310 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/unitarian-universalist-congregation-of-frederick-sermons-uuc.html
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May 15, 2026 · human moral beliefs
Creation CareFaith & Civic LifeFear & Anxiety
“China is increasingly positioning itself as the central player in clean and the Clean Energy Future, while our current leadership here in the US is h…”
Apr 19, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingBaptism & CommunionFear & Anxiety
“My social media feeds filled with people sharing how much Gibson's poetry had meant to them, how their words that help them survive heartbreak, name…”
Apr 19, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Jesus: Life & TeachingsBeloved CommunityGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“I'm not asking you to ignore the world historic harm done in Jesus's name over the past two Millennia Crusades, Inquisition, violence against Jews, j…”
Apr 8, 2026 · power between ideas
Immigration & RefugeInterdependence & NatureNoah & the Flood
“This is not the first time the youth group has covered this topic was about three years ago, or Youth Services were focused on working through each o…”
Mar 31, 2026 · human moral beliefs
Faith & Civic LifeLoneliness & IsolationSalvation & Grace
“And what she called the plurality of The Human Condition, the simple, reducible- each of us brings different experiences and perspectives into the wo…”
Mar 31, 2026 · human moral beliefs
Faith & DoubtPeace & NonviolenceShame & Guilt
“And the real Battlefield is not only geopolitical, it is psychological, it is spiritual, as in that first part of our mission statement here at UCF.”
Mar 31, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Hope & EncouragementThanksgiving & HarvestFriendship & Belonging
Feb 11, 2026 · power between ideas
Immigration & RefugeCreation CareBeloved Community
Jan 28, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingFaith & Civic Life
“This flame was born as an act of solidarity, and it's still calls for something.”
Jan 28, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic Life
Jan 28, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeGrief & LamentThanksgiving & Harvest
Jan 18, 2026 · uu spiritual principles
Faith & Civic LifePrayer & DevotionJoy & Gratitude
“For some it's grounded in a spiritual practice, for others in creativity, art or the care for future Jenner, effective strategy, and from that strate…”
Jan 18, 2026 · power between ideas
Work & VocationThanksgiving & Harvest
“Invite you to silently Express gratitude for the circle, and this Sacred Circle ritual is one that you can come back to again and again, as would be…”
Dec 31, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Come back with me 176 years ago, to Christmas Eve of 1849 at First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts Unitarian congregation, founded nearly 400 years…”
Dec 30, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic Life
“For us, as Unitarian Universalist, this moment is not about growth for growth's sake, and it is not about replacing other Traditions as they decline.”
Dec 30, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingSpiritual GrowthGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Dec 25, 2025 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeSin & RepentanceAddiction & Recovery
“I can testify to the truth about carrying a Confederate flag while all the walls behind him are portraits of John C Calhoun on the left, a key archit…”
Dec 6, 2025 · families and relationships
Poverty & CompassionFaith & Civic LifeFaith & Doubt
“A government shutdown in Congress seems to be unable to.”
Dec 6, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingFaith & Mental Health
Nov 26, 2025 · power between ideas
Beloved CommunityLoneliness & IsolationActs
“It transformed our moral and political landscape by naming systemic racism, both in general and specifically in policing and demanding accountability.”
Nov 12, 2025 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic LifeFriendship & BelongingCreation Care
“There's a blue box right in the right hand corner to the latest top weekly action items recommended by our democracy action team, which is also inclu…”
Nov 5, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionThanksgiving & HarvestPrayer & Devotion
“So, as previously stated, I am Tiffany, I am the inclusion officer for Frederick County and I work in Winchester Hall.”
Oct 27, 2025 · power between ideas
Peace & NonviolenceFaith & Civic LifeCrucifixion & Atonement
“It's an act of moral imagination to recognize that The Liberation and safety of everyone, on all sides, is bound up in The Liberation and safety of w…”
Oct 23, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Sin & RepentanceService & Spiritual GiftsFaith & Civic Life
Oct 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeRevival & RenewalEvangelism & Mission
Oct 1, 2025 · power between ideas
Shame & GuiltGrief & LamentWorship & Praise
“Holding that call to resistance and resilience and her heart, I invite you to rise and body your spirit As we sing together.”
Sep 24, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityHumanism
“My grandmother, my aunt, my mom have all taught me the value and importance and fulfillment that can come from.”
Sep 24, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
HumanismFaith & Civic LifeSin & Repentance
“As we turn to our annual ritual of water communion, I invite you to hold into your letting go of what doesn't matter or what you'll never have time f…”
Sep 9, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Immigration & RefugeFaith & DoubtIdentity & Worth
“And instead of being punished by being put to death, God puts a mark on Cain so that it should be clear to anyone who sees Cain that they should not…”
Sep 9, 2025 · power between ideas
Joy & GratitudeThanksgiving & Harvest
“To practice Sabbath is to devote time at regular intervals to focus on our spiritual practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, play, practice.”
Sep 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation CareGrief & Lament
“This was accomplished by bringing a loaf of bread to the church- and sometimes they were processionals- to local bakeries, where those who worked the…”
Sep 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryUnitarian Universalist IdentityDating & Godly Relationships
“She is the author of the upcoming book polish folk magic- ancestral Lauren traditions of the West Slavs.”
Aug 27, 2025 · connected common experience
Parenting & ChildrenAdvent & ChristmasFaith & Civic Life
“So mugwort, or Artemisia vulgar, is a plant native to Europe, Asia and Africa, but it now grows in the United States as well and it is considered an…”
Aug 17, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Work & VocationFriendship & BelongingHumanism
Aug 17, 2025 · families and relationships
Faith & Mental HealthCreation & EdenPoverty & Compassion
“Death by Suicide is the fourth largest leading cause of death among men and the seventh leading cause of death among women.”
Jul 27, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityBaptism & CommunionFaith & Civic Life
Jul 27, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipFear & AnxietyWork & Vocation
Jul 13, 2025 · families and relationships
Identity & WorthHumanismShame & Guilt
Jun 19, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & Gratitude
Jun 10, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareUnitarian Universalist IdentityReason & Free Inquiry
“And if you look in your order of service or the English translation of of the familiar to you as well, they come from the second chapter of the Gospe…”
Jun 10, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Stewardship & GivingInterdependence & NaturePluralism & Interfaith
“I associate with our value of interdependence.”
