UCC Cast

You, and your labors, make a difference in the world. Feed your spirit by finding a sense of pride and purpose, no matter what the mission.

Casting a vision, and expanding one’s horizons – stop playing within limits, and start playing with the limits – to better hear how the God that is still speaking is calling us to seek the new and then the next.

Awaken your spirit by making time for reflection. Find a place, special to you, to find rest and restoration.

How do you take time to unwind, to refresh your soul and spirit? It may be as simple as remembering to breathe, to rest, and renew.

Do you often contemplate how your life would be different, if you chose a another path? There is a trick to making the right choices in life.

Take a minute to call to mind the saints who inspired you to be who you are. Remember the things they did that make you walk differently in the world.

Be an instrument of God's peace. As the Rev. John Dorhauer illustrates in today's podcast, if there is ever a time for agents of peace to assemble, it is now.

How do you judge your success as a community of faith and who do you serve?

Reflective contemplation, taking time to step away, helps focus how God is working through us and with us. Do you take stock of what she’s called you to do?

Do you give yourself the time to relive good experiences and remember lost loved ones past?

UCC peace cranes are prepared for another cross country trip. Will this be their last?

Where will it end? In the aftermath of the latest mass murder, how do we maintain spiritual health in the midst of such horror? By remembering the companionship of God is there.

Do not live in fear, little flock. Breathe deep the breath of God. Find your spiritual awakening in the choice to let go of the fears that corrode, divide, degrade, and diminish our capacity for joy.

Like a long summer day, our light grows when we share and show the love of God with the world.

What do you do to quiet your soul and spirit? We all need something that differentiates work from play and lets the whole body come alive.

Can the healing that is to come from repairing the damage caused by racism and white privilege inspire us all to see with new eyes what God envisions?

Finding hope and joy in a broken world often means seeing the light through the cracks.

A connection to a child on the Mayflower, a call to walk in love and peace. John Dorhauer reflects his ties to this ancestor, one among those who established the church he’s been called to lead.

Who do you miss? Take time to embrace the joy of the experiences you once shared when they come back to you in your memories. (Listen in)

Honor the sacred by taking the time to enjoy the gifts that God gave us.

A gift in Bethlehem. Two people from very different places have a chance encounter on a crowded street –– and the child of occupation welcomes the stranger.

What makes a land Holy? Is it the spirit of the place, that the place is made sacred by memory or something else?

A life-changing experience can be as simple as sitting on a rock with a child and just touching hands, or accepting a kindness from a stranger-turned-friend.

Shaped by a visit to the Holy Land, seeing alliances forged across national and religious boundaries across the Middle East, the Rev. John Dorhauer reflects on the presence of people who often stand as the last hope of a peaceful coexistence in the region, and on the sacred presence that seeks to heal the human spirit and reshape human community.

Learning to pause, to stop, to breathe and to think before taking action can often be a way to preserve things that are important. In today's podcast, the Rev. John Dorhauer reflects on how a pause makes him a more effective agent for change and transformation.