77 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2021–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/miami-valley-unitarian-universalist-fellowship-sermon-podcas.html
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Nov 23, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityStewardship & GivingPoverty & Compassion
Nov 9, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionIdentity & WorthStewardship & Giving
“It means that being poor becomes a crime, that sleeping outside when you have nowhere else to go is treated as a criminal act, that mental illness or…”
Nov 2, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Work & VocationGrief & Lament4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“The one of the reasons is because of our values of, once again, pluralism states that we celebrate that we are all sacred beings, diverse and culture…”
Sep 7, 2025 · spirituality in nature
Unitarian Universalist Identity
Aug 31, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareHumanismFriendship & Belonging
Jun 15, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Pluralism & InterfaithUnitarian Universalist IdentityBaptism & Communion
“It lives with us in our hearts everyday, and celebrating our flower communion is one way of spreading that message of love and acceptance and remindi…”
Jun 8, 2025 · power between ideas
Suffering & PerseveranceSalvation & GraceSin & Repentance
“Prisons and jails in the United States are violent, abusive and dehum- I stated by Danielle Danielle sarod in her book- until violence, mass incarcer…”
May 25, 2025 · power between ideas
Advent & ChristmasChurch Life & MembershipImmigration & Refuge
“At Christmas, Hanukkah, the other winter, we have a small But Mighty Children and Youth religious education program which takes volunteers.”
May 11, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityParenting & ChildrenThanksgiving & Harvest
Apr 20, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingStewardship & GivingUnitarian Universalist Identity
“So this pledge Drive is coming like a train, and we hope that you will stop by pledge tables after the service.”
Apr 13, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipGender & Sexuality / InclusionAbraham & Isaac
“Because, on the one hand, I had grown up reading books about Abraham Lincoln and FDR- not Dan.”
Feb 23, 2025 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeFaith & Civic Life
Feb 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentChurch Life & MembershipImmigration & Refuge
Dec 25, 2024 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Advent & ChristmasJoseph
Dec 19, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentWorship & PraiseGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“The holidays are a rude and painful reminder that not all of our loved ones can gather.”
Dec 15, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingJoy & GratitudeFaith & Civic Life
“I do not pretend to know very much about the Islam.”
Dec 8, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasJoy & GratitudeEarth-Centered Spirituality
“It's more than the man in the suit, or how many presents you can buy, or even the baby in the manger.”
Dec 1, 2024 · power between ideas
God the Father / CreatorGender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic Life
“Communities- and I know mbus and all the communities you are connected to- have a history, a lineage of teaching life and a calling, now and in the f…”
Nov 10, 2024 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeCreation Care
“I'm in a class for social transformation, and the instructor talked about a group of nuns that had been working on an issue for decades and they were…”
Oct 13, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & Harvest
“They do not take place on the day that the United States of America has designated as thanks.”
Sep 15, 2024 · connected common experience
Pluralism & InterfaithBaptism & CommunionPoverty & Compassion
“The one thing that I did not expect was that my own son would have thoughts of harm at a, and I had the opportunity to sit on the other side of the t…”
Sep 2, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeForgiveness & Reconciliation
Jul 28, 2024 · uu spiritual principles
Identity & Worth
Jul 14, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & GratitudeFaith & Civic Life
“I attended a workshop called disrupting, and it was by senior minister and she gave us, because sometimes it's Unitarian Universalist- we get caught…”
Jul 1, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & GivingParenting & ChildrenInterdependence & Nature
“At that time, when the church moved out here, the transgender support group did not move with him, but the LGBT support group did because it was part…”
Jun 16, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeBaptism & Communion
“As a Unitarian congregation, this was a specially wanted to do, and so he tried to think of a ritual that would have deep significance to and who the…”
Jun 2, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGender & Sexuality / InclusionFear & Anxiety
Apr 21, 2024 · connected common experience
Church Life & MembershipBaptism & Communion
“We don't all truck with substantiation, where Bread and Wine are turned into the Flesh of blood and Christ.”
Apr 14, 2024 · uu spiritual principles
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“First was the seven principles- it was statements of what we care about, and the second was Beloved Community or deep multiculturalism of the kind th…”
Apr 7, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Spiritual GrowthGrief & LamentGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“If my copying and pasting from earlier in the chat, I just put the link to the order of service again, if you have the werewolf, all the technical sk…”
Feb 23, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & GratitudeFaith & Civic Life
“I wonder what it was to have different speakers come in from across New York City to share their experiences, their ideas and to have brown as the pe…”
Feb 11, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Peace & Nonviolence
“Are you able to wish both octopus and Danny well as we help them through the conflict resolution process.”
