First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston Podcast

"Wakan" is the the Lakota use of it meaning "divine spirit(s)".

Rev. Mona Lopez from Resurrection Metropolitan Church of Christ, has pursued studies in Metaphysics, Native American traditions and Eastern religions. She links the Lakota concept of Wakan to being present.

Our Emeritus Minister, Rev. Dr. Dan King, will return from the ongoing General Assembly to give some early first impressions and perspectives on this year's program theme "Faithfully Becoming" in the context of emerging religious and social consciousness developments that relate to our denomination's progressive religious values.

What is joy? How can we find it? In this service suggested by 2022 auction winner Susan Murphey, we explored and celebrated joy through word and music.

Gazing toward the horizon can lead us to contemplate our future, but we can also reminisce and reconsider our past. Today, we remember those we've lost, what we've done, and how those things might shape our future.

Dr. Bossen will preaches about the Eighth Principle and why he believes it is important for the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston to adopt it if we are going to live into our vision of widening love's circle.

We look toward the horizon, where the known and unknown meet, as if to our future, but our choices determine if we'll step forward or away. In our youth, mothers and loved ones guided us to make good choices. Our spiritual lives are also actualized by our thoughtful choices.

Robert Wedderburn was the likely the first person of African descent to serve as a Unitarian minister. A political radical, he was convicted for blasphemy in 1821 two years after he opened the multiracial Hopkins Street Chapel in London. A hitherto unknown figure amongst Unitarian Universalists in the United States, this will be the first sermon about him in this country. It results from research Dr. Bossen conducted during his sabbatical.