71 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2023–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/unity-temple-unitarian-universalist-congregations-podcast.html
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Mar 29, 2026 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentFaith & Civic LifeRacial Justice
“So when I think about all of the contributing factors leading someone to contemplate suicide, one of the words that jumps out to me that seems common…”
Mar 22, 2026 · power between ideas
Parenting & ChildrenRacial JusticeJoy & Gratitude
Mar 15, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionFaith & DoubtHope & Encouragement
Mar 8, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingAdvent & Christmas
“Also running around the church building, hanging out with the kids, candles on Christmas Eve, making soap one time, watching movies while the grown-u…”
Feb 22, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Bible & ExpositionGrief & LamentFriendship & Belonging
“All of us reflect the Milky Way, and here we are finding ways to sit at the table together: the table of love, the table of Hope, the table of Pride,…”
Feb 1, 2026 · families and relationships
Evangelism & MissionFaith & Civic LifeCreation Care
“Do you remember, maybe a dozen years ago there was the volcanic eruption in Iceland that put fine particles of Ashe high up in the air and disrupted…”
Jan 4, 2026 · unitarian universalism
Pluralism & InterfaithGender & Sexuality / InclusionFear & Anxiety
“He began his brief remarks by attacking the modern European Embrace of the lgbtq plus inclusion.”
Dec 28, 2025 · school age stories
Advent & ChristmasNew Year & Watch NightThanksgiving & Harvest
“There is nothing in the cycle earth going around the Sun that says we have to celebrate, play the end of one cycle in the beginning of another on Jan…”
Dec 24, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
The NativityJosephJoy & Gratitude
“Everyone- at the very least Mary and Joseph, knew that they were not alone, and sometimes I got you thinking about the communication strategy of this…”
Dec 24, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasImmigration & RefugeFaith & Civic Life
Dec 21, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasGrief & LamentThanksgiving & Harvest
“Hanukkah recalls a time when the Hebrew people regain their Temple and needed to rededicate it to make it sacred.”
Dec 7, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasInterdependence & Nature
“For me, that's what God is: a symbol for connectedness, a symbol for relationship, Mutual relationship, God is love is another way to put, and anothe…”
Nov 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Evangelism & MissionCrucifixion & AtonementFaith & Civic Life
“Ongoing process of getting and understanding our interconnectedness means looking at the places where freedom is being tapped and to show up in whate…”
Oct 12, 2025 · readings books learning
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionGrief & LamentReason & Free Inquiry
“All the stories, all the books and all the libraries that provide so much learning, exploring, so much wonder and laughter and tears, and pain and so…”
Sep 28, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingCreation & EdenImmigration & Refuge
“Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I went to a meeting of the culture, climate and behavior committee at Oak Park River Forest High School.”
Sep 21, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Faith & DoubtSuffering & PerseveranceFriendship & Belonging
Sep 14, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & BelongingFaith & Civic Life
“Our focus is to help transitional ministers- again us included- do the internal work necessary to be effective and diversity, equity and inclusion.”
Aug 31, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingCreation CareHope & Encouragement
Jul 6, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFriendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“My mom was Orthodox but there was a split in the local church and she directly said that she didn't want to be part of a religious community where th…”
Jun 29, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionRacial JusticeIdentity & Worth
“Even in response to the Sam Ames, a queer civil rights lawyer who shared their thoughts on the US versus General Assembly, wrote this: after we we ca…”
Jun 8, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & DoubtGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“In fact, one of the like 13 District in the United States was play Thomas Jefferson.”
May 25, 2025 · connected common experience
Faith & Civic LifeFriendship & BelongingAdvent & Christmas
“Preserving democracy in the face of tyranny abroad is what we asked, asked the soldiers who waited through water With Grenades and bullets and to get…”
Apr 20, 2025 · connected common experience
Unitarian Universalist Identity
“It makes me think about Juneteenth, the holiday in the United States that commemorates the emancipation of enslave blacks in the United States in the…”
Mar 23, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFear & AnxietyImmigration & Refuge
“On Tuesday, the Village of Oak Park had a rally and then a proclamation in honor of trans day of visibility.”
Mar 9, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityIdentity & WorthFaith & Doubt
“So sometimes it was hard to explain in words what Unitarian universalists believe.”
Feb 23, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Beloved CommunityPoverty & CompassionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Ancestors like James Reid and viola, both killed in March 1965 after responding to Martin Luther another civil rights leaders call to side with Love…”
Feb 16, 2025 · families and relationships
Grief & LamentMarriage
Feb 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionChurch Life & MembershipFriendship & Belonging
Feb 2, 2025 · more than it appears
Racial JusticeFaith & DoubtGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“And then I realized with gratitude that his sharing this morning complexify this for me, and I realize that Oliver is situated in a really different…”
Jan 26, 2025 · connected common experience
Poverty & CompassionFear & AnxietyFaith & Civic Life
“Even when I saw a counselor in high school for anxiety, I never mentioned this spin around the age of I was at a training for people who work with th…”
Jan 12, 2025 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeGrief & LamentJoy & Gratitude
“I was also fascinated by her Illustrated story quilts created in the African-American tradition.”
