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UU Church of Haverhill Podcast

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146 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2025 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/uu-church-of-haverhill-podcast.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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2025Week of Dec 30, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.5 topics/minWeek of Jan 13, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Jan 20, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Jan 27, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Feb 17, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Mar 3, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Mar 10, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.1 topics/minWeek of Mar 17, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Apr 7, 2025 · 2 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Apr 21, 2025 · 2 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of May 26, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/minWeek of Jun 9, 2025 · 2 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Jun 16, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Jun 23, 2025 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.4 topics/min2024Week of Jan 8, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Jan 15, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Jan 22, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/minWeek of Jan 29, 2024 · 1 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Feb 19, 2024 · 3 sermon(s) · 0.3 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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 97 of 277 weeks across the span (35%).

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 rangenoticeably wider
Its sermons travel noticeably wider in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and noticeably wider than the site overall.
site avg 0.12
narrowerpeer avgwider
Emotional intensitysomewhat higher
The peaks run somewhat higher than peers, somewhat higher than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Dynamic deliverynoticeably lower
In the voice itself, energy runs noticeably lower than peers, noticeably lower than the site.
site avg 0.45
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #32 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it reads as characteristically uu.

Most-preached topics

Friendship & Belonging 80Joy & Gratitude 56Creation Care 49Grief & Lament 39Advent & Christmas 33Racial Justice 31Thanksgiving & Harvest 29Hope & Encouragement 26

Recurring themes across the archive

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

Rights Movement 7Luther King Junior 6Bear Witness 5Season Advent 5Spiritual Practice 4Joy Sorrow 4Climate Change Conference 4Liberation 4Seek Truth 4Civil Rights Movement 4

Themes they appear in

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

Rights Movement
Racial Justice
7 sermons
Luther King Junior
Racial Justice
6 sermons
Bear Witness
Evangelism & Mission
5 sermons
Season Advent
Advent & Christmas
5 sermons
Spiritual Practice
Friendship & Belonging
4 sermons
Show all 60 themes
Joy Sorrow
Grief & Lament
4 sermons
Climate Change Conference
Creation Care
4 sermons
Liberation
Racial Justice
4 sermons
Seek Truth
Friendship & Belonging
4 sermons
Civil Rights Movement
Racial Justice
4 sermons
High School
Parenting & Children
3 sermons
Easter
Lent & Holy Week
3 sermons
Montgomery
Racial Justice
3 sermons
Christmas Eve Service
Advent & Christmas
3 sermons
Climate Action Team
Creation Care
3 sermons
Sense Belonging
Friendship & Belonging
3 sermons
Beloved Community
Unitarian Universalist Identity
3 sermons
Pay Attention
Friendship & Belonging
3 sermons
Luther King
Noah & the Flood
2 sermons
Deep Gratitude
Thanksgiving & Harvest
2 sermons
Social Media
Fear & Anxiety
2 sermons
Financial Commitment
Stewardship & Giving
2 sermons
Loved Ones
Thanksgiving & Harvest
2 sermons
Lilies Field
Sermon on the Mount / Beatitudes
2 sermons
Rights Activist
Racial Justice
2 sermons
Order Service
Unitarian Universalist Identity
2 sermons
Light Chalice
Unitarian Universalist Identity
2 sermons
Complete Figure
Noah & the Flood
2 sermons
Lost Loved Ones
Grief & Lament
2 sermons
Our Lives
Grief & Lament
2 sermons
Climate Crisis
Creation Care
2 sermons
Shame Feeling
Shame & Guilt
2 sermons
Johnson
Racial Justice
2 sermons
Promised Land
Lent & Holy Week
2 sermons
Ben
Noah & the Flood
2 sermons
Stone Rolled
Resurrection & Easter
2 sermons
Brock
Heaven & Hell
2 sermons
Jews
Sabbath & Rest
2 sermons
Homeless Shelter
Poverty & Compassion
2 sermons
Set Hill
Sermon on the Mount / Beatitudes
1 sermons
Stress Anxiety
Fear & Anxiety
1 sermons
Gives Light
Sermon on the Mount / Beatitudes
1 sermons
Marriage Relationship
Marriage
1 sermons
Joy Gratitude
Thanksgiving & Harvest
1 sermons
William: Reason & Humanism
Reason & Free Inquiry
1 sermons
South Africa
Forgiveness & Reconciliation
1 sermons
United States
Immigration & Refuge
1 sermons
Lift Hearts
Worship & Praise
1 sermons
Open Heart
Reason & Free Inquiry
1 sermons
Lift Eyes
Worship & Praise
1 sermons
Israeli: Peace & Noah
Peace & Nonviolence
1 sermons
Pride Parade
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
1 sermons
Europe
Reformation Sunday
1 sermons
Lgbtq Community
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
1 sermons
Honor Gone
All Saints
1 sermons
Ministries
Work & Vocation
1 sermons
Alabama
Racial Justice
1 sermons
Valley Shadow
Suffering & Perseverance
1 sermons
Bearing Witness
Evangelism & Mission
1 sermons
Supreme Court
Racial Justice
1 sermons

