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First Universalist Unitarian Church of Wausau Podcast

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137 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2022–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/first-universalist-unitarian-church-of-wausau-podcast.html
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Sermons over time

Every audio sermon week across the years we have — a filled cell is a week with an upload, darker blue means richer topics. A steady weekly cadence shows as a solid band across years.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2026Week of Dec 29, 2025 · 2 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of Jan 5, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Jan 12, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of Jan 19, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Jan 26, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of Feb 2, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Feb 9, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Feb 23, 2026 · 2 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Mar 2, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Mar 9, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Mar 23, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Mar 30, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of Apr 6, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Apr 13, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Apr 20, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Apr 27, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of May 4, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of May 11, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of May 18, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 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LessMore·no upload·known, not transcribed
Each cell is one week · darker blue = richer topics (clean, sermon-only audio scores higher) · pale = thin, faint = no upload · gold outline = known, not yet transcribed · red outline = broken/failed file · uploaded in 127 of 194 weeks across the span (65%).

How this church compares

Against other uu and against every sermon on the site. Signals are approximate and grow more reliable as more of the archive is scored.

●this church┃peer average┃site average
Emotional rangenoticeably wider
Its sermons travel noticeably wider in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and noticeably wider than the site overall.
site avg 0.12
narrowerpeer avgwider
Emotional intensityabout the same
The peaks run about the same than peers, about the same than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Dynamic deliverynoticeably lower
In the voice itself, energy runs noticeably lower than peers, noticeably lower than the site.
site avg 0.45
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #20 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it reads as characteristically uu.

Most-preached topics

Immigration & Refuge 97Friendship & Belonging 81Creation Care 79Thanksgiving & Harvest 76Advent & Christmas 69Grief & Lament 65Baptism & Communion 62Joy & Gratitude 61

Recurring themes across the archive

Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.

Invite Join 25High School 12Christmas Eve Service 10Joys Sorrows 8Flower Communion Ceremony 7Join Singing 7Invite Rise 6Pledge Form 6Weeks Ago 6Luther King Junior 5

Themes they appear in

The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.

Invite Join
Immigration & Refuge
25 sermons
High School
Parenting & Children
12 sermons
Christmas Eve Service
Advent & Christmas
10 sermons
Joys Sorrows
Grief & Lament
8 sermons
Flower Communion Ceremony
Baptism & Communion
7 sermons
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Join Singing
Worship & Praise
7 sermons
Invite Rise
Worship & Praise
6 sermons
Pledge Form
Stewardship & Giving
6 sermons
Weeks Ago
Unitarian Universalist Identity
6 sermons
Luther King Junior
Racial Justice
5 sermons
Loved Ones
Thanksgiving & Harvest
5 sermons
Order Service
Unitarian Universalist Identity
5 sermons
Annual Stewardship Campaign
Stewardship & Giving
5 sermons
Our Lives
Grief & Lament
4 sermons
Christian Communion Service
Baptism & Communion
4 sermons
Annual Water Communion
Baptism & Communion
4 sermons
Norbert
Baptism & Communion
4 sermons
Singing Christmas Carol
Advent & Christmas
4 sermons
United States
Immigration & Refuge
3 sermons
Social Media
Fear & Anxiety
3 sermons
Pledge Campaign
Stewardship & Giving
3 sermons
Annual Christmas Pageant
Advent & Christmas
3 sermons
Offering Support
Stewardship & Giving
3 sermons
Annual Pledge Drive
Stewardship & Giving
3 sermons
Religious Education Program
Unitarian Universalist Identity
3 sermons
Lgbtq Plus Community
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
3 sermons
High School Students
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
3 sermons
Pain Grief
Grief & Lament
3 sermons
Border Patrol Agents
Immigration & Refuge
3 sermons
Stewardship Committee
Stewardship & Giving
3 sermons
Climate Change Conference
Creation Care
3 sermons
Cemetery
Grief & Lament
3 sermons
Rights Movement
Racial Justice
3 sermons
Bread Wine
Baptism & Communion
3 sermons
York
Faith & Civic Life
2 sermons
Health Care
Faith & Mental Health
2 sermons
Cast Fear
Entire Sanctification
2 sermons
Sense Belonging
Friendship & Belonging
2 sermons
Anxiety Depression
Fear & Anxiety
2 sermons
William: Reason & Humanism
Reason & Free Inquiry
2 sermons
Spiritual Practice
Friendship & Belonging
2 sermons
Gaza
Peace & Nonviolence
2 sermons
Longest Night
Earth-Centered Spirituality
2 sermons
Young Man
Poverty & Compassion
2 sermons
Prague
Baptism & Communion
2 sermons
Brian
Earth-Centered Spirituality
2 sermons
Dating Apps
Dating & Godly Relationships
2 sermons
Receive Offering
Stewardship & Giving
2 sermons
Social Justice Committee
Unitarian Universalist Identity
2 sermons
Santa
Advent & Christmas
2 sermons
Lost Loved Ones
Grief & Lament
2 sermons
Personal Experience
Reason & Free Inquiry
2 sermons
Membership Book
Church Life & Membership
2 sermons
Civil Rights Movement
Racial Justice
2 sermons
Words Encouragement
Hope & Encouragement
2 sermons
Christmas Easter
Advent & Christmas
2 sermons
Religious Education
Joy & Gratitude
2 sermons
John Baptist
Baptism & Communion
2 sermons
Special Offering
Stewardship & Giving
2 sermons
Bear Witness
Evangelism & Mission
2 sermons

