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- Cultivating Compassion in a Challenging World with Rev. Steve Sieck
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What does it mean to cultivate compassion in a challenging world? As national figures debate whether empathy is a sinful weakness, how do we as Unitarian Universalists respond to challenges with compassion? Join us for a service that engages our hearts and minds to love radically, grow ethically and spiritually, and serve justly.
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23 min - It's Great to Meet You, Episode 5: Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott Coordinator of Interfaith Engagement, DMARC
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Links from the Show:
- Donate to DMARC
- Donate food to DMARC
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20 min - Compassion in Community with the Celebrant Team
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We would move out of defensiveness, see another's perspective; we would honor silence; be more curious; not keep score.
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25 min - Shining Your Light with Rev. Steve Sieck
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What does it take to give the same compassion to ourselves as we do to others? What drives our resistance to self-compassion? How do we balance the need to care for ourselves with the need to care for the world? Join us for a powerful service of light and love.
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22 min - It's Great to Meet You, Episode 4: Mark Stringer, Executive Director, ACLU of Iowa.
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https://www.aclu-ia.org/get-involved/
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19 min - What is Compassion? with Rev. Steve Sieck
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What is compassion? What does it feel like to receive compassion? What does it look like to be compassionate? This Sunday we welcome in the October theme of Cultivating Compassion by exploring what it means to be fully present for one another.
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23 min - It's Great to Meet You, Episode 3: Max Mowitz, OneIowa
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It's Great to Meet You, Episode 3: Max Mowitz, OneIowa
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Oneiowa.org
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20 min - Why I Choose to Belong Here with the Board of Directors
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Four Board of Trustee members will introduce themselves and tell you why they chose to belong to this church, and why they chose to take the leap and landed on the Board.
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19 min - It's Great to Meet You, Episode 2: Wes Mullins, Executive Director, Capitol City Pride
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It’s Great to Meet You, Episode 2: Wes Mullins, Executive Director, Capitol City Pride
Links from the Show:
Capitol City Pride: Home - Capital City Pride
Pride Storyteller Event, Nov. 13: Apply to Be a Pride Storyteller - Capital City Pride
Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund fundraiser: Give Now
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18 min - Limits of Belonging- Sunday Service with Rev. Steve Sieck
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In order to build a sense of belonging, we need covenants to keep ourselves safe in community. Hear the stories of Jonah, Jonah, and Karl as we explore the limits of belonging.
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About First U Think
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First U Think is a podcast designed for you, just as you are. We're bringing you weekly talks about the topics that matter. Living with values. Caring about the world and the people in it. Making a…
difference. Learning about prophetic people and their work. Want to change the world? First you think. First U Think is brought to you by the First Unitarian Church of Des Moines IA.