103 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2023 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/wellsprings-congregation.html
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Mar 26, 2022 · families and relationships
Fear & AnxietyMarriage
Mar 26, 2022 · connected common experience
Faith & Civic LifeStewardship & GivingLoneliness & Isolation
Mar 6, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
The FallFaith & Civic LifeCreation & Eden
“From my perspective, it's better than doing nothing to try to oppose the harm that Russia is doing, and Putin in particularly.”
Feb 28, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingRacial Justice
Feb 13, 2022 · families and relationships
Addiction & RecoveryFaith & Mental Health
“I don't call myself an alcohol anymore.”
Feb 13, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Hope & EncouragementFriendship & BelongingUnitarian Universalist Identity
“And then, through that, those experiences and another experience- my cousin had a radio, these guys, so all these different experiences along, as wel…”
Feb 6, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeImmigration & RefugeJoy & Gratitude
“All over West Africa we have a lot of folks from all different Korea.”
Jan 23, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeJoy & GratitudeChurch Life & Membership
“If 20 people- so you know one of the things I did want to ask you about back in 2020- we were mostly locked racial Justice around the black lives mat…”
Jan 9, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityMarriageShame & Guilt
“We did at one point not really involved in denominational matters anymore, but at one point I know this- that we were the only new Unitarian Universa…”
Jan 2, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthFear & Anxiety
Dec 12, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeDanielCrucifixion & Atonement
“Add happiness to your life.”
Dec 12, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionJoy & Gratitude
“It's called rise up, rise up by the came out in 1983, performed at Toronto pride, and this song has been in for protest movement, in the gay rights m…”
Dec 5, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthGun Violence & SafetyFear & Anxiety
“The mental health challenges, especially amongst our kids, and in some ways I think it's only gotten more story of the Incarnation of divine becoming…”
Nov 29, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeEvangelism & MissionGrief & Lament
“The world needs us to be present to Joy and all of its forms and the first breath of baby takes, and in a loved ones, quiet winter nights and the eve…”
Nov 14, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Forgiveness & ReconciliationGrief & LamentBible & Exposition
“That is the essence of my wife- is a continuous source of Joy, mixed with the spices of this same concept of joy and sorrow is what keeps me going.”
Nov 7, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Prayer & DevotionEvangelism & MissionJoy & Gratitude
“The possibility of losing the fear of our end and instead embrace the possibility of the first order Miracle of goldfinches on embracing, the possibi…”
Oct 28, 2021 · power between ideas
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJoy & GratitudeGrief & Lament
“It's better than our Constitution and in the ways in which we have upheld capitalism and white supremacy culture, which takes body hierarchies and sa…”
Oct 19, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & Belonging
Oct 10, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Forgiveness & ReconciliationThanksgiving & HarvestHumanism
“That is full with all kinds of really helpful techniques and cues and tips, not just for those of us who are mental health professionals, but for all…”
Oct 4, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Holy SpiritFaith & DoubtNoah & the Flood
Sep 28, 2021 · power between ideas
Faith & DoubtSin & RepentanceFriendship & Belonging
Sep 15, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Heaven & HellChurch Life & MembershipDaniel
Aug 17, 2021 · power between ideas
Reason & Free InquiryParenting & ChildrenCrucifixion & Atonement
“In your own life, where are you lying to individuate, and is your individual search taking you to a place you can be to make the world search for tru…”
Aug 17, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Jul 25, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeIdentity & Worth
Jul 20, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Friendship & Belonging
Jul 13, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Salvation & GraceAdvent & Christmas
Jul 4, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Crucifixion & AtonementSuffering & PerseveranceAdvent & Christmas
Jun 29, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentBible & ExpositionCreation Care
Jun 15, 2021 · connected common experience
Faith & Mental HealthStewardship & GivingHumanism
May 23, 2021 · more than it appears
MarriageUnitarian Universalist Identity
“We liked it and we joined, and we were 1972- 73.”
May 17, 2021 · families and relationships
Service & Spiritual GiftsUnitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic Life
May 16, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Bible & ExpositionGrief & LamentDivorce & Broken Relationships
May 2, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
God the Father / CreatorFaith & Civic Life
Apr 26, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
HumanismEvangelism & MissionSpiritual Growth
“In fact, what we find, when people do not have to live under the conditions, the grinding oppression, financially, emotionally, psychologically, the…”
Apr 20, 2021 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentSuffering & PerseveranceFaith & Civic Life
“Ross's in favor of a triumphalist, exceptionalist narrative that furthers the privilege of those in the has James Baldwin, who Reverend Ken talked ab…”
Apr 6, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeGrief & LamentFriendship & Belonging
“I've got to tell you the second pandemic, Easter, is a tough one to preach.”
Mar 28, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentFaith & Mental HealthHumanism
“I say this both Within Myself personally and as a mental health professional.”
Mar 16, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Mental Health
“We will need to remember offering a who's number of our congregation said I thought list of map of members of our congregation would loved ones who a…”
Mar 7, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeHope & EncouragementRacial Justice
Feb 28, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Creation Care
Feb 28, 2021 · connected common experience
Thanksgiving & HarvestParenting & ChildrenMarriage
“I am Michael congregational United Church of Tucson, Arizona, in the suburbs of, and that is where I have a great pleasure of meeting and Defending Y…”
Feb 17, 2021 · power between ideas
Fear & AnxietyWork & VocationBible & Exposition
Feb 9, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Identity & WorthFriendship & Belonging
Jan 26, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityThanksgiving & HarvestAdvent & Christmas
Jan 19, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
HumanismFear & AnxietyJoseph
“Has the great mythologist Joseph Campbell when he was asked about the meaning of life, when she said no, no, I don't.”
