First U Think

Send us Fan Mail As we begin our February theme of Embodying Resilience, we look at the nature of resilience and how it differs from resistance. In a world that frames most conflicts in win-lose zero-sum terms, how might embodying resilience improve our lives?  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail www.alexitoiowa.org Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we honor Rev. Dr. King and lift up the ongoing work to build the Beloved Community. As we work to resist racism, what might each of us have to change? Support the show

Send us Fan Mail  https://www.amosiowa.org/ Upcoming Events: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QezrU0h9kXqJM4gUL19j6QqAYN2AUwpEHiYp_jU8wjU/edit?usp=sharing Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In the abstract, it’s always right to resist injustice or harm. In reality, it can often be risky, even dangerous, to resist. How do we navigate these daily decisions? How might our UU values guide us through the thorny calculus of resistance? Support the show

Send us Fan Mail As we begin our January theme of Practicing Resistance, we acknowledge that “resistance” is a term and set of practices used by many different people to justify many different actions. What makes resistance good or bad? This service includes a special Turning of the Year ritual to release 2025 and welcome 2026. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Hope – and despair – are ‘contagious’. We usually feel more or less hopeful depending on how those around us feel. Join us this Winter Solstice Sunday to claim the power of Active Hope together, to celebrate that even in the darkest time of the year, the sun still shines. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail To donate or volunteer: https://ubfmdsm.com/donate-volunteer  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail If the future is unknowable, why choose hope? What value does a hopeful outlook bring to our lives? Join us for a celebration of possibility. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Volunteer: https://www.dmymca.org/locations/supportive-housing-campus/volunteer Donate: https://tinyurl.com/4au85ndm Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Is the glass half-full, half-empty, or twice the container for the volume required? Join us this Sunday as we explore how gratitude helps us see the world more clearly and shake us from habitual resentment.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Donate to 26 For Her: https://thebeacondm.org/26forher/ Volunteer: https://thebeacondm.org/volunteer/  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It was the best of times; it was the worst of times… Join us for a service that imagines what the world might look like if everyone made gratitude an integral part of our daily practice – and what it might look like if no one did.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What is the difference between feeling gratitude and practicing gratitude? Join us on Sunday as we dive deeper into our theme of Gratitude, reflecting on how the active practice of gratitude helps both the giver and receiver.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail CISS donations: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/cissgeneralfunddonations CISS upcoming events: https://centraliowashelter.org/events/ Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This November we explore the practice of Nurturing Gratitude. On this weekend traditionally associated with All Souls Day, we remember those we have lost, and we consider how to express our gratitude for those we love. Come for a heartfelt service of gratitude and remembrance and stay for the forum to learn more about putting together your end-of-life documents.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to cultivate compassion in a challenging world? As national figures debate whether empathy is a sinful weakness, how do we as Unitarian Universalists respond to challenges with compassion? Join us for a service that engages our hearts and minds to love radically, grow ethically and spiritually, and serve justly. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Links from the Show: Donate to DMARC Donate food to DMARC Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We would move out of defensiveness, see another's perspective; we would honor silence; be more curious; not keep score. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to give the same compassion to ourselves as we do to others? What drives our resistance to self-compassion? How do we balance the need to care for ourselves with the need to care for the world? Join us for a powerful service of light and love.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Links from the show: https://www.aclu-ia.org/get-involved/ https://onrealm.org/FirstUnitarian/give/ITMAF Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What is compassion? What does it feel like to receive compassion? What does it look like to be compassionate? This Sunday we welcome in the October theme of Cultivating Compassion by exploring what it means to be fully present for one another. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It's Great to Meet You, Episode 3: Max Mowitz, OneIowa Links from the show: Oneiowa.org https://onrealm.org/FirstUnitarian/give/ITMAF Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Four Board of Trustee members will introduce themselves and tell you why they chose to belong to this church, and why they chose to take the leap and landed on the Board. Support the show