Sermons that reach across topics

These touch the widest range of themes — often the richest listening.

March 24, 2024 | Full service audio
appears in 8 different topics
August 11, 2024 | Sermon audio
appears in 7 different topics
June 2, 2024 | Full service audio
appears in 6 different topics
December 24, 2023 | Full service audio
appears in 6 different topics
March 9, 2025 | Full service audio
appears in 6 different topics
December 31, 2023 | Full service audio
appears in 6 different topics

Sermons included

Jul 29, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Crucifixion & AtonementGrief & LamentGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“If Chad lasso wear a Unitarian Universalist, I have a feeling his strongest belief would be in the inherent worth and dignity of every ideals to live…”
Jun 29, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Mental HealthFear & AnxietyBaptism & Communion
“I'm going to talk about religious trauma, fundamental mental health challenges, the pressure to conform and how religion and various mental health co…”
Jun 22, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentCreation CareInterdependence & Nature
Jun 15, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentPrayer & DevotionImmigration & Refuge
“Sarah, God has blessed me with laughter, and all who get the Chelsea said whoever would have suggested to Abraham that Sarah would one day.”
Jun 9, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Baptism & CommunionFaith & Civic LifeMarriage
“Flower communion wasn't born, as some quaint celebration is born of a minister trying to tell the truth in a brutal world.”
Jun 2, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingThanksgiving & HarvestGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“It happens every time a child asks a hard question, a teenager test whether they can bring their full self into a room.”
May 26, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Loneliness & IsolationHoly SpiritFriendship & Belonging
“A couple of weeks ago, I watched this marvellous movie.”
May 19, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestFriendship & BelongingService & Spiritual Gifts
“I'm also very grateful that you decided to join us on this wonderful Wisconsin spring morning.”
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May 12, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionHoly SpiritService & Spiritual Gifts
“I'd like to invite everyone to join me in the spirit of prayer and meditation.”
May 5, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Addiction & RecoverySin & RepentanceChurch Life & Membership
“But then this latest book starts around the year 1999 and you start to really recognize those, and your name goes in this Church's membership when yo…”
Apr 28, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipFriendship & BelongingMarriage
“I don't think it's our closing him today, is it no?”
Apr 21, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
The Road to EmmausMarriageAdvent & Christmas
“But the thing is is, everybody was fine with us, but then things started to get really heated around the house, because what she notices, that her mo…”
Apr 14, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Parenting & ChildrenAdvent & ChristmasChurch Life & Membership
“At Christmas and Easter, of course, we had a are minister.”
Apr 7, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Invite everyone to join me in the spirit of prayer and meditation.”
Mar 31, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & WorthImmigration & RefugeShame & Guilt
“Here turn our prayers for those who suffer pain and grief also pray.”
Mar 24, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & WorthAdvent & ChristmasWorship & Praise
“That are preschoolers through 5th graders are invited downstairs, and our youth and 6 through 12 are invited to either remain in the sanctuary or the…”
Mar 10, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtChurch Life & MembershipHumanism
“And there is no doubt in my mind that, as a nation, we are in crisis now, a crisis that needs us to live.”
Mar 3, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Entire SanctificationImmigration & RefugeFear & Anxiety
“And then in Binghamton, New York, a high school student held one of his teachers at knife as he took over the schools PA system.”
Feb 24, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionLent & Holy WeekFaith & Civic Life
Feb 23, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeJoy & GratitudeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“It Witnesses how you try, succeed and fail, and it does not flinch.”
Feb 10, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingForgiveness & ReconciliationMarriage
“It's just as risky as asking for forgiveness, then, to Grant.”
Feb 3, 2026 · power between ideas
