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Buckminster Fuller said, "You never change anything by fighting it; you change things by making them obsolete ..." In his sermon, Rev. David Miller asks us to take up Fuller's challenge: "Instead of pouring our energy into demolition, we could pour it into building something so alive, so generous, so incredibly life-giving, that people don't need to be convinced into leaving the old model behind."...

Senior Minister Rev. David A. Miller answers questions from the congregation about being welcoming and sharing the healing message of Unitarian Universalism. Here's an answer to what it means to "put love at the center" of ministry and being a UU. Full service rebroadcasts Mon and Wed, 7pm, uucf.org/streaming.

In his sermon "The Work Is Never Finished," Rev. David Miller explores what it means to be part of the "Living Tradition" of Unitarian Universalism. He calls us to keep asking: Who's in the room? Who still needs to be? What work remains, and how can we share our gifts to do it together? Along the way, he offers a few things to release - and a few to embrace. Full sermon: uucf.org/sermons. Full ser...

Is this real? Guest minister Rev. Rebecca Benner offers insight into why knowing what is real matters in each of our lives and in community with each other. Full sermon at uucf.org/sermons. Service rebroadcasts Sun-Tue, 7pm, uucf.org/streaming.

In his sermon - The Absence of Clarity - Senior Minister Rev. David Miller posits that individualism and collectivism - or covenant - were never meant to be in competition. They were always meant to be together - especially in Unitarian Universalism as we “walk together in the spirit of love." Although we can disagree, we need to figure out ways to stay in covenant and not separate ourselves just...

Instead of thinking inside the box, and buying the same old binary model, Rev. David Miller encourages us instead to be the ones who who explore what's possible and envision and help build a new model. Full rebroadcasts Sun-Tue, 7pm, uucf.org/streaming. #uucf #possibilities

In John 13:34–35, Jesus centers love as the defining commandment: love one another as I have loved you. Rev. David Miller suggests the real miracle of Easter is that Jesus' followers should be known not by doctrines of memorization, purity, prosperity, or power, but by love alone, "a radical redefinition of religious purpose and identity."

There are plot twists in life. In his sermon, guest minister Rev. Byron Tyler Coles tells us that sometimes the chariots that we hope for aren't golden. Sometimes, our peace, our hope, the comfort we seek, come in forms we didn't expect, but those unexpected offerings can still bring us insight and growth.

Instead of paying attention to every falsehood and unscrupulous morality served up to us, Senior Minister Rev. David Miller offers the words of Bell Hooks to help illustrate where our attention must go: "To be truly visionary, we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality." This means "we desperately need to think about, st...

Rev. David Miller reminds us that "The world needs us. But the world also needs us to pay attention to it ... all of it. Because when we allow ourselves to let moments of awe inspire us, we are reminded why this world and its fragile miracles are worth all the risks that may come with the radical need for acts of love and justice." Full service rebroadcasts Sun-Tue, 7pm, uucf.org/streaming.

Most of us are confronted with things in our lives we didn't expect and maybe things we didn't think we could do. Rev. David Miller offers some possible ways to boost our resilience so we are better able to face what lies ahead. Full service rebroadcasts Sun-Tue, 7pm, uucf.org/streaming. Strategies to build resilience: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_science_backed_strategies_to...