Jan 5, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Worship & PraiseShame & Guilt
“How to be released from the shame of not feeling like they are enough.”
Dec 29, 2020 · uu spiritual principles
Advent & Christmas
Dec 29, 2020 · families and relationships
Advent & Christmas
Dec 22, 2020 · families and relationships
Advent & ChristmasAddiction & RecoveryPeace & Nonviolence
Dec 15, 2020 · families and relationships
Fear & AnxietyGun Violence & SafetyThanksgiving & Harvest
“He encourages us to look for the lynx particular to our own Lynx this way and let very close to the fear of death is the fear of public speaking.”
Dec 8, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyHumanismAdvent & Christmas
Dec 1, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & Anxiety
Nov 25, 2020 · families and relationships
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & BelongingFaith & Mental Health
“In case you didn't already know, they're not mental health professionals, but they can listen and they can get you connected with more professional s…”
Nov 17, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Hope & EncouragementFaith & Civic LifeFear & Anxiety
Nov 10, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionHumanismFear & Anxiety
Nov 3, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipEvangelism & MissionGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“America is becoming way more diverse than we often think- Springs Community lgbtq rights movement in California, and it's sort of this fascinating ma…”
Oct 28, 2020 · power between ideas
Prayer & DevotionLoneliness & IsolationGrief & Lament
Oct 20, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasAddiction & RecoveryFaith & Mental Health
Oct 13, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & Lament
Oct 6, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeChurch Life & MembershipGrief & Lament
Sep 29, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy WeekGrief & LamentAddiction & Recovery
“But unfortunately cupola Ross's work has become interpreted that if someone is grieving too long or grieving- in quote unquote, not the right way, or…”
Sep 22, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentBible & ExpositionFaith & Mental Health
“A lot of people describe Kairos time as an exper play, Tulsa, Associated very often as well with contemplative spirituality or mindfulness, any kind…”
Sep 8, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Creation & Eden
Sep 1, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Contemplative Prayer & SilenceGrief & LamentHope & Encouragement
Sep 1, 2020 · families and relationships
Parenting & ChildrenForgiveness & ReconciliationFear & Anxiety
Aug 12, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionJesus: Life & TeachingsBaptism & Communion
Aug 4, 2020 · connected common experience
Identity & WorthHumanismFaith & Mental Health
Jul 28, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticeBaptism & CommunionThanksgiving & Harvest
“She's got pieces of between the world and me, like a real solid chunk of the people's History of the United States.”
Jul 21, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentHumanismFaith & Civic Life
“Is that excessive use, put alcohol and and stage, and Jen and Judy's play reminds me someone in recovery from a substance use disorder and in the wor…”
Jul 8, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthHope & Encouragement
“They are a list of challenging experiences that kids sometimes go through, not just in mental health but in physical health, are correlated with posi…”
Jun 30, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasRacial Justice
“George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis by a police officer kneeling on one, more relevant to this moment in time.”
Jun 24, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeAddiction & RecoveryRacial Justice
“A lot of it focused on integration, and in this documentary, James Baldwin asks us a deeper question about integration, and it is about that moment t…”
Jun 16, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Racial JusticePoverty & CompassionService & Spiritual Gifts
“We do this by doing what is most simple and Elemental in our lives: we take a breath, we inhale and exhale without rush or hurry, we breathe in and t…”
Jun 9, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Mental HealthHumanismRacial Justice
May 31, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeParenting & ChildrenThanksgiving & Harvest
“Period, sometimes I have to ask questions that get us an uncomfortable instead of relying on gratitude alone when I make the choice to pay attention…”
May 26, 2020 · connected common experience
Prayer & DevotionCreation CareFear & Anxiety
“7, abandoning her new home and running away.”
May 5, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentityShame & GuiltPoverty & Compassion
Apr 29, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & Belonging
Apr 21, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Beloved CommunityGrief & Lament
Apr 16, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentUnitarian Universalist Identity
Apr 7, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
The ExodusWork & VocationAdvent & Christmas
Mar 31, 2020 · power between ideas
Grief & LamentStewardship & GivingMarriage
Mar 18, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeFaith & Civic Life
“It takes courage, he says, even to whisper.”
Mar 10, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeCreation & Eden
Mar 3, 2020 · families and relationships
Unitarian Universalist IdentityHumanismFriendship & Belonging
“Sharon's father lived for years with undiagnosed and untreated substance use disorders and mental health disorder, and so what marked Sharon's young…”
Feb 25, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeFaith & Mental HealthShame & Guilt
“And the research tells us beyond a shadow of a doubt, controlling for all the variables, women who made all the and yet had decidedly poor at times c…”
Feb 18, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtCreation & EdenPoverty & Compassion
Feb 5, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Feb 5, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Hope & EncouragementDivorce & Broken RelationshipsHumanism
Jan 21, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltPrayer & DevotionNew Year & Watch Night
“After we get done telling the story about our lives, we can- and hopefully with some appreciation and kindness to ourselves, after we get done tellin…”
Jan 21, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
HumanismGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Jan 7, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Contemplative Prayer & SilenceHope & Encouragement
“This is the story associated with a person named ajahn chah, who was the primary teacher of the Beloved American Buddhist teacher, Jack kornfield, ta…”
Jan 7, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & Christmas
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.”
Jan 7, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingFaith & Civic LifeFear & Anxiety
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