Kingdom of God
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 30, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
DanielGrief & LamentCreation Care
“It's so important to be in community, to get to know many different people, to support each other in this very troubling world where we're cold, to a…”
Oct 16, 2022 · connected common experience
Faith & DoubtUnitarian Universalist IdentityMarriage
“What is regarded as something pandemic that has held Us in its grasp is beginning to fade a bit, and, as it does, we should be able to regain a sense…”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipNew Year & Watch NightJoy & Gratitude
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022
Grief & LamentChurch Life & MembershipRacial Justice
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
JonahChurch Life & MembershipPoverty & Compassion
“It turns out about the storm or being thrown into the belly of a fish or all that, but he gets angry.”
Oct 12, 2022
Poverty & CompassionCreation CareBeloved Community
“S Work is the foundation of society, As we have experienced dramatically During covid and climate change disasters.”
Oct 12, 2022
Parenting & ChildrenWorship & PraiseSpiritual Growth
Oct 12, 2022
Work & VocationBaptism & CommunionPoverty & Compassion
Oct 12, 2022
Salvation & GraceFaith & DoubtEvangelism & Mission
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipSuffering & PerseveranceGrief & Lament
“Ancient poet, You Are my shepherd and I shall not want You make me lie down in green pastures and lead me beside the still waters.”
Oct 12, 2022
Work & VocationEvangelism & MissionChurch Life & Membership
“They're in the statement itself, And I have seen some of the subsequent yeses that are faithful to that deeper call, And it has been a privilege To b…”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipJoy & GratitudeThanksgiving & Harvest
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipFriendship & BelongingFaith & Doubt
“He's been wounded by toxic Theology, The weaponizing Of religious language or the distortion of sacred texts, Brawl who's authentic selves We're not…”
Oct 12, 2022 · community better world common good
Racial JusticeBaptism & CommunionGun Violence & Safety
“And now is we're looking forward To the possibility of adding at 8, principal One that addresses The systems of oppression.”
Oct 12, 2022
Resurrection & EasterFriendship & BelongingCrucifixion & Atonement
“Those who were imprisoned with him, who work too optimistic At first, you were sure they would be home by christmas or the first easter.”
Oct 12, 2022 · community better world common good
Church Life & MembershipInterdependence & NatureFriendship & Belonging
“And yet Even then, Even before we could describe what it meant to be a unitarian universalist Or to be part of a religious community.”
Oct 12, 2022
The ExodusEvangelism & MissionJoy & Gratitude
“And that journey, That journey started when each registered for some online dating platform.”
Oct 12, 2022
Shame & GuiltChurch Life & MembershipHumanism
“And there is so much now that I see in the world that I couldn't quite see when I was going through it initially that challenges and healthy, growing…”
Oct 12, 2022
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic LifeWorship & Praise
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Baptism & CommunionSin & RepentanceUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Black And otherwise The preamble to the constitution.”
Oct 12, 2022
Friendship & BelongingInterdependence & NatureJoy & Gratitude
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeGender & Sexuality / InclusionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“But when I started moving around the country, Working with congregations and over and over again I'm hearing- and environmental interpretation- and m…”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipCreation CareDivorce & Broken Relationships
“Was that an evitable, a losing fight?”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipImmigration & RefugeSalvation & Grace
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipThanksgiving & HarvestParenting & Children
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipPrayer & DevotionRacial Justice
“We have to keep showing up tomorrow and the next day and the next day to fight white supremacy culture, not just in the country, Also in our church,…”
Oct 12, 2022 · standing on the side of love
Unitarian Universalist IdentityChurch Life & MembershipSpiritual Growth
Oct 12, 2022
Abraham & IsaacEvangelism & MissionFriendship & Belonging
“As abraham Lincoln said, we must not be enemies.”
Oct 12, 2022
Thanksgiving & HarvestChurch Life & MembershipGenesis
Oct 12, 2022
Racial JusticeBeloved CommunityFaith & Civic Life
“But somehow, when they returned north, my mom graduated at the top of her class In a large urban high school, And her father then stunned her By sayi…”
Oct 12, 2022
God the Father / CreatorBaptism & CommunionPoverty & Compassion
“Some points in the days, some people go off and nap and others find a quiet place and curl up with a book, and At some point everyone maybe gathers a…”
Oct 12, 2022
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeFear & Anxiety
“How someone has fallen short or failed to meet and ideal standard, how mistakes or stumbles are thought to reflect on the whole person and not just P…”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipParenting & ChildrenFriendship & Belonging
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022 · meaning of life
Lent & Holy WeekInfertility & Child LossStewardship & Giving
Oct 12, 2022 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticeStewardship & GivingPrison & Restorative Justice
“Around the fools we often ask: How is my liberation and well-being bound up with yours?”