MarriageStewardship & GivingGrief & Lament
“And whether you're heading off to Ari or your remaining in the sanctuary, please bless each other with our children's song.”
Jan 27, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeMarriageHumanism
“Preschool through 5th graders are invited to go downstairs and our youth in 6th grade through 12th grade are invited to go upstairs and invite you, w…”
Jan 20, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeGender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & Belonging
“Places I had, do you often use the phrase the Ark of time bends towards Justice, a phrase attributed to the great Unitarian Theologian Theodore.”
Jan 13, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Sin & RepentancePoverty & CompassionCreation Care
“Preschoolers through 5th graders, are invited downstairs to explore the word community, and you, through 6 through 12th grade, and invited upstairs t…”
Jan 6, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionSin & RepentancePrayer & Devotion
“He had been trying to bring India together, settle things down and and break away from Great Britain, but he came to a place where he- he knew that j…”
Dec 30, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeJosephStewardship & Giving
“Add simple action, unleash the civil 12 year old boy named Joseph in Poland.”
Dec 29, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingShame & Guilt
“Because it's not because you're supposed to feel shame about it, but you get to start believing that you are not just your mistakes, you're not just…”
Dec 23, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Earth-Centered SpiritualityCreation CareImmigration & Refuge
“On the winter solstice, on this, the longest night of the year, we are warmed by the certain knowledge that tomorrow will welcome more light than tod…”
Dec 23, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasImmigration & RefugeEvangelism & Mission
Dec 22, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentAdvent & ChristmasForgiveness & Reconciliation
“I'd like you to turn in the gray hymn book and you can stay seated and you can join in singing or you can just relax in the music of him.”
Dec 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasGrief & LamentPoverty & Compassion
“All of that is pledge form and I have them available in the atrium with all kinds of corny little puns and things to get your attention.”
Dec 2, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & GratitudeImmigration & Refuge
“Do you receive this blessing, these closing words, if you're here alone, I invite you to reach out with your heart.”
Nov 25, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionThanksgiving & HarvestJoy & Gratitude
“How many of you could use a refresher on what this bread communion service is?”
Nov 18, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionGender & Sexuality / InclusionImmigration & Refuge
“Now, back when I was in high school, I must say that that one of the few bees I got was in chorus.”
Nov 11, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeWorship & PraiseContemplative Prayer & Silence
“And invite our preschoolers, through 5th graders, downstairs for Ari to explore the sacred word of love and invite our sixth graders, through 12th gr…”
Nov 4, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Worship & PraiseJesus: Life & TeachingsCreation Care
“After the wedding, the men and women celebrated sep, when Grandma Carly was born, and the wrapped her daughter in the quilt to welcome her warmly to…”
Oct 21, 2025 · power between ideas
Advent & ChristmasSpiritual GrowthService & Spiritual Gifts
“And finally, please join us in supporting the church's 2026 pledge campaign with the theme of belonging, acceptance and the importance of Human Relat…”
Oct 14, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionJoy & GratitudeCreation Care
“6th grade through 12th grade are invited to remain in the sanctuary with their families or they can come hang out down in the youth room downstairs w…”
Oct 7, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Prayer & DevotionUnitarian Universalist IdentityHumanism
“And if you are lucky or Brave to cry and cry, then sing hymns and think your thoughts and prayers and let others think your thoughts and prayers- pra…”
Sep 30, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeSalvation & GraceThanksgiving & Harvest
“Martin Luther King held up the Beloved Community.”
Sep 23, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityResurrection & EasterAdvent & Christmas
Sep 16, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Addiction & RecoveryGender & Sexuality / InclusionChurch Life & Membership
“He said that just before the pastor laid him back to the river, the pastor been down and whispered in his ear this line: are you ready when you come…”
