Kensington Unitarians have produced a series of podcasts of sermons and addresses by Rev Sarah Tinker, Rev Linda Hart, and others. They are varied and interesting, with subjects ranging from "Symptoms of Inner Peace" to Imbolc and Candlemas.

The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans now has a podcast.

The first episode of the CUUPS Podcast features basic info about CUUPS and an interview with British academic Michael York recorded at the Dec. 2009 Parliament of World Religions provided to us courtesy of the Pagan Newswire Collective.

The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans promotes networking among Pagan-identified Unitarian Universalists, and provides for the outreach of Unitarian Universalism to the broader Pagan community.

Michael York has written a book on Pagan Theology.

A podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and downloaded through web syndication.

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111043052/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-24-21-audio.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on October 24, 2021. Our fourth principle talks about the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. What does it mean to be responsible about the truth? What happens when the truth is suppressed? How do you lovingly tell your own truth?

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111043031/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-10-24_Healing_Power_of_Truth.mp3

“The Land of Memory” (October 24, 2021) Worship Service

The artist Etel Adnan, wrote that her memories were like a forest with unstable boundaries. Adnan was born in Lebanon, lived in France, then moved to California, living at the base of Mount Tamalpais, where she wrote and painted for many years. Her paintings were a way to explore memories and make meaning of them. Navigating the land of memory can be complex and challenging. But it can lead us into a deeper understanding of who we are, and how to live more fully into our lives as we make our way forward.

Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister; Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; UUSF Choir; Mark Sumner, Music Director; Wm. García Ganz, Pianist

Shulee Ong, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Athena Papadakos, Flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042948/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20211024AJSermon.mp3

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on Octover 22, 2021. As a faith without creed, covenantal relationship is one of our primary spiritual/theological resources. We'll examine some thoughts about how to cultivate relationship, whether it involves forming new relationships or sustaining and deepening existing ones - whether it is with family and other loved ones, together with each other in religious community or involves other aspects of our lives.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042813/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-10-17_Cultivating_Relationship.mp3

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042747/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-17-21-audio.mp3

"Right Thinking, Right Feeling and Right Relations" (October 17, 2021) Worship Service

Twins and co-authors of a recent book "Burnout", Emily and Amelia Nagoski talk about patterns of thinking and dealing with stress that lead to burnout. However, they also go deeper, to patterns of thinking, feeling and being in relationships that undermine our own and one another's health, joy and, I'd say, derail us on the journey to Beloved Community. In our work to hold ourselves accountable for the proposed 8th Principle of Unitarian Universalism, they offer some very tangible ways we can untangle from problematic habits of heart and mind! 

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Mari Ramos Magaloni, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; UUSF Choir; Mark Sumner, Music Director; Laurel Sprigg, soprano; Wm. García Ganz, Pianist; Jon Silk, Drummer

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Shulee Ong, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Athena Papadakos, Flowers

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042708/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20211017VRSSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, October 17, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042537/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/211017.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on October 10, 2021. It's a Great Big Celebration Sunday. Each year we mark this day as the beginning of the Stewardship season as we make our pledges for the year to support First UU and its mission. This year, though, it's an even bigger celebration as we come back together for the first time in 19 months as well as celebrating Rev. Meg's 10th anniversary with First UU Austin. It's a big day with a lot going on so come worship in-person or online, and let's celebrate our homecoming together.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042451/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-10-10_Celebration_Sunday.mp3

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042357/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-10-21-audio.mp3

"Who is Earth to Me?" (October 10, 2021) Worship Service

Robin Wall Kimmerer in her book "Braiding Sweetgrass" opens with a simple description of this act of weaving, braiding the supple green stalks of a plant, but what unfolds is layers of relationship and story and a paradigm that has saving grace.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Daniel Jackoway, Worship Associate; Sam King, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; Mark Sumner, Music Director; Jon Silk, Drummer; Asher Davison, Soloist

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Shulee Ong, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Director of Communications; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Dan Barnard, Facilities Manager; Judy Payne, flowers

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042312/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20211010VRSSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, October 10, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042217/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/211010.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on October 3, 2021. The 3rd UU Principle states "Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations". How do we grow our spirits and encourage one another in doing the same? What fruits do we reap from our spiritual growth?

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042155/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-10-03_The_Third_Principle.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on September 26, 2021. Teacher Eric Kolvig says you can sum up this aspect of the path by saying "Try to do your practice, but don't try too hard, and never give up." This week's element of the eightfold path is "Right Effort".

