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First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

First UU Church of Austin

Weekly podcasts of sermons delivered at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin. Our minister is Rev. Meg Barnhouse. Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community. We are an inclusive liberal religious and spiritual community. We support each individual's search for meaning and purpose and join together to help create a world filled with compassion and love. All are welcome without the distinction of race, class, gender, sexual orientation or creed. Please visit us on the web at austinuu.org. A complete listing of over 850 archived sermons can be found by clicking the sermon index link on every sermon.

  • 33 minutes 3 seconds
    Silent No More
    Nancy Mohn Bernard's service delivered on April 28, 2024. Lately, bad news is omnipresent: climate change, polarized politics, and inequity abound. But Unitarian Universalism offers a message of good news, we just need the courage to share it.
    29 April 2024, 12:00 am
  • 37 minutes 6 seconds
    First UU is doing Justice
    Rev Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on April 21, 2024. Our church and our faith have a long history of doing justice in our world. We will explore our current efforts to build the Beloved Community and how you can get involved. Our Unitarian Universalist faith calls us to do justice, as does our church's mission. Our spiritual practices sustain us in that work. In turn, building Beloved Community can be a vital source of our own experience of spiritual nourishment and transcendence.
    22 April 2024, 12:00 am
  • 32 minutes 54 seconds
    Interdependence Day
    Rev Chris Jimmerson and Rev Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on April 14, 2024. We often speak of interdependence in terms of the web of all life, from earth to all the plants and animals. But what does interdependence mean in the context of human life? How does interdependence impact human relationships and human community?
    16 April 2024, 12:00 am
  • 35 minutes 36 seconds
    Eclipse Sunday
    Rev Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on April 7, 2024. We live in a universe filled with awe and wonder. Join us as we celebrate the upcoming solar eclipse.
    9 April 2024, 12:00 am
  • 33 minutes 39 seconds
    Easter Sunday
    Rev Chris Jimmerson and Rev Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on March 31, 2024. In the gospel stories, the people who found Jesus' tomb empty or experienced his resurrection felt uncertain. They wondered: What is happening? What does this all mean? What should I do? Like them, we too, have much to feel uncertain about - in our lives, in our church, and in the wider world, and we ask ourselves similar questions. What might happen if we decided to embrace these feelings and experiences of uncertainty? What gifts might we discover? What joy might we find?
    2 April 2024, 12:00 am
  • 40 minutes 48 seconds
    Public Education is Under Attack
    Guest Speaker Rev Jonanna Fontaine-Crawford's service delivered on March 24, 2024. Across the United States, people are showing up at school board meetings to protest books and knowledge they deem inappropriate, especially concerning education around diversity. Here in Texas, the governor called the legislature back into session in an attempt to divert public school funding to vouchers for private schools. But there is an underlying battle that has been waged since 1848 when Unitarian Horace Mann said, "Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery." What is the real outcome we are fighting over?
    27 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 35 minutes 53 seconds
    The Power of Utopian Thinking
    Guest Speaker Carrie Holley-Hurt's service delivered on March 17, 2024. Things feel very bleak right now. There is so much violence, so much political corruption, and so much inequality that it can feel overwhelming. But our religion is not one of despair but hope and that hope is tied to our ability to imagine a more just and compassionate world for everyone. Utopian thinking is our superpower! Let's explore our superpower and how we can tap into it even when we feel overwhelmed by the world's pain.
    18 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 39 minutes 41 seconds
    Wonder Woman, Fake News, Lie Detectors, and Reasons for Hope
    Rev Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on March 10, 2024. During this "Great Turning," it can sometimes feel more like the world is turning away from truth and justice rather than toward it. How, during these often troubling times, might we sustain hope?
    12 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 35 minutes 33 seconds
    Mary and Lou Among the CypressTrees: Stories of Transformation
    Guest Speaker Bis Thornton's service delivered on March 3, 2024. What is sacred about transformation? Does the divine change alongside us? What is our relationship to the interconnected web of all existence when we transform? Do we still have ancestors if we change? And do we ever stay the same? Join Bis Thornton in a journey through sacred stories of transformation as we imagine answers to these questions and more.
    4 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 45 minutes 10 seconds
    Affect Theology
    Rev Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on February 25, 2024. Did you know that Unitarian Universalism has its very own theology? It is called Affect Theology and was created by the Rev. Dr. Thandeka, a Unitarian Universalist minister and theologian. This umbrella theology is an embodied theology that when well understood and applied can help UUs of multiple theological and philosophical perspectives to lead lives of wholeness and fulfillment.
    27 February 2024, 12:00 am
  • 38 minutes 58 seconds
    Wholly Spirited
    Our Whole Lives (OWL) is the nationally renowned sexuality education program rooted in our faith values. OWL includes age-appropriate curricula for people from kindergarten through older adulthood. OWL is an essential element of our faith development ministries and the differences it is making in the lives of people in our religious community and beyond.
    21 February 2024, 12:00 am
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