Sep 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionJoy & GratitudeHope & Encouragement
“For this morning, water communion, as you can see in your Boston, is entitled podcast by the play John Galloway.”
Sep 2, 2025 · connected common experience
Creation Care
Aug 24, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionFaith & DoubtImmigration & Refuge
Aug 4, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceChurch Life & MembershipHope & Encouragement
“We collectively made the observation that we lost a lot of members, not so much because of because life changes.”
Jul 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareGrief & LamentService & Spiritual Gifts
“Beyond me there are homes that discussed us at the thought of returning to homes of past loved ones that we can never return to in moments of our lif…”
Jun 3, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceBaptism & CommunionFaith & Civic Life
“Actually, the most faithful churches in America are the ones where those gathered know that they are both of the patients and the physicians in a hos…”
May 27, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
God the Father / CreatorBaptism & CommunionSermon on the Mount / Beatitudes
“Unclaimed items will be donated after everyone is invited to bring a flower to our annual flower communion worship service, which is next Sunday, on…”
May 20, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestGender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & Gratitude
“Am I learning disability?”
May 13, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Worship & PraiseNames & Titles of GodBaptism & Communion
“But then slavery had ended and she turned her Focus to women's and civil rights.”
May 6, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Worship & PraiseAdvent & ChristmasSpiritual Growth
“Do you have to refrain from singing every Christmas while Margaret's playing the music for us?”
Apr 29, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtGrief & LamentImmigration & Refuge
“Francis would have never been a good Republican and he would have been just as bad as a Dem.”
Apr 22, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Hope & EncouragementCreation CareResurrection & Easter
“Hey Catholic, and I was not a fan of church except for Christmas and Easter, and that's because I got to go to my grandparents gigantic Catholic Chur…”
Apr 15, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareLent & Holy WeekFriendship & Belonging
“But if I have to belong to some, Try by tell: make it a large tribe, make it a strong tribe, one in which nobody is left, in which everybody, for onc…”
Apr 8, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Stewardship & GivingIdentity & WorthHope & Encouragement
“And so Jesus tells the story of the master who entrusts three servants with the difference amount of money or talents before leaving on a long journe…”
Mar 25, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyBeloved CommunityChurch Life & Membership
“It is our new premium membership that features early sermon access, 24/7 pastoral care, hotline pledge, free listening, upgraded coffee, our Refreshm…”
Mar 18, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentService & Spiritual GiftsStewardship & Giving
“And that is: invite our preschoolers through 5th graders downstairs for Ari and our 6th graders to 12th upstairs for youth group, and invite whether…”
Mar 11, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentUnitarian Universalist IdentityStewardship & Giving
“As members and Friends of this religious community, we share our time and energy, our creativity, imagine, Talent, skills and gifts, and the streams…”
Mar 4, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipEvangelism & MissionJoy & Gratitude
“Invite everyone to join me now in a spirit of prayer and meditation.”
Feb 25, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeBaptism & CommunionHope & Encouragement
“For example, for the first time in my life, I actually wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court asking him to do his job.”
Feb 11, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeCreation CareUnitarian Universalist Identity
“She worked for justice during the Civil Rights Movement and she was a holy troublemaker and suffered terrible violence as a result of it.”
Sep 25, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFaith & Civic LifeJonah
“What's the time that I'd like to invite everyone to join me in the spirit of prayer and meditation?”
Sep 17, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipImmigration & RefugeIdentity & Worth
“Please join me in reciting today's chalice lighting.”
Sep 10, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Baptism & CommunionChurch Life & MembershipJoy & Gratitude
Aug 12, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeCreation CareSpiritual Growth
