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Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Murfreesboro

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60 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2023–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/unitarian-universalist-fellowship-of-murfreesboro.html

Sermons over time

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2026Week of Dec 29, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Jan 5, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Jan 26, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Feb 2, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Feb 9, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Mar 2, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Mar 9, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Mar 16, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.0 topics/minWeek of Apr 13, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of May 18, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Jun 29, 2026 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/min2025Week of Dec 30, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Jan 13, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Jan 20, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Feb 3, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Mar 3, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Apr 28, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of May 12, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of May 19, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Jun 2, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Jun 16, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Jul 21, 2025 · 1 known, not yet transcribedWeek of Aug 4, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Aug 18, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of Aug 25, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Oct 13, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Oct 20, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.5 topics/minWeek of Oct 27, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Nov 3, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Nov 24, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of Dec 1, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Dec 15, 2025 · 2 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/min2024Week of Jan 1, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of Jan 22, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Jan 29, 2024 · 1 known, not yet transcribedWeek of Feb 19, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Feb 26, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Mar 4, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.5 topics/minWeek of Mar 18, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of Apr 1, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Apr 15, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Apr 22, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Apr 29, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of May 6, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Jun 10, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of Jun 17, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Jul 1, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Jul 8, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Sep 23, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Sep 30, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Oct 14, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Oct 21, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.5 topics/minWeek of Nov 25, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Dec 2, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Dec 9, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/min2023Week of Oct 23, 2023 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Oct 30, 2023 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/min · 1 known, not yet transcribedWeek of Nov 6, 2023 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Nov 20, 2023 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Nov 27, 2023 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Dec 11, 2023 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/min
LessMore·no upload·known, not transcribed
Each cell is one week · darker blue = richer topics (clean, sermon-only audio scores higher) · pale = thin, faint = no upload · gold outline = known, not yet transcribed · red outline = broken/failed file · uploaded in 59 of 141 weeks across the span (42%).

How this church compares

Against other uu and against every sermon on the site. Signals are approximate and grow more reliable as more of the archive is scored.

●this church┃peer average┃site average
Emotional rangesomewhat wider
Its sermons travel somewhat wider in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and noticeably wider than the site overall.
site avg 0.12
narrowerpeer avgwider
Emotional intensityabout the same
The peaks run about the same than peers, about the same than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Dynamic deliverysomewhat lower
In the voice itself, energy runs somewhat lower than peers, noticeably lower than the site.
site avg 0.45
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #73 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it reads as characteristically uu.

Most-preached topics

Grief & Lament 26Unitarian Universalist Identity 25Creation Care 24Friendship & Belonging 20Fear & Anxiety 19Bible & Exposition 15Advent & Christmas 12Evangelism & Mission 12

Recurring themes across the archive

Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.

United States 3Social Media 2Injustice 2Hanukkah 2Association General Assembly 2Mississippi 2Social Justice 2Seven Principles 2Bad News 2Pain Suffering 1

Themes they appear in

The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.

United States
Immigration & Refuge
3 sermons
Social Media
Fear & Anxiety
2 sermons
Injustice
Prison & Restorative Justice
2 sermons
Hanukkah
Advent & Christmas
2 sermons
Association General Assembly
Unitarian Universalist Identity
2 sermons
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Mississippi
Racial Justice
2 sermons
Social Justice
Friendship & Belonging
2 sermons
Seven Principles
Unitarian Universalist Identity
2 sermons
Bad News
Evangelism & Mission
2 sermons
Pain Suffering
Suffering & Perseverance
1 sermons
Worth Dignity
Beloved Community
1 sermons
Web Existence
Interdependence & Nature
1 sermons
Book John
John
1 sermons
Contentment Comes
Contentment
1 sermons
Seventh Principle
Interdependence & Nature
1 sermons
Orthodox
The Church Fathers
1 sermons
Says Genesis
Genesis
1 sermons
Jews
Sabbath & Rest
1 sermons
Express Gratitude
Thanksgiving & Harvest
1 sermons
Rabbi: Abraham & Loneliness
Abraham & Isaac
1 sermons
All Souls
All Saints
1 sermons
Worth Dignity
3rd Principle: Acceptance & Growth
1 sermons
Civil Rights
Prison & Restorative Justice
1 sermons
Democratic Process
1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
1 sermons
Holiday Season
Advent & Christmas
1 sermons
Halloween: Advent & All
Advent & Christmas
1 sermons
Truth Meaning
Reason & Free Inquiry
1 sermons
Lgbtq Plus Community
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
1 sermons
Buddhist
Contemplative Prayer & Silence
1 sermons
Experience Joy
Joy & Gratitude
1 sermons
Senior Minister
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
Multicultural: Racial & Pluralism
Racial Justice
1 sermons
Legalized Same-Sex Marriage
Marriage
1 sermons
High Holidays
New Year & Watch Night
1 sermons
Lost Loved Ones
Grief & Lament
1 sermons
Advent Season
Advent & Christmas
1 sermons
Pledge Allegiance
Stewardship & Giving
1 sermons
Sorrow Joy
Grief & Lament
1 sermons
Rabbi Abraham Joshua
Abraham & Isaac
1 sermons
Affirm Promote
Identity & Worth
1 sermons
Inherent Worth
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
Getting Ready
New Year & Watch Night
1 sermons
Passed Away
Grief & Lament
1 sermons
Complete Figure
Noah & the Flood
1 sermons
Hindu: Humanism & Pluralism
Humanism
1 sermons
Climate Crisis
Creation Care
1 sermons
Unitarianism
Reason & Free Inquiry
1 sermons
Climate Change Conference
Creation Care
1 sermons
Feel Free
Worship & Praise
1 sermons
Liberal Religious
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
Rested Seventh
Creation & Eden
1 sermons
Offer Gratitude
Thanksgiving & Harvest
1 sermons
Rosh Hashanah
New Year & Watch Night
1 sermons
Civil Rights Movement
Racial Justice
1 sermons
Read Book
Bible & Exposition
1 sermons
Christmas Tree
Advent & Christmas
1 sermons
Doctrine Discovery
Indigenous Justice & Land
1 sermons
Civil War
Faith & Civic Life
1 sermons
Palestine
Peace & Nonviolence
1 sermons
Respect Interdependent
Interdependence & Nature
1 sermons

