First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston Podcast

Presented as part of our Earth Day Service, "We are the Ones We've Been Waiting For" was inspired by Sweet Honey and the Rock's song and filled with inspiration.

Various holidays across the world herald the coming of Spring, a time of renewal and rebirth. The popular Hindu festival, Holi, also known as the Festival of Spring, was celebrated on March 18. Two days later was the Spring Equinox, a logical marker for such a celebration, and Ostara marks the vernal equinox in some modern Pagan traditions.           Eggs are an ancient symbol of new life and rebi...

The pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine might cause many to question hope. The UU theologian James Luther Adams, wrote "Liberalism holds that the resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism." How might we Reimagine Hope in our troubled world?

Join Dr. Bossen and our new Acting Music Director Dr. Jolie Rocke for a conversation on how music and how it relates to worship and history can make a difference. 

We launch our annual stewardship drive, and our theme for the month on reimagining relationships, with a service devoted to the proposition that we are not just in relationship with people living but those who came before and those who will come afterwards.

Rights have been described as the freedoms we have that are protected by our laws. Our 4th Principle affirms "A free and responsible search for truth and meaning." We conclude our month of Reimagining Responsibility by considering the tension between rights and responsibilities. What happens when rights are demanded without acceptance of the correlating responsibilities?

In our month of Reimagining Responsibility, we will consider a vital program offered in many UU churches, Our Whole Lives (OWL). UUs are urged to embrace our whole lives, including aspects sometimes stifled in other places: our inquisitive nature, our passion to be our best unique selves, and our identities as sexual beings. OWL is a comprehensive, lifespan sexuality education curricula that "help...

Dr. Gafney preaches using Lenten lessons from her book: A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church. Dr. Gafney is the Right Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School and an Episcopal priest canonically resident in the Diocese of Pennsylvania and licensed in the Diocese of North Texas, and a former Army chaplain and congregational pastor in the AME Zion Church. She is the...

What is our new understanding of responsibility? Are we being responsible now? Does the current situation in our world calls us to reimagine a new understanding? Join us as we celebrate Women's History Month plus an additional exploration of Reimagining Responsibility, this month's theme at the pulpit.

The winner of the 2021 auction sermon asked for a sermon on "self-help books." In this sermon, Dr. Bossen will explore how we can reimagine self-help as a form of care.

On a recent trip back to Michigan, Dr. Bossen did a tour of the sites of Malcolm X's childhood homes. He reflects on what he saw.

February 14 is the annual celebration of love and romance, and this month we're "Reimagining Care." We might also take time to reimagine our care of the environment. How have those in the past approached caring for the earth, and how might we reimagine that care to do even better?

The pandemic has fundamentally changed the world we live in. In these times, one of the many questions we are called to ask: How can we reimagine care to meet the needs of the hour? The readings are : from "Surplus Future Imperfect" by Erica Hunt  "Mysticism and Social Change: God as Presence" by Howard Thurman

We continue exploring our theme of "Reimagining the Other." Before we reimagine the other, we might very well ask, who is 'the Other?' Rudyard Kipling told us, "Father, Mother, and Me / Sister and Auntie say / All the people like us are We, / And everyone else is They." There are many ways to be different, and many ways to think about those unlike us; how might we reimagine those ways?