Jun 10, 2025 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeEvangelism & MissionSpiritual Growth
“And how's my dad never really get a rice and oil change and and Postal Service, so to speak, at home so the family can bring those bags that carry th…”
May 27, 2025 · unitarian universalism
1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityFriendship & BelongingPluralism & Interfaith
May 13, 2025 · power between ideas
Creation CareGrief & LamentSpiritual Growth
“And that's the, in order to protect the environment, greatest obstacle to building new green infrastructure at the level, scale and speed that is nee…”
Apr 26, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeDoxology & BenedictionJoy & Gratitude
“A little bit the grass, the thicket and the fruit tree, quite Hawthorne and with the Pastoral eglantine fast fading, violence covered up in leaves an…”
Apr 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
“Martin Luther King Jr's vision of the Beloved Community also contributed to our decision to put love at the center as part of our aspiration to conti…”
Apr 26, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingShame & GuiltGrief & Lament
“Did you go, whatever taste or touch you've had in this time and place, even just a little bit more of Hope or love or peace or joy that goes with you…”
Apr 9, 2025 · power between ideas
Faith & Mental HealthShame & GuiltGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“If it's really broad enough to make this coalitions, is it that if a former supporter of authoritarianism begins to see the light, that is not the ti…”
Mar 27, 2025 · connected common experience
Faith & Civic LifeInterdependence & NatureThanksgiving & Harvest
“Generosity connects us to one another in relationships of interdependence and mutual.”
Mar 25, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Thanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Civic LifeFriendship & Belonging
“Unitarian universalism honours both humanism and the interdependent web of existence of which we are all part.”
Mar 25, 2025 · human moral beliefs
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingHumanism
“Is is very interesting, of kind of thinking through these, this grieving woman uses an AI service to recreate her deceased partner using his social m…”
Feb 28, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Hope & EncouragementFaith & Civic LifeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“As any High School civics class will tell you, the Constitution Declaration of Independence was to reject having a political commentators quote- exec…”
Feb 11, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyGender & Sexuality / InclusionPoverty & Compassion
“In the face of these assaults on diversity, equity and inclusion, let me say a bit more about XY.”
Feb 9, 2025 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeMarriage
Feb 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
The TrinityBaptism & CommunionSpiritual Growth
“As the Lutheran form of protestantism grew, so did other Protestant denominations, founded on truths that their church leaders found to be significan…”
Jan 23, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeCreation CareParenting & Children
“Active hope is a Readiness to discover the strengths in ourselves, as that golden Shadow we talked about a few weeks ago.”
Jan 23, 2025 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingMarriage
Jan 23, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyRacial JusticeNew Year & Watch Night
“I do invite you to experiment with letting this ritual be one step in the process of saying a more solid no to a part of your life that has been life…”
Jan 23, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentMarriageFaith & Mental Health
Jan 17, 2025 · power between ideas
Joy & GratitudeFaith & Civic LifeRacial Justice
“I promise you, Donald Trump is not right to be a butler.”
Jan 17, 2025 · christmas and easter
Advent & ChristmasThe Nativity
“In 1951, after the war, he moved to the United States and one night happened to wander into the Beverly hotel in man contemporary songs on the piano.”
Jan 2, 2025 · power between ideas
HumanismFaith & Civic LifeJoy & Gratitude
“If you've been around you use spaces for a while, you probably remember the seven principles up until the vote at our Unitarian Universalist Associat…”
Jan 2, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeAdvent & ChristmasFaith & Civic Life
Dec 30, 2024 · power between ideas
HumanismCrucifixion & AtonementFaith & Civic Life
“If you've been around you use spaces for a while, you probably remember the seven principles up until the vote at our Unitarian Universalist Associat…”
Dec 20, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasUnitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & Refuge
“How do I hold space for this despair that I'm encountering here at our fellowship with my friends and in myself?”
Dec 20, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & WorthCreation & EdenJoy & Gratitude
Dec 20, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeSuffering & PerseveranceDaniel
“And if the poet Diane Ackerman has written a modern version of the bodhisattva valve here, to notice if one or more parts particularly resonate with…”
Nov 18, 2024 · human moral beliefs
Noah & the FloodCreation CareChurch Life & Membership
“I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight.”
Nov 18, 2024 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeFear & Anxiety
“And so much from all who were killed in the Iraq War, so much flowed from that climate change.”
Nov 18, 2024 · connected common experience
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation CareSuffering & Perseverance
“So it was every night for a year- and sweat lodges, and so I stayed with that community and the Elder who taught this community- her name was grandmo…”
Nov 15, 2024 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingFaith & Mental Health
“Similarly, Republicans were told, in the wake of Romney's, to feed in 2012.”
Nov 7, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Creation Care
“The Asheville citizen times reported on worries that the city would be overcrowded due to all of the climate migrants seeking to come there to escape…”
Nov 1, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Pluralism & InterfaithPeace & NonviolenceFriendship & Belonging
“Anybody else ever done trying to speak the truth and love- or, in Brown's words, the operative word in loving Corrections- is values in which we're s…”
Oct 29, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareThanksgiving & Harvest
Oct 18, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & NatureUnitarian Universalist IdentityContemplative Prayer & Silence
“Bella continues affirming that human nature is fundamentally social would be making that interdependent web of all existence the first of your seven…”
Sep 23, 2024 · power between ideas
1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityGender & Sexuality / InclusionSin & Repentance
Sep 23, 2024 · families and relationships
Worship & PraiseAddiction & RecoveryUnitarian Universalist Identity
Sep 14, 2024 · connected common experience
Faith & Civic LifeSuffering & PerseveranceFaith & Doubt
Aug 30, 2024 · human moral beliefs
Racial JusticeJoy & GratitudeNoah & the Flood
“And- and I have had the privilege to know some of those people in person- Jim Lawson, who was ahead of me, and Seminary Martin Luther King Junior, wh…”
Aug 30, 2024 · power between ideas
Racial JusticePeace & NonviolenceHope & Encouragement
Aug 12, 2024 · uu spiritual principles
7th Principle: Interdependent WebHumanismJoseph
“She starts out saying that Joseph Campbell starts out with with the lower chak, the the at the base of the spine.”