Sermons that reach across topics

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

Does It Get Better?, sermon by Rev. Frank Clarkson, October 16, 2022
appears in 6 different topics
A Very Real and Necessary Gratitude, sermon by Joanna Fortna, July 24, 2022
appears in 5 different topics
Joy and Sorrow as Sacrament, sermon by Aiden McMahon, November 12, 2023
appears in 5 different topics
Soul Force, sermon by Rev. Frank Clarkson, January 15, 2023
appears in 5 different topics
"Easter People," sermon by Rev. Frank Clarkson, April 12, 2020
appears in 5 different topics
For the Living of These Days, sermon by Rev. Frank Clarkson, July 3, 2022
appears in 5 different topics

Sermons included

Jun 24, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeFriendship & BelongingEvangelism & Mission
Jun 17, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeFriendship & BelongingWorship & Praise
“Eugene Peterson says, the pervasive element in our 2000 year, pastoral tradition is not someone who gets things done, but rather the person placed in…”
Jun 14, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingPluralism & InterfaithHope & Encouragement
Jun 14, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionEvangelism & MissionJoy & Gratitude
“Michelle Alexander quotes historian and civil rights activist Vincent Harding, who observes that this yearning and reaching toward Freedom flows thro…”
May 28, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthPluralism & InterfaithFriendship & Belonging
Apr 27, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Resurrection & EasterCrucifixion & AtonementReason & Free Inquiry
“The invitation of this day and these lives is to inhabit our days with an expansive view, to imagine and to lean into what is possible, despite all t…”
Apr 27, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareGender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & Belonging
“And then two: we humans have a bias.”
Apr 11, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
MarriageThe Kingdom of GodJesus: Life & Teachings
“Don't we hold these truths to be self-evident, that diversity and equity and inclusion are sacred, that there are times in our lives to make a choice…”
Show all 146 sermons
Apr 11, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Addiction & RecoveryFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“It's a memoir reflecting on her journey from a fundamentalist upbringing to sort of cynical stand-up comic to minister, and inextricable from this st…”
Mar 23, 2025 · uu spiritual principles
Grief & LamentJoy & GratitudeBible & Exposition
Mar 16, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingStewardship & Giving
“What we're asking you to do is to help take care of your faith by making a financial commitment to the church for the coming fiscal year begins on Ju…”
Mar 9, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Forgiveness & ReconciliationContemplative Prayer & SilenceIdentity & Worth
Feb 23, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingThanksgiving & HarvestInterdependence & Nature
Feb 2, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Suffering & PerseveranceForgiveness & ReconciliationBeloved Community
“Reflecting on the non-violent protest and actions of the Civil Rights Movement, he said when we were sitting in, it was love in action.”
Jan 26, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
Shame & GuiltCreation CareSabbath & Rest
“I have a whole notebook dedicated to Justice, because Justice, or acidic as we call it, is a central tenet of the Torah and the quote I kept returnin…”
Jan 19, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingBible & Exposition
“After that, Martin Luther King found that he wasn't able to sleep.”
Jan 5, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyRacial JusticeSin & Repentance
“18 years ago, you and this church were searching for a new min, and I was the assistant minister in a nearby congregation that direction, a few miles…”
Dec 29, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingFear & Anxiety
Dec 15, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasJosephJoy & Gratitude
“For the Shepherds, the wise men on their long journey, King Herod, The Innkeeper, the angel, the animals in the stable where Jesus was born?”
Dec 8, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasIsaiahPoverty & Compassion
“Be still and know that I am with you, reminding us that, in spite of everything, it is also still a beautiful world and that what we have to give is…”
Dec 2, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasAll SaintsFriendship & Belonging
“For I imagine myself turning off the TV or never turning it on, and reading more in these Long Winter nights, riding in my journal, taking walks at d…”
Nov 29, 2024 · connected common experience
Work & VocationIsaiahJoy & Gratitude
Nov 29, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Shame & GuiltRacial JusticeHope & Encouragement
Nov 10, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Work & VocationFear & AnxietyJoy & Gratitude
Oct 21, 2024 · connected common experience
Grief & LamentHumanismIsaiah
“But I promise of religion is that it helps you to to cultivate a depth of spirit and soul so that you can hold both the joy and the sorrow, can live…”
Oct 13, 2024 · uu spiritual principles
Sin & RepentanceBaptism & CommunionContemplative Prayer & Silence
