80 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2010–2022 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/unitarian-universalist-congregation-of-sterling-building-a-l.html
Every audio sermon week across the years we have — a filled cell is a week with an upload, darker blue means richer topics. A steady weekly cadence shows as a solid band across years.
Against other uu and against every sermon on the site. Signals are approximate and grow more reliable as more of the archive is scored.
Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.
The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.
These touch the widest range of themes — often the richest listening.
Show all 80 sermons
Oct 12, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityIdentity & Worth4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
“Does the understanding that we have the capacity to constantly learn new things, Understanding and interpreting throughout our lives?”
Oct 12, 2022
Poverty & CompassionGrief & LamentWorship & Praise
“As the story goes with being able to interpret dreams, Joseph's father, jacob, made for him a robe With long sleeves.”
Oct 12, 2022
Loneliness & IsolationCreation CareFriendship & Belonging
“Even now, as we enter a time of increased anxiety, An economic instability, The time when we need close, intimate relationships more than ever, We ca…”
Oct 12, 2022 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingAdvent & Christmas
“Kristen see this as a prophecy of jesus, the foreshadowing of the coming of the messiah.”
Oct 12, 2022 · government freedom elections civil rights
Marriage
Oct 12, 2022
Forgiveness & ReconciliationMarriageBible & Exposition
“At the end of the war, she had wanted germany wiped from the face of the earth, To become a member of parliament And a leader of the socialist women.”
Oct 12, 2022
Unitarian Universalist IdentityThanksgiving & HarvestSpiritual Growth
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipImmigration & RefugeFaith & Doubt
Oct 12, 2022
Faith & DoubtThanksgiving & HarvestResurrection & Easter
“St augustine, who judged humanity harshly, seeing us as victims and participants in original sin, wrote: We are certainly in a common class with the…”
Oct 12, 2022
Suffering & Perseverance
Oct 12, 2022
Loneliness & IsolationCreation Care
Oct 12, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Pluralism & InterfaithResurrection & EasterSin & Repentance
“I'm, so we are at the core of our identity, basically Pluralistic.”
Oct 12, 2022 · community better world common good
Stewardship & GivingThe Good SamaritanJesus: Life & Teachings
“But i'd like to begin this morning with the familiar story from the christian scriptures, what's known as the parable of the good samaritan- and actu…”
Oct 12, 2022
Salvation & GraceHumanismMarriage
“It runs through the lies of mystics Who held that there is a universal experience of salvation.”
Oct 12, 2022
Poverty & Compassion
Oct 12, 2022
Unitarian Universalist IdentityCreation CareMarriage
“This is a quote from your order of service, From the front of the order of service, written by the cardinal John Henry Newman.”
Oct 12, 2022 · racism race justice black lives matter
Hope & EncouragementRacial JusticePeace & Nonviolence
“We remember dr martin luther king because of his stand against violence.”
Oct 12, 2022
Reason & Free InquiryThe TrinityLent & Holy Week
“Soon after joining, I was promoted to secretary- This is the only office- And their organization, A role that involves Running our meetings, Organizi…”
Oct 12, 2022 · liberal religion
Creation CareReason & Free InquiryGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Oct 12, 2022
Sin & RepentanceSalvation & GraceJoy & Gratitude
Oct 12, 2022
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingWork & Vocation
Oct 12, 2022 · loving kindness joy
Joy & GratitudeThanksgiving & Harvest
“One of them, Gratitude- I spoke about a couple of weeks ago: Generosity, mindfulness.”
Oct 12, 2022
Names & Titles of God1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityFaith & Civic Life
“Control: Men and women can decide how many, In large part by overpopulation, Believers of the rapture, that glorious moment.”
Oct 12, 2022 · community better world common good
Friendship & BelongingBaptism & CommunionBeloved Community
“And our brothers and our sisters, And especially our selves.”
Oct 12, 2022
Identity & WorthProphecy & End TimesFriendship & Belonging
Oct 12, 2022
Racial JusticePluralism & InterfaithFriendship & Belonging
“Indeed, it is our different views That make Room For an honest search for truth and meaning For all the proud to centers in our mitts To rise up and…”
Oct 12, 2022
Bible & ExpositionFear & AnxietyEvangelism & Mission
Oct 12, 2022
Faith & DoubtThanksgiving & HarvestSalvation & Grace
Oct 12, 2022
Poverty & CompassionJoy & GratitudeBaptism & Communion
Oct 12, 2022 · peacemaking war peace conflict understanding
Thanksgiving & HarvestFaith & DoubtHope & Encouragement
“My battery flight 810, about a half-hour, just stopping in north bend ne.”
Oct 12, 2022
Baptism & CommunionThanksgiving & HarvestCreation Care
“And then one day my mom told me they had invited us and other family Did it home for dinner after church.”
Oct 12, 2022
Immigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
Oct 12, 2022 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticePeace & NonviolenceHope & Encouragement
“We remember dr martin luther king because of his stand against violence.”
Oct 12, 2022
Bible & ExpositionThe FallFaith & Doubt
Oct 12, 2022
Immigration & RefugeThe Cost of DiscipleshipFaith & Civic Life
“Local police were mandated to search for and arrest illegal immigrants.”