Aug 12, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Pluralism & InterfaithImmigration & RefugeFaith & Civic Life
“Equity, transformation, pluralism, multiple views.”
Aug 12, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
God the Father / CreatorFriendship & BelongingMarriage
“Is that, Buddhist as the you you are value on the back of your order of service, that interdependent web of all existence of which we are very much a…”
Jul 20, 2024 · power between ideas
Interdependence & NatureReason & Free InquiryStewardship & Giving
“If you look at The Inspirations section that's on the last page of your order of service, you'll see that the first lines in our new uu values and Co…”
Jul 16, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist IdentityInterdependence & Nature
“As Unitarian Universalist- and here I'm quoting words that you can find here for the down about 3/4 of the way under insper- we honor the heading, we…”
Jul 8, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareBaptism & CommunionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“The different flowers from a beautiful bouquet would not be the same without the unique edition of each individual flower, and thus it is with the Be…”
Jul 8, 2024 · human moral beliefs
Interdependence & NatureGender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Civic Life
“Climate crisis Anthology titled: all we can save.”
Jun 3, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Work & VocationContemplative Prayer & SilenceStewardship & Giving
“So our attention can sometimes be like that in the midst of all the crashing waves of distraction you know it's holding onto attention or Focus can b…”
Jun 2, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Sin & RepentanceSuffering & PerseveranceGun Violence & Safety
“According to the gun violence archive, there have been 652 school shootings in the US since Uvalde- just school shooting: 1240 so far in 2024, and it…”
Jun 2, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthThanksgiving & HarvestReason & Free Inquiry
“I was like I'm so excited, it's funny thing about now, but, and the Christmas Eve service was always like the final hurdle, the cross before going ho…”
May 23, 2024 · families and relationships
Creation CareParenting & ChildrenRacial Justice
“One tragedy that happened before the student walk out in 1951 was that there was a bus that had to cross the railroad tracks in March of 1951, and it…”
May 22, 2024 · families and relationships
Faith & Mental HealthFear & AnxietyPeace & Nonviolence
“Between 2010 and 2015, there was a synchronized International increase in rates of adolescent anxiety, and synchronized older Generations were much l…”
May 22, 2024 · families and relationships
Grief & LamentFaith & Civic LifePeace & Nonviolence
“For briefly, on my own perspective, as I sought to closely and compassionate to listen to all sides of this conflict, I've read a stack of books, I'v…”
Apr 28, 2024 · power between ideas
Creation CareSuffering & PerseveranceUnitarian Universalist Identity
“If I could convince you to read or listen to only one book in the wake of this Earth Day weekend, it would be: that's not the end of the world, how w…”
Apr 23, 2024 · families and relationships
Addiction & RecoveryFaith & Civic LifeFear & Anxiety
“And you can also read a set of frequently asked questions and watch a short training video.”
Apr 23, 2024 · power between ideas
Resurrection & EasterGrief & LamentCreation Care
“Funeral service was arranged for the morning of the 8th day and then came to take the body to the cemetery, and when they undid the coverings there w…”
Apr 23, 2024 · connected common experience
Poverty & CompassionInterdependence & NatureGrief & Lament
“7th principle of the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are apart, as well as our youth sense of responsibility to do what we can do wi…”
Apr 11, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionBaptism & CommunionPrayer & Devotion
Apr 1, 2024 · human moral beliefs
Identity & WorthBaptism & Communion1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
“Particularly horrifying to a rent, because France was the birthplace in 1789 of the Declaration of the rights of man, this foundational human rights.”
Apr 1, 2024 · power between ideas
Prayer & DevotionGender & Sexuality / InclusionHumanism
“It refers to the two major Muslim holidays: eat, outfit or mucking, the end of the month of fasting during Ramadan and Eid how aha, which marks the c…”
Mar 16, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Health & TemperanceRevival & RenewalFriendship & Belonging
“The depression, traditional structures like unbridled capitalism, the temperance movement and gender roles seem to.”
Feb 19, 2024 · power between ideas
Creation CareReason & Free InquiryGod the Father / Creator
“Let's sing a hymn written out of that very struggle: number three: forty three: a fire missed and a.”
Feb 9, 2024 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeImmigration & Refuge
“Eric, in 2014, a 43-year-old African-American man in Staten Island, New York, after being choked by a white police officer doing an arrest for sellin…”
Feb 2, 2024 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Bible & ExpositionEvangelism & MissionPoverty & Compassion
“I invite you to consider Plan B. But to get to plan B, I want to take us on the briefest detour through the Hebrew.”
Jan 29, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifePluralism & InterfaithFriendship & Belonging
“Similar articles have appeared in the Washington Post.”
Jan 29, 2024 · readings books learning
Racial JusticeMarriageUnitarian Universalist Identity
“King wanted to propose to Betty, but his mentor of the Reverend, Pius Barber, warned that marrying a white woman would wreck his career, regardless o…”
Jan 17, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
New Year & Watch NightCreation CareFaith & Civic Life
“Is it social media?”
Jan 2, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionPeace & NonviolenceEvangelism & Mission
“For this spoken meditation, I want to invite us to reflect on just one angle in particular that remains to the current conflict in Israel and Palesti…”
Dec 28, 2023 · christmas and easter
Advent & ChristmasJoy & Gratitude
“There is a season in this Christmas season when we are invited to remember the birth of a tiny baby named Jesus, who came to change the world in unex…”
Dec 18, 2023 · power between ideas
Peace & NonviolenceFriendship & BelongingRacial Justice
“But it is an even more devastating contrast when you drive one mile away and see the golden embossed interior of the Church of the Nativity and Bethl…”
Dec 10, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeContemplative Prayer & SilenceFaith & Civic Life
“But I just remember the successes of the past, which are often hard won: the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, the LGBT Rights Move…”
Nov 29, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeService & Spiritual GiftsFaith & Civic Life
“An attempt by politically motivated, frequently racist politicians and their bands of anti-woke Sy to codify the denial of systemic and legislate Edu…”
Nov 25, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CarePeace & NonviolenceImmigration & Refuge
Nov 16, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Peace & NonviolenceDivorce & Broken RelationshipsRacial Justice
“This conflict between Israel and Palestine has often been described as versus.”
