366 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/first-uu-of-austin.html
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Jun 10, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentJoy & Gratitude
Jun 2, 2026 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingIdentity & WorthFaith & Mental Health
“Susan has a cousin who has been experiencing mental health issues.”
May 26, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeService & Spiritual GiftsGrief & Lament
“Even more so with the Interfaith groups in our area, building stronger relationships, particularly around Justice, with other what is uu in other and…”
May 19, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingFear & AnxietyGrief & Lament
May 11, 2026 · families and relationships
Grief & Lament4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchBaptism & Communion
May 4, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & NatureFriendship & BelongingThanksgiving & Harvest
“That was being which we know as people who believe in an independent, interdependent web of existence.”
Apr 28, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr said: when our days become dreary, with low hovering clouds, and our Knights become darker than a 1000 midnights, we wil…”
Apr 20, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & Belonging4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchImmigration & Refuge
“It's the counseling and depositing of the offering, Monday after Monday, reader, and the ushers and the choir members and all of those that make beau…”
Apr 13, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Bible & ExpositionShame & GuiltElijah
Apr 6, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCrucifixion & AtonementEvangelism & Mission
“It is a crossing over a desert of Shifting Sands that allows us to see something that we, one of the things that binds First Unitarian Universalist C…”
Mar 31, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & DoubtGod the Father / Creator4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
Mar 23, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityEvangelism & MissionHope & Encouragement
Mar 16, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingHumanism
“And then that was followed shortly by that 2024 election that I just talked about and its aftermath, that we're still living, the memorial service wh…”
Mar 10, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentImmigration & RefugeBeloved Community
“Gibson told her friend who is going through a hard time: open your heart to love everything that you are feeling right now, if it is fear or sadness,…”
Mar 6, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentBaptism & CommunionThanksgiving & Harvest
“Conclude, it is my privilege to service president of your Unitarian Universalist Association, and it is an honor to True honor to come on behalf of o…”
Mar 4, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeEvangelism & Mission
“I am so proud of and so grateful to our Reverend Carrie for answering that call, answering that call for Faith leaders to go to Minneapolis to Bear w…”
Feb 24, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentGod the Father / CreatorRacial Justice
Feb 16, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentCreation CareEvangelism & Mission
“What are the things that Vines first year together as a religious community is that the congregation has a common purpose for First Unitarian Univers…”
Feb 9, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingForgiveness & Reconciliation
Feb 2, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist Identity4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchImmigration & Refuge
“Each is satisfied with just a little fresh water, healthy food, enough room to Nest is a passport or travel documents or immigration papers, because…”
Jan 20, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingSpiritual Growth
“As we enter this time of music and quiet meditation, I invite you to keep in your heart and mind the members of our communities who are ill or in sor…”
Jan 13, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“The Apostle Paul came to mind.”
Jan 6, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentNew Year & Watch NightFear & Anxiety
“Maybe it's the way the piano sounds when it's not being only makes itself known in the absence of.”
Jan 1, 2026 · power between ideas
Racial Justice4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchAdvent & Christmas
“Then, opening their Treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh- and, being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they dep…”
Dec 23, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingFaith & Civic Life
“A couple named Joseph and Mary had to make a journey to the city of Bethlehem because there was a new law that said everyone had to return to the cit…”
Dec 16, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingAdvent & ChristmasSuffering & Perseverance
“By the way, there is tinsel and holiday ads and the state is kidnapping people and separating families, and doing it at such a rate that they've had…”
Dec 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeDoxology & BenedictionWork & Vocation
“At the time, Kenzie got the children Wayne had taught as a volunteer in religious education to send cards.”
Dec 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & Belonging4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“And while the exact nature and intensity of individual experiences of them very, these Transcendent or Peak experiences do share some common characte…”
Nov 25, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & GratitudeGrief & Lament
“Again, be thankful for those rights we have chosen to give you and could decide to refuse again our President and Vice President chiding the presiden…”
Nov 21, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionFriendship & BelongingRacial Justice
“What piece of information am I going to receive that's going to allow me to feel safe from what many of us have never learned to be comfortable with…”
Nov 11, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
“Of course, on Sesame Street, Cookie Monster said that the letter c was for cookie, or cookie, as he would say, First Unitarian Universalist Church of…”
Nov 7, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentThanksgiving & Harvest
“Some of our intentional play, something that can be hard in a society where productivity is the highest value, or often Our Lives feel like a fool on…”
Oct 27, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchJoy & GratitudeAdvent & Christmas
“Halloween is in fact my favorite holiday, maybe because it was taken away from me for song, I don't know, but you know it doesn't have the stress or…”
Oct 20, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & GratitudeRacial Justice
“Across the country, people are joining together to reclaim love, Justice and democracy, and this religious community can celebrate that we have been,…”
Oct 13, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Reason & Free InquiryRacial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
“Anger is loaded with information, and one thing that binds us together is a religious community is that we have a common purpose, and in this church,…”
Oct 6, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & RefugeFear & Anxiety
“One of the things that binds First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin together as a religious community is that we have a common religious purpo…”
Sep 30, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeStewardship & Giving
“Call Kirby who also, while being sick himself, helped organize doctors and nurses in this church to get vital and life extending medication, take the…”
Sep 22, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Stewardship & GivingGrief & LamentUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I use the word love here not merely in the personal sense of being made and Universal sense of quest and daring, one of the things that binds First U…”
Sep 15, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & Belonging4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchLoneliness & Isolation
“This is the spiritual practice of anti-racism, antidepression and multiculturalism.”
Sep 8, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeStewardship & Giving
“Let our annual water communion- what do call blessings upon these Waters, all blessings upon each of you who have shared- play the ocean of divine lo…”
Sep 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Parenting & ChildrenRacial JusticeImmigration & Refuge
“I feel so strongly about our religious education and how it can transform lives through the whole lifespan, and I feel a great deal of responsibility…”
Aug 27, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingEvangelism & MissionCreation Care
Aug 20, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Revival & RenewalFriendship & BelongingFaith & Mental Health
“And despite or perhaps because of the personal struggles that each of them dealt with at times during their lives, from drug, Alcohol and Other addic…”
Aug 11, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityFear & Anxiety
“Now, water conservation is an issue and is a part of an even larger issue of the global climate crisis of which we cannot lose sight.”
