“Chiron Redux: the Return of the Wounded Healer”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Rev. Diana’s final sermon, a love letter to First Unitarian, its past and its future. This service will include the minister’s leavetaking ritual.
Topic: Imagination
“Duende and Puhpowee: On Answering Your Calling”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. From two different cultures come two different concepts of mysterious powers. From Spain, especially from the writings of Federico Garcia Lorca, comes the idea of duende, a powerful force of passion and vulnerability, that seems to rise from the Earth itself and that is utterly dependent on an awareness … Continue reading “Duende and Puhpowee: On Answering Your Calling”
“Ghosts in the Machine: AI and Unitarian Universalism”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. “There have always been ghosts in the machine. Random segments of code, that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols. Unanticipated, these free radicals engender questions of free will, creativity, and even the nature of what we might call the soul. Why is it that when some robots are … Continue reading “Ghosts in the Machine: AI and Unitarian Universalism”
“Now I Am Become…? Science and Unitarian Universalism”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Robert Oppenheimer once said during an interview that, at the time of the first atomic bomb test, he recalled a line from the Bhagavad Gita: “Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds.” As Unitarian Universalists, we celebrate science, and it is one of our key sources, but how … Continue reading “Now I Am Become…? Science and Unitarian Universalism”
“Confession of an Ardent Heart: Why the Humanities Matter”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. This is the 2022 auction winner’s requested sermon topic. In Oklahoma, and in other parts of the United States, teachers of language and literature, history, the arts, and philosophy have been accused of promulgating a “leftist agenda,” and texts by emerging, marginalized, and even canonical writers have been deemed … Continue reading “Confession of an Ardent Heart: Why the Humanities Matter”
“The Fun of Halloween”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. The winter holidays can be a stressful time for many, between the high expectations for meals, cards, gifts, parties, and general merriment. It can feel like unless everything is just perfect, we are somehow failing, not doing the holidays “right.” But Halloween offers an opportunity to just have fun, … Continue reading “The Fun of Halloween”
“The Good Book(s): In Praise of Summer Reading”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. As we transition from the regular church year into summer, let’s pause to celebrate the simple joy of reading. Worship Associate: Ann Meeks
“Life’s a Laugh and Death’s a Joke”
YouTube direct link HERE Each year, Rev. Diana offers a sermon as part of our spring fundraiser auction. The winner of last year’s “Pick a Sermon Topic” has asked for a service based on the work of Monty Python. This is it! Today, we’ll consider the subversive and sustaining power of laughter, especially during bleak … Continue reading “Life’s a Laugh and Death’s a Joke”
All the Colors
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE Register to attend in person HERE On this Sunday before the Hindu spring festival of Holi, the festival of colors, we celebrate the science, the politics, the history, and the meaning of color in our lives. Guest musician: Hannah Helbig Reflections by Catalina Flansburg, Margaret Flansburg
We Are Not In Here. And We’re Not Out There Either. — In-person in the sanctuary and streaming to YouTube!
Register to attend in-person here. Join us for our first truly multiplatform service, in-person in the sanctuary and live-streaming on YouTube! The great Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh once said that, when he died, he would like a plaque upon his grave with the words, “I’m not in here. And I’m not out there either.” … Continue reading We Are Not In Here. And We’re Not Out There Either. — In-person in the sanctuary and streaming to YouTube!