Oct 12, 2022
MarriageHope & EncouragementAdvent & Christmas
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipFaith & Civic LifeImmigration & Refuge
“And it was because of that Theological imperative in universalism that universalists went into prisons To demand Fair treatment, Into places where pe…”
Oct 12, 2022 · church membership welcome sunday
Church Life & MembershipRacial JusticeJoy & Gratitude
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022
Sabbath & RestJoy & GratitudeAdvent & Christmas
“Right, I'm sure it's you immediately to mind for you, the The offerings you make it certain holidays, the slaughter of the lamb or the evening servic…”
Oct 12, 2022
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipWorship & Praise
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022
Peace & NonviolenceFear & AnxietyFaith & Mental Health
“Once physical needs health and well-being.”
Oct 12, 2022
Faith & DoubtGod the Father / CreatorSpiritual Growth
“How often- and middle school and high school, I don't know How often- stings can be socially kind of brutal, Unless things have changed radically sin…”
Oct 12, 2022
Racial JusticeChurch Life & MembershipCreation Care
“And then a juneteeth shutdown of west coast sports And a massive car caravan protest Has a long history of racial justice actions.”
Oct 12, 2022 · meaning of life
Church Life & MembershipRacial JusticeJoy & Gratitude
“I joined a program by justin Michael Williams called Liberation, experience, Diving into the powerful and important work for racial equity and justic…”
Oct 12, 2022 · church membership welcome sunday
Church Life & MembershipImmigration & RefugeThanksgiving & Harvest
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022
Racial JusticeMarriagePeace & Nonviolence
“I'm currently the lead teacher of the teenagers group And I'm excited to share my thoughts with you today.”
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Friendship & BelongingChurch Life & MembershipImmigration & Refuge
Oct 12, 2022
Poverty & CompassionChurch Life & MembershipJoy & Gratitude
Oct 12, 2022
Creation CareChurch Life & MembershipLent & Holy Week
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022 · our church family
Faith & Civic LifeRacial JusticeBaptism & Communion
“But even if just that strew, I think we need to admit that the world is full of questioning minds and hearts, including our own, for any number of re…”
Oct 12, 2022
Parenting & ChildrenForgiveness & ReconciliationChurch Life & Membership
“Today, I'm assuming that I preached at yom kippur this last fall, Part of this conversation about the complicated work of reconciliation.”
Oct 12, 2022 · standing on the side of love
Church Life & MembershipFaith & DoubtAddiction & Recovery
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022
Creation CareCreation & EdenInterdependence & Nature
Oct 12, 2022
Grief & LamentDating & Godly RelationshipsDivorce & Broken Relationships
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipPoverty & CompassionImmigration & Refuge
“We have a moral responsibility to keep this deep hope Alive.”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipRacial JusticePoverty & Compassion
“Violence breaks out between humans, We creatures, who Can use our abundant freedom in such irresponsible ways.”
Oct 12, 2022
DanielRacial JusticeChurch Life & Membership
“I think of the reverend doctor martin luther king's use of the phrase: The fierce urgency of now.”
Oct 12, 2022
Crucifixion & AtonementChurch Life & MembershipRacial Justice
“You have a role to play here.”
Oct 12, 2022 · racism race justice black lives matter
Faith & DoubtSin & RepentanceThanksgiving & Harvest
“Just as in morning And breathing Like enemies face by soldiers and war, covid has been a devastating pho.”
Oct 12, 2022 · church membership welcome sunday
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingChurch Life & Membership
“As we engage in all of these aspects of being A religious community, We are co-creating the curriculum of this congregation And we are all learning f…”
Oct 9, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Indigenous Justice & LandFear & AnxietyFaith & Civic Life
“Emerson organized in early petition against the removal of the Cherokee from the southeast through the Trail of Tears do Oklahoma later in the 1870s…”
Oct 2, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityThanksgiving & Harvest
“I would not make note of this fact where it not for the Supreme Court's decision, which puts the lives of girls and women under the control of other,…”
Sep 25, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Loneliness & IsolationSin & RepentanceStewardship & Giving
“Although I'm not Venezuelan, I am Mexican and I recognize the girls done because it has been used on me is a ruse carried out under the guise of offe…”
Sep 18, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingHumanismPoverty & Compassion
Aug 28, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Holy SpiritRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Did you have a chance to watch the first pictures a few weeks ago?”
