Unitarian Universalist Sermons and Conversations from First Unitarian Church of Dallas

What miracles can teach us about getting through everyday challenges. In worship this Sunday we will pause for Memorial Day and seek wisdom in miracle stories that extend far past the traditional ones.

- What saves us in each chapter of our lives? This Sunday we celebrate our Coming of Age youth and Graduating Seniors in worship as they, and we all, make meaning in each new day.

We celebrate Mother's Day and the way the spirit is renewed with love and hope.

– a serious question for a serious time.

Whether or not you are deemed an "essential worker" by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic, all of us have essential work. Join us as we reflect on the essential work each of us has to do in this time.

On this 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, with a different world around us, how do we care for ourselves and creation when we aren't entirely in control?

– Lets celebrate Easter for what it means even if it is strange for us to do so!

On this Palm Sunday, what kind of world can we imagine building in this time?

The age old question demands reflection on how to change if we are trying to figure this out.

How do we respond to an uncertain and finite life?

A whole industry exists around bettering the self – it's called "self-help." But what does it really mean to become a better person?

—part two in the sermon series… The heart's longing is a theme in spirituality and religion, what does your heart long for?

—Part one in the sermon series on the human condition. Lets start lent and explore together what the soul of our human frailty is.

– How do we show up for one another when we're always more than meets the eye?

– How do we show up for one another when we're always more than meets the eye?

– What happens if we don't get what's coming to us?

– Religion has shamed us into the forbidden places of our bodies and identities. Mending the soul is mending the ability to love ourselves into being and receive blessings.

– Religion has shamed us into the forbidden places of our bodies and identities. Mending the soul is mending the ability to love ourselves into being and receive blessings.

At times when we feel lost, or out of touch with ourselves, with creation, and with God, how do we find our way back home?

What are the spiritual lessons we can learn from our Unitarian friends in Northeast India?

On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, in the midst of these defining and tumultuous times, when so much is on the line, we must ask "How can we live the values of compassion, justice, democracy and interdependence in bold, courageous ways that have the power to make a measurable difference today and for the future?"

What kind of lives are we supposed to lead? What's the test?

In this annual burning service, we cast aside something we've been hoping to let go of. What voice do we listen to when deciding what to burn?

Thresholds are generally understood as transitional spaces in architecture and in life, but hallways rarely get their due. Let us, then, take the time to consider the roles and importance of both as we approach the new year ahead, and the beginning of a new decade.

We'll look once again at the story of a holy force that disrupts the world as we know it.