77 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2014–2023 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/university-unitarian-church-awakening-spirit-nurturing-hope-.html
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Dec 11, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeThanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Mental Health
“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which is given you sorrow that is giving you Joy.”
Dec 4, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Peace & NonviolenceAdvent & ChristmasPluralism & Interfaith
Nov 27, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & GratitudeNew Year & Watch Night
Nov 20, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Worship & PraiseJoy & Gratitude
Nov 6, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Poverty & CompassionService & Spiritual GiftsFriendship & Belonging
“The National Housing conference no estimates that one in three American households now must pay more than they can afford for their house, and I wond…”
Oct 12, 2022
Creation CareInterdependence & NatureJoy & Gratitude
“If you know any of the folks on the climate action team, i've seen a couple of them here this morning And maybe they'll raise their hands.”
Oct 12, 2022
Friendship & BelongingThe FallJoy & Gratitude
Oct 12, 2022
GethsemaneThe Kingdom of GodFaith & Civic Life
“Remember which one we always seem to be Appeared in midair, in mccall, covered by a statin kwajalein Grill.”
Oct 12, 2022
Church Life & MembershipThanksgiving & HarvestHumanism
“On january 13th, robert rabil made his way into the world on little rascals parade and we began our final approach to move.”
Oct 12, 2022
New Year & Watch NightGrief & LamentUnitarian Universalist Identity
Oct 12, 2022
Immigration & RefugeFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“Later in the service, people are invited to come forwards and choose a flower To take home with them As a reminder of the beauty and diversity that i…”
Oct 12, 2022
Thanksgiving & HarvestWork & VocationCreation Care
Oct 12, 2022 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingFaith & Civic Life
“And, of course, we have behind-the-scenes: the ongoing crisis In our climate And in our environment, Something that doesn't make the front pages or t…”
Oct 12, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeImmigration & RefugePrayer & Devotion
“He ended his working life as a professor at harvard university, And it was there The young african-american minister Who was attending the boston uni…”
Oct 12, 2022 · community better world common good
Faith & Civic LifePoverty & CompassionEconomic Justice & Wealth
“According to that new york times, article 10 * is about the ratio we had in the united states when we were one of the world's healthiest countries 55…”
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Bible & ExpositionSalvation & Grace
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
God the Father / CreatorLent & Holy WeekRacial Justice
“Joshua, We have a story of the children of Israel Finally leaving the wilderness for 40 years, Crossing the Jordan River, Promised land, Listening to…”
Oct 12, 2022
Thanksgiving & HarvestForgiveness & ReconciliationCreation & Eden
Oct 12, 2022
HumanismThe Ten CommandmentsFriendship & Belonging
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Advent & ChristmasBible & ExpositionGrief & Lament
Oct 12, 2022 · liberal religion
Creation CareBible & ExpositionFaith & Civic Life
“Photograph We can say you can say: the heavens declare the glory of god.”
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
MarriageFaith & Civic LifeSin & Repentance
Oct 12, 2022
Forgiveness & Reconciliation
“My problem, Like saying go ahead For the one who End behavior, Not only, But also her.”
Oct 12, 2022
Fear & AnxietySalvation & GraceSuffering & Perseverance
“Anytime I returned from my floor, I would confront the growing personal despair.”
Oct 12, 2022
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation CareFriendship & Belonging
“Hey, we express our gratitude for nature's gifts, Duncan words, But also in the purposes Which we live And in the kindness.”
Oct 12, 2022
Faith & Civic LifePoverty & CompassionInterdependence & Nature
“Soviet union, eastern european countries and most notably Japan.”
Oct 12, 2022
Immigration & RefugeCreation CareUnitarian Universalist Identity
“80 years ago, In the face of rising Nazi repression, Unitarians imagine a different world, A different response from the us isolationism.”
Oct 12, 2022
Sin & RepentanceUnitarian Universalist IdentityBible & Exposition
“See, darling, I wouldn't ask you, but frankly I don't know another friggin solely, Or perhaps more to the point, the The opportunity to greet Wei Jin…”
Oct 12, 2022
Creation CareInterdependence & Nature7th Principle: Interdependent Web
“There is no being no existence Independent of these connections.”
Oct 12, 2022
Grief & LamentGender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & Gratitude
“The high school students Rebuilt the lifeguards tower And they dedicated it to lindsay, And the little children painted a mural on the freshly refini…”
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Jesus: Life & TeachingsChurch Life & MembershipThe Exodus
“I have marked after the pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night And I have proof the deserts in the dark which they have led you.”
