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Tag Archives: Belonging
Gather in Joy – a sermon for our first Sunday in our new sanctuary
Can you believe it?! I never doubted we would get here, really, but we have been talking about needing a bigger sanctuary since I started at Foothills 11 years ago, and that conversation had been going on long before I … Continue reading
Recognition / Seen – Easter 2023
Reading: Luke 24:12-32 Sermon My best friend from high school reached out to me last week. We’ve stayed in touch loosely over the years over Facebook, but not in any consistent way. She was in our home town for the … Continue reading
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Becoming a Unitarian Universalist
Reading: Show Up Hungry by Elizabeth Nguyen I got off work at 7 pm and did the thing where you chase the bus a little bit but then realize you won’t make it and walk sheepishly back to the bus … Continue reading
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Tagged Belonging, Coming Out, Commitment, Community, Conversion, Dedication, Duty, Faith, Faith Formation, James Luther Adams, Loyalty, Relationship, Relationships, Religion, Religious Identity, Sermon, Sermons, Spiritual Deepening, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, Unitarianism, Universalism
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Membership and Re-Membership
First Reading: The Hope of Shared Jokes by Liz James When I was a new Unitarian Universalist, my favorite part of church was joys and sorrows. Our minister, Linda taught us that joys and sorrows were for the important moments … Continue reading
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Community in Diversity
(This sermon is an update of a few different sermons I’ve offered in the past, including this one) Reading: The Purpose of the Church Sermon: Community in Diversity In the late 1990s, and the early 2000s, Bishop Carlton Pearson experienced … Continue reading
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Whose Are You?
The first time I heard that meditation was in a ministers retreat in Utah. It was a part of an exercise where we were trying to get clear together on who we understood ourselves as to be accountable to. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountability, Admonishment, Ancestors, Apology, Authority, Belonging, Covenant, Covenantal, Edification, Puritans, Relationship, Repair, Sermon, Sermons
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Another Possibility 