“But with the increase of border patrol agents in these places, these roads began to see a significant amount of, and so you can see- well, I don't kn…”
Jun 11, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingBaptism & CommunionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“6 months after Tropic wrote this, his final letter, the US Army marched into Dachau and liberated the camp, his wife and his children and their spous…”
Jun 5, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestAdvent & ChristmasStewardship & Giving
“Finally, bridging is a time for to recognize our community has been enriched by the presence of these, reflect on our time together and to honor all…”
May 28, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Peace & NonviolenceBible & ExpositionWorship & Praise
“Be present with all who are suffering terribly from the violence in Gaza.”
May 20, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation CareChurch Life & Membership
“I'll invite our preschoolers to sixth graders downstairs for our children's chapel and I'll invite our 7th through 12th graders upstairs to Walker ha…”
May 14, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipDating & Godly RelationshipsStewardship & Giving
“I know people who have my sister, my middle sister, rather met her, now husband, on a dating app, and I have officiated weddings of many couples at t…”
May 7, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Peace & NonviolenceFear & AnxietyService & Spiritual Gifts
“Do you all have this phone in your pocket right now?”
Apr 30, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareEvangelism & MissionRacial Justice
“After moments of, rather than fighting for resources or reacting with violence, people often rise to the occasion and work with purposefulness and lo…”
Apr 23, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareShame & GuiltRevival & Renewal
“I don't want to be a self-conscious about wanting something real or wishing I had the courage to sing in front of people.”
Apr 16, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Prayer & DevotionBaptism & CommunionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“As many of you know, social justice is this big umbrella term for the work people do to combat racism, sexism and other know this.”
Apr 9, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtMarkCreation Care
Apr 9, 2024 · unitarian universalism
“And that is our story are preschoolers through 6th graders are invited to join us downstairs for children's chapel, and the 7th through 12th graders…”
Apr 2, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Resurrection & EasterFriendship & BelongingImmigration & Refuge
Mar 25, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityDoubt & DeconstructionImmigration & Refuge
“And and this construction, deconstruction, reconstruction.”
Mar 19, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentCreation CareJoy & Gratitude
“The challenge is to let go of our assumptions so that a deeper understanding might slowly key contributions to life, but especially to Art, and has b…”
Mar 13, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentGender & Sexuality / InclusionParenting & Children
“Back before the pandemic, I hosted a book club here every month and we discussed one of my favorite books ever by Octavia Butler, called parable of t…”
Mar 5, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingJosephMarriage
“I want to be a better friend, and I assume some of you do too, but the book is also about, just in general, how to be a good person in this moment in…”
Feb 27, 2024 · power between ideas
Faith & DoubtGrief & LamentFriendship & Belonging
“So over here in the winter solstice is marked by overwhelming Darkness, countered by practices of bonfires and candle lighting, and simultaneously, o…”
Feb 20, 2024 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingParenting & ChildrenUnitarian Universalist Identity
“He was a Unitarian Universalist Minister for a long time until he infamously resigned his pulpit in Boston because he said Unitarianism has become qu…”
Feb 13, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Forgiveness & ReconciliationCreation CareJesus: Life & Teachings
Feb 6, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
HumanismWork & VocationPrayer & Devotion
“Downstairs are 7 through 12 graders are invited upstairs for up to Walker Hall connections, Cafe, and everyone, whether you're staying in the sanctua…”
Jan 30, 2024 · families and relationships
MarriageFear & AnxietyHope & Encouragement
“But knowledgeable priests baptized my dad in the small room off the Sacristy well before the wedding ceremony.”
Jan 23, 2024 · families and relationships
Joy & GratitudeMarriageImmigration & Refuge