Nov 2, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Sin & RepentanceRacial Justice
Oct 26, 2023 · readings books learning
Disability & BelongingRevival & Renewal
“Before the Ada, many people in our society, either consciously or unconsciously, tended to view disability through a deficit model which, Define cert…”
Oct 14, 2023 · readings books learning
Indigenous Justice & LandFaith & Civic LifeFriendship & Belonging
“Either way, these indigenous attacks were devastating blows to the Europe.”
Oct 14, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareEvangelism & MissionFaith & Doubt
Sep 23, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Forgiveness & ReconciliationCrucifixion & AtonementPrison & Restorative Justice
“But I think it's also interesting to note that ancient Judaism included this whole system of when and where, like time and place were all really impo…”
Sep 20, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Work & VocationFaith & Civic LifeWorship & Praise
“Labor unions, the folks who brought you the child labor laws, overtime pay, minimum wage, injury protection, Workers Compensation Insurance, pension…”
Sep 20, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltIdentity & Worth
Aug 28, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Evangelism & MissionPluralism & InterfaithFriendship & Belonging
“My journey is not without a scars, cuz I have scars, but these cars bear witness to the bathroom, the battles that we all face when our assistant cha…”
Aug 23, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Identity & WorthFaith & DoubtImmigration & Refuge
“Living in the South, we knew and understand the power of judgment, gossip, shame and fear, and I found out it's not just in.”
Aug 15, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Mental HealthSpiritual Growth
Aug 6, 2023 · families and relationships
Interdependence & NatureService & Spiritual GiftsCreation Care
“Okay, survival of our species as an important end, and that can be argued pro and con by philosophers, but most people would argue, then these are im…”
Jul 31, 2023 · families and relationships
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionHumanismFaith & Civic Life
“They quote medical papers from bias sources and they deny the validity of actual scientific, both the University of lying in Belgium, which is the wo…”
Jul 18, 2023 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingChurch Life & MembershipLoneliness & Isolation
Jul 14, 2023 · families and relationships
Baptism & CommunionSin & RepentanceSuffering & Perseverance
“It may not be for everyone, but no know that it prevents, presents a choice that seeks to honor the goodness of life and the sweet Dignity of death t…”
Jul 7, 2023 · connected common experience
Prayer & DevotionUnitarian Universalist IdentityReason & Free Inquiry
“Sir, we draw wisdom from Jewish and Christian teachings, from humanists, teachings which counselors to hear the guidance of reason and the results of…”
Jul 3, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & GratitudePluralism & Interfaith
“Interfaith dialogue is a huge interest of.”
Jul 3, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic LifeRacial Justice
“The US Congress passed the Indian civilization Act of 1819, also known as the civilization fund Act of 1819.”
Jul 3, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Shame & GuiltGender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & Belonging
“Gay pride is a month to celebrate achievements, maid honor Heroes and heroines.”
Jun 30, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingGun Violence & Safety
“At our own time we're seeing similar movements of seeking meaning in the wake of deep grief and loss, through groups like every town for gun safety o…”
Jun 16, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityService & Spiritual GiftsPluralism & Interfaith
“Being part of the evolution of our religious tradition with the 8th principal and Article 2 revisions, and serving in a community that is both embodi…”
Jun 14, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCreation Care
May 31, 2023 · families and relationships
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJosephFaith & Civic Life
“American advocate for women's rights, who is also married to John Murray, the founder of the universal, is half of our movement.”
May 16, 2023 · racism race justice black lives matter
Faith & Civic LifePoverty & CompassionImmigration & Refuge
“Previous to 1965, our immigration policy here in the United States was highly discriminatory in favor of white immigrants from Northern and Western.”
May 4, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionFaith & DoubtJoy & Gratitude
Apr 28, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareEvangelism & MissionFaith & Civic Life
“How is it that we earthlings- not we United States citizens or whatever, like we earthlings, right, we're all in this together.”
Apr 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionFriendship & BelongingImmigration & Refuge
“As we sing, you remain seated, because the reason I want you to remain seated is that, as you, as I'm going to have you come forward, starting with t…”
Apr 13, 2023 · readings books learning
Creation CareRevelation / End VisionInterdependence & Nature
“Seventh principal calls: the interdependent web of all existence of which we are apart.”
Apr 4, 2023 · readings books learning
Baptism & CommunionFaith & DoubtParenting & Children
“Let's rise and together and sing a song written out of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender Rights Movement, number one: 70.”
Mar 28, 2023 · readings books learning
Creation & EdenWorship & PraisePoverty & Compassion
Mar 22, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Peace & NonviolenceGod the Father / CreatorCreation Care
Mar 14, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentInterdependence & NatureGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“But lgbtq Plus smaller, smaller, but definitely not very, but we're still not.”
Mar 8, 2023 · families and relationships
Hope & EncouragementRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Mar 8, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeEarth-Centered SpiritualityDoubt & Deconstruction
“I'm trying to do something, as you guess, so you can come down and all the books that weren't going to be in the average bookstore, all of the select…”
Feb 24, 2023 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeParenting & ChildrenService & Spiritual Gifts
“This is the proposed Article 2, reimagining of interdependence, Equity, transformation and pluralism, generosity and justice.”
Feb 15, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCreation CareFriendship & Belonging
“His birthday has come to be known as International Darwin day, an annual opportunity to celebrate the principles that guided his Perpetual curiosity,…”
Feb 8, 2023 · power between ideas
Immigration & RefugePeace & NonviolenceRacial Justice
“Just a couple of weeks ago, the, the county and City came together to acknowledge the very real need and responsibility that the county has to provid…”
Feb 1, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingCreation CareParenting & Children
“It's the reason we Kindle this chalice flame are living tradition is symbolized by burning living flame.”
