Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation's Podcast

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on November 28, 2021 and led by ministerial intern mandi huizenga. "Love is too much for one poem" writes the Rev. Sean Parker Dennison. Reflections on love and all the "too much" as we approach Thanksgiving and life these days. The theme for November is holding history. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on November 21, 2021 and led by Rev. Emily Gage. "Love is too much for one poem" writes the Rev. Sean Parker Dennison. Reflections on love and all the "too much" as we approach Thanksgiving and life these days. The theme for November is holding history. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-development/...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on November 14, 2021 and led by Rev. Dawn Cooley. In this 30 days of compassion, we will take a look at practical was ways we might practice might compassion with one another. The theme for November is holding history. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-development/soul-connections on our website. To...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on November 7, 2021 and led by Rev. Dawn Cooley. Conflict can be creative, but we often avoid it. What happens when we avoid it too much, and how do we recover? The theme for November is holding history. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-development/soul-connections on our website. To see a video of...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on October 31, 2021 and led by Rev. Emily Gage. Halloween is a great time for playing with fears, making friends with them, and learning about them. The theme for October is cultivating relationship. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-development/soul-connections on our website. To see a video of thi...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on October 17, 2021 and led by Rev. Dawn Cooley. Why is it so difficult and uncomfortable to talk about money? If we lean into the discomfort, what can it teach us about ourselves, our values, and our priorities? The theme for October is cultivating relationship. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-de...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on October 17, 2021 and led by Rev. Dawn Cooley. Why is it so difficult and uncomfortable to talk about money? If we lean into the discomfort, what can it teach us about ourselves, our values, and our priorities? The theme for October is cultivating relationship. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-de...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on October 10, 2021 and led by Rev. Dawn Cooley. What does Homecoming mean? What sort of home does UTUUC offer? The theme for October is cultivating relationship. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-development/soul-connections on our website. For the safety of all in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, U...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on October 3, 2021 and led by Ministerial Intern Mandi Huizenga. The launch of our year-long focus on the second part of Unity Temple's mission statement, Inspiring Compassion. The theme for October is cultivating relationship. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-development/soul-connections on our we...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on September 26, 2021 and led by Rev. Emily Gage. Now, more than ever, we must take the tenderest possible care of one another, and keep asking ourselves, "What is possible?" The theme for September is embracing possibility. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-development/soul-connections on our websi...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on September 19, 2021 and led by Interim Ministerial Rev. Dawn Cooley. Ministers will come and go, but in Unitarian Universalism, the church belongs to the congregation, to the laity. And ministry is what we do together. The theme for September is embracing possibility. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/f...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on September 12, 2021, and led by Interim Ministerial Rev. Dawn Cooley. Deferring maintenance can happen not just in our buildings but also in our spiritual lives, in our relationships, in our society and in our institutions, with similarly detrimental impact. The theme for September is embracing possibility. To read about our theme-based ministry, p...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on September 5, 2021 and led by Ministerial Intern mandi huizenga. This Labor Day weekend let us engage in the revolutionary practice of care. The theme for September is embracing possibility. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-development/soul-connections on our website. For the safety of all in lig...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on August 29, 2021 and led by Rev. Dawn Cooley. Rev. Cooley is the new Interim Minister at UTUUC. She introduces herself to the membership and describes what she hopes to accomplish together with the congregation during her "pre-fired" tenure. The theme for August is what it means to be a people of journey. To read about our theme-based ministry, ple...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on August 22, 2021 and led by Minister of Faith Development Rev. Emily Gage. Rev. Gage reflects on how the pandemic has presented a series of experiences that have tested the limits, of us as individuals and as a faith community. The theme for August is what it means to be a people of journey. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on August 15, 2021 and led by Rev. Dr. Lisa Presley. Life is all about getting from here to there, that "hyphen" between the dates on our headstone. Right now, you at Unity Temple, are on the path from here to there is so many ways. So how do we do it, going from here to there? A life-long UU, Rev. Dr. Lisa Presley is a Congregational Life Consultant...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on August 8, 2021 and led by Unitarian Universalist Church of Princeton Seminarian Pauline E. Nijander. The Hindu faith tradition believes that the holy resides within each of us and in every living being. How can we use this knowledge in how we interact with those around us? Or with those we don't agree with? Or with the living world around us? Join...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on August 1, 2021 and led by Ministerial Intern mandi huizenga. Unitarian Universalists long ago rejected the concept of sin and embrace the power of love. Can sin still be a relevant concept for us? How does love intersect with sin? And how can we fully live into the word love as a transformative practice? The theme for August is what it means to be...

This sermon is from a service that was streamed on July 25, 2021 and led by Ministerial Intern mandi huizenga. Unitarian Universalism has the power to transform our lives, not just provide us a home for unorthodox beliefs. How have we been and how can we be transformed by the power of Unitarian Universalism? The theme for July is what it means to be a people of journey. To read about our theme-bas...

This service was streamed on July 18, 2021 and led by Ministerial Intern mandi huizenga. Picking weeds, planting seeds, and harvesting produce might not seem like a glamorous or fulfilling job. Yet, tending a garden is full of lessons for our lives. Let's explore some of those lessons together. The theme for July is what it means to be a people of journey. To read about our theme-based ministry, p...

This service was streamed on July 11, 2021. Rev. Emily Gage reflects on how these uncertain and challenging times call for traveling lightly, asking us to open our hearts and minds and hold each other's hands tightly. The theme for July is what it means to be a people of journey. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith-development/soul-connections on o...

This service is from a live stream on July 4, 2021, led by UTUUC members Terry Kinsey and Jay Cohen. Terry is the founder of UTUUC's Mindful Reflection Community (MRC) and Jay is a co-facilitator with the MRC. They reflect on engaging mindfulness practices, including awareness, spaciousness and compassion, as we navigate our transition to a new minister and navigate our lives in general. The theme...

This service is from a live stream on June 13, 2021, led by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor. For his farewell sermon, Rev.  Taylor reflects on the call to forge new paths in a time of change. He imagines a fabulous future for UTUUC because of the willingness to listen deeply and to be uncomfortable. For that is what it means to be a people of faith. The theme for June is what it means to be a peo...

This service is from a live stream on June 6, 2021, led by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor. Sharing how ministry is something we do together, Rev. Taylor reflects on the deep graciousness he has encountered at UTUUC over his 18 years here, and how the congregation has long had a spirit of play and the willingness to take leaps of faith. The theme for June is what it means to be a people of play....

This service is from a live stream on May 23, 2021, led by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor. Reflecting on the disturbing Unitarian connection to the Tulsa Race Massacre a century ago, Rev. Taylor articulates a theology of grace for navigating a ruptured world. The theme for May is what it means to be a people of story. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.or...