Aug 5, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchCrucifixion & Atonement
“I wasn't always proud.”
Jul 28, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeEvangelism & Mission
“I eventually realized that we as individuals were gathered in community and embracing pluralism- a new term to me from article, and we shared from al…”
Jul 21, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
“And transformation begins in our individual and Collective imaginations, where we look out, where we can already see and do the impossible, imagine s…”
Jul 13, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“Franco Zuma's life would have been endangered if Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ice had deported her to her home country of Guatemala.”
Jul 7, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceUnitarian Universalist IdentityIdentity & Worth
“As we like candles, I invite you to keep in your mind and heart members of our community who are ill or enssaro and those who are celebrating Joyce.”
Jul 1, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & BelongingFear & Anxiety
Jun 25, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Beloved CommunityLoneliness & IsolationGrief & Lament
“In the past 5 years alone, we have witnessed the advance of technology and AI, extreme geopolitical shifts, a fractured news media and furthering cli…”
Jun 17, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingJosephUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Larger religious movement that is in turn interconnected in solidarity with many other Faith traditions and social movements dedicated to building th…”
Jun 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchParenting & Children
“It becomes so when it is brought into the right relationship with freedom of one of the things that binds this church together as a religious communi…”
Jun 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“One last time to laugh, to cry, to mourn, to reflect, to celebrate, to express our gratitude and to say goodbye, and God be with you.”
May 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeImmigration & RefugeParenting & Children
“Martin Luther King said: Injustice to one is Injustice to all and, as collective Liberation says, we're all part of that inner woven tapestry.”
May 22, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Jesus: Life & Teachings4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchGrief & Lament
“I know you've done some work on that and a couple of classes recently, this year and last year with AJ jurassica.”
May 13, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionShame & GuiltFriendship & Belonging
“He and his wife Maya moved to the United States to be norbert's mom had raised him to.”
May 5, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentJoy & Gratitude
“One of the things that binds this church together as a religious community is that we have a common purpose, and for First Unitarian Universalist Chu…”
Apr 30, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareFaith & Mental HealthSin & Repentance
“So if you're not getting those, please get on that list what one of the researchers, Susan Clayton from the College of Wooster, says.”
Apr 23, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestGrief & LamentSpiritual Growth
Apr 17, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeLent & Holy WeekImmigration & Refuge
“We also have some ancient wisdom that when I was looking back on one of my first services with you in interim Ministry- contemplation and reverence a…”
Apr 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Mental Health4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchFaith & Doubt
Apr 1, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionPeace & NonviolenceFriendship & Belonging
“I'm also a professor, and a United States remains deeply polarized, with ideological conflict shaping public discourse and pol.”
Mar 24, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeLent & Holy WeekBible & Exposition
“So he was wandering around in the wilderness with his father-in-law sheep and then, for whatever reason, he decides to take a little detour and head…”
Mar 19, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentFaith & Civic LifeAttributes of God
“A lot, but leadership, those who have been most adversely in play toxins like the more the better the turn.”
Mar 10, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFriendship & Belonging4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“Why, if my assertion about trust is true, or chalice circles and Wellspring groups, which, for those of you who are new, are small group Ministries w…”
Mar 4, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareImmigration & RefugeRacial Justice
“I invite you now to light a candle, if you are so moved.”
Feb 25, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & Gratitude4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“And number three: pay attention to inclusion and any social justice events or actions we are, if I keeping love at the center, we can continue to wid…”
Feb 17, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Together, we nourish Souls, transform lives and do justice to build the Beloved.”
Feb 10, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Because the Beloved Community we build together is more than worth such risk.”
Feb 5, 2025 · unitarian universalism
4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchGrief & LamentMarriage
Jan 27, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Friendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / InclusionGrief & Lament
“Even when we don't have steaks in the game, we stand in solidarity and push back against that dehumanizing way, that, because we remember that we are…”
Jan 20, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
“Today I leave you with the wisdom once again of Reverend Dr Martin Luther King: power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is…”
Jan 14, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Parenting & ChildrenMarriageUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Enter into the sacred right now to light candles, if you're so moved, candles representing sorrow, Joy, hope, remembrance.”
Jan 6, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
New Year & Watch NightFear & AnxietyGrief & Lament
“Candles representing sorrow, Joy, hope, remembrance, resilience.”
Jan 2, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeGrief & LamentJohn
“Specifically, I want to tell you a story from the end of the Gospel of John, which is one of the four versions of the life of Jesus Christ that you c…”
Dec 29, 2024 · christmas and easter
Advent & ChristmasSuffering & PerseveranceJoseph
“I searched the Yellow Pages, went to the nearest Cold yard, picked out an exceptionally large chunk, wrapped it nicely in a box with a bow and placed…”
Dec 23, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
The NativityFriendship & BelongingJoseph
“A couple named Joseph and Mary had to make a journey to the city of Bethlehem because there was a new law that said everyone had to return to the cit…”
Dec 17, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipImmigration & RefugeFear & Anxiety
“Now, gifts aren't really My love language and I'm terrible about waiting until the last minute to shop, and I find myself wrapping presents, usually…”
Dec 10, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeGrief & Lament
“I invite you now to light a candle, if you are so moved, candles representing sorrow, Joy, hope, remembrance, resilience, whatever it is that you nee…”
Dec 4, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentJoy & GratitudeThanksgiving & Harvest
“I invite you to light a candle as you remember Wayne and focus on a memory, one memory that portrays what Wayne meant.”
Dec 3, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeRacial Justice1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
“It struck a chord online with a lot of you, Minister, and you use someone to share it with you, and also, I think, when we live in a state and a nati…”
Dec 3, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Nov 27, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchFaith & Civic LifeThe Parable of the Sower
“Let us say it together: forget the Irish Souls Transformer lies and do justice to build the Beloved.”
Nov 19, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingLent & Holy WeekService & Spiritual Gifts
“It is in the news, it's all over social media, causing division, polarization among friends, families, Collies, congregation, people are revisiting q…”
Nov 12, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingFear & Anxiety
“First, is that I know those emotions I mentioned going to be something that we experience, as I think, though, they are like when we feel physical, t…”
Nov 6, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeParenting & ChildrenHope & Encouragement
“Our kids go to public school together.”