Jan 30, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeUnitarian Universalist IdentityBaptism & Communion
“All of this matters not only for Reproductive justice, but also because many other constitutional rights we have come to take for granted: the right…”
Jan 16, 2023 · connected common experience
Racial JusticeInterdependence & NatureFriendship & Belonging
“And finally, a collective liberation of World Community, not patriarchy play, building a community on love.”
Jan 12, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & ChildrenReason & Free InquiryFriendship & Belonging
“The first modern online dating site was launched almost 30 years ago, in 1994, and today approximately 40% of couples meet through online dating site…”
Jan 4, 2023 · readings books learning
Parenting & ChildrenJoy & GratitudeHope & Encouragement
Dec 31, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Advent & Christmas
“I'm grateful to have had the opportunity twice to teach a graduate class and you, you history, for aspiring you, you ministers, and for this Christma…”
Dec 25, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeCreation CareShame & Guilt
“She also advocates for people of color and especially for African Americans, as black bodies to labor.”
Dec 13, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“As young as 11 years old, they got on the bridge and they walked across it, knowing what would happen to them, understanding the history of pushing f…”
Dec 6, 2022 · connected common experience
HumanismContemplative Prayer & SilenceImmigration & Refuge
“Are you Pagan group, and are you, you Buddhist group, represent classic examples of these two poles on the mystical path.”
Nov 29, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeHumanismSuffering & Perseverance
“Recently, the second draft of our reimagined principles and sources has posted on the UA website and there was a draft circulated at General Assembly…”
Nov 23, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareDivorce & Broken Relationships
Nov 20, 2022 · power between ideas
Creation CareImmigration & RefugeSin & Repentance
“It is still to encourage spiritual growth, to build a diverse, Beloved Community and to act for peace and Justice.”
Nov 10, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
5th Principle: Conscience & Democratic ProcessFaith & Civic LifeRacial Justice
“Some of the most prominent examples currently are orbonne in Hungary, erdogan and turkey, Kaczynski in Poland, Putin in Russia, Modi in India, former…”
Nov 5, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & DoubtFriendship & Belonging
“Where there is in the beginning of book six for the like, you all have magic.”
Oct 28, 2022 · connected common experience
Racial JusticeCreation CareGrief & Lament
“The science has been known for generations and there are people who didn't want to hear that story and created their own as denial of climate change…”
Oct 19, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryUnitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & Gratitude
“The reasons for doing that are contained in the to the 5th source, and look at that it, the living tradition we share, draws from many sources, inclu…”
Oct 13, 2022 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeInterdependence & NatureFaith & Civic Life
“Somatic abolitionism is about dismantling racism, is about dismantling white supremacy culture, specifically through a focus on our human, and we're…”
Sep 29, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingIdentity & WorthRacial Justice
“So I bet you can share your most authentic self with the world and find play both in being a part of something and in standing alone in the.”
Sep 20, 2022 · families and relationships
Evangelism & MissionNew Year & Watch NightWork & Vocation
“So that's the bad news.”
Sep 13, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtMarriageAdvent & Christmas
“If you have attended one of our Christmas Eve candlelight services, you may recognize fosas has been adapted and the lyrics of a Christmas hymn that…”
Sep 8, 2022 · power between ideas
Worship & PraiseFaith & Civic LifeBeloved Community
“You're doing violence to the frenzy of the neutralizes their work because it kills the root of inner wisdom which could make that work ironically kil…”
Aug 30, 2022 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic Life
“Exper, I was reminded of you in an accessible and experiential way, of how much I already know and of how very much I still have to learn about Afric…”
Aug 24, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareThe FallSalvation & Grace
“Is it climate change?”
Aug 24, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Contemplative Prayer & SilenceJonahJoseph
“For the next, and I want to answer some one of the most common questions, which is: you know, how do I know if I'm making- and you'll see for those o…”
Aug 18, 2022 · connected common experience
Friendship & BelongingPeace & Nonviolence
“A few years ago we found ourselves taking a civil rights pilgrimage, since almost every place we visited involved the struggle for human freedom for…”
Aug 8, 2022 · families and relationships
Joy & GratitudeSpiritual GrowthImmigration & Refuge
“My wish for you and for us is that here we can unravel and be exactly professional- was to grow a dynamic, energized re program that would create las…”
Jul 28, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Interdependence & NatureHumanismSpiritual Growth
“We honor and appreciate and are inspired to care for the Beauty and the flow of energy between all living things and the Earth.”
Jul 23, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityWorship & PraiseBeloved Community
Jul 14, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityBeloved CommunityGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“When I discovered paganism in high school, I quickly became the person in my little group of Proto pagans who wrote and led RIT.”
Jun 29, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionRacial JusticeAbraham & Isaac
“Ministry is to reduce social justice to Mater, but to invest ourselves in the spirituality of social justice is to trans social, that is, to carry th…”
Jun 24, 2022 · power between ideas
DanielFear & AnxietyFaith & Civic Life
“Okay, first let's rain in the social media by doing what Canada has already done: require Google, Facebook, Twitter and all of the rest.”
Jun 14, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeFaith & DoubtSuffering & Perseverance
“I experienced it literally is opening my heart and just letting their Joy flow.”
Jun 9, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
The ExodusUnitarian Universalist IdentityGun Violence & Safety
“From that burning bush, God speaks to Moses and commissions him, charges him to to lead his people out of Egypt and into the promised land, the land…”
May 24, 2022 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeGender & Sexuality / InclusionBible & Exposition
“A statement from the Cherokee Nation says this land emits mention of the US government's policies that dispossessed tribes across the United States o…”
May 20, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Spiritual GrowthRacial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
“It's that sort of you know religion is for people who are scared of hell and spirituality is for people who have been through right, and it's not tha…”
May 10, 2022 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic Life
“Are there a lot of blackballed children I'll get, particularly Elizabeth Blackwell.”