“On the third weekend of each month, our Sunday collection is giving to a pre-selected Ministry partner, organization or cause that puts our values in…”
Jan 16, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticePrayer & DevotionBaptism & Communion
“So actually I'm not going to teach you a new song or read a story with our focus on the music for celebrating Dr Martin Luther King.”
Jan 8, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasChurch Life & MembershipDivorce & Broken Relationships
“In other words, to repent is to be open to having your mind change.”
Jan 3, 2024 · power between ideas
Creation CarePluralism & InterfaithJoy & Gratitude
“A wind from God swept over the face of the waters.”
Jan 3, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasStewardship & GivingImmigration & Refuge
“And if our lives are dark, may we come to know loving affection and if our hearts are broken, Almighty love.”
Dec 22, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Baptism & CommunionFaith & DoubtGrief & Lament
Dec 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasFaith & Civic LifePrayer & Devotion
“This year, the service is scheduled for December 24.”
Dec 12, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasHope & EncouragementFear & Anxiety
“Church was the senior minister at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in New York City for almost 30 years in church wrote a book entitled Love a…”
Dec 5, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCreation CareBaptism & Communion
Nov 28, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeThanksgiving & HarvestCreation Care
“I know I want to be more stubborn for happiness, stubbornness to take yourself less seriously, your gripes, your arrogance, your humerus, and so this…”
Nov 20, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingBaptism & CommunionThanksgiving & Harvest
“Medications free, their Laboratories free, their Imaging, all mental health services, and that's all this.”
Nov 14, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingMarriagePoverty & Compassion
“But if it's true, it makes it a lot harder for all those upper middle-class people to judge the hovering the poverty line people for not having enoug…”
Nov 6, 2023 · human moral beliefs
HumanismThanksgiving & HarvestHealth & Temperance
“She earned a PhD in selling alert biology from Rockefeller University.”
Oct 31, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentChurch Life & MembershipThe Nativity
Oct 24, 2023 · connected common experience
Creation CareFriendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
“I picture myself, my self, as a small dark segment on an infinite bright line, and then I imagine the line on either side of me slowly taking over th…”
Oct 17, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionSin & RepentanceFaith & Mental Health
“At one point in Exodus, what he does is he goes on top of this mountain because he's heard through the grapevine.”
Oct 9, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Shame & GuiltAdvent & ChristmasThe Woman at the Well
“I'm trying to give you way too many ornaments and lights, hoping that when you look at my dead Christmas tree, you won't notice that my dead Christma…”
Oct 4, 2023 · families and relationships
Worship & PraiseThanksgiving & HarvestDaniel
“So I flew to Michigan from where I lived in the Seattle area, responding to the urgency in his voice, on the phone and the terribly and seeing him ly…”
Sep 25, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityWorship & PraisePoverty & Compassion
“Before we go, I think we need to review the yuu principles and then- and so what are the you belief in the inherent worth and dignity of play, Justic…”
Sep 22, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Forgiveness & ReconciliationGrief & LamentCrucifixion & Atonement
Jun 6, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestUnitarian Universalist Identity1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
“And actually, before I say that, I should say we have one more youth who wanted to join us this morning, was unable to.”
May 29, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Sin & RepentanceStewardship & GivingHoly Spirit
May 22, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyService & Spiritual GiftsMarriage
May 14, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Reason & Free InquiryParenting & ChildrenGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Indeed, our forebears, like the Reverend William Ellery Channing, declared 200 years ago, nearly 200 years ago, in a sermon called likeness to God, h…”
May 7, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Lent & Holy WeekAdvent & ChristmasFaith & Civic Life
Apr 30, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeForgiveness & ReconciliationUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Come into this place of Prophecy and power and let its vision are opening him is him number resume.”