Oct 12, 2022 · humanist human think rational
Faith & Civic LifeFaith & DoubtFear & Anxiety
“And I think one of the reasons why communist China has been so much hated- and it's so much hated still- Is it had more success In solving the basic…”
Oct 12, 2022 · grappling with our history
Thanksgiving & HarvestJoy & GratitudeFaith & Civic Life
“55 each month And memory About year that the treaty was signed And on this november morning, the social justice steering committee and I asked you to…”
Oct 12, 2022
Poverty & CompassionNoah & the FloodPrayer & Devotion
Oct 12, 2022 · church membership welcome sunday
Church Life & MembershipBible & ExpositionFaith & Doubt
Oct 12, 2022 · meaning of life
Beloved CommunityFaith & DoubtRacial Justice
Oct 12, 2022
Immigration & RefugeGrief & LamentLoneliness & Isolation
“And as this meeting again, we began, was checking in with about the recent policy changes that are making it nearly impossible for refugees to enter…”
Oct 12, 2022 · divine spiritual beings
Spiritual GrowthPrayer & DevotionFriendship & Belonging
“I am reminded that martin luther king said that Any religion that professes to be concerned with the song for people- I did not concerned with the sl…”
Oct 12, 2022 · racism race justice black lives matter
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeJoy & Gratitude
“African American spiritual wade in the water Has been running through my head these last weeks Of watching and participating in the protest against t…”
Oct 12, 2022
Faith & Civic LifeFaith & DoubtFaith & Mental Health
Oct 12, 2022
Prayer & DevotionLoneliness & IsolationFaith & Civic Life
Oct 12, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Heaven & HellCreation & EdenUnitarian Universalist Identity
“And anselm of canterbury, pope urban's friend, formulated and explicit doctrine of the atonement declaring that god became human in jesus in order to…”
Oct 12, 2022
Immigration & RefugeFriendship & BelongingHumanism
“Delete, resumes without proof And frequently without, For example, Until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Oct 12, 2022 · government freedom elections civil rights
Hope & EncouragementFaith & Civic LifeHumanism
“And this time, when fewAmericanss, A muslim or hindu, Tend to forgetChristianityy andJudaismm that surveyed this blowsPacificc rim.”
Oct 12, 2022
Friendship & BelongingCreation CareThe Exodus
“Alrighty, somehow Grew out of the tree and he would make a tree and put all the burdon, the animals, in the trees.”
Oct 12, 2022
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Hello white folks, will you join me and recommitting to building real beloved community And commit to loving justice not just as an idea but as a way…”
Oct 12, 2022
Faith & Civic LifeFriendship & BelongingFear & Anxiety
Oct 12, 2022
Reason & Free InquiryInterdependence & NatureFaith & Civic Life
“Theology Got the moldings, red diseases And let us remember, in the case of old, a presumed innocent children, Rational solutions to the problems.”
Oct 12, 2022
Joy & GratitudeThanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Doubt
“Express our gratitude for nature's gift.”
Oct 12, 2022 · meaning of life
Parenting & ChildrenDivorce & Broken RelationshipsMarriage
May 13, 2022
Advent & ChristmasMarriageEvangelism & Mission
“Three more lessons: Final test on january 21st 1977..”
Apr 8, 2022
The Exodus
“Generation Universalist christian parenting Movie, wonder, A downgrade retelling of the exodus from Egypt.”
Oct 12, 2015 · reason and sound thinking
God the Father / CreatorCreation & EdenRacial Justice
“Or whether it be, we shall overcome with a bucket of reminders of a whole civil rights movement.”
Oct 12, 2015 · families and relationships
Suffering & Perseverance
Oct 12, 2015 · human moral beliefs
Beloved Community
Oct 12, 2015 · families and relationships
Reason & Free InquiryFaith & Civic Life
Oct 12, 2015 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
Oct 12, 2015 · unitarian universalism
Pluralism & InterfaithBaptism & CommunionImmigration & Refuge
“And often the cutting age has an extremely activist tinge and is very well financed, as for example, the anti-abortion movement.”
Jan 1, 2015
Hope & EncouragementFear & Anxiety
Dec 15, 2014 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasEvangelism & MissionJoy & Gratitude
“And so, in this season, Advent of deepening Darkness, as we approach the week of Hanukkah, which literally means dedication, I invite you.”
Dec 8, 2014 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeCreation CareGrief & Lament
“May I become like love my brothers and sisters who are so hung, glad that if I can become bread- and that's the spiritual challenge- if I can become…”
Dec 1, 2014 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasCreation CareGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“But when we spend time with our families, we notice, or even if we're not with families but just with ourselves in Holiday space, we notice the patte…”
Nov 24, 2014 · families and relationships
Joy & GratitudeBaptism & CommunionThanksgiving & Harvest
Nov 17, 2014 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltRacial JusticeSpiritual Growth
Oct 26, 2014 · families and relationships
Forgiveness & ReconciliationSin & RepentanceGrief & Lament
“Restore the relationship, the ability to repent in the ability to forgive, go hand-in-hand.”
Aug 13, 2014 · power between ideas
Identity & WorthAbraham & IsaacCrucifixion & Atonement
“At the end of our service will be singing about his grandmother, Sarah, whose name changed from Sara to Sarah, as did her husband, Abraham's Abraham.”
Aug 12, 2014 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityRacial JusticeHumanism
“As I said in my opening remarks this coming here, I need a team working on faith development template for Archer when our team has the overwhelming s…”
Jul 20, 2014 · power between ideas
Creation CareImmigration & RefugeCrucifixion & Atonement
“Invite you now to join me in Silence by turning towards that what you find Most Holy for prayer, for meditation and for we arrived.”
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