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042134/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-09-26_Wasted_Effort.mp3

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on Youtube, 9:30 am

This month, we’re talking about how to design a life worth living. Unitarian Universalism is a faith that knows we do not live for ourselves alone. Our theology is one of collective liberation and collective salvation. What ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042114/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzqR_XTUBhE&feature=youtu.be

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042005/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-03-21-audio.mp3

"Higher Love: Installation Service" (October 3, 2021) Worship Service

"The Installation Service of Senior Minister Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern"

This is a sermon (Higher Love) about where this ministry together takes us and some of what we learn along the way. Our preacher, the Rev. Elizabeth Lerner Maclay, is the Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Church of Providence, RI. Rev. Maclay has been in Providence since 2017 in a congregation that first gathered in 1720! Rev. Maclay played a central role while serving in Maryland for the successful passage of that state's Marriage Equality legislation, as well as their DREAM Act and their repeal of the death penalty. In Providence she has led the organizing of faith communities for gun control and worked during this pandemic with other faith leaders, particularly Black religious leaders, to found and co-lead Faith in Science, promoting equity of vaccine access and uptake for people of color in Rhode Island.

Shirley Gibson and Kathleen Quenneville, Members of the Search Committee that called Rev. Southern; Rohit and Leila Menezes, Rev. Southern’s husband and daughter, respectively
Dennis Adams, Worship Associate, UUSF; Rev. Elizabeth Lerner Maclay, Senior Minister, First Unitarian Church of Providence, RI; Rev. Mr. Barb Greve, Hospice Chaplain with Vitas Healthcare and former Co-Moderator of the Unitarian Universalist Association; Rochelle Fortier Nwadibia, Board of Trustees Moderator of UUSF; Harry Arthur and Max Benbow, Representatives of the Family Ministry Program; Rev. Dr. John A. Buehrens, Former President of the Unitarian Universalist Association; Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister of UUSF; Jonah Berquist, Board of Trustees Vice Moderator of UUSF; Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake, Presiding Minister, Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples; Charles Du Mond, Co-Moderator of the Unitarian Universalist Association; Michael Pappas, M.Div., Executive Director, San Francisco Interfaith Council; Rev. Rosemary Bray-McNatt, President, The Starr King School for the Ministry; Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita, UUSF; Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister, UUSF.

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Shulee Ong, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Director of Communications; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Dan Barnard, Facilities Manager; Judy Payne, flowers

Reiko Oda Lane, Organist & Bell Choir Director; Mark Sumner, Pianist & Music Director; Wm.; Garcia Ganz, Pianist; Andrés Vera, Cellist; Jon Silk, Drummer; UUSF Choir; UUSF Bell Choir

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041914/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20211003ELMSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, October 3, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041846/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/211003.mp3

Carrie Krause, Dir. of Lifespan Faith Development

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on Youtube, 9:30 am

Somewhere along life’s journey, most of us in the United States are taught that staying in the lines is valued, even when those lines are strangling us as individuals and a ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041748/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33ngl_mVFEc&feature=youtu.be

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041652/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09-26-21-audio.mp3

"Enough is Enough: The Inflation of Satisfied and the Risks" (September 26, 2021) Worship Service

In the stories of people I know, their children's stories, in what I see in the world, with dire consequences to the planet and to our mental health, I see the inflation of "enough" and I don't just mean in material terms. I mean in all kinds of ways. Let me give examples and let's look at what that might be doing to us and what can be done about it.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Wonder Dave, Worship Associate; Sam Hamner, Small Group Ministry; Allen Biggs, percussionist; Ben Rudiak-Gould, songleader; Mark Sumner, pianist

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Amy Kelly, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041626/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210926VRSSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, September 26, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041527/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210926.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse & Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on September 19, 2021. Revs Meg and Chris will talk together about resilience. What helps them be resilient? What helps you?

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041401/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-09-19_Resilience.mp3

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041340/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09-19-21-audio.mp3

"Ganesh Chaturthi and the Need to Remove Obstacles" (September 19, 2021) Worship Service

Each year in India there is a ten or eleven-day festival to celebrate Ganesh, the Elephant-headed god who is playful but who also is famous for a particular kind of power, one we all always seem in need of summoning into our lives. Join me for some stories, images, and reflections on the power of ritual.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Sam King, Worship Associate; Puran and K.G. Singh; Unitarian Church Jowai; UUSF Church Choir, conducted by Mark Sumner

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Amy Kelly, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041254/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210919VRSSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, September 19, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041216/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210919.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on September 12, 2021. How do we live into the second UU principle and practice justice, equity, and compassion in human relations? What does it look like to incorporate the vast variety of prayerful practices into our lives?

