106 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2021–2023 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/the-foothills-deeper-pod.html
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Sep 21, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Baptism & CommunionSpiritual GrowthFear & Anxiety
“Funnily enough, one of the members of that Gathering, one of the youth who I think was a freshman in high school, just posted on Facebook the other d…”
Sep 13, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Peace & NonviolenceGender & Sexuality / InclusionShame & Guilt
“For example, if you, months ago, we held here a small group for grandparents who were trying to understand gender and a boundary for being a part of…”
Sep 6, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestSuffering & PerseveranceGrief & Lament
“Feel off comfort and compassion and gratitude for this practice.”
Sep 1, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareFaith & Civic LifeThanksgiving & Harvest
Aug 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Holy SpiritReason & Free InquiryProphecy & End Times
“Michael cervezas was stirring up questions about the trinity.”
Aug 9, 2023 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Suffering & PerseveranceBible & ExpositionGrief & Lament
“And this beauty, this, this brutality, none of it makes sense, exactly, none of it can be held, and a single rational container of cause and effect,…”
Aug 2, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingBaptism & CommunionChurch Life & Membership
“And so that expression of faith is very rigid, it is very bound, and we could go into like a lot of the ways that white culture and white supremacy c…”
Jul 26, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeFaith & DoubtDoubt & Deconstruction
Jul 19, 2023 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Bible & ExpositionJoy & GratitudeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Still in reaction, often sub, not to mention we all live in the United States in 202, where, according to a recent Stanford University study, the maj…”
Jul 19, 2023 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic LifePrayer & Devotion
Jul 6, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & RefugeFaith & Mental Health
“On the other hand, I think the other thing that we understand about belonging is that people who have a sense of community feel a greater sense of I…”
Jun 29, 2023 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeMarriage
“Expanding our sense of belonging, like this, requires we move from a monocultural that is one where- so, in monocultural lens, is where you want peop…”
Jun 14, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingShame & GuiltFaith & Mental Health
“And here we are trying to figure out what to do, and actually one of the best things we can do is start to connections with each other.”
May 25, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic LifeFriendship & Belonging
“Having looked at the full reality of what has happened, that's real strength is for kids to be able to say: systemic racism is real.”
May 18, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation Care
Apr 26, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentSin & RepentanceThanksgiving & Harvest
“Theologian author and civil rights activist Howard Thurman offers: don't ask what the world needs.”
Apr 20, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & GratitudeRacial Justice
“Experiencing that gratitude unlocks not only that experience of connectedness- see the light within us mirroring the life around us- but it builds ou…”
Apr 12, 2023 · connected common experience
The Road to EmmausResurrection & EasterSpiritual Growth
Apr 5, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeFriendship & BelongingParenting & Children
“Naomi is a Play Born to a Palestinian father and an American entering high school.”
Mar 28, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Service & Spiritual GiftsStewardship & GivingImmigration & Refuge
Mar 22, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Mental HealthRacial Justice
“Dean spade, a queer and transliteration activist to always looks at things through a lens of racial and economic Justice and is currently a professor…”
Mar 10, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFear & AnxietyParenting & Children
“Gender shows up for me in my life, in my work and how I move through the world, in my marriage and my relationship.”
Mar 8, 2023 · families and relationships
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionSpiritual GrowthBeloved Community
“Because children are innocent and impressionable, we have to be careful about what they are exposed to before they're introducing children to adult t…”
Mar 3, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
MarriageGender & Sexuality / InclusionSuffering & Perseverance
“It was shame that I still had not figured out how to disentangle myself from the entrenched gender roles that I thought I was too clever to succumb t…”
Feb 22, 2023 · families and relationships
Parenting & ChildrenJosephAdvent & Christmas
“To being a mom to my son over the last 15 years has challenged how I think about manhood and masculinity, challenged me first to redirect that anger…”
Feb 15, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionGender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic Life
“But I want you to know I'm open to hearing anytime, because you know I love you, and it's important to me that how do you do that same thing with you…”
Feb 1, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Spiritual GrowthShame & GuiltMarriage
Jan 25, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentThanksgiving & Harvest
Jan 18, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial Justice
Jan 18, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Jan 11, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeThanksgiving & HarvestReason & Free Inquiry
“History scuttles sideway and crap like back and making progress and retrieving, advancing and returning, and all are Beach dwellers hot in the cycles…”
Jan 4, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
New Year & Watch NightThanksgiving & HarvestGrief & Lament
Dec 25, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasBaptism & Communion
Dec 21, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasCreation & EdenIdentity & Worth
Dec 14, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
HumanismAdvent & ChristmasBible & Exposition
“And what I like about struggling with scripture is I don't get what the and we can take as scripture so many, both sacred and and secular, and yet be…”
Dec 7, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentAdvent & ChristmasChurch Life & Membership
“Allow yourself to encounter once again the ancient stories of Christmas and Hanukkah and the rituals of winter solstice, watch your favorite familiar…”
Nov 23, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFear & AnxietyWorship & Praise
“One interpretation: Christianity, perpetrated in the United States in particular, and they kind of fear of sexuality in the body and and mixed up in…”
Nov 22, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeAdvent & ChristmasStewardship & Giving
“What time that is filled with a lot of joy and connection for many of us, but also maybe a little bit of distance and a bit of where are the time of…”
Nov 16, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeSin & RepentanceGrief & Lament
“How, auntie, yeah, they had this elaborate social media presence and a growing national network of.”