May 9, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeMarriageEvangelism & Mission
Apr 26, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareBeloved CommunityFriendship & Belonging
“He takes pain to be clear that he is against harming humans or, with that being said, he challenges us to consider that many nonviolent protests toda…”
Apr 26, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtRacial JusticeCrucifixion & Atonement
“To hold the Earth and to practice creation is to cultivate relationships of mutual respect and accountability, to act to dismantle systems of white s…”
Apr 11, 2022 · families and relationships
Faith & Mental HealthLoneliness & IsolationCreation & Eden
“It's not a coincidence that plaques, death from depression and suicide happened on the very same day.”
Apr 4, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation & EdenForgiveness & ReconciliationHope & Encouragement
“You know, if we're going to be brothers and sisters, we going to love each other.”
Mar 23, 2022 · families and relationships
Creation & EdenJosephGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“After for this alleged original sin by the archetypal, we can just say this is an obsolete Fable, and I'm not even going to bother.”
Mar 11, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeFear & AnxietyCreation Care
“Build the resilience by building the relationships and what you pay attention to by guiding our attention.”
Feb 28, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Unitarian Universalist IdentityImmigration & RefugeHumanism
“Attitude toward lgbtq plus people was not always is congregations debated.”
Feb 28, 2022 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeBaptism & Communion
“Growing up as a white kid in South Carolina, I only knew one story about the 4th of July, glorious celebration of American independence from coloniza…”
Feb 14, 2022 · connected common experience
Creation CareAdvent & ChristmasEvangelism & Mission
“This discovery helped launch the Scientific Revolution, and it's worth pausing to consider that it's still less than 500 years since most humans star…”
Feb 14, 2022 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & HarvestRevival & RenewalAll Saints
Feb 4, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Interdependence & NatureFaith & Doubt
“First Visual, and then picture in your mind the yin yang symbol, so that that black and white spinning circle with a wave of black with a white dot a…”
Jan 25, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeFear & AnxietySpiritual Growth
“But bridges over was by no means the sort of full-throated celebration of religious pluralism that we might hope for from desire.”
Jan 20, 2022 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“I believe she's spoke powerfully at the March for our lives rally to prevent gun violence and now was a 13 year old.”
Jan 9, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Divorce & Broken RelationshipsCreation CareInterdependence & Nature
Jan 9, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
JosephHumanismSpiritual Growth
“There is no end to the amount of spiritual growth we can encourage, the amount of Beloved Community we can build, the amount of social justice and pe…”
Dec 31, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & NatureUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
“I can answer: Liberation is Joy, is transformation, is the Beloved Community.”
Dec 21, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Pluralism & InterfaithGender & Sexuality / InclusionDaniel
Dec 14, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Evangelism & MissionJoy & GratitudeForgiveness & Reconciliation
Dec 6, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Bible & ExpositionPluralism & InterfaithCreation & Eden
“Did you try to adjudicate between these competing claims of authority?”
Dec 1, 2021 · families and relationships
Creation CareGenesisRacial Justice
“I'm getting to that ideal place if wish to read the book of Revelation, which I don't exactly recommend, but if you want to go ahead, if you want to…”
Nov 23, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Thanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Civic LifeGrief & Lament
“General assembly in 2020.”
Nov 16, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareHope & EncouragementFriendship & Belonging
“We have to do our own work and practice radical inclusion to share our sunglasses with other and see the world and learn how they see the world.”
Nov 8, 2021 · families and relationships
Shame & GuiltFear & AnxietyDisability & Belonging
Nov 3, 2021 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation CareAll Saints
“If you'd like to get started with the Pagan wheel of the year, this time is the time of connection with the world of the dead and it lasts until the…”
Oct 26, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtFaith & Civic LifeBaptism & Communion
“We could consider arguments here like Michelle Alexander's the new Jim Crow right and how there's been real racism and how our system of mass incarce…”
Oct 18, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeService & Spiritual GiftsJoy & Gratitude
“And I was so excited because my family comes from Frostburg, Maryland, and my grandfather was a civil rights activist there and I was going to be spe…”
Oct 13, 2021 · power between ideas
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeForgiveness & Reconciliation
“Alarm for colonialism is when a new group of settlers comes in and seeks to replace the original occupants of a territ, and a commitment to make effo…”
Oct 9, 2021 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeFriendship & Belonging7th Principle: Interdependent Web
“It's all about how we Liberation- the work of animal Liberation and why non-human animal lives have and haven't mattered historically- is deeply inte…”
Sep 27, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltJoy & GratitudeDisability & Belonging
“And despite my better judgment, I found I was looking more closely at my.”
Sep 27, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeService & Spiritual Gifts
“That eventually led to my undergraduate and biology to go on and study and practice as a physician assistant, and I really honor and love, love Karl…”
Sep 27, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Bible & ExpositionEvangelism & MissionMark
“But with the United States Constitution, and even a cursory study of the various five, four Supreme Court decisions of the past or of recent history…”
Sep 9, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeBeloved CommunityCreation & Eden
Aug 31, 2021 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeThanksgiving & HarvestMarriage
“Early on, though, I learned that political tribalism could lead to violence when I was beaten up in my high school gym class for leading the local pr…”
Aug 25, 2021 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeShame & GuiltHumanism
“It is a church where Reverend Ralph Abernathy, one of Dr Martin Luther King Jr's closest friends and allies, I noticed a little girl tall for her age…”
Aug 25, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Evangelism & MissionGender & Sexuality / InclusionSuffering & Perseverance
Aug 9, 2021 · power between ideas
Peace & NonviolenceFaith & Civic LifeFriendship & Belonging
“A 1999, some of you remember, was a year before the second in Nevada, the Palestinian Uprising against Israel, and at that time and for many years af…”
Aug 9, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Pluralism & InterfaithSpiritual GrowthWorship & Praise
“So sir could have done, that he eventually became a Buddhist nun in fully enlightened, fully awakened in her own right.”
Jul 29, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestRacial JusticeService & Spiritual Gifts
“May We Gather here this morning celebrate this Harvest time together and may the light of our chalice help us grow in knowledge.”