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041110/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-09-12_Down_to_the_river_to_pray.mp3

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041049/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09-12-21-audio.mp3

"New Eyes and Not Afraid" (September 12, 2021) Worship Service

This Sunday is this confluence of holidays and holidays and anniversaries raising the question not just of how we begin in the midst of ongoing challenges, but how people have always done so; even we ourselves did 20 years ago. We frame that exploration with music, special music, for the occasion. Come join us.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister; Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, organist; Sarah Brindell, Guest soloist/songwriter; Bill Klingelhoffer, shofar; UUSF Church Choir, conducted by Mark Sumner

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Carrie Steere-Salazar, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041028/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210912VRSSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, September 12, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040941/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210912.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on September 5, 2021. How does what you do for a living help the world?

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040855/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-09-05_Right_Livelihood.mp3

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040833/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-05-21-audio.mp3

"In Our Hands Is Placed a Power" (September 5, 2021) Worship Service

Welcome to our annual Labor Day service, where we celebrate the contributions to social justice by the labor movement both currently and historically. As has been true for several years now, we will be joined by members of San Francisco's labor union choir Rockin' Solidarity. Hard times have always been here for the vast majority of the world's population, but now all of us are at critical crossroads, and which roads we take over the next decade or two may determine the very survival of humanity. As we make these life-or-death choices, what can we learn from both the victories and defeats of organized labor?

Rev. Millie Phillips, Guest Minister; Wonder Dave, Worship Associate; The Rockin’ Solidarity Labor Chorus, Pat Wynne, Director; Mark Sumner, songleader; Bill Ganz, pianist

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Carrie Steere-Salazar, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040811/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210905MPSermon.mp3

Introductory reading: Ducklings by Holly Mueller, read by Lucy Humphrey. Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, September 5, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040728/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210905.mp3

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on Youtube, 9:30 am

We had expectations for what Fall 2021 was going to be like … and those plans have changed. As we move into another year where covid shapes much of what we do (and don’t do), perhaps we ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040707/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuH6NrcyGes&feature=youtu.be

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on Youtube, 9:30 am

Join us either in person, outdoors at Live Oak, or on our Youtube channel for our annual Homecoming/Water Communion service.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040623/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWa6jyUDy4A&feature=youtu.be

How is your anger showing up? Are you more irritable, or carrying a slow-simmering rage? There are many justifiable reasons to be mad right now. How do we best channel that anger in a way that is productive and doesn’t harm us or the people ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040541/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj4YukhliOc&feature=youtu.be

The last 5 years, and especially the last 8 months have given us ample reason to question some things we took for granted. We may be feeling disillusioned with humanity and with life itself. What do we do with those feelings?

This service will be streamed ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040458/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1eObhy2msE&feature=youtu.be

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on August 29, 2021. What does it mean to treat other people as if they have worth and dignity? Does everyone have it? Is there a way to lose it? Do they have worth because of the divine within, or do they have worth in their humanity alone? How do we behave differently when we remember that we have dignity and worth?

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040352/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-08-29_The_inherent_worth.mp3

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040321/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-29-21-audio.mp3

"The Power of Focus" (August 29, 2021) Worship Service

Steve Jobs is famous for his message on focus, the power of focus. In a different way, the same message has power for our spiritual and moral lives. After all, have you noticed how what we look for in the world in part determines what we find? Or how consciously deciding what we want to make happen also requires us to surrender to not making other things happen if we are to have any chance at meeting our goal? Or how choosing the qualities we put forward in the world also necessitates spiritual practices and focused time for reflection to be able to cultivate those qualities in our character and habits of the heart. As we begin to step into a new year of school, of work after summer, of church and community life, this Sunday is one chance to reflect on where each of us might choose to focus our energies.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Dennis Adams, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, organist; Brielle Marina Nielson, mezzo soprano; Mark Sumner, pianist; Jon Silk, drummer; Asher Davison, song leader & clarinetist

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Judy Payne, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040252/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210829VRSSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, August 29, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040229/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210829.mp3

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on August 22, 2021. Even in relatively good times, it can be hard to envision the possibilities that lie before us. We can get caught in routines and set ways of thinking. In difficult or tragic circumstances, it can feel like our possibilities have been taken away from us. Yet, even in such times, new possibilities often emerge. How do we learn to embrace them?

