146 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2024 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/uuslo.html
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Mar 27, 2024 · connected common experience
Spiritual GrowthJoy & GratitudeGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Mar 17, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & DoubtThe Kingdom of GodBible & Exposition
Mar 10, 2024 · power between ideas
Spiritual GrowthStewardship & GivingJesus: Life & Teachings
“I think of Jesus, parable of the rich man who gains the whole world but loses his.”
Feb 19, 2024 · more than it appears
Grief & LamentThanksgiving & HarvestHumanism
“We all hold measures of sadness about the deaths of loved ones, grief about the losses that come with death: fear, heartache, even anger at the prosp…”
Feb 11, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeCrucifixion & AtonementSuffering & Perseverance
Feb 4, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeThanksgiving & HarvestWork & Vocation
Jan 28, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Stewardship & GivingGod the Father / CreatorUnitarian Universalist Identity
Jan 22, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic Life4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchUnitarian Universalist Identity
“That is a sermon all its own, and we see these ideas captured in our fourth Principle as we Covenant to affirm and promote a free and responsible sea…”
Jan 14, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Sin & RepentanceFaith & Mental HealthHope & Encouragement
Dec 17, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Interdependence & NatureJoy & GratitudeHeaven & Hell
Dec 3, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingBible & ExpositionHumanism
“Another text, the secret book of John, promises the revelation of the Mysteries hidden in silence, things that Jesus taught only to his disciple.”
Nov 26, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & DoubtFriendship & BelongingEvangelism & Mission
Nov 13, 2023 · gifts giving gratitude
Shame & GuiltLuke
“Brene Brown, who studies courage, vulnerability, empathy and shame, says this: when you think less of yourself for needing help, whether you're consc…”
Nov 5, 2023 · power between ideas
Friendship & Belonging
“The listening filter does not serve me well when we are coming together to communicate from our hearts, from our experiences, from our uniquely indiv…”
Oct 30, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeHope & EncouragementWork & Vocation
“How can I, as a human individual, hold on so tightly to my one precious life, as poet Mary Oliver would beautifully from the reading that Alice prese…”
Oct 15, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & LamentFaith & Civic Life
“And I asked this not because I think we should send an army of evangelist how to create converts, but because one poll after another regarding the ty…”
Oct 8, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
Loneliness & IsolationRacial JusticeFaith & Doubt
Oct 1, 2023 · power between ideas
Baptism & CommunionRacial JusticeThanksgiving & Harvest
“I think of the legacies of those who came before me, loved ones who have died in the influence, inspiration, guidance, encouragement, insights, suppo…”
Sep 25, 2023 · spirituality in nature
Friendship & BelongingCreation CareCrucifixion & Atonement
Sep 18, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Worship & PraiseFriendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
Sep 11, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Loneliness & IsolationService & Spiritual GiftsFriendship & Belonging
“Surgeon General Vivek H Mercy, in an April 30th 2023 guest essay in the New York Times, names loneliness as a top Public Health priority for our, des…”
Sep 3, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeThe Raising of LazarusThanksgiving & Harvest
“But feel free to contact me or Larry- I can't have a new number of our staff team, our membership coordinator, and we will connect you with the peopl…”
Aug 27, 2023 · power between ideas
Worship & PraiseGender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & Gratitude
“Invite you to rise in body or spirit for a closing hymn, number 14, the Sun at High Noon.”
Aug 20, 2023 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & HarvestFear & AnxietyDivorce & Broken Relationships
Aug 13, 2023 · connected common experience
Heaven & HellChurch Life & MembershipEvangelism & Mission
Aug 7, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionBaptism & Communion
“I received a draft of the order of service from the lutherans which included communion with the words: all are welcome to take communion- who believe…”
Jul 30, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Sin & RepentanceImmigration & RefugeSuffering & Perseverance
Jul 24, 2023 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeFaith & DoubtPrayer & Devotion
Jul 17, 2023 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic LifeEvangelism & MissionRacial Justice
“Considering our current circumstances, you are more apt to encounter descriptors like deeply divided in addressing these.”
Jul 9, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingSpiritual GrowthChurch Life & Membership
“There are those times when I run across the social media post from a relative or a distant friend and what kind of thought they were with me on this.”
Jul 2, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
Stewardship & GivingGrief & LamentFaith & Civic Life
“I'm psychoanalyzing Superman here, but I'm just wondering what kind of conflict that would cause a quick superhero update.”