Oct 12, 2022
Earth-Centered SpiritualityFriendship & BelongingLoneliness & Isolation
“And then there is that hernia and, of course, the stubbed toe, but, Most profoundly, That general sense of loneliness That settles in After years and…”
Oct 12, 2022
Salvation & GraceUnitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & Gratitude
Oct 12, 2022
Fear & AnxietySuffering & PerseveranceFaith & Civic Life
Oct 12, 2022
Resurrection & EasterGod the Father / CreatorContemplative Prayer & Silence
Oct 12, 2022
Sin & RepentanceUnitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Doubt
“There Is our fourth principle: That we believe Free and responsible search for truth and meaning.”
Oct 12, 2022
Friendship & BelongingCreation CareBeloved Community
“In the words of albert einstein, Our task must be to free ourselves From our Perceptions of separately, By widening our circle of compassion To embra…”
Oct 12, 2022 · government freedom elections civil rights
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeImmigration & Refuge
“After years of engaging the struggle for civil rights with a commitment to nonviolent resistance, After months of separation from his family, after w…”
Oct 12, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionSin & RepentanceFriendship & Belonging
“Didn't he just want us all to treat one another as brothers and sisters, As children of the one god, The one he called father, that our tribal religi…”
Oct 12, 2022 · loving kindness joy
Advent & ChristmasThanksgiving & HarvestRacial Justice
“A trillion sapped my energy until when I came into the service that on christmas eve night I really wasn't in a place of peace.”
Oct 12, 2022
HumanismRacial JusticeSuffering & Perseverance
“When we act in service With courage, We have the divine being within.”
Oct 12, 2022
Disability & BelongingSuffering & PerseveranceReason & Free Inquiry
“Thumb down Dr simon baron-cohen, at the university of cambridge's departments of experimental psychology and psychiatry- and yes, I had to read that-…”
Oct 12, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & DoubtJoy & Gratitude
“Even though we also cherish our rights to privacy and solitude, We as a species Are hardwired in such a way that we can continue our protracted isola…”
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Stewardship & GivingPoverty & CompassionRacial Justice
“And For those of us with resources, It is also true that if you're experiencing something more than a smell Here during your pledge drive, We might b…”
Oct 12, 2022 · inherent worth and dignity
Identity & WorthBible & ExpositionSin & Repentance
“I keep reading and rereading this passage from wayne miller's book sabbath, An excellent book that gives you permission to rest If you're like me and…”
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Unitarian Universalist IdentityPoverty & CompassionGod the Father / Creator
Oct 12, 2022
Addiction & RecoveryFaith & Civic LifeFear & Anxiety
“I've had to deal with drug addiction, i've had to deal with alcoholism And it's affected me, And so you know somebody right here Just had a problem w…”
Oct 12, 2022
Baptism & Communion
Oct 12, 2022
Unitarian Universalist IdentityIdentity & WorthThanksgiving & Harvest
“Another time when I visited, We started trying to talk about where she was from, About where she'd been born, But I didn't quite understand enough of…”
Oct 12, 2022
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & BelongingImmigration & Refuge
Oct 12, 2022 · meaning of life
MarriageInterdependence & NatureSin & Repentance
Oct 12, 2022
Divorce & Broken RelationshipsHope & Encouragement
Oct 12, 2022
Bible & ExpositionFear & Anxiety
Oct 12, 2022
Fear & AnxietyAbraham & IsaacFriendship & Belonging
“Abraham Joshua Heschel, who is writing before our age, before the internet age, already saw that we had an overabundance of information.”
Oct 12, 2022 · community better world common good
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I went to ariana and off and became a regular participant services when I joined the choir and high school.”
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Racial JusticeSpiritual GrowthSalvation & Grace
“And so he went to the house of a roman centurion, Hammond.”
Oct 12, 2022
Creation CareBaptism & CommunionPoverty & Compassion
Oct 12, 2022
Service & Spiritual GiftsGender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & Belonging
“Being together and religious community is not only about intellectual stimulation, do that is important?”
Oct 12, 2022
Hope & EncouragementImmigration & RefugeHumanism
“But my arguments were timid, At least Until I walked shoulder-to-shoulder with children, families, seniors with white faces and brown, smiling and si…”
Oct 12, 2022
Unitarian Universalist IdentityNew Year & Watch NightPluralism & Interfaith
“It is filled with retros, Rituals associated with hanukkah, With the solstice, With christmas, with kwanzaa, with the new year.”
Oct 12, 2022 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticeResurrection & EasterFaith & Civic Life
“It is courageous and aching, and so am I. I stood with many of you holding a black lives matter sign at the leesburg courthouse, asking with the n-do…”
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Jesus: Life & TeachingsCreation CareCrucifixion & Atonement
Oct 2, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Stewardship & GivingPluralism & InterfaithFriendship & Belonging
“And For those of us with resources, It is also true that if you're experiencing something more than a smell Here during your pledge drive, We might b…”
Oct 2, 2022
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & BelongingAbraham & Isaac
“Abraham Joshua Heschel, who is writing before our age, before the internet age, already saw that we had an overabundance of information.”
Oct 2, 2022
Fear & AnxietyGender & Sexuality / InclusionMarriage
“I never one person saying that the very idea of transgender was a fiction, That god created humans, male or female, and anyone who suggested otherwis…”
Oct 11, 2010
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & GratitudeGrief & Lament
“We at the unitarian universalist of sterling contributed To the unitarian universalist service committee And they collected from the riches of unitar…”
Among the 3,012 churches with a readable, rated website (scores of 0 and 100 left out), this one scores higher than about 58%.
Denomination off, name wrong, or this isn’t actually a house of worship? Tell us — it helps keep the archive honest, and flags the page for a re-check.
Invite your members to build their own personal theology on Divining — and see, over time, which of your past sermons resonate most.