Oct 29, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeRacial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
“And we're also working to make sure we live our social justice values right here, first by exploring how we can become, as you heard, even more inclu…”
Oct 22, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGrief & Lament4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“That's the first step to changing the world.”
Oct 14, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Sin & RepentanceStewardship & GivingImmigration & Refuge
Oct 7, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentDisability & BelongingEarth-Centered Spirituality
“Ms Hershey was a white poet, journalist, feminist and a disability rights activist and consultant, known to have parked her wheelchair in front of bu…”
Oct 1, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareImmigration & Refuge4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“Today we'll have a special service focusing on our climate crisis and the Nationwide Unitarian Universalist climate Justice Revival in which the chur…”
Sep 23, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentUnitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & Belonging
“A presidential election year where three quarters of the population say they are feeling stressed and anxious over a quarter or in conflict with thei…”
Sep 16, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeGender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & Belonging
“Help them feel like they belong, help ourselves feel like we belong and also have these cultural rules and expectations, many of which are Unwritten,…”
Sep 12, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentRacial Justice
“Beloved Community in that context is a lot about social justice, especially economic Justice, and so is already a lot about belonging, about the poss…”
Sep 3, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionUnitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & Belonging
“Clocking in at only 44 or so years old, water communion has become an essential part of our living tradition, a tradition that changes and adapts ove…”
Aug 26, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareUnitarian Universalist Identity4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“One of the things that binds first uu together as a religious community is that this congregation has a common purpose for us.”
Aug 25, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
“One of the things that holds First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin together as a religious community is that we have a common religious purpo…”
Aug 12, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeRacial JusticeGrief & Lament
“Breathing together, we enter into a time of sacred silence together, remembering that we also hold sacred human sounds, including those of enter into…”
Aug 6, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & GratitudeMarriage
“And now I invite you to light a candle if you are so moved, candles representing sorrow or Joy, Pride, Liberation, remembrance, resilience, whatever…”
Jul 30, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
Jul 23, 2024 · families and relationships
Immigration & RefugeRacial JusticeInfertility & Child Loss
“There is no doubt in my mind that the Texas Attorney General would prosecute me with all the power at their disposal.”
Jul 20, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingImmigration & Refuge
“Joyce and Dan Wilson, as Joy Stills with, now enter into that time of candle lighting and continued meditation if you wish, holding our meditative si…”
Jul 8, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Hope & EncouragementUnitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & Belonging
“God sends two emissaries to the city, to the same who had just visited, Abraham and Sarah, who, despite their ages, are promised their own child.”
Jul 1, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic LifeWork & Vocation
“Ignore his manservant, the editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, recently told of several pastors relating to him how, after preaching about The Ser…”
Jun 17, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeGrief & LamentUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I invite you now to light a candle, if you are candles representing sorrow, Joy, hope, remembrance, resilience, whatever it is you need to honor duri…”
Jun 11, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“I invite you to keep in your mind and heart members of our community who may be ill or in sorrow, as well as those who are celebrating.”
Jun 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingBaptism & CommunionJoy & Gratitude
“So there was a lot of history that had been carried through that congregation and into the present, and she was a huge help, a huge strength, a wonde…”
May 29, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtBaptism & Communion4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“I've met many people whose mental health is mental health is seriously deteriorated from having all of this, for many teachers don't seem to recogniz…”
May 20, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareGrief & LamentChurch Life & Membership
“Go now in peace, with love in your hearts, kindness on your lips and compassion at your fingertips, blessing all others as you yourselves are now ble…”
May 14, 2024 · families and relationships
Advent & ChristmasUnitarian Universalist IdentityCreation Care
May 11, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityPluralism & Interfaith
“For us, as Unitarian Universalist, our commitment to right of conscience doesn't include allowing out of Covenant behavior and welcoming the expressi…”
Apr 29, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityEvangelism & Mission1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
“Can you join me and saying the words by which we extinguish our chalice?”
Apr 22, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeFaith & Civic Life
“For example, we had an awesome team of first few years, including a number of the high school youth, come out for IX Hands-On housing event earlier t…”
Apr 16, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & NatureGrief & LamentCreation Care
“Our and Wayne and I have so needed the help and support of our family and loved ones, and the wonderful Folks at hospice Austin were especially grate…”
Apr 9, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
“Now, I have high hopes that more than one of you are going to know this one, which Unitarian Universalist Minister created affect theology, which we…”
Apr 2, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Resurrection & Easter4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchGrief & Lament
“It was also a time of great growth, great joy and great love, and I am filled with gratitude for that committee and that person who is great courage,…”
Mar 27, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeIdentity & WorthThanksgiving & Harvest
“Be a real shame.”
Mar 18, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
“And then, when we go down to witness what is happening at the border, when we use our Sacred Space to give Asylum to Asylum Seekers, when we make our…”
Mar 12, 2024 · families and relationships
Faith & DoubtCreation CareGrief & Lament
“I say typically, because, with the Advent of social media, those who are otherwise lacking in power now also have the ability to spread ignorance and…”
Mar 4, 2024 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentLent & Holy WeekWork & Vocation
Feb 27, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryImmigration & RefugeRacial Justice
“Let's imagine ourselves embarking on a journey, a journey on which we search for truth and meaning, a journey on which we encourage one another to sp…”
Feb 21, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityInterdependence & NatureGrief & Lament
“For more information go to our website at Austin, you, you dot org.”
Feb 19, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingThanksgiving & Harvest
“I was talking to our religious educator and we were laughing about the fact that whenever we meet with our kids to start some kind of a new project,…”
Feb 13, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeUnitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & Refuge
“Is a living, ever evolving Theology of collective Liberation that values all people in beings, lifting up those of us who are experienced.”
Feb 7, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingImmigration & Refuge
“It's from The Souls of animals by Reverend Gary Kowalski: sense of solitude: you can never fully enter into or understand.”
Jan 30, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeDisability & BelongingFriendship & Belonging
“Steve incline Mom, it's a hell.”
Jan 24, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingPeace & NonviolenceUnitarian Universalist Identity
“As a religious community, we promise to welcome and serve by being intentionally hospital to all people of Goodwill, celebrating all aspects of diver…”
Jan 17, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingHumanismThe Parable of the Sower
Jan 10, 2024 · power between ideas
Fear & AnxietySpiritual GrowthWorship & Praise
“Are chalice also invites us to, although with ideas rather than with Marsh.”