Jun 18, 2023 · power between ideas
Suffering & PerseveranceSalvation & GraceGrief & Lament
Jun 11, 2023 · power between ideas
Evangelism & MissionBaptism & CommunionIdentity & Worth
“Listen to this also from Reginald, when the Nazis took control of Prague in 1940, they found Dr Chavez's Gospel of the inherent worth and of every pe…”
Jun 4, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeUnitarian Universalist IdentityGrief & Lament
May 21, 2023 · connected common experience
God the Father / Creator
May 14, 2023 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingJoy & GratitudeCreation Care
May 7, 2023 · connected common experience
Creation Care
Apr 30, 2023 · power between ideas
Creation CareFaith & Civic LifeHope & Encouragement
“Do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night in front of the White House with a candl…”
Apr 24, 2023 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionBible & Exposition
Apr 17, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Service & Spiritual GiftsFriendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“I need to remember that I am also leaning towards something new, something restorative, something life-giving rather than Soul training toward Collec…”
Apr 9, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareFear & AnxietyAddiction & Recovery
“With practice comes the realization that, beyond the initial hurt, those first moments of pain, the feeling of dislocation and fear is the promise of…”
Apr 3, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Peace & Nonviolence
Mar 26, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Fear & AnxietyUnitarian Universalist Identity1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity
“We must exercise humility with our fellow humans, to respect the inherent worth and dignity of every person on their terms and also to practice Justi…”
Mar 19, 2023 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingJoy & GratitudeAddiction & Recovery
Mar 12, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingRacial JusticeDating & Godly Relationships
Mar 5, 2023 · power between ideas
Bible & ExpositionInterdependence & NatureShame & Guilt
Feb 19, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeFriendship & Belonging
“I think one of the reasons Trump star has fallen is because he's just could my head on straight all through the, and it just is so heartening to me t…”
Feb 12, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation CareInterdependence & Nature
“Let me attempt to explain their in my anthropology class at Pima Community College in Tucson, when I was for the first time at age 36, ushered into a…”
Feb 5, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionService & Spiritual GiftsPluralism & Interfaith
“From Kumbaya to Karl Marx, how the left's diversity Equity inclusion agenda has hijacked campus.”
Jan 22, 2023 · power between ideas
GenesisJoy & Gratitude
Jan 15, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Baptism & CommunionImmigration & Refuge
“I remember one evening at United Theological Seminary- it was toward the end of a semester- sitting around the table in the cafeteria with other stud…”
Jan 9, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityPeace & NonviolenceReason & Free Inquiry
Jan 2, 2023 · readings books learning
Bible & ExpositionNew Year & Watch NightHoly Spirit
“This is where we have come with our age, our knowledge, our Joys and our sorrows are pain, and our love, our grief and our gratitude.”
Dec 12, 2022 · connected common experience
Advent & ChristmasJoy & Gratitude
“Waiting for the day to be over, waiting for the day to begin, waiting for someone to come, waiting for someone to go, waiting for a package, waiting…”
Nov 20, 2022 · more than it appears
Identity & WorthMarriageGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Nov 13, 2022 · power between ideas
Creation CarePoverty & CompassionRacial Justice
Nov 8, 2022 · connected common experience
Faith & Civic LifeRacial JusticeAddiction & Recovery
Oct 31, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentJoy & GratitudeDaniel
“We remember the small telling touches and we share those memories with one another.”
Jun 22, 2022 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeReason & Free Inquiry
“It was on June 19th 1865 that Union Soldiers, read by Major General Gordon Granger, landed in Galveston, Texas, with news that the war had ended and…”
Jun 12, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipService & Spiritual Gifts
May 30, 2022 · human moral beliefs
Humanism
May 22, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
May 1, 2022 · power between ideas
Spiritual Growth
Apr 17, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & Mission
Apr 10, 2022 · connected common experience
Fear & AnxietyFaith & DoubtIdentity & Worth
Apr 3, 2022 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionPeace & Nonviolence
Mar 27, 2022 · unitarian universalism
4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
Mar 20, 2022 · power between ideas
Interdependence & NatureSalvation & GraceUnitarian Universalist Identity
Feb 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Feb 13, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Humanism
Jan 30, 2022 · power between ideas
Noah & the FloodCrucifixion & AtonementGrief & Lament
Jan 23, 2022 · power between ideas
Interdependence & NatureHeaven & HellFriendship & Belonging
“It's right there, in our seventh principal, where we, as congregations, Covenant to affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all exis…”
Jan 16, 2022 · power between ideas
Service & Spiritual Gifts
Jan 9, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Addiction & RecoveryRacial Justice
“Is the term coined by writer, speaker and activist Parker Palmer to describe this distance?”
