First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston Podcast

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston Podcast

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First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston Podcast episodes

  • "Love at the Center" – Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray

    The Article II Commission of our tradition is proposing significant changes to our UUA statement of purpose and principles that includes a re-articulation of our core values, stating "Love is the power that holds us together and is at the center of our shared values."

    What does it mean to understand Love at the center of our faith and to live our values through the "spiritual discipline of Love"

    29 min
  • "Inspired: 2023" - Rev. Dr. Colin Bossen
    "This is what I want in heaven . . . words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies." So said the late, great Tina Turner. She was just one of the inspiring people who passed away this year. Continuing his annual tradition, Rev. Colin reflects on some of these individuals.
    34 min
  • "Sanctuary" – Rev. Dr. Colin Bossen
    In 1983 the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston became one of the first congregations in the United States to offer sanctuary to refugees fleeing violence and civil war in Central America. We'll mark the anniversary of the congregation's commitment with a service devoted to the Rev. Bob Schaibly's historic sermon that helped launch a national movement.
    28 min
  • "Contagion: To Visit the Sick"
    December 1st will be the 35th World AIDS Day, created to raise HIV awareness and mourn those whom we've lost. Since so-called 'lepers' in the Bible, causes of disease have been speculative and victims of disease have been stigmatized. COVID continues to make itself known in our community. Causes and effects of disease are now politicized, and victims and those who disagree are villainized. How can we do better?

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    First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston 5200 Fannin St Houston, TX 77004 713-526-5200

    Sunday Services start at 9:30 am and 11:30 am (CST)

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    25 min
  • "Bread Communion: Feed the Hungry" – Carol Burrus
    Our annual Bread Communion service, foreshadowing Thanksgiving, honors those ancestors who are remembered through the bread they baked. This year, we also hone in on the Work of Mercy: "Feed The Hungry".

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    First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston 5200 Fannin St Houston, TX 77004 713-526-5200

    Sunday Services start at 9:30 am and 11:30 am (CST)

    https://www.firstuu.org/ [email protected]

    #firstuuhouston #legacy

    20 min
  • "Works of Mercy: Dorothy Day" – Rev. D. Scott Cooper
    Dorothy Day was both a mentor and mentee while crafting the three core Catholic Worker principles: voluntary poverty, personalism, and pacifism. How do these principles resonate in American churches and culture 90 years later?

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    Support our online and in-person programming by making a donation via text message: Send a text to 73256 and send the following: FIRSTUU

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    First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston 5200 Fannin St Houston, TX 77004 713-526-5200

    Sunday Services start at 9:30 am and 11:30 am (CST)

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    #firstuuhouston #legacy

    27 min
  • "Liberating Love"
    The UUA is currently in the process of revising Article II of its bylaws. This is the section where the principles and sources currently reside. In this service, we consider what the proposed changes to article say about Unitarian Universalist theology and how they might help encourage each of us towards a deeper sense of spirituality.
    29 min
  • "Tolerance and Radical Hospitality" – Omowale Luthuli-Allen

    Guest preacher Omowale Luthuli-Allen is a Houston-based international human rights activist and a veteran of the struggles for peace, justice and democracy since the 1960's and 70's. He engaged to stop the Vietnam War and was a supporter of the Nuclear Freeze movement. Along with a core group of student activists, he co-led the fight to bring democracy to the University of Houston. He graduated there in 1970 with a B.A. in Political Science. Mr. Luthuli's sermon focuses on the space between the infinite perfection and infinite corruption.

    39 min
  • "The Borderlands: Gloria Anzaldúa" – Rev. Dr. Colin Bossen
    The Texas born queer scholar and activist Gloria Anzaldúa celebrated spirituality that emerged at the borders: the borders between nations, the borders between sexes and genders, the borders between ethnicities and races, the borders between languages, and any other border that we might encounter. In this installment of "Lives of the Spirit," we will draw from her wisdom to explore how paying attention to the borders in our own lives might deepen our own sense of the spiritual.
    34 min

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