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040146/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-08-22_Possibilities_ever_emergent.mp3

"I Know Nothing" (August 22, 2021) Worship Service

In the millions of acres of trees, in the dark and light, the shadows, the dappled light along canyon walls and rivers, there is real knowing. What is it, to surrender, to let go of having to know, to do, and to let it be enough that the elements sing?

Rev. J.D. Benson, Guest Minister; Mari Magaloni Ramos, Worship Associate; Asher Davison, bass-baritone; Wm. Garcia Ganz, accompanist; Nancy Cooke Munn, songleader; Mark Sumner, pianist

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Judy Payne, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:
https://bit.ly/20210822OSWeb2

LIVESTREAM:
https://youtu.be/dl5AOdg58-g

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040119/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210822JDBSermon.mp3

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040058/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-22-21-audio.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, August 22, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035957/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210822.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on August 15, 2021. When you meet a person who is LGBTQ plus, you immediately know that there was a time when they realized they were different. They were decisions that had to be made about whom to tell, how to be in the world, in a world that, until a few years ago, didn't have a place for them. This is my coming out story.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035935/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-08-15_Coming_out.mp3

"Deep Time: Stories We Tell the Children, and the Work of Repair" (August 15, 2021) Worship Service

A personal story about the journey to be a good ancestor.

Rev. Mary McKinnon Ganz, Guest Minister; Carmen Barsody, Worship Associate; Alex Taite, tenor; My-Hoa Steger, accompanist; Brielle Marina Nielson, songleader

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Athena Papadakos, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:

https://bit.ly/20210815OS1

LIVESTREAM:

https://youtu.be/Gr_uecb1Kqw

Attached media: https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210815MGSermon.mp3

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035830/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-15-21-audio.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, August 15, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035810/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210815.mp3

Senior High Youth service delivered on August 8, 2021. Join our senior youth group as they lead worship and explore the theme of Nature v Nurture and we celebrate their lives in our annual bridging ceremony.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035705/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-08-08_Nature_v_Nurture.mp3

"Sinking In To Ordinary Time" (August 8, 2021) Worship Service

In both the Christian and Jewish traditions, there is the idea of “ordinary time” - the time between holy days - an extended period of time that invites contemplation, a chance to sink in to the deeper rhythms that surround us like the flow of a river or the turning of the tides. Living in ordinary time means sinking in and slowing down. This is how we save ourselves and hopefully save our planet.

Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister; Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, organist; Grandview Driveby Aloha Band: Bill Klingelhoffer, Horns; Ka’ala Carmack, singer, ukulele, piano; Rosalie Alfonso, drum; Asher Davison, songleader

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Athena Papadakos, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:

https://bit.ly/20210808OSWeb1

LIVESTREAM:

https://youtu.be/wnfvbLJ9Cng

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035644/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210808AJSermon.mp3

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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035617/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-08-21-audio.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, August 8, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035517/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210808.mp3

"Dare to Love Again" (August 1, 2021) Worship Service

Do I dare to love again? Many of us have asked that question at one time or another. I know I have. Whether after death, disappointment or betrayal, life is always asking us to give love another chance. But do we dare? And how?

Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, Guest Minister; Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Sam King, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, organist; Leandra Ramm, alto; Richard Fey, tenor; Bill Ganz, pianist

Joe Chapot, OOS Design & live chat moderator; Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Lyle Barrere, sound; Amy Kelly, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k0CZ4hhx5PZDW-tsijtfaq_-WZFAWKMB/view?usp=sharing

LIVESTREAM:

https://youtu.be/wnfvbLJ9Cng

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035455/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210801RHSermon.mp3

Watch the Service: To enable YouTube provided closed-captioning while viewing the service, click the “CC” icon on the bottom bar of your YouTube video player.    

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035433/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-01-21-audio.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, August 1, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035351/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210801.mp3

Watch the Service: To enable YouTube provided closed-captioning while viewing the service, click the “CC” icon on the bottom bar of your YouTube video player.    

