81 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2023–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/prairie-unitarian-universalist-society.html
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Mar 17, 2026 · families and relationships
Addiction & RecoveryCreation & EdenIdentity & Worth
“Excuse me: this past Christmas, we saw mother's decorate for the first time in their own home with their own kids, and I saw my very first pink Chris…”
Mar 17, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareContemplative Prayer & SilenceIndigenous Justice & Land
“It's really important to me that we end with the little contemplative practice.”
Mar 15, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipLoneliness & IsolationMarriage
Feb 11, 2026 · families and relationships
Parenting & ChildrenJoy & GratitudeThanksgiving & Harvest
“My time is short and I just I'm grateful that I have the opportunity that you know about this program in our families that come to Wisconsin.”
Feb 11, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityPluralism & InterfaithImmigration & Refuge
“Rebecca Mulkey is an ordained minister and Priestess for Circle Sanctuary, a natural spiritual church located outside of Boston or outside of Madison.”
Feb 11, 2026 · human moral beliefs
Grief & LamentEvangelism & MissionHumanism
Jan 27, 2026 · families and relationships
Baptism & CommunionFear & AnxietyFaith & Civic Life
“There's always room for one more story, there's always room for one more person, because that's what tables of memory do they expand?”
Dec 16, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFaith & DoubtEarth-Centered Spirituality
“Draw on the Jewish concepts of Hashanah, which is their preparation, or simply honor the darkness before soul.”
Dec 16, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Interdependence & Nature
Oct 26, 2025 · more than it appears
Advent & Christmas
“They couldn't see the full shape of their INF while they were living, but we can see it wear it when George Bailey runs through the snowy Street shou…”
Oct 12, 2025 · families and relationships
Grief & LamentMarriage
Sep 21, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingLoneliness & IsolationDivorce & Broken Relationships
“Stress can lead to high blood pressure, a risk of heart attack and stroke, and chronic stress can put us up at higher risk of developing mental healt…”
Sep 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeWork & VocationFriendship & Belonging
Aug 31, 2025 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic LifeParenting & Children
Aug 10, 2025 · families and relationships
Parenting & ChildrenNoah & the FloodMarriage
“It's not entirely alleviated.”
Jul 20, 2025 · power between ideas
Creation Care
Jun 29, 2025 · connected common experience
Identity & WorthJosephGrief & Lament
“I had cookies to share with my family end Mrs mermaid with Catholic, and so was my family, and each time I left her house she would give me a statue…”
May 25, 2025 · families and relationships
Health & TemperanceShame & GuiltFaith & Civic Life
“There was an ongoing temperance movement for for decades, leading up to Prohibition in the US Open.”
May 4, 2025 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeImmigration & RefugeSuffering & Perseverance
Apr 20, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareHope & EncouragementReason & Free Inquiry
Apr 13, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Dating & Godly RelationshipsThe NativityImmigration & Refuge
Mar 30, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthMarriageGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Aria, serving on the City of Fitchburg Community Equity committee committee and the healthy neighborhood advisory committee.”
Mar 23, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeLoneliness & Isolation
Mar 2, 2025 · families and relationships
Creation & EdenFriendship & BelongingMarriage
“In the face of Criminal Justice policies of suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence, he, along with the parish and commu…”
Feb 23, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceUnitarian Universalist Identity3rd Principle: Acceptance & Growth
“My husband and I had joined our first you congregation 10 years earlier to provide a religious community for our daughter.”
Feb 16, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Peace & NonviolenceBible & ExpositionWork & Vocation
“He had not purchased my Christmas gift and it was Christmas Eve, and the only shop still open was the bird store right next to.”
Jan 19, 2025 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticePoverty & CompassionShame & Guilt
“It is the presence of Justice and we shall overcome, because the moral Arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward just.”
Jan 12, 2025 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeHumanismGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Harvey Milk was a gay rights activist and the first openly gay person to public office in California supervisor who helped pass a gay rights ordinanc…”
Dec 8, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceTheosis / DeificationRacial Justice
“Today, a great number of us are members of the Unitarian Universalist religious community because of the friendships and loving acceptance we found h…”
Dec 1, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareFaith & Civic LifePoverty & Compassion
“Current focus is on four kinds of legislation.”
Nov 17, 2024 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentFaith & Mental HealthFaith & Civic Life
“So if you're trying to process the election results in the range of emotions that aren't sure where to start, here are some tips, some suggestions an…”
Nov 10, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentImmigration & RefugeSuffering & Perseverance
“He smiled and said: oh, your dad helped me become a better person.”
Nov 10, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionJosephSin & Repentance
“He smiled and said: oh, your dad helped me become a better person.”
Nov 3, 2024 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionCreation CareFaith & Mental Health
“90 is a Health, Equity and well-being consultant at uw-madison's office of equity, inclusion and employee well-being.”
Nov 3, 2024 · power between ideas
Faith & Mental HealthFaith & DoubtGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“90 is a Health, Equity and well-being consultant at uw-madison's office of equity, inclusion and employee well-being.”
Oct 13, 2024 · power between ideas
God the Father / CreatorJoy & GratitudeThe Fall
“So when early European missionaries tried to convert the indigenous peoples of New Guinea to Christianity, they encountered some rather formidable re…”
Oct 13, 2024 · power between ideas
God the Father / CreatorSabbath & RestIndigenous Justice & Land
“So when early European missionaries tried to convert the indigenous peoples of New Guinea to Christianity, they encountered some rather formidable re…”
Oct 6, 2024 · power between ideas
Creation CareUnitarian Universalist IdentityDating & Godly Relationships
Oct 6, 2024 · power between ideas
Creation CareDating & Godly RelationshipsUnitarian Universalist Identity
Sep 15, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Evangelism & MissionFaith & DoubtDisability & Belonging
Sep 15, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Evangelism & MissionSin & RepentanceDisability & Belonging
“For many people social media seems like a distraction, it seems like a problem, lots of stuff that's thrown around in social media.”