Jan 4, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeFaith & DoubtIdentity & Worth
“If shame comes, you need not near to ourselves.”
Dec 30, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingThe Nativity
“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the baby who is lying in the manger.”
Dec 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
The NativityImmigration & RefugeFriendship & Belonging
“As a child, The Innkeeper had learned the story of Abraham and Sarah welcoming three strangers into their home.”
Dec 12, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeReason & Free InquirySpiritual Growth
Dec 6, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Earth-Centered SpiritualityUnitarian Universalist IdentityAdvent & Christmas
“As I was researching all of this, though, the most striking element to was that these ancient spiritual observations of the winter solstice, this Dar…”
Nov 28, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeSin & Repentance
“In fact, numerous Studies have shown that it can improve our physical and mental health and even extend our.”
Nov 21, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
“I encourage you to spend some time in spiritual practice and personal reflection this coming week, maybe while you're feeling there is much to think…”
Nov 14, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
Nov 6, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Baptism & CommunionThe Church FathersFaith & Doubt
“As we go forth from this time and place, let us be inspired by their courage, their wisdom and their dreams.”
Oct 30, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & BelongingImmigration & Refuge
“One of the things that binds first uu Austin together as a religious community is that we have a common religious purpose for First Unitarian Univers…”
Oct 23, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & Belonging
“And of course, back then, legal marriage equality was only a distant dream, even though they loved us both greatly and we them.”
Oct 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & GivingImmigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“As we light these candles, I invite you to keep in your mind and heart members of our community who are ill or in sorrow, and those who are celebrati…”
Oct 10, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityWorship & Praise
“Do you feel lonely?”
Oct 4, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & GivingFriendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“It is the primary way we pay for everything associated with first, including our building activities, music, staff pledges now, so we won't know what…”
Sep 26, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingInterdependence & NatureGrief & Lament
“I can help myself feel like what kind of on me my responds, to which I greatly credit- 780 / 8, 7/8 Selassie, after reading and reflecting deeply upo…”
Sep 21, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingMarriageProphecy & End Times
“Apparently, those sacred vows were so vital to me and Wayne that we decided we had to get married again twice since that fateful trip to Vancouver: o…”
Sep 13, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingWork & VocationEvangelism & Mission
“I just love the Theology of that phrase: calling out of each other.”
Sep 12, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“Equally- and we can tend to get focused on the travels rather than the values that the water represented for us- the spiritual meaning of those root…”
Aug 31, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityIdentity & WorthImmigration & Refuge
Aug 30, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeGrief & LamentStewardship & Giving
Aug 29, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Mental HealthUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Neurological issues, mental health issues, chronic Stitch?”
Aug 10, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionGrief & LamentPrayer & Devotion
“If you let the hurt and grief.”
Aug 2, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
“May it bring Comfort to those who are in pain.”
Aug 1, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingChurch Life & MembershipJoy & Gratitude
“I did a chalice Circle for the facilitators of the Chalice circles.”
Jul 27, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentFaith & Civic LifeThanksgiving & Harvest
“A famous minister, Reverend William, early Channing, Unitarian.”
Jul 11, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentRacial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
“But in doing so I kind of left behind all faiths and all spirituality for many years, and so that left me with no context within which to think about…”
Jul 5, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingFaith & Civic Life
“I am so thrilled to be back with you after being out last week to go to our annual Unitarian Universalist General Assembly.”
Jun 28, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFear & AnxietyWorship & Praise
“First, do you together as a religious community, is that the congregation has a common purpose, a mission that we wrote together, we put on the wall…”
Jun 21, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeService & Spiritual GiftsImmigration & Refuge
“Big volunteers will offer you an order of service, help you with directions and pass the office to replace during the service.”
Jun 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFear & AnxietySpiritual Growth
“And I also hold in my heart that Uvalde families who have been holding a sit-in for an end to gun violence in Washington DC.”
Jun 5, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeBaptism & Communion
“When are flower communion comes around?”
May 29, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGod the Father / CreatorUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Martin Luther King Jr once said: human salvation of the creatively, given our current status quo that creates maladjustment, is still a necessary com…”
May 23, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityLoneliness & Isolation
“I was trying to make small talk after a year of social isolation.”
May 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCrucifixion & AtonementHumanism
“In this life, one of the things that binds first you together as a religious community is that we have a common purpose for First Unitarian Universal…”
May 8, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & GratitudeFriendship & Belonging
“We pray for all those who experienced the Insidious racism of our world, and we pray especially for indigenous people and communities after the obser…”
May 2, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeJoy & GratitudeImmigration & Refuge
“Shared Joy create Unity.”
Apr 25, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeBible & Exposition
“For more information, go to our website at Boston U?”
Apr 19, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareUnitarian Universalist IdentityResurrection & Easter
“Our readings today came from religious texts, because if we can be as a personal spiritual issue- and it is a personal and a spiritual issue, in fact…”
Apr 11, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeRacial JusticeThe Exodus
“His mother was fr and he went on until the Egyptians told them: just get out.”
Apr 3, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareImmigration & RefugeEvangelism & Mission
“A long tradition of seeing a spark of the Divine in every person, it's a not tradition that I invite you to greet the holy among us, either in the co…”
Mar 28, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareJesus: Life & Teachings4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“For them it's a season of Lent and this past Tuesday we explored prayer as we were reading stories of Jesus in grief when Lazarus died and before he…”
Mar 21, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentRacial Justice
Mar 13, 2023 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingPoverty & Compassion4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“We let go of who we ought to be and embrace Who We Are.”
Mar 7, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentEvangelism & MissionHope & Encouragement
“But I like Starlight carrying the grief and pain I encounter in Ministry and Justice work up throughout to an awe-inspiring.”
Feb 28, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Feb 20, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeFriendship & BelongingFaith & Doubt
“Author: Gerald May writes that while no one really knows what the holy is, people from all Faith Traditions acknowledge the same experience of feelin…”
Feb 15, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeSuffering & Perseverance
“Together, we nourish Souls, the transform lives and do justice to build the Beloved Community.”
