Audio–Podcasts

“Somebodyness: Dr. King and Dignity” by Rev. Jennifer Ryu, Co-Minister In the last few years of his life, Martin Luther King, Jr. began to address a growing sense of ‘nobodyness,’ not just among his people, but all marginalized people. We pause this Sunday, as we do every year, to reflect on the vision left by Dr. King Listen: https://wuu.org//sermons/ser012008jryu.mp3 Read: …

“For Whom Does This Bell Toll?” the January 13 Sermon by Rev. Preston Moore, Co-Minister What do we mean by belonging and leading in our religious community? Listen: https://wuu.org//sermons/ser011308pmoore.mp3 Read: https://wuu.org//sermons/ser011308pmoore.pdf Links to Readings from the Service: David Whyte, excerpt from The Bell Ringer: D.H. Lawrence, Song of a Man Who Has Come Through John Donne For Whom the Bell …

“Holy Sexuality” by Rev. Jennifer Ryu, Co-Minister Sexuality—This year, a group of WUU teens are participating in “Our Whole Lives,” the UU sexuality education program. Why does our church offer sex ed? What does sex have to do with the holy. Listen: https://wuu.org//sermons/ser010608jryu.mp3

“The Lost Father” The Dec 24 Sermon By Rev. Preston Moore, Co-Minister In most accounts of the birth of Jesus, Joseph is very much a background figure. But this is no ordinary Joe. Come hear the Christmas story from a different perspective – one that reveals the significance of Joseph in giving shape to the radical ministry of Jesus. Listen: …

“A Symphony Called Grace” by Rev. Preston Moore, Co-Minister When rewards come to us “unearned,” what meaning do we make of them? If grace defies our usual causative explanations for what happens to us, how can we trust it? There is great spiritual value waiting for us underneath this five-letter religious word. Listen: https://wuu.org//sermons/ser121607pmoore.mp3 Read: https://wuu.org//sermons/ser121607pmoore.pdf

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“Our Caravan: Who Wants To Be In That Number?” By Rev. Preston Moore, Co-Minister On the life-altering journey from the edge to the center of our faith, how should we compose ourselves? What shared attitudes, values, aspirations, and practices do we need to get where we’re going? How can we have these without veering off into the Ditch Of Orthodoxy? …

“A Heretic’s Faith: Our Journey from the Edge to the Center of the Faith” By Rev. Preston Moore, Co-minister Is there an edge to our Unitarian Universalist faith? If not, should there be? From such a vantage point, looking inward, what can we see at the center? Listen to: “Our Journey: from the Edge to the Center of the Faith” …

“Losing Life: Finding Life” By Rev. David Tetrault Three of the gospel writers overheard and remembered the same piece of Jesus wisdom: if we lose our lives we find our lives. Religion often sees passages like this as an opportunity to champion high moral imperatives. “Here, folks, have some more guilt.” Nope. Maybe we need to turn a saying like …

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