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035329/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07-25-21-audio.mp3

Sage Hirschfeld and Bear W. Qolezcua's sermon delivered on July 25, 2021. In a world where trusting others feels harder each day, remembering lessons of trust and letting them guide us is an act of revolution. Join our RE Intern, Sage Hirschfeld, and Director of Communications, Bear Qolezcua, as they explore the topic of trusting in others and ourselves.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035307/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-07-25_When_Trust_is_Hard.mp3

"Summer Musings" (July 25, 2021) Worship Service

If we are lucky summer affords us some of the spaciousness it did as children. Time to wander in body and spirit and let things bubble up, fall away, clarify. Let's make space for such musing this Sunday.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Daniel Jackoway, Worship Associate; The Harmony People: Anjalisa Aitken, Gary Garrett; Asher Davison, song leader; Bill Ganz, pianist

Eric Shackelford, camera; Lyle Barrere, sound; Amy Kelly, flowers, Joe Chapot, OOS Design & live chat moderator; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x5Qg48-bVgg5SEt9K0FgHiC46pSz3FV2/view?usp=sharing

LIVESTREAM:

https://youtu.be/hDUscggUaaU

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035246/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210725VRSSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, July 25, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035151/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210725.mp3

Watch the Service: To enable YouTube provided closed-captioning while viewing the service, click the “CC” icon on the bottom bar of your YouTube video player.    

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035129/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07-18-21-audio.mp3

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on July 18, 2021. We live in a culture that often encourages us to project an air of invincibility. Yet research by Brene Brown and others in the social sciences indicates that the opposite may be the key to living whole-heartedly. Being willing to embrace and express our vulnerability may be the source of authenticity, human connection, and empathy, as well as the ability to both love and accept being loved.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035047/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-07-18_Sacred_Vulnerability.mp3

Sunday, July 18, 10:50 AM, Worship Service

"Crisscrossing Humanity"

Meg McGuire and Carmen Barsody, preaching

From Cathedral Hill to the Tenderloin, from one side of the city to the other, the many moments where our paths cross are invitations to discover and re-discover our common humanity. Bringing in lessons from the vision and work of the Faithful Fools Meg McGuire and Carmen Barsody reflect on the practice of encountering one another, and the healing, celebration and community that comes from it.

Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern; Carmen Barsody, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, organist & handbell choir director; Rita Fabrizio, flute; John Thomas, tubaist; Asher Davison, song leader

Eric Shackelford, camera; Steven Kroeger, sound; Carrie Steere-Salazar, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035024/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210718Sermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, July 18, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034930/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210718.mp3

Watch the Service: To enable YouTube provided closed-captioning while viewing the service, click the “CC” icon on the bottom bar of your YouTube video player.    

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034749/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07-11-21-audio.mp3

"Relinquishment" (July 11, 2021) Worship Service

As many of you know, John was Senior Minister at UUSF from 2014 until his retirement in 2017. He had earlier been President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 1993-2001, among other posts in religious leadership. He first began pondering relinquishment as he gave up thousands of books before moving the West Coast. He was helped by his witty wife Gwen observing, “I’ve never yet seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul!” Yet some of our most difficult relinquishments are not about things – but about less material attachments. This continues to the very end. Still, we are spiritually wiser if we start the practice earlier.

Rev. John Buehrens, Guest Minister
Dennis Adams, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organist
Giacomo Fiore, guitarist
Maria Roodnitsky, alto
Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design
Stephen Kroeger, sound
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Judy Payne, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:
https://bit.ly/20210711OS

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034714/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210711JBSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034654/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210711.mp3

the address from the Sunday service at Dublin Unitarian Church, Ireland, on 11th July 2021. Rev. Bridget Spain is the minister at Dublin Unitarian Church

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034632/https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/110721-address.mp3

a collections of readings, prayers and music from the Sunday service of 11th July 2021 at Dublin Unitarian Church, Ireland. Led by Rev. Bridget Spain, minister of Dublin Unitarian Church with contributions from Kathryn McGarvey, Dennis Aylmer and Josh Johnston

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034611/https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/110721-mor1.mp3

Watch the Service: To enable YouTube provided closed-captioning while viewing the service, click the “CC” icon on the bottom bar of your YouTube video player.    

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034527/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07-04-21-audio.mp3

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on July 4, 2021. For over a year and a half, we have all been on an often challenging journey together, but we are still here as a religious community. As we contemplate an upcoming return to in-person church activities, our journey will change course again. What might we need to consider to smooth the potential bumps and avoid potential roadblocks when we begin that new journey?