Feb 8, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeHoly SpiritMarriage
“Similarly, researcher Dr Sarah Sarah algo has found that the simple Act of expressing gratitude to each other, especially if we're specific about wha…”
Jan 30, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & GratitudeFriendship & Belonging
“The reading today is entitled: responding to violence in our world by the Reverend, Dr hope Johnson, a blessed memory and accepted from the Unitarian…”
Jan 24, 2023 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist Identity4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“But ask the animals and they will teach you or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you or speak to the Earth and it will teach you or let the fi…”
Jan 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionChurch Life & MembershipRacial Justice
“Good news for those grieving after overdoses or suicides from loved ones, for those who are seeking healing from their own struggles, who are on a pa…”
Jan 9, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeRacial JusticeBaptism & Communion
“The past is as much story as history, so it matters if and how we include the 1619 arrival of enslaved people in this country, the genocide and land…”
Jan 3, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & LamentIdentity & Worth
“Are social justice lens to our own community?”
Dec 28, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasJosephFriendship & Belonging
“Have they ever seen a baby born to such simple folks, so negative attention, so open to the wind, and what would such a childcare for perfumes?”
Dec 20, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingThe Nativity
“A couple of Joseph and Mary had to make a journey to the city of Bethlehem because there was a new law that said everyone had to return their birth i…”
Dec 12, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasGrief & LamentUnitarian Universalist Identity
“At his church they reserved Christmas carols until the 24th of December and sang them through the official Christmas season until the Feast of the Ep…”
Dec 5, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityAdvent & ChristmasFear & Anxiety
“Montpelier, which is that the first revolutionary Multicultural Ministries organization in history, spark of Life.”
Nov 28, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
MarriageFriendship & BelongingBaptism & Communion
“And then there's global climate change, and we're also in an interim transition Here at the church after our former senior Minister, now Minister Ame…”
Nov 22, 2022 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
“Bring that the sounds of small children and other human sounds are apart of the silent in this sacred about you, now to light candles of Sorrow, Joy,…”
Nov 15, 2022 · power between ideas
Creation CareRacial JusticeImmigration & Refuge
“Change isn't good or bad, it simply is all that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to, and the single most important way to deal wit…”
Nov 9, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionImmigration & RefugeJoy & Gratitude
“If you didn't know- and as one of the interim ministers I didn't know and I've been learning that the butterfly wall right outside the sanctuary is t…”
Nov 1, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
“I have to say this religious community is already doing really great work and all of these areas, from trying on new and different forms of worship t…”
Oct 24, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Spiritual GrowthCreation CareForgiveness & Reconciliation
“Together we nourish Souls, transform lives and do justice to build the Beloved Community.”
Oct 17, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingCreation CareWorship & Praise
“Breathing in, we enter into that time of sacred site.”
Oct 10, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Crucifixion & AtonementFriendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
“I'll do damage and I need to remind myself to stay open, to receive tough love, to Bear witness lovingly to the reflections of my loved ones, have th…”
Oct 3, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeUnitarian Universalist IdentitySin & Repentance
“Among other examples are social justice initiatives like fries knife, the Arts in the church, the music, the gallery, Paradox players, concerts, yes,…”
Sep 26, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeStewardship & Giving
“I suppose it's possible to travel towards Beloved Community as a solitary Pilgrim, but I'd much rather join my resources and commitment with all of y…”
Sep 19, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingLoneliness & IsolationGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Actually, here Friday, when people worry that having a lot of Latinos in the United States will change the United States, they are right.”
Sep 13, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
“These we hold in our hearts until we are together.”
Sep 5, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareEvangelism & MissionBaptism & Communion
“How can we make a conscious choice to be a filter for good, taking in whatever polluted Waters of thought and ideas are given to us, filtering them t…”
Aug 29, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeThanksgiving & Harvest
“I went into my spreadsheet and accounted for more than 100 Unitarian Universalist Congregation over the last two years, from the union church that ca…”
Aug 22, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFriendship & BelongingMarriage
“Invite you now to light candle candles representing sorrow Joy High School.”
Aug 15, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityPoverty & Compassion
“Now let us open our hearts or Souls, Our Lives, to Blessings both mysterious and Transcendent.”
Aug 8, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeDisability & Belonging
“I'd like us to think about how we is a church or building a house for everyone, and you'll notice in the story all the different people able to see,…”
Aug 1, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFriendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Church bells ringing, Joyful Noise, choir singing, laughing candles, glowing banners, Flomaton.”
Jul 25, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“This is the production of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin.”
Jul 18, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingAdvent & ChristmasGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Writer pointed out that Zoe have holidays, Christmas and Easter, with meanings and tradition specifically held by Christian Institution opposition if…”
Jul 11, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeThanksgiving & Harvest
“Be grateful for all the joys and the Sorrows, for it is all temporary.”
Jul 4, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeGender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & Belonging
Jun 28, 2022 · power between ideas
Suffering & PerseveranceGrief & LamentFear & Anxiety
Jun 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCreation CareBeloved Community
“As a religious community, you all exhibit autonomy and calling your own senior Minister, electing your own governing board.”
Jun 13, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingAdvent & ChristmasGrief & Lament
“Each of you is a blessing to this religious community.”
Jun 6, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityBible & Exposition
“Beat the sky, otherwise known as the end of one number, is just the beginning of the next number, and so on, one and so on all the way to Infiniti, w…”
May 31, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Work & VocationBaptism & CommunionJoy & Gratitude
“But it's just knowledge, the whole tender, tenderly in your heart, and that is that Within communities of color, white supremacy culture is so power…”
May 23, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentMarriageForgiveness & Reconciliation
“Afterwards we have a moment for Beloved Community, and this is day that we're going to vote together at the congregational meeting at 1 on our propos…”
May 16, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityEvangelism & MissionIdentity & Worth
“Earlier this week and then yesterday, we witnessed marches against the potential Road and we saw a mass shooting at a supermarket known to be located…”
May 9, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“And if you have feelings about the way they're making their case, then you are being to Amo, because in our culture are white supremacy culture, the…”
May 2, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingDating & Godly RelationshipsFaith & Civic Life
“I was raised in speaking directly, as route, and so I knew a lady who controlled her whole family with Sy like she would walk past the dining room ta…”
Apr 26, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“And so what is demanded by the eighth principle and what we are demanding of ourselves in this congregation, those of us who are people of color and…”
Apr 26, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Apr 19, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareGrief & LamentChurch Life & Membership
Apr 12, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeShame & GuiltFriendship & Belonging
“I think unitarian-universalism, our faith, is so extremely well suited to join together with other folks who are also continually Beloved Community a…”
Apr 5, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityMarriage
“Have a moment for Beloved Community, where we learned something about our culture, our white supremacy culture, where it's everything is arranged so…”
Mar 28, 2022 · connected common experience
Racial JusticePoverty & Compassion7th Principle: Interdependent Web
“Clara renewed the knowledge of when to be energetic and when you're not invited to light candles of Joy or sorrow, hope or remembrance or determinate.”