Apr 23, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareHumanismInterdependence & Nature
“He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a Popper's Cemetery in the Kentucky.”
Apr 16, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentCreation CareJoy & Gratitude
“And then we do STI testing and a lot of other health related services within our Repro clinics to make sure individuals are car.”
Apr 9, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareJosephResurrection & Easter
“The Ark of the moral Universe still slowly, ever so slowly, bends towards the life of love and Justice, lives on, is alive in the universe in many gu…”
Apr 2, 2023 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentJoy & GratitudePluralism & Interfaith
Mar 26, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementPrayer & DevotionHope & Encouragement
Mar 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareWorship & PraiseImmigration & Refuge
“At this point in time, we are going to have our offering, and today it is a special offering for the rise up program in town and to speak to us about…”
Mar 12, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasHumanismThanksgiving & Harvest
“It puts, puts food on the table or a roof over our heads, some heat and light, education, Healthcare, and a cup of coffee or tea or that smoothie- fr…”
Mar 5, 2023 · power between ideas
Immigration & RefugeStewardship & GivingBible & Exposition
“I also wanted to highlight a letter that hopefully everyone has received in the mail: this: how about our ongoing stewardship campaign, the all-in ca…”
Feb 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Prayer & DevotionThanksgiving & HarvestJoy & Gratitude
“Christian traditions- this might be called listening- is similar to The Meditation found in eastern traditions.”
Feb 12, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & BelongingChurch Life & Membership
“The love we find within families, between the mother and the father, and the mother and the mother, the father and the Father, the brothers and siste…”
Feb 5, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeUnitarian Universalist IdentitySpiritual Growth
Jan 29, 2023 · church god jesus gospel spirit
HumanismInterdependence & NatureFriendship & Belonging
“About half of European countries still have blasphemy laws on the books.”
Jan 22, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareDanielFriendship & Belonging
“And riju read a book by Daniel.”
Jan 16, 2023 · power between ideas
Bible & ExpositionLent & Holy WeekJonah
“Elijah goes up to Mount Sinai, the Mountain of God, to take refuge, and he is told that Yahweh is going to pass by and A Mighty Wind comes, but Yahwe…”
Jan 8, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasCreation CareGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“But I tell you that not even Solomon, in all his glory was closed, as one of the and poet and Unitarian Universalist Minister, Lynn Unger thought abo…”
Dec 25, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasWorship & PraiseMarriage
“This is my sixth Christmas Eve in this church, so you can rest assured that by now, I know what's expected of me, and I know that you know that I kno…”
Dec 22, 2022 · power between ideas
Earth-Centered SpiritualityCreation CareFriendship & Belonging
“I'm a member of first you, you and its religious Services, Comm 2017, which was the first year of Brian Mason's ministry here.”
Dec 18, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFaith & DoubtIdentity & Worth
“1005 an annual Christmas Pageant has been held at the first Universalist in the first unit.”
Dec 11, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasHumanismFear & Anxiety
“And every year on Christmas Eve this Sanctuary sees its largest congregation by far and afterwards, in the atrium, we are treated to the best cookie…”
Dec 4, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasIsaiahBaptism & Communion
“And now, please join us for opening number 301 in the grey: touch the Earth, reach the, please remind, standing for affirmation, you'll find those wo…”
Nov 27, 2022 · connected common experience
Thanksgiving & HarvestInterdependence & NatureFaith & Civic Life
“Is it awakens the Primal Consciousness with- I don't know about you, but having my Primal Consciousness awake and a contemporary shows of Sotto creat…”
Nov 22, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestBaptism & CommunionGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Abraham Lincoln, who prayed in that church every single night throughout the Civil War.”
Nov 14, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeFaith & DoubtGrief & Lament
“Hold on for dear life, to be good friends who love practice playing and then caution.”

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