Dec 20, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Thanksgiving & HarvestThe Nativity
“Are familiar with the particular piece of what is done as the Christmas Spanish recitation of the small passage from The Gospel According to Luke and…”
Dec 12, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Joy & Gratitude
Dec 5, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentAdvent & ChristmasJoy & Gratitude
Nov 21, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation CareFear & Anxiety
“At that point it becomes a complaint about what I no longer have, rather than the expression of thanks I could have expressed when I let me give you…”
Nov 15, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Sin & RepentanceRacial Justice
Nov 8, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Church Life & MembershipFaith & Civic LifePrison & Restorative Justice
“And I also think of all those For Whom the United States of America has indeed been a Beacon of Hope, those for whom America's promise has held possi…”
Oct 31, 2021 · power between ideas
Fear & AnxietyCreation CareFriendship & Belonging
Oct 25, 2021 · power between ideas
HumanismEvangelism & MissionWork & Vocation
“But given enough time, it is the power of water that carved the grand water has, and it doesn't always take millions of years to Bear witness to that…”
Oct 17, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingChurch Life & Membership
Oct 3, 2021 · connected common experience
Friendship & BelongingChurch Life & MembershipMatthew
“Letting go of certainty while being open to knowing how my actions impact another, maybe even Guided by the Golden Rule, Do not guarantee the type of…”
Sep 26, 2021 · connected common experience
Joy & GratitudeSalvation & GraceFriendship & Belonging
“He later admitted it was a mistake and called it quote a horrible tragedy of War in more than two decades of fighting in places like Afghanistan and…”
Sep 12, 2021 · power between ideas
Suffering & PerseveranceGrief & LamentNoah & the Flood
“1853 sermon by Unitarian Minister Theodore Parker called of justice and conscience, where Parker said: I do not pretend to understand the moral Unive…”
Sep 5, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeFriendship & BelongingCreation Care
Aug 15, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Spiritual GrowthHope & Encouragement
Jul 11, 2021 · human moral beliefs
Friendship & BelongingGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Jul 5, 2021 · racism race justice black lives matter
Racial JusticePrison & Restorative JusticeFaith & Civic Life
“2019, the New York Times magazine published the 1619 project, which, quote, aims to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slav…”
May 30, 2021 · connected common experience
Fear & AnxietyFaith & Civic Life
May 24, 2021 · power between ideas
Joy & GratitudeFaith & DoubtReason & Free Inquiry
“Be grateful to the people who carried out the immense work done around race and gender and sexuality, and prisms and power that we take for granted t…”
May 2, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingPluralism & Interfaith
Apr 11, 2021 · gifts giving gratitude
Identity & Worth
Apr 4, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Interdependence & NaturePoverty & CompassionResurrection & Easter
Mar 28, 2021 · power between ideas
Hope & EncouragementGrief & LamentLoneliness & Isolation
“What do we wish to carry forth from this will necessarily be loosened on all that Nancy Norwood, a member of this congregation, shared with me years…”
Mar 8, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
New Year & Watch NightFriendship & BelongingFaith & Civic Life
Feb 28, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeSpiritual Growth
“Beginning is usually his statements to the assembled with dearly beloved and many who came after, including Martin Luther King Jr, talking about Belo…”
Feb 21, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Sin & Repentance
Feb 8, 2021 · more than it appears
Racial JusticeImmigration & RefugeSuffering & Perseverance
Jan 31, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingRacial Justice
“If I am to be faithful to the ideals that I bestowed upon my ignorance and stubbornness in Times Gone by and no doubt in times ahead, I must hold out…”
Jan 18, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingRacial Justice
“These all require an Inspire, taking responsibility for the small congregations and, with the lights of those in the wider world, to bring more love,…”
Jan 10, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionRacial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
“I came to a little bit deeper understanding about this world.”
