Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington's Podcast

For the month of October, our minister Rev. Brian Chenowith has been on a mini-sabbatical. This week we are joined by Lisa Jensen, who is a writer from Nicholasville KY. She shares with us her experiences of her long road with Corona Virus (COVID-19).   Support the show

For the month of October, our minister Rev. Brian Chenowith is on a short break. Joining us this week is a guest minister, the Rev. Dr. Leah Schade. She has visited with us once before during this time of quarantine, and for this service she offered a subject matter near and dear to many people's hearts- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Other readings by Rachel Wade-Harper.  Support the show

For the month of October, our minister Rev. Brian Chenowith is taking a mini-sabbatical. This week we are joined by Rev. Diana Hultgren, one of our community ministers. She brings us stories from her tribulations of keeping bees, and shows us what we can learn from these colonies. Also featured are Erika Emrick, Mya Wade-Harper, and Nathaniel Hocker who provide us with readings.  Support the show

Starting off our October we have another special and favorite service for many UUs: the blessing of the animals. Our beloved Rev. Brian Chenowith is taking a mini-sabbatical for the month of October, and we will have a rotating cast of lovely guest speakers to fill in that space. This week we have a number of featured voices from our worship community, [in order of appearance] Stacey Stone (Direct...

We begin this week's podcast with an acknowledgement of Yom Kippur. Featured is a performance by Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, the Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City. The text is "Kol Nidre", an Aramaic recitation which precedes the evening service of Yom Kippur. Our podcast reflects this attitude of atonement, a difficult notion to achieve in these strange times.  Support...

This week marks the beginning of our Stewardship season, where our church asks members to contribute in ways that they feel comfortable. Rev. Brian Chenowith discusses what that sentiment means in these uncertain times, and explores how this shift in our church format has affected this and all other aspects of our church community.  Support the show

This week is a special service that Unitarian Universalists celebrate all over the country, the Water Communion. Rev. Brian Chenowith brings us an anecdote about a spider, and relates that experience to how we are all feeling about the strangeness of the world right now. The reading this week was "Last Night As I Was Sleeping" by Antonio Machado, which is referenced in the sermon as well...

Question Sunday is a popular semi-annual appearance in many UU churches, where the Minister freely accepts questions from the congregation and answers them. This week Rev. Brian Chenowith provides answers for several such questions, selected randomly with the help of everyone's favorite Icosahedron (a twenty sided dice).  Support the show

In this week's episode of the sermon podcast, Rev. Brian Chenowith brings us a call to action, to expand the scope of our virtual service body and the work that we do for each other.  Support the show

In this podcast, from the Sunday service on August 16th, we have a special service, with three voices from our community, Mya Wade-Harper, Eric Huffer, and Andrea Kendall.  In keeping with themes of the 8th principle of Unitarian Universalism that our congregation has voted to adopt, we take a look at what it truly means to accountably dismantle systems of racism and other oppressions in ourselves...

In this sermon podcast, from our Sunday service on August 24th, Rev. Brian Chenowith asks how we are coping with all of the complications of life at this point in the year.  In times like these, the value of developing and improving coping mechanisms cannot be overlooked.  Support the show

For this week's podcast, as we near a time of year traditionally associated with the beginning of earnest semesters of normal church service, Rev. Brian Chenowith takes an introspective look at how the forced distance of this new format of online services has created change for those who work or volunteer their time for the church. One of the many questions we must ask ourselves as we face do...

For this week's service we are joined by Nancy Combs-Morgan, a Congregational Life Consultant for the MidAmerica UUA region, and Mya Wade-Harper. Reflecting on themes represented in the cherished UU hymn #128 (From Singing the Living Tradition) "For All That is Our Life", they ask us to take an introspective look at what good we want to do, visualizing the changes that we wish to ma...

For our final Sunday service of the month of July, Rev. Brian Chenowith calls for us to find awe in small moments, especially in the hard times we find ourselves in this year.  Support the show

For this week's podcast we have a very special guest with us, Rev. Dr. Gordon Gibson, who was directly involved with the voting rights campaign in Selma, only a few weeks after he was ordained. He is a member of the board and Historian for the Living Legacy Project and author of Southern Witness, both endeavors which chronicle Unitarian Universalist efforts in the ongoing struggle to secure C...

This week, Rev. Brian Chenowith shares with us a story from his time on study leave, a particular depth of Zen practice that may be helpful for these strange times which persist.  Support the show

This week's sermon is a reflection over the Independence Day holiday, as Rev. Brian Chenowith dismantles the typical or traditional attitude towards this weekend. As Americans we forget how many people do not yet have the freedom that we proclaim in our famous writings and inscribe in our monuments.  Support the show

This week as our minister Rev. Brian Chenowith remains on study leave, we are very happy to have been joined by Rev. Dr. Leah Schade. Dr. Schade among many other things is a member of Kentucky Interfaith Power And Light, alongside Rev. Brian Chenowith. From this background she brings us a story of fellow people of faith, and the hardships they endured earlier this month in DC. From the steps of St...

This week, as Rev. Brian Chenowith is on study leave, one of our community ministers Rev. Diana Hultgren gives us our homily. She speaks of digging, and the ongoing work that we need to do to change the world for the better. Even when it gets hard, or uncomfortable.  Support the show

This week would normally be an oft-celebrated departure from normal UU services as we celebrate the Flower Communion holiday. Considering our unusual circumstances this calendar year, Rev. Brian Chenowith lifts up the importance of that celebration, but also in accepting that things are different in current times.  Support the show

For this weeks podcast, as a UU church that affirms the need for an eighth principle which speaks to the intentional dismantling of systemic racism, Rev. Brian Chenowith speaks about Black Lives Matter, and on the importance of saying the names of those we have lost. But not to let the meaning of those names become forgotten.  Support the show

This has been a tumultuous week, and this week's sermon reflects that. In a rumination that starts with a memorable Ray Bradbury short story, Rev. Brian Chenowith reminds us the importance of allowing ourselves to grieve.  Support the show

Today, in a very special episode, we are featuring two members of our congregation to speak on equity and intersectionality. They decided that the best way to embody that concept in this format was to treat this sermon as a dialogue. Many thanks to Nancy Combs Morgan and Mya Wade-Harper for sharing with us.  Support the show

This week's episode of the podcast gives us a glance into the personal struggles of Rev. Brian Chenowith and addresses many people's general concerns for the world we live in these days. Support the show

Rev. Brian Chenowith brings us a message of hope in uncertain times, in acknowledging the next part of the path that stands before us all. This "Great Restart" he refers to offers up a chance for things to be different, at the cost of them not being 'normal' again.  Support the show