Tag Archives: Race

All Bodies are Sacred (Hallelujah!)

Posted on February 5, 2024 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Hallelujah to the grace And the body and every cell of us all The Hallelujah of the body begins at birth. I have been present at two births in my life, (other than my own) neither of them my children’s. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Age, Ageism, agency, Andrea Gibson, Autonomy, Beloved Community, Birth, Bodies, Bodily Autonomy, Body, body-image, body-shaming, Death, Disability, Disabled Justice, Embodied, Embodiment, Fat, Fatphobia, Holiness, Holy, Interdependence, Justice, Liberation, Life, obesity, Pluralism, Race, Racism, Reverence, Sacred, Sacredness, self-love, Sermon, Sermons, Somatic, Sonya Renee Taylor, Theological Anthropology, trans, Transphobia, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Universalism | Leave a comment

Recognition / Seen – Easter 2023

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

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 →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Affirmation, Anagnorisis, Belonging, Black, Christianity, Closet, Compassion, Democracy, Diversity, Easter, Friends, Grief, Growing, Growth, Gun Violence, identity, Inclusion, Inclusivity, Jesus, Life, Love, Neighbors, Perepetia, Race, Racism, Recognition, Resurrection, Revolutionary Love, Sermon, Sermons, Sikh, TDOV, trans, Trans Joy, Transformation, transgender, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, Universalism, Universalist, Valerie Kaur, Visibility, Visible, Whiteness | Leave a comment

Tree / Truth – a sermon for Earth Day 2021

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: “Maple Nation” by Robin Wall Kimmerer Part 1: Tree / Truth Transcript Like any experience of the holy, my first memories of trees come wrapped in fear, and trembling. My uncles, covered in pitch and mud, half-deaf from … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Braiding Sweetgrass, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Based, Environmental Justice, Forest, Generations, Humility, Intergenerational, Overstory, Race, Racism, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Sermon, Sermons, Spiritual, Spirituality, Story, Trees, White Supremacy | Leave a comment

Sermon: Tough Love….Saves Us All (The Hard Work of Beloved Community)

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: “There Is No Easier Way” by Elizabeth Nguyen Sermon: Tough Love Saves Us All When my partner and I were first together, our parents used to talk about us with their straight friends and co-workers by making sure they knew … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice, Sermons, Theology | Tagged 8th Principle, Beloved Community, Courageous Love, Isabel Wilkerson, Justice, Love, Martin Luther King Jr., Race, Racial Justice, Sermon, Sermons, Theology, Tough Love, Universalism | Leave a comment

Endgame – Homily after the 2020 election

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

It’s about five episodes into the new Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit when one of the characters, Harry, presses the main character, Beth: What’s your endgame? She looks at him blankly, a little irritated, and says – to win. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Courageous Love, Democracy, Election, Eschatology, Hope, Imagination, meaning, Political Process, Politics, Purpose, Race, Racism, Theological Anthropology, Theology, Trump, White Supremacy | Leave a comment

How We Eat the Stars 10.25.2020

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Rebecca Elson’s Antidotes to Fear of Death There’s a lot about the Bible that perplexes me. But maybe the most perplexing story in the bible is the story of Moses. I don’t mean the stories he’s most known for – … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons, Theology | Tagged Bible, Change, Cosmology, Creation, Eschatology, evolution, Freewill, Help, Helplessness, Hope, Hopelessness, Human Agency, Justice, Mortality, Moses, Race, Racism, Salvation, Stars, Theology, Thomas Merton, Universe, White Privilege | Leave a comment

The Limits of Diversity: A conversation with Activist Florence Field

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

In the spring of 2020, as I was wrapping up a conversation with Foothills member Lynn Young about growing up during world war 2, when she told me that I should see if I could talk with one of her friends, … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Justice, Sermons, Theology | Tagged Activism, Anxiety, Beloved Community, Calm, Community, Complexity, Differentiation, Discernment, Diverse, Diversity, Fort Collins, Heal, Healing, Japanese, Japanese American, Japanese Internment, Justice, Limits, Race, Racism, Regulation, Sermon, Sermons, Theology, Truth, White, White Privilege, White Supremacy, Whiteness, World War 2 | Leave a comment

All or Nothing

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

It was 1866, and the work for women’s suffrage was at a crossroads. The civil war had ended the year before. Loss and grief were everywhere. Over 10,000 battles had been fought, over 600,000 died. What it means for two sides … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged compromise, ethical, ethics, Feminism, gender, harm reduction, Race, Racism, rules, Sexuality, voting, Women, women's rights, women's suffrage | Leave a comment

Hush

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out But I’m too tough for him I say, stay in there I’m not going to let anybody see you There’s a bluebird in my heart … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Anxiety, Bodies, Embodiment, Emotions, Feelings, Generational, Generations, Grief, Healing, Justice, Men, Race, Silence, Somatics, Trauma, Traumatic | Leave a comment

Heart Broken Open – Martin Luther King Jr Sunday 2021

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Part 1: Let Your Heart Break When my son was really little, one of his most pressing questions was how we know who is a bad guy, and who is a good guy? In theory, although it isn’t all that … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice, Sermons | Tagged Beloved Community, Feelings, Grief, Heart, Heartbreak, Justice, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, Race, Racism, Sermon, Sermons, Theology, White Supremacy | Leave a comment

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