Nov 9, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeGrief & LamentThanksgiving & Harvest
“Last Sunday, we held a beautiful memorial service out in Spring Canyon for Lacey Bearden, a member of this congregation, who passed away.”
Nov 3, 2022 · power between ideas
Immigration & RefugeStewardship & GivingFear & Anxiety
Oct 26, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeFriendship & BelongingSuffering & Perseverance
“I continue to feel committed to the work of Eugene, but I'm also excited to participate in the expanded mission of the global peace and Justice Minis…”
Oct 18, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
SinglenessGender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & Belonging
Sep 28, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Hope & EncouragementContemplative Prayer & SilenceFaith & Doubt
“Now, if you are struggling to find a spiritual practice or you just aren't totally sure that what a spiritual practice is, or if you need to refresh…”
Sep 22, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Interdependence & NatureCreation CareFear & Anxiety
“Even more importantly, this recognition of the echoing of personal and Collective change allows us to remember that we are not alone in these exper,…”
Sep 14, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Worship & PraiseAdvent & ChristmasBeloved Community
“This past Sunday we had an off-site water communion Sunday and an online water communion Sunday at the Drake Center, which was new for us.”
Aug 31, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Beloved CommunityChurch Life & MembershipRacial Justice
Aug 17, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingDoxology & Benediction
“It is what allows the tools and ideas of our faith to come into contact with actual human community.”
Aug 10, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCreation CarePluralism & Interfaith
“We embrace the concept of religious pluralism.”
Jul 27, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Shame & GuiltMarriageInterdependence & Nature
“In the 1970s, with President Nixon at the helm, the War on Drugs targeted black and brown people and, even though psychoactive substances were being…”
Jul 19, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityIdentity & WorthEvangelism & Mission
“But I think that's what we're most called to do is is to learn how to love life as it is and to hold the tensions and the grief and the pain and the…”
Jul 7, 2022 · power between ideas
Creation CareGrief & Lament
Jun 30, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipUnitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & Belonging
“And also because, as I saying this sermon, I a lot of times when I go to General Assembly I feel like I don't.”
Jun 22, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGender & Sexuality / InclusionWorship & Praise
“So next week are episode will release a couple of days later than usual, probably on Friday, but this is for a very good reason: Reverend Gretchen, w…”
Jun 15, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestForgiveness & ReconciliationFaith & Mental Health
Jun 8, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & DoubtBaptism & CommunionJoy & Gratitude
“And this Sunday was also our first in-person flower communion ceremony since 2019, which is really a big deal, and we all bring flowers to exchange a…”
Jun 1, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareReason & Free InquiryHumanism
“So many of us have been impact: the war in Ukraine, a baby formula shortage, the stock market, inflation, the prices of.”
May 25, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtCreation & EdenWork & Vocation
“That felt icky in some and I wanted it to feel really positive that were celebrating these children and their families, and they were helping everybo…”
May 18, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyImmigration & RefugeEvangelism & Mission
“We must bear witness and hold space and manage our fears and Center in with.”
May 11, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & ChildrenRacial JusticeFaith & Doubt
“And what if, instead of original sin, I was taught of our original blessing, that is, our equal, all of us, inherent worth and dignity.”
May 4, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentImmigration & Refuge
“And you know, I have to say it was that exchange that really deep in my sense of belonging in a new way to that Community, which eventually led me to…”
Apr 27, 2022 · power between ideas
Creation CareJoy & GratitudeRacial Justice
“It is this is the spirit that pushes me out of how about all we Face, including maybe a including the climate crisis, which so often we talk about, w…”
Apr 20, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Bible & ExpositionFear & AnxietyChurch Life & Membership
Apr 13, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentRacial JusticeHope & Encouragement
“It's really hard to figure out, and then there might also just be extra layers of Challenge and ambiguity around major life losses that have transpir…”
Apr 7, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyJoy & GratitudeNoah & the Flood
“I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of, but I can Divine it by and from what I see, I am sure that it bends.”
Mar 30, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareSin & RepentanceFaith & Mental Health
“Or are you going inpatient for mental health care?”