Aug 21, 2022 · families and relationships
Baptism & CommunionIdentity & WorthFaith & Civic Life
“I handpicked wildflowers from around the house and I placed them on the table in the dining room and I invited Nancy and my mother and my cousins.”
Aug 14, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Baptism & CommunionCreation CareJoy & Gratitude
“And sometimes, as we quietly Savor our coffee, Michaels dimples make a rare appearance as he looks at me across the table and I melt faster than the…”
Jul 31, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeAngerSuffering & Perseverance
“He was the first person to be severely beaten as he tried to cross the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma on the fateful day that would come to be known a…”
Jul 10, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityChurch Life & MembershipJoy & Gratitude
“At the age of 14, I officially signed the membership book at the First Parish in Framingham, Massachusetts, becoming a voting member of the congregat…”
Jul 3, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Shame & GuiltChurch Life & MembershipWork & Vocation
“I had found out about a job in a basically a campground or a resort that was there and I applied and got it in Finland.”
Jun 19, 2022 · families and relationships
Hope & EncouragementBaptism & CommunionRacial Justice
“Aggregations such as ours cannot take lightly the responsibility that accompanies the adoption of the eighth principle Covenant to affirm and promote…”
Jun 12, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & GratitudeGrief & Lament
“I do feel sky-high, but blessing it's been to be part of this community for these last 30 years, most especially these last 10 serving as director of…”
Jun 5, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasUnitarian Universalist IdentityCreation Care
“And she said that was the year of Reviving traditions and extending Grace and remembering some of the facets of being back together.”
May 29, 2022 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentSalvation & Grace1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
“Let us not be complicit in oppression because we lack the resolve or courage, or we also know from painfully consistent historical memory that violen…”
May 22, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyParenting & ChildrenGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“The wide variety of activities that lean towards social justice give me such Joy Pinterest, the sheer Majesty of the spaceship, from The Majestic gra…”
May 15, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipElijahMarriage
“For more information go to uusf.”
May 8, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Parenting & ChildrenPrayer & DevotionMarriage
“Are we got right behind the bus like a funeral procession?”
May 1, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestChurch Life & MembershipJoy & Gratitude
“Letting Go may be natural, but to be honest, I can be a stubborn leaf and hold on too tight to the branch.”
Apr 24, 2022 · power between ideas
The ExodusFriendship & BelongingPoverty & Compassion
“All they can carry, tucked under their arms and against their bosoms is, if it's protect, The Exodus story, of the Hebrew scriptures of the Israelite…”
Apr 3, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & LamentPoverty & Compassion
“She came up on it a few weeks ago and she said: did Lynn write this for you?”
Mar 27, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
JosephGrief & LamentShame & Guilt
“Brene Brown, the shame expert and author of so many best-selling books, is author of a new book called atlas of the heart.”
Mar 20, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentChurch Life & MembershipFriendship & Belonging
“Kawaii faces high unemployment, which would reach 25% in 1936, leading to the threat of starvation across the aisle wandering in the wilderness that…”
Mar 13, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeBible & ExpositionMarriage
“8 that came with my will I ever belong, left with the opportunity of being there for her Milestones, High School graduation, road trips, World Travel…”
Mar 6, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeCreation CareChurch Life & Membership
“We also invite you to take a pen and write on the path that is on the bulletin board some of what this community has meant to you this last year.”
Feb 27, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingCreation CareChurch Life & Membership
“When we get a pink slip that says we haven't been paying attention to the emotions and needs of our co-workers or divorce papers, or get a terrifying…”
Feb 20, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Divorce & Broken RelationshipsMarriageChurch Life & Membership
“In one well-known story, Sondheim writes a musical while in high school, and it's a huge success among his peers.”
Feb 13, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestMarriageChurch Life & Membership
“I guess, and heard to their horror at this conference, that at least that year bed-and-breakfast owners had among the highest divorce rates of any, a…”
Feb 6, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareJoy & GratitudeChurch Life & Membership
“Our faith resonates with our siblings face and we gain from their hard work with immigration and he racism, social justice, economic equity and envir…”
Jan 30, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipEvangelism & MissionJoy & Gratitude
“And the Forum let a program a couple of weeks ago when that but one of many that they let lead.”