“Mary Oliver is someone who certainly had her own struggles in life- and you hear this in her work in which she, I believe, over the years wrote her w…”
Oct 7, 2024 · uu spiritual principles
Spiritual GrowthParenting & ChildrenIdentity & Worth
Sep 29, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Worship & PraiseHope & EncouragementHumanism
“But can't we take heart and take courage that this long Arc is bending and that it is bending toward Justice, and that we are here to be part of shap…”
Sep 29, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtHope & EncouragementJoy & Gratitude
Sep 15, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Hope & EncouragementImmigration & RefugeFear & Anxiety
“Hey, I'd like to begin a funeral or memorial service with these familiar words from Ecclesiastes to everything: there is a season and a time to every…”
Sep 15, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityIndigenous Justice & LandJoseph
“There were times in our history where we have absolutely failed to live up to this story of welcome and across the country I can think of one church,…”
Aug 26, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeFriendship & BelongingCreation Care
“It could be anything, anything that is calling to you, cuz you know, these summer days are numbered, and there is a Sweetness in that, I think is.”
Aug 18, 2024 · uu spiritual principles
Racial Justice
“There is an African-American song from the 19th century which is so: when it looked like, the sun weren't going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow i…”
Aug 18, 2024 · families and relationships
Creation & EdenHumanism
Aug 18, 2024 · connected common experience
Advent & ChristmasFaith & Civic LifeSin & Repentance
Aug 18, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltGod the Father / CreatorIdentity & Worth
“It helped me remember that I'm a great mom and I don't need to.”
Jul 15, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Jul 15, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltSermon on the Mount / BeatitudesContemplative Prayer & Silence
“But do you know there's no shame in feeling worried or it's not good to hold it in?”
Jul 1, 2024 · uu spiritual principles
Joy & GratitudeThe Woman at the WellFear & Anxiety
Jun 26, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyReason & Free Inquiry
Jun 26, 2024 · unitarian universalism
IsaiahHope & EncouragementWorship & Praise
Jun 26, 2024 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Bible & ExpositionGender & Sexuality / InclusionIsaiah
“The Story Goes that Philip, sent by the spirit, finds the eunuch reading from The Scroll of the prophet Isaiah, the same Prophet who wrote: do not le…”
Jun 26, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingFaith & DoubtDisability & Belonging
May 13, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Peace & NonviolenceFriendship & BelongingEvangelism & Mission
May 9, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentThanksgiving & HarvestMarriage
“Many of these same things apply to a loss of a marriage or relationship, and if children are involved, then there's a whole host of other voids, incl…”
May 1, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingHope & EncouragementWorship & Praise
Apr 23, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareFriendship & BelongingNew Year & Watch Night
“I've spoken here before about climate change.”
Apr 16, 2024 · connected common experience
Joy & GratitudeCreation CarePoverty & Compassion
Apr 7, 2024 · power between ideas
Joy & GratitudeForgiveness & ReconciliationThanksgiving & Harvest
“And God says: I'm sending you to pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of.”
Mar 31, 2024 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Resurrection & EasterHeaven & HellCreation Care
“As Brock and Parker right, we can come to know the world as Paradise when our hearts and souls are reborn through the arduous and tender task of livi…”
Mar 24, 2024 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Lent & Holy WeekSalvation & GracePoverty & Compassion
“And on this day, when people around the world are remembering the story of Jesus coming to the seat of Imperial power, leading this ragtag parade of…”
Mar 24, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Work & VocationBeloved CommunityUnitarian Universalist Identity
“Let us some raise the word of a friend and a contemporary Theologian, Tom O'Mara, who says that the religious community is ministerial Ministries, no…”
Mar 17, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Evangelism & MissionIdentity & WorthFaith & Doubt
“All that this day asks is that we risked showing up with our eyes open, that we might bear witness to the whole.”
Mar 15, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Bible & ExpositionJoy & GratitudeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“For this reason, I am grateful to be able to find spiritual sustenance, not only in the woods, but also by being a part of a religious community wher…”
Mar 3, 2024 · power between ideas
HumanismParenting & ChildrenImmigration & Refuge
“I understand why more and more people are turned off by, and yet there is still this hunger for goodness, for meaning, for connection that consumeris…”
Feb 25, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Suffering & PerseveranceWork & VocationSpiritual Growth
“When we draw near to those who are hurting, what we're doing is inviting their pain and their sorrow to come close to our hearts too, not because we…”