Mar 22, 2022 · spirituality in nature
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityParenting & Children
“After we say I miss you, have a moment for Beloved Community, and I've been going through the eighth principle, which is something we are going to vo…”
Mar 14, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I have a bigger picture of life where there's a sense of belonging and connections instead of feeling so alone.”
Mar 7, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingSuffering & PerseveranceRacial Justice
“I like to pretend sometimes that I'm a citizen or a visitor to walk on, and if you haven't seen the movie where wakanda is, it's the Black Panther an…”
Mar 5, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Baptism & CommunionEvangelism & MissionFriendship & Belonging
“And yet yet I had also in this bubble of white male privilege.”
Feb 21, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentReason & Free InquiryUnitarian Universalist Identity
“And I have to say the first uu response to this principle is: let's rewrite it, because we love rewriting things.”
Feb 14, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchPoverty & CompassionShame & Guilt
“And now the call to worship, reading from Lao Tzu: being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage th…”
Feb 7, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Racial JusticeStewardship & GivingFriendship & Belonging
“Together, weiner Souls transformed.”
Feb 1, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeMarriage
Feb 1, 2022 · unitarian universalism
“As Parker Palmer, author, educator and activist process, we become separated from our own Souls.”
Jan 24, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentitySin & RepentanceRacial Justice
“Excuse us, it seems like you fallen asleep on our friends tail in the middle of this Meadow over a few in the other direction so he can go free this…”
Jan 24, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Jan 19, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Interdependence & NatureGrief & LamentRacial Justice
“Even though we cannot gather together in person, I can still sense with my ministers Friday since the love generated throughout this religious.”
Jan 19, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Jan 13, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“If you're on a platform, please feel free to say hello in the comments and let us know from where come from a long tradition of seeing a spark of the…”
Jan 4, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeAddiction & RecoveryUnitarian Universalist Identity
“We may have to get help from others where they're trained professionals, close to loved ones or a mixture of so we can make a start of Letting Go rea…”
Dec 29, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingJoy & GratitudeRacial Justice
“Interesting social movements across the country and the world, especially black folks and people of color as we're, as well as queer folks, including…”
Dec 27, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFaith & DoubtAll Saints
Dec 20, 2021 · families and relationships
The NativityAdvent & ChristmasEarth-Centered Spirituality
“100 different cultures have told stories about how the gods took place.”
Dec 13, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingAdvent & ChristmasMarriage
Dec 6, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Forgiveness & ReconciliationPoverty & CompassionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Every Sunday we have a moment for Beloved Community where we say something that might teach us or guide us or give us something to think about about…”
Nov 29, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“But then, after that reaction against the way that the union was trying to run things, reconstruction- the KKK Rose, the party of politicians called…”
Nov 22, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeSin & RepentanceGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“She gives the example that her parents would never accept her learning anything but an A+ in school.”
Nov 15, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Racial Justice5th Principle: Conscience & Democratic Process4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“And then we have a moment for Beloved Community where we tell a truth about white supremacy culture so that we can know a little bit more about it.”
Nov 8, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareUnitarian Universalist IdentityForgiveness & Reconciliation
“Let's join together in what Emerson called the wise silence.”
Nov 1, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionRacial JusticeGrief & Lament
“As I continue in an attitude of meditation, you're invited to light candles either now or anytime during the rest of the service, so that not too man…”
Oct 25, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
DanielReason & Free InquiryChurch Life & Membership
“And now, when I see people on the trail, even if they had some really obnoxious dogs that are off least, even if they have really loud music that I d…”
Oct 18, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingService & Spiritual Gifts
“For those who live together or communicate daily, starting and ending each day with an expression of love, appropriate human touch has been found, tu…”
Oct 11, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeStewardship & GivingRacial Justice
Oct 10, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity3rd Principle: Acceptance & GrowthFriendship & Belonging
“Every week after we say our mission, we have a moment for Beloved Community, and this week I would like you to meet Ron Finley, who is a guerrilla Ga…”
Oct 9, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthParenting & ChildrenGod the Father / Creator
“Facebook is not so much a story as it is a meditation.”
Sep 20, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & RefugeFriendship & Belonging
“Will you please enter into this attitude of meditation and prayer with me and let us breathe together.”
Sep 13, 2021 · unitarian universalism
2nd Principle: Justice & EquityRacial JusticePoverty & Compassion
“And this principle says: we Covenant to affirm and promote Justice, equity and compassion in human relations.”
Sep 6, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist Identity
Aug 30, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthUnitarian Universalist Identity1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
“That we Covenant together to affirm that means say yes to and promote.”
Aug 23, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & LamentMarriage
Aug 9, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I can work a full-time job, I can take out loans, join a dating app, I can't have a drink, can die for my country, when you put it like that.”
Jul 26, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“My name is Sage, her spell, and I am the religious education intern here.”
Jul 19, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentUnitarian Universalist Identity
Jul 5, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityParenting & ChildrenFriendship & Belonging
Jun 28, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Marriage4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchUnitarian Universalist Identity
“This is the light systems of Oppression until they are no more.”
Jun 21, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFear & Anxiety
Jun 14, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
Jun 14, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
“We Are Spiritual and spirited Community dedicated to the free, responsible search for truth and meaning, and we're very glad you're here.”
Jun 7, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionSuffering & PerseveranceGrief & Lament
“But if enter into what Ralph Waldo Emerson said was the wise silence, you are invited to light a candle of Joy or sorrow, remembrance, determination.”