Jan 23, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeThanksgiving & HarvestFriendship & Belonging
“And for me lately, I think it's boiled down to what my two favorite times of the day- probably just a little thing, I guess, but this is what I've go…”
Jan 16, 2022 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingSingleness
“And in the debate we were wondering: are we protected by the Supreme Court ruling of Shelly vs Kramer or the Civil Rights Act, the Fair Housing Act o…”
Jan 9, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Salvation & GraceRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“That's God is not God's name, but our name, some of us, for that, that way, is a force of Love Beyond bounds, the one we experience from time to time…”
Jan 2, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFear & AnxietyThe Creed (Apostles'/Nicene)
Dec 26, 2021 · families and relationships
Joy & GratitudePoverty & CompassionRacial Justice
“Kwanzaa centers around seven principles that brother Clint will teach us all about during today's celebration.”
Dec 12, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeFriendship & BelongingChurch Life & Membership
“You have a role to play here.”
Nov 28, 2021 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & GratitudeSalvation & Grace
“But to be able to see the things that come out of the hardships as more than hardship, that's the heart for me of trying to find and Center in a grat…”
Nov 21, 2021 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & GratitudeChurch Life & Membership
“You have a role to play here.”
Nov 14, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasMarriageFear & Anxiety
“Lights they're everywhere at this time of year: the flicker of Menorah candles, the blinking of ropes of colorful Christmas lights, the glow of Chris…”
Nov 7, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionFriendship & BelongingBaptism & Communion
Oct 31, 2021 · families and relationships
Spiritual GrowthRacial JusticeFaith & Civic Life
“This way of being in the world, though, when that disguise is tied up in fear or shame of being found out as in some way fundamentally Unworthy of wh…”
Oct 24, 2021 · families and relationships
Heaven & HellFaith & DoubtLoneliness & Isolation
“We make our way out the door through the soft snow to stand henge a low Rock table my father Stanley built, which sits on the east west Sac night sky.”
Oct 17, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeChurch Life & MembershipFear & Anxiety
“You have a role to play here.”
Aug 15, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeCreation CareReason & Free Inquiry
“Reading and listening to those articles and podcast with an open mind and heart.”
Mar 1, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeFaith & DoubtSin & Repentance
“For this thing we call accountability can feel righteous and necessary in service of Truth and Reconciliation, but at the same time, the word account…”
Feb 22, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeEvangelism & MissionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“As a woman already very much trained and committed, as a participant in the civil rights movement and a whole community of Montgomery people who been…”
May 25, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentService & Spiritual GiftsFear & Anxiety
May 19, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeImmigration & RefugeDavid & Goliath
Apr 14, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy WeekResurrection & EasterBible & Exposition
“I mean Holy Week from the Gates of Jerusalem on word is journey toward predetermined loss and hardship and suffering.”
Apr 6, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyLoneliness & IsolationSuffering & Perseverance
“More ever, we bear witness that every human life is fragile.”
Mar 30, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtHumanismGrief & Lament
Mar 23, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
The Road to DamascusFriendship & BelongingDivorce & Broken Relationships
Mar 16, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Spiritual GrowthPoverty & CompassionUnitarian Universalist Identity
Mar 9, 2020 · connected common experience
Friendship & BelongingSuffering & PerseveranceFaith & Mental Health
“I read a study not so long ago that had teachers being told that certain students were the smartest in the class randomly assign an implicit bias so…”
Mar 2, 2020 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & HarvestChurch Life & MembershipAdvent & Christmas
“And it's my parents to sleepover most Christmas Eve's with my cousin and my parents, who are called grantee and grumpy, find my cousin's children, wh…”
Feb 17, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipJoy & GratitudeHumanism
Feb 10, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
MarriageFriendship & BelongingChurch Life & Membership
Feb 3, 2020 · school age stories
Reason & Free InquiryChurch Life & MembershipAdvent & Christmas
“And this year, the complicated rap holding up for us, the complications in life, Journeys with ourselves and even that just that little bits we've be…”
Jan 28, 2020 · families and relationships
Unitarian Universalist IdentityDanielHumanism
Jan 28, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionShame & GuiltFear & Anxiety
“What I learned later in life, after much counseling, was that my father was stuck and familiar old patterns of blame and shame from which he struggle…”
Jan 21, 2020 · connected common experience
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeRacial Justice
“Part of knowing our history is unearthing what often gets conveniently, out of shame or fear, written out, spoken in Whispers, And then never at all…”
Jan 13, 2020 · power between ideas
Faith & DoubtUnitarian Universalist IdentitySpiritual Growth
“He's widely considered the founder of Renaissance humanism, a man who fought to rekindle an interest in classical teaching, wanted to reconcile them…”
Jan 6, 2020 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Lent & Holy WeekAdvent & ChristmasHumanism
“I am the person who fills your stockings with presents, though my mom did for me, and the same way home, and yes, Dad does help.”
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