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Fourth Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Westchester

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49 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2025 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/fourth-unitarian-universalist-congregation-of-westchester.html

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2025Week of Mar 31, 2025 · 4 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/min · 1 known, not yet transcribedWeek of Apr 14, 2025 · 19 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/min2024Week of Jan 29, 2024 · 11 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/min2023Week of Mar 27, 2023 · 2 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of May 22, 2023 · 4 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/min202220212020Week of Mar 23, 2020 · 9 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/min · 2 known, not yet transcribed
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 6 of 265 weeks across the span (2%).

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 rangesomewhat wider
Its sermons travel somewhat 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 #76 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it reads as characteristically uu.

Most-preached topics

Racial Justice 31Faith & Civic Life 23Unitarian Universalist Identity 22Creation Care 20Joy & Gratitude 20Friendship & Belonging 20Thanksgiving & Harvest 14Fear & Anxiety 14

Recurring themes across the archive

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

Social Justice 5Seven Principles 4High School 3Rights Movement 3United States 3Luther King Junior 3Social Justice Issues 3Grateful Opportunity 3Association General Assembly 3York 3

Themes they appear in

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

Social Justice
Friendship & Belonging
5 sermons
Seven Principles
Unitarian Universalist Identity
4 sermons
High School
Parenting & Children
3 sermons
Rights Movement
Racial Justice
3 sermons
United States
Immigration & Refuge
3 sermons
Show all 60 themes
Luther King Junior
Racial Justice
3 sermons
Social Justice Issues
Racial Justice
3 sermons
Grateful Opportunity
Joy & Gratitude
3 sermons
Association General Assembly
Unitarian Universalist Identity
3 sermons
York
Faith & Civic Life
3 sermons
Montgomery
Racial Justice
3 sermons
Truth Meaning
Reason & Free Inquiry
2 sermons
Brothers Sisters
Bible & Exposition
2 sermons
Multicultural: Racial & Pluralism
Racial Justice
2 sermons
Susan: Pluralism & Beloved
Pluralism & Interfaith
2 sermons
Climate Change Conference
Creation Care
2 sermons
Light Candle
Joy & Gratitude
2 sermons
Thanksgiving
Advent & Christmas
2 sermons
Civil Rights Movement
Racial Justice
2 sermons
Loved Ones
Thanksgiving & Harvest
2 sermons
Bethlehem
Joseph
2 sermons
Bears Witness
Evangelism & Mission
2 sermons
Interfaith Council
Pluralism & Interfaith
1 sermons
Addiction Mental
Addiction & Recovery
1 sermons
Bob: Service & Revival
Service & Spiritual Gifts
1 sermons
Advent Season
Advent & Christmas
1 sermons
Inherent Worth
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
High School Students
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
1 sermons
Relationships Interdependence
Interdependence & Nature
1 sermons
Hanukkah
Advent & Christmas
1 sermons
Ask Forgiveness
Forgiveness & Reconciliation
1 sermons
Inherent Dignity
Interdependence & Nature
1 sermons
Feel Free
Worship & Praise
1 sermons
Wise Men
Daniel
1 sermons
Christmas Eve Service
Advent & Christmas
1 sermons
Diversity Inclusion
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
1 sermons
Yule
Earth-Centered Spirituality
1 sermons
Observing Sabbath
Sabbath & Rest
1 sermons
Progress Pride Flag
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
1 sermons
Federal Poverty Line
Poverty & Compassion
1 sermons
Liberty Justice
7th Principle: Interdependent Web
1 sermons
United Nations Climate
Creation Care
1 sermons
Environmental Protection Agency
Creation Care
1 sermons
Spiritual Practice
Friendship & Belonging
1 sermons
Christmas Tree
Advent & Christmas
1 sermons
Lgbtq Community
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
1 sermons
Systemic Racism
Racial Justice
1 sermons
Encourage Spiritual
Spiritual Growth
1 sermons
Spiritual Community Dedicated
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
Encouragement Spiritual
7th Principle: Interdependent Web
1 sermons
Stress Anxiety
Fear & Anxiety
1 sermons
Respect Interdependent
Interdependence & Nature
1 sermons
Mom Dad
Parenting & Children
1 sermons
Weeks Ago
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
Volunteer Organization
Service & Spiritual Gifts
1 sermons
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham & Isaac
1 sermons
Mythologist Joseph Campbell
Joseph
1 sermons
John Baptist
Baptism & Communion
1 sermons
Democratic
Racial Justice
1 sermons
Bear Witness
Evangelism & Mission
1 sermons

