Silent No More
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
by First UU Church of Austin
1w ago
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 ..read more
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First UU is doing Justice
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
by First UU Church of Austin
2w ago
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 ..read more
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Interdependence Day
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
by First UU Church of Austin
3w ago
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 ..read more
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Eclipse Sunday
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
by First UU Church of Austin
1M ago
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 ..read more
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Public Education is Under Attack
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
by First UU Church of Austin
1M ago
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 con ..read more
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The Power of Utopian Thinking
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
by First UU Church of Austin
1M ago
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 ..read more
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Wonder Woman, Fake News, Lie Detectors, and Reasons for Hope
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
by First UU Church of Austin
2M ago
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 ..read more
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Mary and Lou Among the CypressTrees: Stories of Transformation
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
by First UU Church of Austin
2M ago
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 ..read more
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Affect Theology
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
by First UU Church of Austin
2M ago
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 ..read more
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Talkin' bout a Revolution
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
by First UU Church of Austin
3M ago
Rev Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on February 11, 2024. In our mission, we say that we "do justice". What if truly doing justice requires not just new ways of thinking but new ways of being? Equity instead of equality? Liberation versus liberalism? Proximity rather than paternalism? What if we moved beyond charitable compassion to a love that is revolutionary ..read more
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