Feb 21, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
HumanismWorship & PraiseLoneliness & Isolation
“We all experience it, at least some of the connections That We crave.”
Feb 21, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingMarriageBible & Exposition
Feb 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
God the Father / CreatorIdentity & WorthUnitarian Universalist Identity
Jan 28, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Bible & ExpositionService & Spiritual GiftsGrief & Lament
“Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but up on a lamp, stand where it gives light to all who are in so dear spiritual companions.”
Jan 21, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingHope & EncouragementImmigration & Refuge
Jan 14, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Hope & EncouragementRacial Justice
“Bus Boycott was a first step in the civil rights movement and it shows what Ordinary People can accomplish with inspiration and courage: joining hand…”
Dec 28, 2023 · families and relationships
JosephFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
Dec 27, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasForgiveness & ReconciliationSuffering & Perseverance
“He then quotes Israeli historian, philosopher and author, Yuval Noah Harari, his words about the war that were published recently in time, he wrote:…”
Dec 10, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingCreation Care
“I once heard Advent described as singing in the dark, and I wonder if you play Christmas Eve.”
Dec 3, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasJoy & GratitudeSuffering & Perseverance
Nov 26, 2023 · human moral beliefs
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & GratitudeThe Ten Commandments
“Somewhere along the line, greed became good stream, violence became entertainment, and I don't think those are real house.”
Nov 19, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentWorship & PraiseThanksgiving & Harvest
“Invitation, my spiritual companions, is to take up practices that will help us to be strong, restart to see ourselves as the theologians and the arti…”
Nov 17, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentBible & ExpositionThe Kingdom of God
“And it is a visible manifestation of what Jesus would have called the kingdom of heaven and what king would have called The Beloved Community, and in…”
Nov 5, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentContemplative Prayer & SilenceHumanism
“As has already been mentioned, last Sunday we remember those who have both recently and a long time ago, we created right here an altar of remembranc…”
Oct 29, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeGrief & LamentEarth-Centered Spirituality
Oct 22, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeEvangelism & MissionWork & Vocation
“As I've gotten older, I've become less optimistic about our human, less naive, because I have experienced firsthand people doing bad things and hurtf…”
Oct 15, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeImmigration & Refuge
“Are you your tradition with this openness to theological diversity and its invitation to search for truth and for meaning that what you said this mor…”
Oct 12, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryFriendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
Oct 12, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthAdvent & ChristmasFriendship & Belonging
“Even a is Ann's words about forgiving ourselves for putting our heads in the sand, about climate change or a bomb to my soul that I didn't even reali…”
Sep 24, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
“A few years ago, my mom told me a story about one morning when she had gone to church- it was the church that I grew up in- and after the service at…”
Sep 17, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & DoubtChurch Life & MembershipWork & Vocation
Sep 6, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Bible & ExpositionUnitarian Universalist IdentityBaptism & Communion
“One of the symbols is the quickest side I put on the back of the order of service.”
Sep 6, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareGrief & LamentHope & Encouragement
“That'll take you to the call to action that the president of the USA has put forward, talking about both getting our elected leaders to sign a pledge…”
Sep 4, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareJosephJoy & Gratitude
“As the Joseph Campbell once said, people say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life, but I don't think that's what we're really seeking.”
Sep 4, 2023 · connected common experience
Dating & Godly RelationshipsHoly SpiritAdvent & Christmas
“She loves them, typically country, sometimes 90 music, but you know she'll, she'll go at pretty much anywhere that there's a floating, and I can reme…”
Sep 4, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentThanksgiving & HarvestFriendship & Belonging
“Its challenges us to come to terms without emotion, fears and believe, leading to an inner transformation and a deeper understanding of.”
Sep 4, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareThanksgiving & HarvestInterdependence & Nature
“How does it inform our actions to what's spiritual practice is?”
Aug 11, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestHope & EncouragementCreation Care
“It's the Yellowstone River, one of the few rivers in this country that flows north, and it flows north out of Yellowstone Lake and North through Yell…”