May 31, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionService & Spiritual GiftsUnitarian Universalist Identity
“He was raised in the Catholic church but he became disillusioned at a young age with that and he decided to resign from the Catholic church and event…”
May 24, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeCrucifixion & AtonementFriendship & Belonging
“For those of us who don't know everything about white supremacy, culture, how it manifests, how was it built.”
May 17, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGod the Father / CreatorAttributes of God
“God created the heavens and the Earth and there was light.”
May 10, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeFear & AnxietyFriendship & Belonging
“As we grow in, as we transform, we are grateful and now invite you to light a candle of Joy or sorrow, hope, remembrance or determination.”
May 3, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeGrief & Lament
“After that he was settled as senior minister at our Unitarian Universalist Church in Portland, where he still is.”
May 2, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
The Ten CommandmentsDivorce & Broken RelationshipsLoneliness & Isolation
“It's my own fault, darling, that you treat me the way you do.”
Apr 20, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentAttributes of God
“And for First Unitarian Universalist transform, help us develop a deeper understanding of Beloved Community Wheaton taking a moment on Sunday to disc…”
Apr 12, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic LifeGrief & Lament
“And that decision the Supreme Court voted on the side of the Cherokees and present Andrew Jackson.”
Apr 5, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic Life
“Every Sunday, after we say our mission, we have a moment for Beloved Community, where we expand our knowledge of evidence of white supremacy, culture…”
Mar 22, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & LamentCreation Care
“It Was Written In 1978 by Lauren Isley, a science writer based on experiences from his own wife.”
Mar 15, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeEvangelism & Mission
“I never knew how much fear, how much sorrow, how much worry, how much anger that they were holding inside until finally they feel a little bit safe a…”
Mar 8, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & Gratitude4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“March 7th is the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the march in Selma across the Edmund Pettus Bridge- 600 people for Marching for voting rights.”
Mar 1, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
“It's called prayer for the day you have come to the end of this pathway in a journey to which we bear Witness.”
Feb 22, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Commitment and all other struggle for equality and human rights are promoting the inherent worth and dignity of every person.”
Feb 15, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingBible & Exposition
“And- and now I invite you to light a candle of Joy or sorrow for Hope, remembrance or dedication.”
Feb 8, 2021 · unitarian universalism
4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchLoneliness & IsolationFriendship & Belonging
“Now, as we continue in an attitude of prayer and meditation, you're invited to light candles of Joy or sorrow or determination.”
Feb 1, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyBible & ExpositionFriendship & Belonging
“Joy and sorrow, arbetter, sister, comes with time, and I hope- I truly hope, that you find your table is so full you cannot contain.”
Jan 18, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyBeloved CommunityRacial Justice
“And yet police were not necessarily responding aggressive.”
Jan 11, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeEvangelism & MissionFear & Anxiety
“But as enter into silence together, you're invited to light candles as we continue in an attitude of meditation, candles of Joy or sorrow, remembranc…”
Jan 4, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentNew Year & Watch Night
“I only say it together, every Sunday, together, weiner Souls, transform lies and do justice to build the Beloved Community.”
Dec 28, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Suffering & PerseveranceRacial JusticeReason & Free Inquiry
“Augustus tension was famous and accomplished bacteriologist who was the first African American man to teach at Harvard Medical.”
Dec 21, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
JosephAdvent & ChristmasThe Nativity
“He was a boy and they named him Jesus.”
Dec 14, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingBaptism & CommunionImmigration & Refuge
“Quite now we will count to 12 for once on the face of the Earth, let's not speak in any language.”
Dec 7, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeIdentity & Worth
“If you are a black, brown, native Asian person, you were treated very differently from a person who looks European in our culture, and it is stage of…”
Nov 30, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
MarriageLoneliness & IsolationAdvent & Christmas
“I mean parents of small children are really at the edge of their raggedy rope and there's not an end in sight for another 6 months loneliness, proble…”
Nov 23, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyFaith & DoubtUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Depression, related emotional health issues, high school diploma medical personnel: we're traumatized, we are in need of.”
Nov 16, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareSuffering & PerseveranceHope & Encouragement
“You're invited to light candles in your home, candles of Joy or sorrow, hope, remembrance for determinate.”
Nov 9, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Prophecy & End TimesReason & Free InquiryUnitarian Universalist Identity
Nov 2, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionRacial Justice4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“Our stewardship team has sent out packets of bluebonnet seeds to those who pledged, and I think I would like to ask you to your hand before you plant…”
Oct 26, 2020 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingReformation Sunday
“Just die for the people who are left after Augustine and shoot it over and said: this is enough of us, which is Greek, for the early Christians, did…”
Oct 19, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeElijahWork & Vocation
“Commute about what we mean by Community Martin Luther King Center at, to help us defend our understanding of Beloved Community and experience our wor…”
Oct 11, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingDoxology & BenedictionJoy & Gratitude
Oct 4, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticePeace & NonviolencePoverty & Compassion
“Sometimes these days, it feels like we are all in a giant flowmotion dryer and our lives just get turned upside down and then we kind of adjust, and…”
Oct 3, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
“And then, at the end of the high holy days, is Yom Kippur, a day of fasting and prayer.”
Oct 3, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & BelongingForgiving Yourself
Sep 20, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeStewardship & GivingDoxology & Benediction
“From wherever we are together, we nourish Souls, transform lives and do justice to build the Beloved.”
Sep 14, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
“Together as a religious community, all during the week learn more about what we mean by Beloved Community Center.”
Sep 6, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeFriendship & BelongingStewardship & Giving
Aug 31, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“He writes: I arrived in the morning torn between one of the things that helps keep us bound together as a religious community, even when we can't be…”
Aug 23, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“Started school recently in summer, going to be starting soon, maybe even tomorrow, will be coming back to church classes or groups for a long time, a…”
Aug 16, 2020 · families and relationships
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic LifeReason & Free Inquiry
“We Are Spiritual Community dedicated to the free, responsible search for truth and meaning to write relationship with one another.”
Aug 9, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingCreation Care
Aug 2, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeNoah & the FloodFear & Anxiety
“Next week is anger and I love you all.”
Jul 27, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingWorship & PraiseFear & Anxiety
“If you scroll upward on Facebook or visit Austin uuaorg, you'll see an online giving link that'll take you to our secure online contributions page un…”
Jul 20, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityDisability & BelongingReason & Free Inquiry
“We've been taking a moment to consider how oppression operates in our world.”