Jan 5, 2025 · power between ideas
Gun Violence & SafetySuffering & PerseverancePoverty & Compassion
Dec 29, 2024 · families and relationships
Unitarian Universalist IdentityHumanismHope & Encouragement
Dec 24, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyPeace & NonviolenceThe Nativity
Dec 22, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasGod the Father / Creator
“And when I woke up it was halftime of the and it was already dark, and it was one of those Wisconsin temperature Dives.”
Nov 17, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / InclusionChurch Life & Membership
“So when we are here at the hills, on with transgender Remembrance Day, just giving so much honor in particular to trans folks who have been showing u…”
Nov 3, 2024 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeImmigration & RefugeRacial Justice
“About 20 years ago, during my first sabbatical and my first settlement, I went on a civil rights tour of the South to points in Tennessee, Mississipp…”
Oct 20, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeRacial JusticeParenting & Children
“Bishop tutu said in South Africa that freedom was song and then the Civil Rights Movement here in the United States songs played a central and I, Reb…”
Sep 29, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Prayer & DevotionSin & RepentanceGrief & Lament
Sep 8, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / InclusionGun Violence & Safety
“I can be in a group of the Soul connections group leaders and in preparation, I write a column on the topic and do my own explor every single time in…”
Aug 25, 2024 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“The first was the Vivid picture that Nina shared in the opening words: her extended family of eight floating down a Florida River beneath the giant t…”
Aug 4, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Parenting & ChildrenPeace & NonviolenceFriendship & Belonging
“About half of Americans report experiencing loneliness and in this advisory the US Surgeon General talked about the devastating impact of loneliness,…”
Jul 28, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityLent & Holy WeekEvangelism & Mission
Jul 21, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionPluralism & InterfaithFriendship & Belonging
“And Equity: we declare, we declare that every person is inherently worthy and has the right to flourish with dignity, love and compassion.”
Jul 14, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Gun Violence & SafetySuffering & Perseverance1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
“We had three mass shootings in Austin.”
Jun 9, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeGrief & LamentParenting & Children
Jun 2, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionUnitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Doubt
“It's an essential part of showing the world our vision of lgbtq plus inclusivity and affirmation at a time when people who have these identities are…”
May 12, 2024 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingIdentity & WorthUnitarian Universalist Identity
“The fourth principal says a free and responsible search for truth, and the interesting bit about this is it doesn't mention finding that truth and me…”
Apr 21, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareFear & AnxietySin & Repentance
“This Paradox calls us closely into a deep Mutual care to one another and the world around us at, honors the diversity of each of us and reminds us th…”
Apr 7, 2024 · connected common experience
Creation CareEvangelism & MissionGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Underwater is parts of an interdependent ecological system that is made up of parts that include water, nutrients from the Gulfstream, the coral reef…”
Mar 10, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingForgiveness & ReconciliationRacial Justice
Mar 3, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionGrief & Lament
Feb 18, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionDisability & BelongingPrayer & Devotion
“In order for us to change the world, we also need to be mindful of our disability rights activists.”
Feb 11, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeFaith & Civic LifeChurch Life & Membership
“So are social justice work or faith in action.”
Feb 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeLent & Holy WeekGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“Let us continue to invest our time and resources in Community Partnerships like the trans resistance Network that you're supporting right now at Unit…”
Jan 28, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeJoy & GratitudeHonoring Parents & Elders
“Food, water, singing, Joy- these those trying to suppress the vote, that those things were all threats to their plan to suppress the vote, and so the…”
Dec 31, 2023 · power between ideas
Advent & ChristmasFear & AnxietyNew Year & Watch Night
“Resting in this moment, I can almost hear the dreams we each hold in our hearts and Minds, the many things we may make possible in the days to come.”
Dec 24, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasBaptism & CommunionFaith & Doubt
“I know it's not great, but at least it's not outside in the cold, and so I showed them that.”
Dec 3, 2023 · spirit soul within us
Advent & ChristmasFear & AnxietyHoly Spirit
“Kathleen Norris says this about it is fear in the old sense.”
Nov 26, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & WorthJosephImmigration & Refuge
“That doesn't involve going to the other side of the world, and it is cultivating a spiritual, a spiritual practice, something that you do on a regula…”
Nov 19, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Parenting & ChildrenAdvent & ChristmasChurch Life & Membership
Nov 12, 2023 · power between ideas
Loneliness & IsolationFear & AnxietyAdvent & Christmas
Nov 5, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtCreation CareUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I've been thinking about all this to say contemplate, as all of you are no doubt contemplating this, this, this, this, this terrible, horrendous unfo…”
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