Jun 25, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Worship & PraiseFriendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
Jun 21, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Peace & NonviolenceRacial JusticeGrief & Lament
“May they so love and Liberation and create new blooms and possibilities and ways of living into the promise of Beloved Community in our world.”
Jun 12, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & BelongingRacial Justice
“Celebrations in the trans Community can be exhilarating, especially if you've ever been to a pride parade or a drag show.”
Jun 11, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareNames & Titles of God
Jun 11, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Service & Spiritual GiftsHumanismSermon on the Mount / Beatitudes
Jun 9, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Heaven & HellGrief & LamentFaith & Civic Life
“They acknowledged human failure and took responsibility for how they used Brock and Parker Paradise as an arena of struggle to gain wisdom and live e…”
Jun 5, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementImmigration & RefugeHumanism
Jun 4, 2023 · families and relationships
Church Life & MembershipGod the Father / CreatorBeloved Community
“Even Rich star lives in high school.”
Apr 23, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Interdependence & NaturePoverty & CompassionCreation Care
Apr 16, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
Thanksgiving & HarvestBaptism & CommunionGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“He says no, not for everything, but you can be grateful in what would it look like if we tried to practice this kind of in the moment gratitude as we…”
Apr 13, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Resurrection & EasterCrucifixion & AtonementCreation Care
“Can we take a moment to try and Imagine The Story of that first Easter morning, when these three women come to the tomb, prepared to anoint the body…”
Apr 2, 2023 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Faith & DoubtSuffering & PerseveranceFriendship & Belonging
“Wasn't Martin Luther King Junior, a contemporary prophet and a christ-like figure, a person called to lead because the times needed.”
Mar 26, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionThe ExodusIdentity & Worth
Mar 20, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & GivingGrief & LamentImmigration & Refuge
“The threshold that we find ourselves on in these today is stewardship- Sunday a day and our church year, where we got to reflect together on the reso…”
Mar 7, 2023 · power between ideas
Contemplative Prayer & SilenceFriendship & BelongingCreation Care
“He understands that making time for Stillness is especially needed in our high-speed world where there are so many voices calling out for our attenti…”
Mar 4, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
HumanismEvangelism & MissionRacial Justice
“A report of that name that was commissioned by The UU board in 2017 laid out a framework for how to dismantle white supremacy and other systems of Op…”
Mar 4, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
MarriageAddiction & RecoveryCrucifixion & Atonement
Mar 4, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionSuffering & PerseveranceCreation Care
Jan 29, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Pluralism & InterfaithEvangelism & MissionCreation Care
“When we avoid conflicts to get along, we're not practicing it, because Beloved Community exists.”
Jan 22, 2023 · unitarian universalism
HumanismPoverty & CompassionImmigration & Refuge
Jan 15, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeHope & Encouragement
“He's a singer and composer, a scholar and social activist, founder of the women's acapella group, Sweet Honey.”
Jan 8, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeAdvent & ChristmasJoy & Gratitude
“Christmas Eve: here we shared the light from our chalice flame from one candle to another to another, until everyone was holding the invitation of th…”
Dec 26, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Joy & GratitudeAdvent & Christmas
“You know, after the last couple of years- I certainly don't take it for that- we can gather here in person and with our folks coming by zoom and hear…”
Dec 11, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasImmigration & RefugeIdentity & Worth
Dec 8, 2022 · power between ideas
Parenting & ChildrenHope & EncouragementAdvent & Christmas
Nov 27, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasImmigration & Refuge
“My prayer for us in this season of advent is that this threshold season will welcome us and invite us and take us from the world we think we know and…”
Nov 21, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareJoy & GratitudeEvangelism & Mission
Nov 16, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentJoy & GratitudeFear & Anxiety
Nov 8, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyJoy & GratitudeFriendship & Belonging
Oct 30, 2022 · families and relationships
HumanismJoy & GratitudeWork & Vocation
Oct 26, 2022 · families and relationships
Hope & EncouragementFaith & Civic LifeFaith & Doubt
“From what I see, I am sure it Ben's toward Tori and I were talking about this the other day, and she said I don't see this bending toward justice as…”
Oct 9, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Spiritual GrowthCreation Care
