60 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2019–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/unity-unitarian.html
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Jan 4, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasJoy & GratitudeGrief & Lament
“I had just wrapped up my first Christmas season as a solo Minister and had very confidently scheduled two months of Parental leave, starting at the e…”
Nov 16, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy WeekSpiritual GrowthJoy & Gratitude
“We do it at Lakewood Cemetery once a month.”
Nov 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
Oct 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Hope & EncouragementFaith & Civic LifeService & Spiritual Gifts
“There are other ways to donate and at the end of November will gather these boxes back and send them to the service committee as part of our commitme…”
Oct 12, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFaith & Civic LifeSin & Repentance
“In his work, Covenant economics, Richard Horsley describes the of American history and the liberal tradition this way for the founders at the time of…”
Oct 5, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareStewardship & GivingExodus
“Robert Kennedy said: each time a person stands up for an ideal or acts to improve a lot of others they send forth a tiny Ripple of, and Martin Luther…”
Sep 14, 2025 · power between ideas
Revival & RenewalRacial JusticeSin & Repentance
“And- and this isn't new at this- in the obituary for her husband, Rob Unity, minister of America, Jan Eller Isaac said of him he believed in the inte…”
Aug 10, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyChurch Life & MembershipFaith & Civic Life
Jun 29, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Mental HealthFaith & Doubt
Jun 26, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityDanielPoverty & Compassion
“Take, for example, one of Jeremiah's typical acts of is: the Babylonian Army under Nebuchadnezzar is besieging and Jeremiah, ever the Diplomat, procl…”
Apr 21, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeLent & Holy WeekThe Creed (Apostles'/Nicene)
“I thought about how Jesus rising on a donkey on Palm Sunday and the crowds, the public, gather together saying: Hosanna, save us, Deliver us, because…”
Apr 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeGrief & LamentFriendship & Belonging
“She finally described, as it felt, I think, something like maybe lying on the Parish Hall floor with 9th GR play.”
Mar 23, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityIdentity & WorthPluralism & Interfaith
“On the day of the movies released in 2016, I was at a special event in New York's Community Church, hosted by The Producers, Ken Burns and Artemis ja…”
Mar 2, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Suffering & PerseveranceRacial JusticeChurch Life & Membership
“Iowa has become the first state in history to resend protections granted by a State Civil Rights Act eliminating protections for Trans folks from Sta…”
Feb 23, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareFriendship & BelongingImmigration & Refuge
“This is not a hypothetical question for much of the last 20 years high and has been at the Forefront about thinking about the implications of climate…”
Feb 16, 2025 · unitarian universalism
“In fact, the very image of the Garden of Eden is meant to convey our Blue Planet as the model of what the Creator intended in the Genesis story.”
Feb 9, 2025 · families and relationships
The ExodusImmigration & RefugeSpiritual Growth
“That needed us to understand the truth of what Baltimore Police Department is, not the Fergus.”
Jan 5, 2025 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeImmigration & RefugeGrief & Lament
“Congresswoman Jackson Lee quickly established herself as a fierce advocate for women and minorities and a leader for house Democrats on many social j…”
Dec 1, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyIdentity & WorthFaith & Doubt
Aug 29, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Jul 28, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionRacial JusticeMarriage
Jun 7, 2024 · power between ideas
Joy & GratitudePrayer & DevotionCrucifixion & Atonement
“The attacks on reproductive freedoms and human rights and democracy in this country are Joy is an act of resistance, has been embraced by activists a…”
Apr 28, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Mar 14, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & NatureCreation CareFaith & Civic Life
“In the second, is we honor our own pain and grief for the world, seeing things with new eyes, finding something and then the fourth, going back out i…”
Mar 6, 2024 · families and relationships
Joy & GratitudeChurch Life & MembershipGrief & Lament
“Just a little side note: we are doing this Pulpit exchange this morning, so Reverend Kathleen is preaching at first Universalist and Reverend Jim Cro…”
Feb 25, 2024 · families and relationships
HumanismImmigration & RefugeParenting & Children
“Kate Cox and her family found themselves in between several rocks and the agonizing decision to terminate the desire to stay in Texas and the ruling…”
Feb 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
Dec 22, 2023 · church god jesus gospel spirit
The NativityJosephBible & Exposition
“In Matthew Chapter 2, the story unfolds about how the wise men, on their journey following the star, stopped to see King Herod on their way and asked…”
Nov 1, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Pluralism & InterfaithGender & Sexuality / InclusionUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I watch amazed and shocked faces as people listen to us talk about the fact that even then, we had more women than Ministry, in that we not only welc…”
Oct 22, 2023 · power between ideas
Sin & RepentanceUnitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & Belonging
Jul 28, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentFaith & Civic LifeReason & Free Inquiry
“It is constantly changing, as Octavia Butler said in her parable of the sower God is.”