Jul 20, 2021 · connected common experience
Indigenous Justice & LandUnitarian Universalist IdentityPeace & Nonviolence
Jul 13, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingFear & AnxietyWorship & Praise
“They bring that same, like judgmental energy that makes them good social justice activists to one another is what we sometimes called the liberal cir…”
Jul 8, 2021 · power between ideas
Immigration & RefugePoverty & CompassionCreation Care
“They're about $330 million people here in the United States and he invites us to consider what if we turned that do not come into what we used to say…”
Jun 23, 2021 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic LifeCreation Care
“They don't tend to get sick from these diseases, they just but because of the change and habitat destruction, because of the wildlife change, we have…”
Jun 23, 2021 · power between ideas
Creation Care
“Separate quite a few books about climate change over the past year, and for this morning I want to share some highlights from just one book in partic…”
Jun 10, 2021 · unitarian universalism
God the Father / CreatorUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
Jun 1, 2021 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityDoubt & Deconstruction
“Moreover, during the next 50 years that he owned the paper his newspaper did not again mention the ultimately, it matters much less whether Jones hel…”
May 27, 2021 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic LifeFaith & Mental HealthJoy & Gratitude
“Comma has been a leader in the movement to dismantle our current system of policing and prison in this country.”
May 11, 2021 · families and relationships
Evangelism & MissionUnitarian Universalist IdentityFear & Anxiety
May 10, 2021 · families and relationships
Evangelism & MissionSin & RepentanceFaith & Civic Life
“The bad news as continues to be this: like Academia being a 19th century, he was turned down for all the university Professor jobs he so instead the…”
Apr 23, 2021 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeGrief & LamentFaith & Doubt
“For now, although there is so much more to say if you want to check it out, about the Life and Legacy of Emily Dickinson, I want to begin to transiti…”
Apr 13, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeBaptism & CommunionFaith & Civic Life
“As with many male theologians before him, he had overemphasized the loan figure of Jesus's suffering on the cross as Central and salvific instead of…”
Mar 25, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Revival & RenewalResurrection & EasterUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Charismatic preachers who started baptizing Young Folks by the thousands on the beaches of California in the late 1960s and early 1970s, movement for…”
Mar 17, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Interdependence & NatureJoy & GratitudeFaith & Civic Life
Mar 8, 2021 · power between ideas
Interdependence & NatureBaptism & CommunionEarth-Centered Spirituality
“Seventh principal calls the interdependent web of all existence.”
Mar 8, 2021 · power between ideas
Mar 4, 2021 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeImmigration & RefugeEvangelism & Mission
“The bad news is that the network was so worried that basically all of her repertoire, her beloved songs, were all too.”
Feb 24, 2021 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeRacial JusticeBaptism & Communion
“Finally, Grant DC statehood and self-determination for poo seats on the United States Supreme Court.”
Feb 9, 2021 · families and relationships
Creation CareInterdependence & NatureMarriage
“Fifth source is reason and the results of Science, and some of you grew up in homes that were and learned an evolutionary view of the Universe from a…”
Feb 2, 2021 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist IdentityEvangelism & Mission
“And the Persistence of hatred, what sometimes called Rachel and the motivating role of greed, the long history of enslaving and exploiting black bodi…”
Jan 27, 2021 · power between ideas
Prison & Restorative JusticeRacial JusticeDaniel
“From this to moving to the third point, to transition from the possibility of abolishing the death penalty to the midpoint on the spectrum of the beg…”
Jan 19, 2021 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeJosephFriendship & Belonging
“And Beyond his prophetic activism, it's also important to remember that Dr King did not accomplish everything on his own, and this year's MLK day als…”
Jan 15, 2021 · baptist and new christian churches
Faith & Civic LifeStewardship & GivingHumanism
“I grew up with both that Christian flag and the American flag at the very front of the sanctuary, on either side of the baptismal of the Southern Bap…”
Jan 6, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingFear & AnxietySin & Repentance
“And perhaps that means finding meaning in your work, your volunteering, your hobbies, your family, your.”
Jan 3, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Bible & ExpositionFaith & DoubtFaith & Civic Life
Jan 3, 2021 · christmas and easter
Luke
Jan 3, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Contemplative Prayer & SilenceLent & Holy WeekMarriage
“It was about connecting what are uu 7th principle calls that interdependent web of all existence that we talked a lot about last week with our sermon…”
Dec 17, 2020 · connected common experience
Interdependence & NatureFaith & DoubtAddiction & Recovery
“Dr sheldrake says that he plans to come full circle and eat it once it has fully transformed into mushrooms.”
Dec 11, 2020 · power between ideas
“Out of many times we are held and supported and uplifted, even transformed, by religious community or by religious exper other time, religion or reli…”
Dec 11, 2020 · power between ideas
Spiritual GrowthAbraham & IsaacAdvent & Christmas
Dec 6, 2020 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentDating & Godly RelationshipsFaith & Civic Life
Nov 23, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyInterdependence & NatureHope & Encouragement
Nov 11, 2020 · families and relationships
Loneliness & IsolationInterdependence & NatureJoy & Gratitude
“Is what a Joanna Macy and others have called the ecological self?”
Nov 10, 2020 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeIdentity & Worth
“If you think about how our religious forebears were involved with the Abolitionist Movement, the women's suffrage movement, the Civil Rights Movement…”
Oct 26, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“And so many theologically liberal emphasis on reason and first-hand experience that freed our Unitarian forebears in the 1500s, during the Reformatio…”
Oct 21, 2020 · human moral beliefs
Disability & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeInterdependence & Nature
“Is, October is disability history month is an annual opportunity to reflect on the history of the disability rights movement and to honor the achieve…”
Oct 21, 2020 · power between ideas
Indigenous Justice & LandFriendship & BelongingBaptism & Communion
“For quite a few years now, there's been a growing trend of renaming the second Monday in October tomorrow, of naming it indigenous peoples day instea…”
Oct 6, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityPeace & NonviolenceRacial Justice
“After all, our congregation has placed encouraged spiritual growth front and center in its mission statement, and this aligns with the values of the…”
Oct 6, 2020 · power between ideas
Creation CareBeloved CommunityFriendship & Belonging
Sep 24, 2020 · power between ideas
Poverty & CompassionEconomic Justice & WealthRacial Justice
“One thing I'll return to regularly is embodying- and are you call the goal of world Community with peace, Liberty, not merely for some, not merely fo…”
Sep 17, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & Belonging
Sep 9, 2020 · power between ideas
Beloved CommunityJoy & GratitudeFriendship & Belonging
“As we prepare to do so, it is significant to recall the original lyrics that were set to the tune of John Brown, a marching song written by Union Sol…”
Sep 3, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Peace & NonviolenceJoy & GratitudeSuffering & Perseverance
Sep 3, 2020 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeInterdependence & NatureJoy & Gratitude
“Who, in our society, is being held away from accessing, creating or remembering their own.”