Jan 4, 2021 · connected common experience
Worship & PraiseThe NativityReason & Free Inquiry
Dec 22, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyHope & Encouragement
Dec 16, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Interdependence & NatureGender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & Gratitude
“To remind ourselves and one another that is separate and alone as we may feel we are all connected, to remind ourselves and one another that what we…”
Dec 6, 2020 · church god jesus gospel spirit
ElijahLent & Holy WeekFear & Anxiety
Nov 22, 2020 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeSin & RepentanceSpiritual Growth
Nov 9, 2020 · power between ideas
Identity & WorthSin & RepentanceService & Spiritual Gifts
Nov 2, 2020 · connected common experience
Grief & LamentLoneliness & IsolationFear & Anxiety
“How do we respond to all of these losses and each of how long would it take to read the names then to realize that each name is but a pebble dropped…”
Sep 29, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Interdependence & NatureThe Ten CommandmentsImmigration & Refuge
Aug 23, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentService & Spiritual Gifts
“Pursuit of it is embedded in the philosophical fabric of this country as an unalienable right, evoked most recently by Democratic presidential candid…”
Aug 16, 2020 · connected common experience
Grief & LamentFear & Anxiety
Aug 12, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Civic LifeSin & Repentance
Aug 2, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyFaith & Civic LifeGod the Father / Creator
Jul 26, 2020 · power between ideas
Salvation & GraceRacial JusticeForgiveness & Reconciliation
“Imagine, if you can, one of those involved in the black lives matter movement on the streets of Portland, perhaps speaking in response to unidentifie…”
Jul 24, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Unitarian Universalist IdentityReason & Free InquiryInterdependence & Nature
“Inescapable to imagine oneself free from interdependence and responsibility is an illusion that reeks Devastation on the world, in which I'm reminded…”
Jul 13, 2020 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Theosis / DeificationHumanismBible & Exposition
Jul 5, 2020 · power between ideas
Sermon on the Mount / BeatitudesUnitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & Belonging
“As I heard just this past week, that first church, Boston Unitarian Universalist, founded by the Puritans in 1630, will be taking down the statue of…”
Jun 25, 2020 · families and relationships
Suffering & PerseveranceFaith & Civic LifeIdentity & Worth
Jun 7, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & Anxiety
May 31, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Abraham & IsaacHope & EncouragementRacial Justice
“But we white people need to stop treating them as if they are individual, isolated stories, as if they are individual, circumstantial aberrations fro…”
May 24, 2020 · connected common experience
Fear & AnxietyFaith & Civic LifeWorship & Praise
“It is not an invitation to Compare the numbers of death to other pandemics or other countries or other causes of death.”
May 10, 2020 · power between ideas
Beloved CommunityStewardship & GivingPoverty & Compassion
May 3, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Shame & GuiltCreation CareGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“That has to do with the external information and cues that we have received, and they're moving at an incredible rate of speed and, for the most part…”
Apr 26, 2020 · connected common experience
Creation CareSuffering & Perseverance
Apr 19, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionAddiction & Recovery
Apr 12, 2020 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Bible & ExpositionFriendship & BelongingHope & Encouragement
Apr 5, 2020 · power between ideas
Unitarian Universalist IdentityThe Exodus
“When they left Egypt, when Moses recurring plea to let my people go was finally granted by Pharaoh, the book of Exodus says that the Israelites took…”
Mar 29, 2020 · families and relationships
Poverty & CompassionFriendship & BelongingHeaven & Hell
Mar 8, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Bible & ExpositionWorship & PraiseMarriage
Mar 1, 2020 · power between ideas
Bible & ExpositionThe FallCreation & Eden
“That includes and though Eve tells God, the serpent tricked her.”
Feb 16, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingThanksgiving & HarvestEvangelism & Mission
Feb 9, 2020 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentPoverty & CompassionCorinthians
“All these phrases and many others I have not included, May simply be a way of saying that very common phrase that comes to us almost instinctually wh…”
Jan 26, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Forgiveness & ReconciliationPoverty & Compassion
Jan 19, 2020 · connected common experience
Interdependence & NatureFriendship & BelongingAbraham & Isaac
“It was first performed as a song by 500 school children in 1900, celebrating the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, and it was soon adopted as the official…”
Jan 12, 2020 · power between ideas
Faith & DoubtIdentity & WorthChurch Life & Membership
“Alas, as with many questions I raised from this Pulpit, I have no definitive answers.”
Jan 6, 2020 · power between ideas
Salvation & GraceReason & Free InquiryForgiveness & Reconciliation
“As a Unitarian Universalist Minister, proud and pleased to serve this congregation and a flawed but faithful follower of this non-credible liberal re…”
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