Feb 9, 2024 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeCreation CarePluralism & Interfaith
“It is because I am a Muslim that I extend my hand and warmth and welcome and safety, what are radical, life-changing.”
Jan 12, 2024 · gifts giving gratitude
Holy SpiritChurch Life & Membership
Dec 29, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
Hope & EncouragementPeace & NonviolenceJoseph
“One space, one pace closer to Joseph and Mary could make that Journey.”
Nov 26, 2023 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentUnitarian Universalist IdentityThanksgiving & Harvest
“I grew up with a very warm, family-centered, delicious Thanksgiving time, with turkey and stuffing cooked with care and attention, something green an…”
Nov 12, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionJoy & GratitudeGrief & Lament
“Henri nouwen is known in the religious community, especially the Christian religious community, as an insightful writer and chaplain.”
Oct 22, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingHumanismHope & Encouragement
Dec 16, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeGrief & LamentAddiction & Recovery
Nov 27, 2022 · families and relationships
Immigration & RefugeThanksgiving & HarvestParenting & Children
Oct 23, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
Oct 16, 2022 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
“More than two years of a global pandemic, protests over the murder of George Floyd, January 6th, Insurrection at the Capitol, mass shootings nearly e…”
Oct 9, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeMarriage
“And bigger than our beliefs about equity and social justice, equality and democracy, we have our seventh principal, which many read as being about th…”
Oct 2, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & Gratitude
Sep 25, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltRacial JusticeForgiveness & Reconciliation
“It still exists and it still is out there if you're willing to create it, for we all deserve to be known for more than our civil rights activist Brya…”
Sep 11, 2022 · spirituality in nature
Baptism & Communion
Sep 4, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeUnitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & Belonging
“And ultimately, this case came to the US Supreme Court because our dear Calhoun really thought that this was a big issue that could not be sighted in…”
Aug 7, 2022 · power between ideas
Creation CareGender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic Life
“Folks in our country who experienced racism did not think that we were in a post-racial United States, and so this belief, this lie, was able to be u…”
Jul 31, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeGun Violence & Safety
Jul 10, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Worship & PraiseGrief & Lament
Jun 5, 2022 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & DoubtFear & Anxiety
Apr 17, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Lent & Holy WeekPoverty & CompassionIdentity & Worth
Mar 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Mar 13, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionDanielJoy & Gratitude
“I want to see you waving and cheering when I say: or let's, over 2000 years ago, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonian King Ne…”
Feb 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeStewardship & Giving
“It is because we are that and we are part of this much, much bigger Network web that is holding us, that is offering us support, that is challenging…”
Jan 16, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeHope & Encouragement
Jan 9, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeNew Year & Watch NightGrief & Lament
“Holding on to certainty of how things should be, or letting go and living with the uncertainty of new ways of being in the world.”
Jan 2, 2022 · power between ideas
Heaven & HellService & Spiritual GiftsFaith & Civic Life
“Army enlistment went up.”
Dec 25, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasThe NativityParenting & Children
“Only the desperate bearing witness to the beginning of the end can find a new way of being, a way to live within the magnitude of loss and the certai…”
Dec 19, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyNew Year & Watch NightFriendship & Belonging
“Resting spiritually means doing what helps you feel a deep sense of belonging, love, acceptance and purpose.”
Dec 12, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeChurch Life & MembershipPeace & Nonviolence
Nov 28, 2021 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & HarvestStewardship & GivingFriendship & Belonging
Nov 7, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Creation CareService & Spiritual GiftsRacial Justice
Oct 31, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
Sep 19, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Forgiveness & ReconciliationUnitarian Universalist IdentityBible & Exposition
“However, whether we are talking about Yom Kippur or we're talking about the prayer before the prayer- Desmond Tutu, unpo tutus book- Unforgiven, it i…”
Aug 15, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyEvangelism & Mission
Aug 1, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / InclusionService & Spiritual Gifts
Jul 25, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Hope & EncouragementBible & ExpositionJesus: Life & Teachings
“Social activist and educator Adrienne Marie Brown took what she has learned from Octavia Butler's many books, predominantly parable of the sower and…”
Jul 11, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareBaptism & CommunionFaith & Civic Life
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