Sermons that reach across topics

These touch the widest range of themes — often the richest listening.

2025-2-9- Love at the Center - UUFM Members
appears in 7 different topics
2024-4-28- How Can We Live Our UU Values in the Complexity of the 21st Century? - Jill Austin
appears in 6 different topics
2024-5-12- Help in Hard Times: Encouragement for Where We Are and Where We're Headed - Denise Gyauch
appears in 6 different topics
2025-10-26- Humor and Truth in Unitarian Universalism - Jill Austin
appears in 4 different topics
2025-12-14- We Are All Called - Rev. Dr. Cynthia Stewart
appears in 4 different topics
2024-1-28- There Is Only One River - Rabbi Shapiro
appears in 4 different topics

Sermons included

Jul 5, 2026 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic Life1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityChurch Life & Membership
“Civil rights and laws that helped to diminish our country's long history of racism and sexism, her being rescinded.”
May 24, 2026 · church god jesus gospel spirit
The Ten CommandmentsActs
Apr 19, 2026 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipBaptism & CommunionFriendship & Belonging
“If you didn't bring a flower, please participate if you'd like to, either plenty of flowers for everyone to have one, but pick a flower that particul…”
Mar 22, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Suffering & Perseverance
Mar 15, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Baptism & CommunionCreation CareUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Well, we're hurtling headlong into a period where our tools reshape the planet and human life: climate crisis, technological progress run amok, AI ta…”
Mar 2, 2026 · power between ideas
Suffering & PerseveranceFaith & Civic LifeSpiritual Growth
“The abolition of slavery was followed by Jim Croce, women gaining suffrage was followed by Decades of structural exclusion.”
Feb 15, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & GratitudeFriendship & Belonging
Feb 8, 2026 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingIdentity & Worth1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
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Feb 1, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingLoneliness & IsolationFear & Anxiety
“She spent 11 years as a senior minister at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin and also serve congregation in congregations in Princeton, N…”
Jan 11, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentBaptism & CommunionThe Church Fathers
“And so when I went to this funeral, I entered that weekend grieving the sudden loss of a family, but Al I was stepping into a community that had once…”
Jan 4, 2026 · uu spiritual principles
Evangelism & MissionThanksgiving & HarvestCreation Care
“A call to overturn same-sex marriage in the democracy in the US might have taken a pounding in 2025, but societal chaos here has led to an amazing am…”
Dec 21, 2025 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentAdvent & ChristmasHope & Encouragement
Dec 16, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFear & AnxietySalvation & Grace
“Most houses have their skulls and skeletons up for Halloween, but this one house had decided to get a jump on the holiday season by putting up a Chri…”
Dec 7, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Poverty & CompassionFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
Nov 24, 2025 · connected common experience
ExodusRacial Justice
Nov 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingInterdependence & NatureThanksgiving & Harvest
Nov 2, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentAll Saints
“But fear not for those beloved Dead who were not exactly safely.”
Oct 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & DoubtBeloved Community
“She was finished before the elevator went to does in Buddhist said nothing as the car traveled all.”
Oct 19, 2025 · human moral beliefs
Identity & WorthSin & RepentanceFaith & Civic Life
“Retributive Justice says that it's intrinsically morally good if some legitimate Punisher I eat the gives them the punishment they deserve and that i…”
Aug 31, 2025 · power between ideas
Poverty & Compassion
Aug 24, 2025 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Bible & ExpositionBaptism & CommunionSin & Repentance
Aug 10, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareHumanismGrief & Lament
Jun 22, 2025 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Evangelism & MissionBible & ExpositionCreation Care
Jun 8, 2025 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation CareGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“As I begin, I do want to do what I love doing in every Pulpit I'm in in the month of June, which is to wish you a joyful lgbtq plus writes, and lives…”
May 25, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
3rd Principle: Acceptance & GrowthHope & Encouragement7th Principle: Interdependent Web
May 18, 2025 · power between ideas
Grief & Lament7th Principle: Interdependent WebUnitarian Universalist Identity
May 4, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Resurrection & EasterWorship & PraiseFear & Anxiety
Mar 9, 2025 · connected common experience
Beloved CommunityRacial JusticeThanksgiving & Harvest
Feb 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityIdentity & WorthForgiveness & Reconciliation
“In it it looked okay and if you, if you want to look at the principles on the back, Equity goes with the inherent worth and dignity of every person.”