Sermons that reach across topics

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

UUA’s Article II Commission Report Recommendations - Al Weger
appears in 9 different topics
From Darkness, Light - Reverend Cindy Davidson
appears in 9 different topics
On Being a Principled People: A look at the Proposed Eight Principle - Rev. Cindy Davidson
appears in 8 different topics
Season of Advent – The Dark and the Light - Rev. Lane L. Cobb
appears in 6 different topics
Kym McNair - Creating a World Where Black Women's Voices are Heard
appears in 5 different topics
Tony Arrien - Understanding Trans and Non-Binary People and How to Be a Better Ally
appears in 5 different topics

Sermons included

Apr 14, 2025 · families and relationships
Spiritual GrowthPluralism & InterfaithJoy & Gratitude
“I was fascinating because John the Baptist baptized Christ.”
Apr 14, 2025 · families and relationships
Faith & DoubtAdvent & ChristmasImmigration & Refuge
“Family traditions, mom and I would often share vegan turkey, and at Eastern time and Thanksgiving time and Christmas time.”
Apr 14, 2025 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeGrief & LamentPoverty & Compassion
“From the Underground Railroad to the Civil Rights Movement, they have repeatedly demonstrated that Collective action is a source of healing and Pro.”
Apr 14, 2025 · readings books learning
Creation CareService & Spiritual GiftsFaith & Mental Health
“Climate change is increasing are.”
Apr 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingService & Spiritual GiftsBeloved Community
“2025 Comm link into the fourth word.”
Apr 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & DoubtJoy & GratitudeChurch Life & Membership
“This isn't a time to rest on our Laurels or shy away from being a unifying voice in the world, but it does take courage, As We Know, it takes fortitu…”
Apr 14, 2025 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionImmigration & RefugePeace & Nonviolence
“It is wise to remember from when we it can be difficult to speak truth to power or to extend love, where others so fear and Division.”
Apr 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudePeace & NonviolenceFear & Anxiety
“Calm is more than the absence of stress or anxiety.”
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Apr 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareRacial JusticeThanksgiving & Harvest
Apr 14, 2025 · spirituality in nature
Baptism & CommunionWorship & PraiseRacial Justice
Apr 14, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic LifeRacial Justice
“So I think it's up to us as individual congregations, to take the lead in preserving the seven principles, and I find them the first princess by some…”
Apr 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Spiritual GrowthImmigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Members of this congregation have engaged in service projects and social justice initiatives and experienced spiritual growth.”
Apr 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & Harvest
Apr 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Resurrection & EasterThe FallFriendship & Belonging
Apr 14, 2025 · power between ideas
Poverty & CompassionFaith & Civic LifePluralism & Interfaith
“The emergence of the council called Vatican 2 of the Roman Catholic Church suggested that religion, and God for that matter, is most concerned with t…”
Apr 14, 2025 · spirit soul within us
Joy & GratitudeParenting & ChildrenFaith & Civic Life
“Case in point, the Hindu goddess Kali embodies the power of creation and destruction in a single entity committed to liberating the bound and protect…”
Apr 14, 2025 · connected common experience
Immigration & Refuge
Apr 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Pluralism & InterfaithJoy & GratitudeEvangelism & Mission
“In the middle of Justice, in the middle of equity, in the middle of transformation, in the middle of pluralism, in the middle of generosity, love, in…”
Apr 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeJoy & GratitudePeace & Nonviolence
“However, suggest that many of our brothers and sisters aren't there with us.”
Apr 6, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Service & Spiritual GiftsFaith & Civic LifeLoneliness & Isolation
“I have a dear friend named Daniel, which means quiet Spirit, who taught me a lot about their way of life and I just came back with a very profound ch…”
Apr 6, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic LifeMarriage
“A lot of times though, I'm not preaching to the choir in some of these presentations that I do, and we get real opposition and everything, and it's k…”
Apr 6, 2025 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeMarriageReason & Free Inquiry
“But given the recent migrant crisis in New York City, the efforts by the Adams Administration to undo- which he has undone, actually the undoing of t…”
Apr 6, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeSin & RepentanceRacial Justice
“I wonder what you'd say something about the brown bag, the Brown Bag Theory, or the Brown Bag paper test, the brown paper bag test?”