Sep 1, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifePeace & NonviolenceBeloved Community
“Prairie mem and those few days in the winter of 2011 started the ball rolling on my interest in social justice, politics and building a better world.”
Sep 1, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeBeloved CommunityPeace & Nonviolence
“In the same period we start to see events like the great upheaval of 1877 to 1886, Haymarket Affair and the 1894 Pullman Strike- and these were among…”
Aug 25, 2024 · baptist and new christian churches
Faith & Civic LifeRacial JusticePoverty & Compassion
Aug 25, 2024 · baptist and new christian churches
Faith & Civic LifeThe Ten CommandmentsGod the Father / Creator
Aug 11, 2024 · families and relationships
Poverty & CompassionBaptism & CommunionNoah & the Flood
Aug 11, 2024 · families and relationships
Noah & the FloodBaptism & CommunionPoverty & Compassion
Jul 21, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionGender & Sexuality / InclusionShame & Guilt
“Also, there's a little bit of exploration about the impact of prioritizing white bodies and the devaluing of black and brown bodies, such as historic…”
Jul 7, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeCrucifixion & AtonementHumanism
“A couple of weeks ago in front of Saint Maria Goretti Catholic Church selling Catholic, and she said yes, you play Westminster Presbyterian Church, a…”
Jun 23, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & ChildrenFaith & Civic LifeBeloved Community
“Among the good news is the fact that the present day United States has some advantages that have made authoritarianism less of a slam dunk here than…”
Jun 2, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeGrief & LamentThanksgiving & Harvest
“And so when I went to high school, there are just so many what's that I did not know.”
Apr 28, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeHope & EncouragementSuffering & Perseverance
“I was there and for four beautiful minutes, we weren't Republicans Or democrats, or old or young.”
Apr 21, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareInterdependence & NatureSuffering & Perseverance
“As a child raised by animals, Fierce and wild, she never washed her hands, her face or feet.”
Apr 14, 2024 · families and relationships
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic LifeParenting & Children
Apr 7, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionStewardship & GivingFaith & Civic Life
Mar 31, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Resurrection & EasterGender & Sexuality / InclusionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“To examine what is life-giving and meaningful in these teachings and adapt them to our own current do Central Easter message for Christians, the resu…”
Mar 3, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityBaptism & CommunionGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“It was built in the 1300s and had been Catholic, but after the Reformation became unitar, Fortress walls have been built around it twice to protect a…”
Feb 18, 2024 · families and relationships
Poverty & CompassionFaith & Mental HealthDisability & Belonging
“So we hire formerly homeless people who have mental health issues and then we we make 12 different products from jams and Dilly beans and sauerkraut…”
Jan 28, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Service & Spiritual GiftsImmigration & RefugeNoah & the Flood
Jan 21, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Bible & ExpositionFriendship & BelongingPoverty & Compassion
“And then in the Book of John, the 13th chapter, verse 34 and 35, it reads a new command: love as I. So you must by this old men know that you are my.”
Jan 14, 2024 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticeService & Spiritual GiftsWork & Vocation
“Bob, okay, you, you connection began around 1963 as a graduate student when I Shannon Murray club, which is the Unitarian Groupon, Medgar Evers was a…”
Jan 7, 2024 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingAdvent & ChristmasFaith & Civic Life
“But I would not my head, as people went on ecstatically about some piece of music that I thought I did my best to pass and to find a way to fit into…”
Dec 3, 2023 · human moral beliefs
HumanismChurch Life & MembershipCreation Care
“Iron rack was designated the humanist of the Year by the American humanist Association in 1998.”
Nov 12, 2023 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & HarvestRacial Justice
“We find fulfillment in the moments we appreciate what we- the Sun, the rain, even the air we breathe- come from a bountiful exist are friends and lov…”
Oct 15, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Bible & ExpositionUnitarian Universalist IdentityCreation Care
Sep 17, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityHumanism4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“The lives of these 16th century liberals were therefore Guided by the example set by Jesus rather than by worship, of universalism, founded in the la…”
Aug 27, 2023 · families and relationships
JosephFriendship & BelongingMarriage
“For a few years back I spoke about the work of Joseph Campbell on worldwide mythology.”
Aug 6, 2023 · power between ideas
Unitarian Universalist IdentityThe Kingdom of GodHumanism
“And I tell you the truth: unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Jul 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipReason & Free InquiryHumanism
“According to One Source, the first fragmented in the United States began in St Louis in 18.”
Jul 2, 2023 · unitarian universalism
6th Principle: World CommunityFaith & DoubtThanksgiving & Harvest
“Please me into the next recommendation, which is to express my gratitude, and this one is by far the easiest of all.”
Jun 25, 2023 · power between ideas
Infertility & Child LossFaith & Civic LifeImmigration & Refuge
May 28, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeReason & Free InquirySin & Repentance
“The hard part of our faith is that word responsibility or faith currently Demands a responsible search for truth.”
May 21, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeFaith & DoubtImmigration & Refuge
“China is a tremendous economic challenge to the United States, not only to the United States, to Europe, to Japan, to too much of the world.”
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