Jan 27, 2020 · connected common experience
Peace & NonviolenceRacial JusticeSin & Repentance
“Be with us in the quiet of this hour so that we might find our way back to our sacred stories and maybe follow the Deep storylines of Our Lives which…”
Jan 23, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticePoverty & CompassionProphecy & End Times
“The crucial fulcrum of that Awakening are own, flawed and imperfect sinful selves, our hunger for forgiveness and our compassion for each other.”
Jan 13, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeHope & Encouragement
“After about 10 years into our marriage, my spouse, Ruth, decided that Sunday was not Sunday without going to church.”
Jan 6, 2020 · families and relationships
Grief & LamentJamesFriendship & Belonging
“Civil rights activists in our first African American city council member, Bill Wilson, who co-founded and co-directed Higher Ground Academy Charter S…”
Dec 30, 2019 · families and relationships
JosephGrief & LamentPoverty & Compassion
“And as the ball pass from his hands into hers, the beggar said in Resident towns, because then the poor man's voice had changed.”
Dec 23, 2019 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeAdvent & ChristmasStewardship & Giving
“For the past four months, our church has been home to the Capital City Grill Interfaith grief group that provides community support for those making…”
Dec 9, 2019 · hope and light, the beloved community
Evangelism & MissionFaith & Civic LifeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“I played High School football.”
Dec 2, 2019 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasPoverty & CompassionStewardship & Giving
“And the Advent season revitalash to prepare a place for the creative mystery they can hold.”
Nov 25, 2019 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & HarvestBaptism & CommunionFriendship & Belonging
“Jan Richardson's welcoming blessing is a reflection on her emergence from Deep grief following the Unexpected death of her beloved husband.”
Nov 18, 2019 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingBible & ExpositionRacial Justice
“That once Jesus perceived in spirit that they were discussing these questions among themselves and he said to them: why do you raise is easier to say…”
Nov 11, 2019 · unitarian universalism
Bible & ExpositionEvangelism & MissionJoy & Gratitude
Nov 4, 2019 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & HarvestImmigration & RefugeDisability & Belonging
Oct 28, 2019 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugePeace & NonviolenceFaith & Civic Life
“For them, America represented the promise of a fresh start and escape from religious persecution and Liberation from the constraints imposed on Jews…”
Oct 21, 2019 · hope and light, the beloved community
Forgiveness & ReconciliationCreation CareCrucifixion & Atonement
Oct 14, 2019 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyGrief & LamentBaptism & Communion
Jul 15, 2019 · reason and sound thinking
Jul 1, 2019 · power between ideas
Jun 28, 2019 · hope and light, the beloved community
“As the association, and on this weekend of the Twin Cities Pride Festival and the upcoming commemoration of 50 years since Stonewall Uprising, we hol…”
Jun 19, 2019 · unitarian universalism
“Or we pray for our neighbors in, for those who care for family members in and those who are struggling to stay afloat in the midst of our lives, are…”
Jun 11, 2019 · hope and light, the beloved community
Jun 3, 2019 · unitarian universalism
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