All Souls Church Unitarian Podcast

All Souls Church Unitarian Podcast

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All Souls Church Unitarian Podcast episodes

  • Whose Call Is It?
    Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker; February 25, 2018 Many voices speak to us as we chart our life’s path and consider our vocational calling. Whose call upon us matters most? Our parents? God? Our inner self? Or??? In the midst of many demands, how do we choose the “call” that we will answer? And what difference…
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  • Half Way Through the Journey of Life
    Rev. Rob Hardies, February 18, 2018 Mid-life crises: they’re not just for the middle-aged anymore. The poet David Whyte says they can occur “anytime that the tide of life seems to have left us stranded on the beach.” Reconnecting with our vocation and purpose in life can get us moving again.
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  • The Gift of Vocation
    http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/02.11.2018%20The%20Gift%20of%20Vocation_0.mp3

     

    Rev. Dr. Joanne Braxton, February 11, 2018

    How do we sustain our gifts of vocation and calling through seasons of moral ambiguity? How might wonder and awe help us as we seek to move toward transformative cultures of care and justice?

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  • The World Needs Our Presence…And Our Absence
    http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/01.21.2018%20The%20World%20Needs%20Our%20Presence%20%20and%20Our%20Absence.mp3

     

    Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, January 21, 2018

    “In order to understand the world,” wrote Camus, “one has to turn away from it on occasion.” More than anything else, we must be fully present to both the beauty and brokenness of the world, if we are to help redeem it. But to be fully present over the long haul, we must sometimes take time away from the world. How do we strike a balance between engagement and retreat?

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  • Awake My Soul
    http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/01.07.2018%20Awake%20My%20Soul_0.mp3

     

    Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, January 7, 2018

     

    To be awake is to be present to the fullness of our lives; ours joys and sorrows, perils and possibilities. This Sunday we take stock of our lives and our world, and ask how to begin the New Year with heart, soul, and strength, focused always on our mission of Building the Beloved Community.

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  • Kwanzaa
    http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/12.31.2017%20Kwanzaa.mp3

    Rev. Dr. Joanne Braxton, December 31, 2017

     

    We gather together to celebrate Kwanzaa. As a spiritual and religious community, we will give thanks and invite blessings as we move to into a New Year.

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  • And Grace My Fears Relieved
    http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/12-03-22017%20And%20Grace%20My%20Fears%20Relieved_0.mp3

     

    Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, December 3, 2017

    The popular hymn “Amazing Grace” includes the line, “Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved.” How does grace give us the courage to face our fears?

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  • The Year the Buddha Came for Thanksgiving
    http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/11.26.2017%20The%20Year%20the%20Buddha%20Came%20for%20Thanksgiving_0.mp3

     

    Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, November 26, 2017

    How can we cultivate gratitude and mindfulness during the busy holiday season, and throughout the year?

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  • From Religiously Liberal to Religiously Liberating
    http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/11.19.2017%20From%20Religiously%20Liberal%20to%20Religiously%20Liberating_0.mp3

     

    Rev. Rob Keith, November 19, 2017

    As people committed to love and justice in today’s world, it’s fair to say that we have “counter cultural” aspirations. And yet we’re still products of the larger culture, so it’s easy to accidentally reinforce the status quo rather than challenging it. What would it look like to truly liberate our hearts, minds, and bodies?

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