Jan 26, 2025 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Creation CareGenesisHumanism
Jan 19, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
ContentmentIdentity & WorthCreation Care
“Contentment also comes, I think, from feeling our feelings.”
Jan 5, 2025 · power between ideas
PsalmsUnitarian Universalist IdentityLoneliness & Isolation
Dec 15, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Bible & ExpositionFear & AnxietyAdvent & Christmas
“It makes it a lot easier for people who have to get Christmas and Hanukkah presents right, so you can just you know, especially if you got to get Han…”
Dec 8, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyFaith & Civic LifeHope & Encouragement
Dec 1, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentInterdependence & NatureNew Year & Watch Night
“So here we are, December.”
Oct 27, 2024 · connected common experience
Sabbath & RestJoy & GratitudeCreation & Eden
“So what exactly was God before his day of Jewish Theologian Abraham heschel quotes, the 4th Century midrash called the bearish at Raba.”
Oct 20, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
New Year & Watch NightSalvation & GraceBible & Exposition
“It in English means to change your behavior, to be a better person, but in Hebrew means to return, to return to your original nature, which, from the…”
Oct 6, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CarePrayer & DevotionBaptism & Communion
“The two most important prayers I know are help, help, wow.”
Sep 29, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentWork & VocationFriendship & Belonging
“So let's turn to some Heavy Hitters in the world of social justice.”
Jul 14, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityIdentity & WorthService & Spiritual Gifts
“I'm thinking ahead and making plans and etcetera about what could happen, and I want to reflect back on, if any of you, on social media saw the UA st…”
Jul 7, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityBible & ExpositionReason & Free Inquiry
Jun 23, 2024 · connected common experience
Friendship & BelongingPoverty & CompassionCreation Care
Jun 16, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasFear & Anxiety
May 12, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeCreation CareGrief & Lament
“And- and he starts even before starting to talk about Mississippi- he talks about the doctrine of Discovery.”
May 5, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Evangelism & MissionSuffering & PerseveranceJoy & Gratitude
“I tend to find these descriptions pretty lacking, because what I've failed to do is talk truly about anything that we do believe as Unitarian, Univer…”
Apr 28, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityBeloved CommunityReason & Free Inquiry
“But to be fair, the the free speech center goes on to say the Unitarian universalism is a theologically liberal, inclusive belie.”
Apr 21, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionBible & ExpositionContentment
Apr 7, 2024 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic LifeRevival & RenewalStewardship & Giving
“This is Harry S Truman, October 30th 19, who was the opening of a national campaign called religion in American life, one of the most successful in t…”
Mar 24, 2024 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Lent & Holy WeekIdentity & WorthExodus
Mar 10, 2024 · spirit soul within us
Creation CarePrayer & DevotionGrief & Lament
“Buddhist teaching instead points the way to a way of being where we feel our emotions but are not, where we work and experience joy and sorrow, and n…”
Mar 3, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthFear & AnxietyShame & Guilt
Feb 25, 2024 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Bible & ExpositionCreation & EdenPeace & Nonviolence
Jan 28, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionFaith & DoubtJohn
“Rabbi marched with Martin Luther King.”
Jan 7, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionSin & RepentanceInterdependence & Nature
“There is something much more important about who I am and how my life goes: play being perfect in any given thing or even over, and that that thing i…”
Dec 17, 2023 · connected common experience
Advent & ChristmasCreation CareParenting & Children
“That is my Hanukkah Christmas Bodega gift, Kwanzaa gift to all.”
Dec 3, 2023 · power between ideas
Reason & Free InquiryCreation CareInterdependence & Nature
“This is, and this is one of our really cool uu values and this interdependent web of all existence.”
Nov 26, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeGod the Father / CreatorPeace & Nonviolence
“Currently, there's a heartbreaking War happening in Israel and Palestine, a conflict that has deep historical roots and is seemingly unresolvable.”
Nov 12, 2023 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentParenting & ChildrenHope & Encouragement
“And what is fascinating to me is how, in the midst of these times of social media or images and videos of the tragedy are widely available, the abili…”
Nov 5, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentFear & AnxietyFriendship & Belonging
“It's a comfort for those who believe in a compassionate and loving God to trust that they or their loved ones are transitioning from life into an unk…”
Oct 29, 2023 · human moral beliefs
Creation CareThe Ten CommandmentsPoverty & Compassion
“He says that the world is the sacred, worthy of respect and reverence, and how the materiality of the world holds not just the materiality of our bod…”

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