Feb 4, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Shame & GuiltFriendship & BelongingService & Spiritual Gifts
“Related to Bob, I met a psychoanalyst named Montague Ullman, who lives in Ardsley, and he gave a 5-day workshop on how to interpret dreams and so is…”
Feb 4, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Earth-Centered SpiritualityAdvent & ChristmasNew Year & Watch Night
“For sure, that weight is not just felt by those people, but by all people, because we are all people who bear witness to the continued fighting in th…”
Feb 4, 2024 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeGod the Father / CreatorMarriage
Feb 4, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeImmigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“In 1963 I was 3 years old, so I didn't know who Martin Luther King was, but my parents did.”
Feb 4, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeSuffering & PerseveranceWork & Vocation
“Ross says she thinks call out culture has taken conversations that could have once been learning opportunities and turn them into mud wrestling on so…”
Feb 4, 2024 · spirituality in nature
Unitarian Universalist IdentityBaptism & CommunionInterdependence & Nature
Feb 4, 2024 · power between ideas
Parenting & ChildrenJoseph
“This model of Storytelling was popularized by Joseph Campbell in the in his imp influential work the hero with a, published in 1949.”
Feb 4, 2024 · human moral beliefs
Noah & the FloodPeace & Nonviolence
Feb 4, 2024 · human moral beliefs
Racial JusticeInterdependence & NatureJoy & Gratitude
“If anyone would like to share on Zoom or in the sanctuary, please.”
Feb 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityDivorce & Broken RelationshipsCreation Care
Feb 4, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeFear & AnxietyJoy & Gratitude
“But what does that mean for any number of Aging congregations of social justice Warriors like this one that wants to stay relevant?”
May 22, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & NatureUnitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & Gratitude
“Also know that going on now, online people have been making suggestions for changes and they've been having the uua, the Unitarian Universalist Assoc…”
May 22, 2023 · connected common experience
Identity & WorthUnitarian Universalist IdentityPoverty & Compassion
“According to uuaorg, Unitarian universalism is a religion that affirmed and promotes seven principles in which there is a free and responsible search…”
May 22, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation CareImmigration & Refuge
“Planting flowers are watering plants.”
May 22, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Prayer & DevotionLoneliness & IsolationThanksgiving & Harvest
“Christmas works much better for me than Easter.”
Mar 27, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Reason & Free InquiryBible & ExpositionFaith & Civic Life
Mar 27, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeLoneliness & Isolation
“Their hearts and minds are troubled.”
Mar 25, 2020 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingBeloved CommunityJoy & Gratitude
“My mom and dad.”
Mar 25, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityEvangelism & Mission
“A Beloved Community that happens when people have diverse racial, ethnic, educational, class, gender, sexual orientation, background and identities c…”
Mar 25, 2020 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticeDoubt & Deconstruction
“Claudette and Mary Louise, call dad, had become pregnant after that in, and both she and Mary Louise came from an area in Montgomery that made them v…”
Mar 25, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Joy & GratitudeSalvation & GraceUnitarian Universalist Identity
“And for proof of this, I would remind you that in the 2010s alone, that were five movies made Abraham Lincoln, including the historically accurate Ab…”
Mar 25, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & GivingIdentity & WorthFriendship & Belonging
“In my 13 years of being a Unitarian Universalist and being a congregate, going to General Assembly, attending Regional meetings and workshops and now…”
Mar 25, 2020 · families and relationships
Creation CareJosephAdvent & Christmas
“And so the story is that Joseph leave the city of Nazareth and Galilee and travel South to Bethlehem in Judah, where he had been born, and he has acc…”
Mar 25, 2020 · connected common experience
Racial JusticeFaith & DoubtHumanism
Mar 25, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Salvation & GraceShame & GuiltFear & Anxiety
“Well, the good news today is that I didn't forget my sermon is right here, see all these pages, and the bad news is that I'm expecting some Grace fro…”
Mar 25, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Fear & AnxietySuffering & PerseveranceSpiritual Growth
“And so I say: if prayer works for you and if this is what brings you comfort and hope and help you feel more connected with the universe, and helps y…”

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