64 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2023 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/unitarian-universalist-church-of-palo-alto.html
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Oct 9, 2023 · power between ideas
Evangelism & MissionSuffering & PerseverancePrayer & Devotion
Oct 5, 2023 · power between ideas
Evangelism & MissionThanksgiving & HarvestPrayer & Devotion
Oct 5, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Bible & ExpositionGrief & LamentCreation Care
“Everyone shares responsibility for the present and future well-being of the Human family and the larger.”
Oct 1, 2023 · power between ideas
MarriageCreation CareGrief & Lament
Sep 24, 2023 · power between ideas
Suffering & PerseveranceCrucifixion & AtonementSin & Repentance
“In Jewish tradition, Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, is considered the most important holiday of the year, starting this year at sundown.”
Sep 18, 2023 · connected common experience
Racial JusticeNoah & the Flood
“And the answer is: I don't know exactly, I do not know that for me, the best approach is personal, one-on-one and just to come full circle on this dr…”
Sep 14, 2023 · power between ideas
MarriageCreation CareGrief & Lament
Sep 11, 2023 · connected common experience
Racial JusticeNoah & the FloodFaith & Civic Life
“Gender, sexual orientation is part of Who We Are.”
Sep 10, 2023 · human moral beliefs
Prophecy & End TimesNoah & the FloodBeloved Community
Sep 7, 2023 · power between ideas
Suffering & PerseveranceCrucifixion & AtonementSin & Repentance
“In Jewish tradition, Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, is considered the most important holiday of the year, starting this year at sundown.”
Sep 6, 2023 · human moral beliefs
Noah & the FloodProphecy & End TimesBeloved Community
Feb 16, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Prophecy & End TimesThe Last SupperThanksgiving & Harvest
Feb 16, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Baptism & CommunionThanksgiving & HarvestProphecy & End Times
Nov 25, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareWork & VocationBible & Exposition
“To move the web forward and give web designers and developers the best tools and services in the world.”
Nov 7, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic LifeWorship & Praise
Nov 7, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic LifeWorship & Praise
Jan 17, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeWork & Vocation
“I don't think I'd be here speaking to you today if it weren't for my African-American allies in college who patiently explain to me white supremacy,…”
Jan 3, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeGun Violence & Safety
“Another way to put it is that it is better to be the last one to die for a mistake then for another thousand to die after you, or even another hundre…”
Dec 20, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & ChildrenUnitarian Universalist IdentityPeace & Nonviolence
“Things we do in the East, like household chores divided between the genders, parenting, teaching, taking care of the ill or the Aging, or these are n…”
Dec 3, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasEntire SanctificationStewardship & Giving
“Angels keep their watch of wandering.”
Nov 19, 2020 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Advent & ChristmasPrayer & DevotionWork & Vocation
Nov 18, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestBaptism & Communion
“If you want to read the parts I'm leaving out, you can get it at the library and lots of other books that bird Baylor and Peter Parnell have written…”
Nov 3, 2020 · families and relationships
Shame & GuiltLent & Holy Week
“Shame in a family may be more subtle and complex and the secrets can be buried for Generations, but it yields to the same treatment.”
Nov 3, 2020 · power between ideas
Stewardship & GivingThanksgiving & HarvestGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Nov 1, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
HumanismForgiveness & ReconciliationJoy & Gratitude
Oct 25, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyPoverty & CompassionCreation Care
Oct 18, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Daniel
Sep 28, 2020 · more than it appears
Forgiveness & ReconciliationCrucifixion & AtonementSin & Repentance
“We speak often in this season of forgiveness, but today I want to speak about what comes first and what must be separate from any hope of forgiveness…”
Sep 13, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtFriendship & BelongingReason & Free Inquiry
“We don't do it no mistake that in in the The Vedic and the Wesleyan quadrilateral understanding, half of those are very internal reason and our own e…”
Sep 6, 2020 · connected common experience
Fear & AnxietyInterdependence & NatureWork & Vocation
“Hearing about my siblings- serious illness, arguing with people on social media about current politics when my big sister.”
Aug 30, 2020 · spirituality in nature
Friendship & BelongingBaptism & Communion
“We have the phrase: eyes on the Comfort, perseverance, hope, breathe in the air.”
Aug 23, 2020 · families and relationships
Jesus: Life & TeachingsUnitarian Universalist IdentityChurch Life & Membership
Aug 16, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingEvangelism & MissionParenting & Children
Jul 26, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareImmigration & Refuge7th Principle: Interdependent Web
“A lot of our Electronics collected supposedly for recycling are actually shipped to China and dumped in rivers and piles there, affecting the health…”
Jul 22, 2020 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeFaith & Doubt
Jul 19, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Hope & EncouragementLoneliness & IsolationIdentity & Worth
Jun 14, 2020 · spirit soul within us
Friendship & BelongingRacial Justice
May 31, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Gun Violence & SafetyFaith & Civic LifeGod the Father / Creator
May 24, 2020 · power between ideas
Contemplative Prayer & Silence
May 17, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionService & Spiritual GiftsMarriage
“An 1896 newspaper described it thus conceited to be the finest and most conveniently arranged Post in the United States Army.”
May 10, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
MarriageFriendship & BelongingCreation Care
“When The Architects of our Republic, architects of our Republic, wrote The Magnificent words of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, the…”
May 3, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeBible & ExpositionEvangelism & Mission
“The Republicans believe the Federalists were a front for the British Monarchy and the Federalists saw the Republicans as tools of the chaos and blood…”
Apr 26, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Service & Spiritual GiftsFriendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist Identity
Apr 12, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
The Parable of the SowerSin & RepentanceCreation Care
“I am about to do a new thing: I will make a way in the wilderness, a road through the wild.”
Apr 5, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Spiritual GrowthGender & Sexuality / InclusionPoverty & Compassion
Mar 22, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionThe FallParenting & Children
“Universalist believed that the loving self-sacrifice that extend it to it for all was born into original sin.”
Mar 15, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestWorship & PraiseLoneliness & Isolation
“Susan P will lead a group in the practice of gratitude.”
Mar 1, 2020 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic LifePrayer & DevotionSalvation & Grace
“Do not think that in the king's Palace you will escape anymore than all the other Jews, for if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and de…”
Feb 23, 2020 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic LifeSuffering & PerseveranceCreation Care
“Medical Treatments are developed through clinical trials that are run like scientific experiments, although with billions of dollars at stake.”
Feb 16, 2020 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingFaith & DoubtShame & Guilt
Feb 9, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthPeace & NonviolenceCreation Care
Jan 26, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Stewardship & GivingThanksgiving & HarvestCreation Care
“I have just given thanks for all the abundance in my life, and now it's scarcity.”
Jan 19, 2020 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeElijahIndigenous Justice & Land
“Are Rachel Terror in the Deep South and the Great Migration or the incarceration of innocent Japanese-Americans and other people of Japanese ancestry…”
Jan 12, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyCreation Care
Jan 12, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtGender & Sexuality / InclusionHumanism
Jan 5, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Lent & Holy WeekFriendship & BelongingAdvent & Christmas
“That that first is the story of the also called wise men, magicians, sometimes the three- who from the because they prophetic and saw a star behaving…”
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