Oct 3, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
All SaintsSalvation & GraceHumanism
“And I also love this time of year when the veil between this world and the spirit world seems to be thinner and when we sing out our gratitude for al…”
Oct 3, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingChurch Life & Membership
Sep 18, 2022 · power between ideas
Baptism & CommunionLoneliness & IsolationHope & Encouragement
Sep 7, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Addiction & RecoveryFaith & Civic LifeImmigration & Refuge
Aug 22, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Identity & WorthBible & ExpositionJoy & Gratitude
“We have no time to stand, and this is from a Welsh poet named William Henry Davies, and when I started to recite that line to my mom, she knew it too…”
Aug 22, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gun Violence & SafetyBaptism & CommunionThanksgiving & Harvest
“This is an overwhelming feeling, especially in these summer days when there's another part of me that wants so badly to feel the wistful and carefree…”
Aug 21, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareThanksgiving & HarvestJoy & Gratitude
“Every morning I would awaken and express my gratitude with these words: thank you for life, thank you for love, thank you for Hope.”
Jul 5, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyGrief & LamentForgiveness & Reconciliation
“It's good to mourn what you've lost- and a minute ago said something about moping around and feeling bad about that- but you got to feel your feeling…”
Jun 28, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Spiritual GrowthMarriageJesus: Life & Teachings
“Can you tell the story about parents who were worried about their not doing well in high school?”
May 30, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Worship & PraiseGod the Father / CreatorHumanism
“This is what is saving me and helping hold my heart these days: the acts of kindness and care that I see around me, the little ways that people are m…”
May 26, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareFriendship & Belonging
“It was the late 80s, the late 1980s, when scientists started warning about how humans are changing the whole climate of the Earth by burning fossil f…”
May 15, 2022 · connected common experience
Friendship & BelongingLoneliness & Isolation
May 8, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeCreation CareSabbath & Rest
May 6, 2022 · power between ideas
Creation CareThe ExodusJoy & Gratitude
“Stars resist the darkness, they rely on the fish, struggle with and against the current, and Hawks Glide faster when their wings don't move.”
May 6, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasGod the Father / CreatorSpiritual Growth
Apr 17, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Resurrection & EasterFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
Apr 10, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Lent & Holy WeekCrucifixion & AtonementRacial Justice
Apr 4, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Creation CareJoy & GratitudeThanksgiving & Harvest
“It got changed by the Roman culture that Christianity grew up in for his time.”
Mar 27, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
MarriageThanksgiving & HarvestJoy & Gratitude
Nov 14, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipJoy & GratitudeReformation Sunday
“And he says Friedman says it was their adventuring and their exploring that ushered in a new spirit of imagination in Europe, that fueled the Renaiss…”
Nov 7, 2021 · power between ideas
Bible & ExpositionEvangelism & MissionParenting & Children
“The first step here, then, might be that sacred pause when we bear witness to the impossibility of a moment, step up to that edge and then dream Beyo…”
Sep 29, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingPoverty & CompassionImmigration & Refuge
“As I touched down and took off over and over, and even though these transitions were jarring, I developed a rhythm to my travels between, I found tha…”
Sep 21, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingBible & ExpositionChurch Life & Membership
“Every Sunday, we say these words at the start of the service that we call our Unison affirmation, and I wonder if you'll say them again with me now,…”
Sep 14, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Baptism & CommunionHope & EncouragementJoy & Gratitude
Apr 12, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Resurrection & EasterThe Kingdom of GodGrief & Lament
“I ask, because even in a normal year, I find the transition of this weekend the transition, some good Friday to Easter.”
Apr 12, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Lent & Holy WeekPrayer & DevotionRacial Justice
“After this midnight call, of course, Martin Luther King wasn't able to go to sleep and he warmed up some coffee and he sat down at his kitchen trying…”
Apr 12, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingCreation CarePoverty & Compassion
“For those who are working in law enforcement and at the homeless shelter and at the food pantry and at the fire department, and in so many different…”
Mar 15, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Sabbath & RestFriendship & BelongingWorship & Praise
“As the Jews consider the Sabbath the most sac.”
Mar 14, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Crucifixion & AtonementForgiveness & ReconciliationEvangelism & Mission

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