Jul 13, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & RefugeJoy & Gratitude
“I didn't know it at the time, but my first day at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, Boston, she was leaving the church.”
Jul 6, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeFriendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist Identity
“We are in this together, so blessed URC, extinguish the flame, but not the light of Truth, the warmth of community or the fire of commitment as we ho…”
Jun 29, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Evangelism & MissionCreation CareUnitarian Universalist Identity
“As Bayou families chosen family, we are lgbtq Plus.”
Jun 22, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityMarriageRacial Justice
“I'm Chris Jefferson, Minister for program development at the church to First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin.”
Jun 14, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Jun 14, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Sin & RepentanceRacial JusticeChurch Life & Membership
“If you want to watch the movie Gangs of New York, you'll see very interesting and wild picture of what New York City was like when there were adjusti…”
Jun 7, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityReason & Free InquiryCreation Care
“Sunday I would like to read you something that African-American friend who is a member of a church I used to serve toasted.”
May 31, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeGrief & Lament
“Everyone in the communities of color, in the marginalized communities of our country, understands and is already shot police violence against people…”
May 25, 2020 · unitarian universalism
MarriageUnitarian Universalist IdentityStewardship & Giving
“It has not come to cause despair, from which the light will come Gathering itself about you as the world begins again, I invite you now, entering hea…”
May 17, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeNoah & the Flood
“At this time, traditional Universalist Church, we, like the scallops so that it's flame me, signify the spiritual strands of hearts- hello, I'm Chris…”
May 10, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & Refuge4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“And sometimes when I want to figure something out or just say it to myself over and over again and let it go deeper and deeper into me until I can fe…”
May 3, 2020 · unitarian universalism
May 3, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeMarkUnitarian Universalist Identity
“And now we can light the candles we have in our homes: candles of Joy or sorrow, determination, hope and remember.”
Apr 27, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityThanksgiving & Harvest
Apr 20, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityFear & Anxiety
“Let us steal the heart strings that keep us connected with one another in this, our beloved religious community, even though we must remain physicall…”
Apr 12, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
“One of the ways we can see that: looking at the desk from Coronavirus, disproportionately disparity in order to create, on a positive note, thanks, m…”
Apr 5, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I'm not just talking about Christianity, elements of Grace.”
Apr 2, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeGrief & Lament
“First Unitarian Universalist Church of Boston.”
Mar 23, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryThanksgiving & HarvestRacial Justice
“Just Martin Luther King Jr Center- definition of Beloved Community.”
Mar 16, 2020 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist Identity
“So join me as we affirm our mission statement, that which keeps of whole together, weiner Souls, transform lives and do justice to build the Beloved…”
Mar 10, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryUnitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & Belonging
“We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the what's Albert E. This month, our religious education classes and activities a…”
Mar 10, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryFriendship & BelongingMarriage
“Hold Us upside down and shape all here at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, we discerned a set of religious values together, and those v…”
Mar 1, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“At this hour, and small towns and big cities in single rooms and ornate sanctuaries, many of our sibling Unitarian Universalist congregations are als…”
Mar 1, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeSpiritual GrowthDisability & Belonging
“Everyone is started bubbling and all the young climate change activist have been used in their communities, and suddenly the whole 60 lb of flour of…”
Feb 24, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & NatureThanksgiving & HarvestFear & Anxiety
“If you want to know more about what we mean by Beloved Community, there's a great description of it from The Martin Luther King Center on a poster on…”
Feb 24, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeImmigration & RefugeHope & Encouragement
“Little did he know that under a new Trump Administration policy, his therapist notes would be passed on to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to dec…”
Feb 17, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic Life4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“Let us read together: this is from The Martin Luther King Jr Center, dr King.”
Feb 17, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Spiritual GrowthFaith & Civic Life4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“In the Beloved Community, poverty, hunger and homelessness will not be tolerated because International standards of human decency will not allow raci…”
Feb 9, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityThanksgiving & HarvestMarriage
“May this dancing flame Inspire us to fill our lives with Unitarian Universalist ideals of Love, Justice and Mary Oliver.”
Feb 9, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
MarriageThanksgiving & Harvest4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“She talks about able-bodied privilege, privilege, and when she's talking to an audience she says who among you would like to change play?”
Feb 2, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityReason & Free Inquiry
“But today we might broaden our minds to consider that there's a spark of the Divine and everybody.”
Feb 2, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Reason & Free InquiryRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“But today we might broaden our minds to consider that there's a spark of the Divine.”
Jan 27, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Jan 27, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Forgiveness & ReconciliationJoy & GratitudeRacial Justice
Jan 27, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareRacial JusticeImmigration & Refuge
Jan 20, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & RefugeSuffering & Perseverance
“Eventually it may come up for a vote at our general assembly and it actually takes two general assembly meetings for it to.”
Jan 20, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentitySuffering & PerseveranceRacial Justice
“For more information, go to our website at Boston U?”
Jan 12, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Unitarian Universalist Identity4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchSpiritual Growth
“Sometimes we rise to the challenge and Conquer, and sometimes we sort of rise to the challenge and we learned a lot, or sometimes we just failed.”
Jan 12, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Racial JusticeDating & Godly RelationshipsSpiritual Growth
“My dad used to work at this place, called The Institute for the achievement of human potential in Philadelphia, commonly and casually known as the be…”
Jan 12, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Jan 7, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingBaptism & Communion
“There is a poster in the fellowship hall that has a an explanation from the Doctor Martin Luther King Junior center.”
Jan 7, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeForgiveness & ReconciliationCreation Care
“Our call to worship this morning is by Dr Maya Angelou, black American poet, dancer, memoirist and civil rights activist.”
Jan 1, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Jan 1, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Thanksgiving & HarvestChurch Life & MembershipReason & Free Inquiry
“As we go on and talk about this more and more, the practicing spiritual practices together helps bind, deepens our relationship and remind, remind us…”
Jan 1, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Thanksgiving & HarvestChurch Life & MembershipReason & Free Inquiry
“In fact, these can be counterproductive, because we need joy, we need Community, we need each other to sustain our struggle to do justice and build t…”
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