Aug 19, 2020 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeGender & Sexuality / InclusionBeloved Community
Aug 19, 2020 · families and relationships
“No, I only have time this morning to say just a little more about the intersections of racial Justice and gender justice in the early women's movemen…”
Aug 11, 2020 · readings books learning
Interdependence & NatureLoneliness & IsolationFear & Anxiety
Aug 6, 2020 · power between ideas
Creation CareGender & Sexuality / InclusionGrief & Lament
Aug 6, 2020 · power between ideas
“Affirming a wide range of sexuality is natural, emphasizing safer sex practices, consent, body positivity and Repro long commitment to the sex-positi…”
Jul 28, 2020 · power between ideas
Interdependence & NatureDanielGrief & Lament
“I should perhaps mention that the Fairly minor issue of boxes translation should not be confused with a much more egregious issues some of you may be…”
Jul 21, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeFaith & Mental HealthEvangelism & Mission
“You know, we set up a racially biased system and then say: well, I guess it's just the way nature intended to end up, with far more African prison an…”
Jul 15, 2020 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Civic LifeFriendship & Belonging
Jul 7, 2020 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic LifeBible & ExpositionSin & Repentance
“Department of Homeland Security versus the Regents of the University of California Supreme Court held in order to rescind DACA, deferred action for c…”
Jun 23, 2020 · families and relationships
Parenting & ChildrenSuffering & PerseveranceFaith & Civic Life
“I'm asking you to acknowledge that you're feeling opinion, belief called conviction about the moral status of embryos and cannot be proven to the lev…”
Jun 16, 2020 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeShame & GuiltPoverty & Compassion
“Chaos to dismantle systems.”
Jun 9, 2020 · connected common experience
Creation CareParenting & ChildrenRacial Justice
“7th principal calls the interdependent web of all of which we are.”
Jun 2, 2020 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic Life1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityRacial Justice
“2 years ago, in the Supreme Court case Trump versus Hawaii, the Supreme Court explicitly rejected choromatsu as part of rejecting president Trump's i…”
May 26, 2020 · power between ideas
God the Father / CreatorCreation Care
May 21, 2020 · unitarian universalism
5th Principle: Conscience & Democratic ProcessCreation CareJoy & Gratitude
“Is it peculiar to uphold the virtues of Justice, equity and compassion and human relations?”
May 11, 2020 · families and relationships
Evangelism & MissionWorship & PraisePeace & Nonviolence
May 4, 2020 · families and relationships
Beloved CommunityWorship & PraiseFaith & Civic Life
Apr 27, 2020 · readings books learning
Bible & ExpositionFaith & Civic LifeDoxology & Benediction
“At that time, when the New York Times was kind of reevaluating her.”
Apr 20, 2020 · power between ideas
Creation CareFaith & DoubtLoneliness & Isolation
“Check out their advocacy for a green New Deal, and increasing number of young people are Awakening to the fact that they can't yet vote, but they wil…”
Apr 13, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Bible & ExpositionSalvation & GraceMarriage
“And the 19th century it was clear that universalism called them to free all people from Universalist forebears being involved in universal suffrage,…”
Apr 7, 2020 · school age stories
Faith & Civic LifeFaith & Mental Health4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
Mar 30, 2020 · power between ideas
Sin & RepentanceJoy & GratitudeIsaiah
“So eating junk food on, keeping on checking if someone likes something we posted on social media or whatever form of self-medicating you, you know wh…”
Mar 23, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & BelongingFaith & Mental Health
“In her book, parable of the sower science fiction author Octavia Butler offers us, change is the one unavoidable, irresistible, ongoing reality of th…”
Mar 15, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietySuffering & PerseveranceLoneliness & Isolation
Mar 8, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeContentmentBaptism & Communion
“Then I'm so excited, bring it to the wall.”
Mar 2, 2020 · power between ideas
Disability & BelongingFaith & Civic LifePeace & Nonviolence
“Haragan, Mount of megiddo, a city in central Palestine given in the final book of the Christian scriptures, the revelation of Saint John as the locat…”
Feb 23, 2020 · readings books learning
Faith & Civic LifeAbraham & IsaacEvangelism & Mission
“He had grown up in that high school with me and he knew kind of what the curriculum was like, and he said: you know, when I went to Texas I was actua…”
Feb 16, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeForgiveness & ReconciliationBaptism & Communion
“Author, professor and activist Bell hooks describes Martin Luther King Jr's perception about this.”
Feb 3, 2020 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeRacial JusticePoverty & Compassion
“And she was born into an impressive family, hansberry's paternal grandfather, her father's father was a history professor at Alcorn college, now Alco…”
Feb 3, 2020 · families and relationships
Racial JusticePoverty & CompassionPeace & Nonviolence
“For honest about Dr King's dream is important to be clear that he was not a capitalist, as a minister has understanding of what, following the exampl…”
Jan 28, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
6th Principle: World CommunityRacial JusticeBaptism & Communion
Jan 13, 2020 · power between ideas
HumanismFear & AnxietyFriendship & Belonging
“For example, that doctrine that centers human flourishing alongside a profound respect for scientific inquiry was remarkably intolerant of God talk.”
Jan 6, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityCreation CarePluralism & Interfaith
“From the EU perspective, an animism for the 21st century might look like a unified version of our first and 7th principal, instead of just saying tha…”
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