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034504/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-07-04_We_are_still_here.mp3

"Time to Slow Down" (July 4, 2021) Worship Service

These are urgent times. They long have been. And yet, there are powerful voices, many at the center of justice work, urging us to slow down. We’ll engage this paradox and the spiritual and practical lessons it might offer to us.

Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern
Daniel Jackoway, Worship Associate
Larry Chinn, jazz piano
Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor
Mark Sumner, bass
Eric Shackelford, camera
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design, drums
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Judy Payne, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034444/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210704MMSermon.mp3

“Tolerance” used to be one of the unifying principles of our faith. Is it still? (Originally streamed on May 2, 2021.)

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034422/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMEzwtZKYtI&feature=youtu.be

Most family trees contain some outlaws or skeletons in the closet–people we might wish to forget or hide away. What do we lose when we cut off part of our heritage? We can find lessons about who we are today, and how we can be ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034340/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr4Xom3AluA&feature=youtu.be

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, July 4, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034234/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210704.mp3

a collections of readings, prayers and music from the service of Sunday 4th July 2021 at Dublin Unitarian Church, Ireland. Will O'Connell, a congregation member at Dublin Unitarian Church led the service on behalf of Rev. Bridget Spain, the minister who was unable to attend at short notice. Rev. Bridget wrote the script for the service. Additional contributions from Peter White and Josh Johnston

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034208/https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/040721-mor1.mp3

the address from the Sunday service at Dublin Unitarian Church, Ireland, on 4th July 2021. Will O'Connell, a congregation member at Dublin Unitarian Church led the service on behalf of Rev. Bridget Spain, the minister who was unable to attend at short notice. Rev. Bridget wrote the script for the service.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034146/https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/040721-address.mp3

“Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” – Hamilton

You have lived through an epoch. Now it’s time to begin putting together our individual and collective stories of this time.

Live Oak is honored to welcome attendees of the Southern Region’s virtual “The Point” summer conference ... read more.

Attached media: https://www.liveoakuu.org/podcast-download/7732/a-collective-narrative-of-resilience-possibilities-perseverance-and-empathy.mp3

Societies have used public censure and shunning to punish social transgressions for thousands of years. Today, our instant communication has added a new twist to this. But after someone is shunned for bad behavior what comes next? How do we, as members of society, leave ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034042/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGc05nP6Zs&feature=youtu.be

The myth of the glorious Phoenix, the Firebird, rising from the ashes of its former self or from the flames of devastation is attributed to ancient Egypt. It was thought to be a sacred bird associated with the sun god.  In subsequent centuries other cultures—Greek, Roman, Chinese, Japanese and Hindu among others were drawn to the symbol and brought different meanings to it, but rebirth or regeneration dominate.  The pandemic caused world-wide devastation and now it is our challenge and opportunity to determine how our individual Phoenix rises.

Barb Rausin first came to Live Oak on its first day in the El Salido location and soon realized that she had found her first ever church home.   She came looking for community, not religion, because she had already adopted principles of zen, wicca and pacifism. What a joy to have these and so many others honored by this loving congregation.

Barb’s family is small but precious: daughter Jen, son Eric, his wife Krista and their children Arielle and Kai. None of them are local but always close at heart. Barb has lived in many places and has a widely diverse work history, starting at age 16 in Pacific Tel & Tel, l7 years in the fashion field as a retail copywriter, advertising manager, reporter for WWD. Then 12 years as co-founder, co-manager of Exportations,  15 years with diverse roles in a Fortune 500 computer corporation, years as a realtor in 3 different states…and the list goes on.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033957/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL1Ilri7f0s&feature=youtu.be

Live Oak Members Joel Bercu, Oliver Goss, Cindy La Greca and Carmen Rumbaut, share their thoughts about changes that could be made in the United States so that we might better live into the promise and potential of this nation.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033912/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2_aChsg2Co&feature=youtu.be

Watch the Service: To enable YouTube provided closed-captioning while viewing the service, click the “CC” icon on the bottom bar of your YouTube video player.    