Mar 23, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Parenting & ChildrenMarriageThanksgiving & Harvest
“He was hired by the University of Arizona, so we packed up our kids- and we had two at the time- and moved to Arizona.”
Mar 15, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Beloved CommunityFear & AnxietyBible & Exposition
“How do we respond?”
Mar 9, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & ChildrenSuffering & PerseveranceBible & Exposition
“There's something about stepping into the vulner when, when I'm preaching, but also the vulnerability I see in our community, in small groups, in one…”
Mar 2, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareIndigenous Justice & LandCreation & Eden
“And here I am on the corner of Overland Trail, which was an actual did settlers would use to go to California and to go west to what's the fort in Fo…”
Feb 23, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingCreation & EdenJoy & Gratitude
“Driving force behind all do you want to be is someone, hold, bear witness and say: I see that I see you and I love you.”
Feb 16, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Peace & NonviolenceWork & VocationParenting & Children
Feb 9, 2022 · families and relationships
Grief & LamentElijahParenting & Children
“The truth is that sometimes upholders can hold on too tight.”
Feb 2, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtCreation CarePeace & Nonviolence
“I started with the being wrong about the vaccine or about climate change.”
Jan 26, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Loneliness & IsolationParenting & ChildrenPeace & Nonviolence
“Our body interprets feeling left out, feeling disconnected, to the point that even when we really want connection deep down, our brain can keep tryin…”
Jan 19, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeBaptism & Communion
“In the 1930, a number of socialist pacifists, both black and white, in the United States came to realize that it was going to be a possible to build…”
Jan 12, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Loneliness & IsolationParenting & ChildrenMarriage
“Many people talk about of visceral hunger for human touch and an absence of emotional support, all with a sense of time being lost or just kind of tr…”
Jan 3, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyUnitarian Universalist IdentityAddiction & Recovery
“I resolved then to try to hold on to this emotional so that I could be in a state of letting go what I had lost.”
Dec 28, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyJoy & GratitudeContemplative Prayer & Silence
“I mean uncertainty, inherently, is difficult.”
Dec 22, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionFear & AnxietyThe Exodus
“It takes a certain courage to invite another person to join us in our way, but when we do, it can be such a gift.”
Dec 15, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyFaith & DoubtAdvent & Christmas
Dec 8, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasHumanismBible & Exposition
“So this holiday season we're going to invite you to make, to make room for the unexpected, to make room for hope and love to arrive and unexpected, a…”
Dec 1, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeFear & AnxietyFaith & Civic Life
Nov 24, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Spiritual GrowthBaptism & CommunionHumanism
“They missed the chance to meet our Traditions, ghosts, not just as grief but as gifts.”
Nov 17, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltFaith & Civic LifeBeloved Community
“Frances Weller compares the way that Shane takes to that common high school chemistry experiment of making a convection of lumpy crystallized sugar o…”
Nov 10, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Spiritual GrowthStewardship & GivingAdvent & Christmas
“And one of the ghosts was that I was diagnosed with a learning disability, while a few of am I like sophomore year of before then I had this deep sen…”
Nov 2, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingImmigration & Refuge
“Absolutely, I walk through the valley of the Shadow and he has the chapter I'm in right now.”
Oct 26, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Shame & GuiltBeloved CommunityThanksgiving & Harvest
“I'm going to feel shame, they're going to ask me for it and I don't want that.”
Oct 22, 2021 · power between ideas
Interdependence & NatureGrief & LamentThanksgiving & Harvest
“If, if what we do at Foothills, in this podcast and Beyond, create a sense of gratitude for us, that you want to be a part of the work that we're doi…”
Oct 19, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
HumanismParenting & ChildrenUnitarian Universalist Identity
Oct 15, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeIdentity & WorthEvangelism & Mission
“Cuz it's easy for me to find despair when I don't see how the dots connect.”
Oct 5, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentEvangelism & MissionBaptism & Communion
“If you're doing something wrong or something isn't right, I'll give you that encouragement to call who we, the holding space, that kindness and willi…”
Sep 28, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentHumanism
Sep 21, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityBaptism & CommunionGrief & Lament
“You led our online water comedians celebration this past year, and so I thought we'd have you on the podcast to talk about water communion, its Origi…”
Sep 14, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentForgiveness & ReconciliationChurch Life & Membership
“If you don't already support our work here at the Foothills Unitarian Church, we invite you to join in this effort to make a special donation that al…”
Sep 7, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentPoverty & CompassionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“So you know, and then, I think, the rage piece many of us have so much that is connected to Weider weather, losing jobs or losing years of school, or…”
Sep 2, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeGrief & LamentHope & Encouragement
“Without black rage we would not have had an end of slavery, cuz we freed ourselves largely without black race.”
Aug 23, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestMarriage
“I invite you to join your hearts this morning with Pam Weber as she Grieves the loss of her mother and anticipates what would have been her parents 6…”
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