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033807/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021.06.27.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on June 27, 2021. So much of our experience of life is influenced by things we can't control. Weather, illness, coworkers, friends, family. They say we can control how we respond to things, but that does not always feel true. Mostly, Buddhism teaches, we control what we do. Our actions are what we own in the end.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033732/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-06-27_Stream_of_your_life.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, June 27, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033644/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210627.mp3

a collections of readings, prayers and music from the service of Sunday 27th June 2021 at Dublin Unitarian Church, Ireland. Led by Tony Brady, congregation member of Dublin Unitarian Church with contributions from Will O'Connell and Josh Johnston

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033618/https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/270621-mor1.mp3

the address from the Sunday service at Dublin Unitarian Church, Ireland, on 27th June 2021. Tony Brady is a congregation member at Dublin Unitarian Church.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033556/https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/270621-address.mp3

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on June 20, 2021. Getting through challenging times like this, working for justice, building the Beloved Community all require serious contemplation, hard work and allowing ourselves to feel the painful emotions that may come up. We must remember also that play, fun, and humor are necessary to sustain us. We must allow ourselves moments of joy. Love is our ultimate source of resilience, and one of the ways we express that love is through playfulness.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033450/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-06-20_Playfulness.mp3

"Raising Hope" (June 20, 2021) Worship Service

For Father’s Day, we’ll take a deeper dive into what it means to be hopeful. Tom Wyman, author of Infinitely Full of Hope: Fatherhood and the Future in an Age of Crisis and Disaster, and soon to be a first time father, believes that – despite the despair – now is not the time to give up on hope. Rather, we need to cultivate it and keep it alive.

Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Mari Magaloni Ramos, Worship Associate
Gregg Biggs, Small Group Ministry
Bobbi Kovac, Small Group Ministry
Rev. Millie Phillips, Small Group Ministry
Andrés Vera, double bass
My-Hoa Steger, pianist
Brielle Marina Nielson, mezzo soprano
Jon Silk, drummer
Mark Sumner, pianist
Ben Rudiak-Gould, lead
Eric Shackelford, camera
Shulee Ong, camera
Lyle Barrere, sound
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design, drums
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Athena Papadakos, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033406/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210620AJSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, June 20, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033309/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210620.mp3

a collections of readings, prayers and music from the Favourite Readings Service of Sunday 20th June 2021 at Dublin Unitarian Church, Ireland. Led by Rev. Bridget Spain, minister of Dublin Unitarian Church with readings and musical contributions from 10 congregation members

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033243/https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/200621-mor1.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on June 13, 2021. The third strand of the eightfold path is right speech. How do we become mindful of our speech? How do we practice telling the truth, being kind, knowing when to speak and knowing when not to speak?

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033137/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-06-13_What_did_you_just_say.mp3

"Saying Yes" (June 13, 2021) Worship Service

“Teach us all you can by saying yes,” Nancy Shaffer writes in a poem titled “Calling.” Rather than coming from some booming voice on high, the sort of calling that Shaffer describes is marked by the subtle work of learning to listen- and being willing to respond. Preaching for the last time as our ministerial intern (but not her last time in our pulpit) Meg McGuire reframes this notion of calling and reflects on what it might look like for this community going forward.

Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Richard Davis, Worship Associate
Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate
Cal Ball, chalice lighter
Luanne Schulte, Internship Committee
Reiko Oda Lane, organist
Dr. Mark Sumner, choir director
UUSF Choir
Bill Ganz, pianist
Sarah Rose Cohen, lead
Bill Klinglehoffer, lead
Asher Davison, lead
Ben Rudiak-Gould, lead
Eric Shackelford, camera
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design, drums
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Amy Kelly, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033052/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210613MMSermon.mp3

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, June 13, 2021.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032957/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210613.mp3

a collections of readings, prayers and music from the Sunday service of 13th June 2021 at Dublin Unitarian Church, Ireland. Led by Will O'Connell, congregation member at Dublin Unitarian Church with contributions from Gavin Byrne and Josh Johnston

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032937/https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/130621-mor1.mp3

the address from the Sunday service at Dublin Unitarian Church, Ireland, on 13th June 2021. Will O"Connell is a congregation member at Dublin Unitarian Church.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032915/https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/130621-address.mp3

Watch the Service: To enable YouTube provided closed-captioning while viewing the service, click the “CC” icon on the bottom bar of your YouTube video player.    

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032811/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06-06-21-audio.mp3

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on June 6, 2021. The second in our series on the Noble Eightfold Path. In order to reach peace of mind, we understand how the mind and spirit work, and we make powerful intentions to keep impermanence in mind, to hold onto joy lightly, and to remember that everyone dies in the end. Does this turn out to be cheering or depressing, or both?

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032727/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-06-06_Just_a_reminder.mp3