The Unitarian Church of Quincy, Illinois

The Unitarian Church of Quincy, Illinois

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The Unitarian Church of Quincy, Illinois episodes

  • Stuff: What's in Your Attic?
    We are a consuming society! We are casually
    referred to as, "Consumers." It is our function,
    our reason for being, in the mindless vision of
    advertisers. For those of us at the "retail
    level," what are we to do with our
    abundance?
    29 min
  • An Educated Faith
    Explore our fourth Unitarian Principle,
    "The free and responsible search for meaning."
    Nic draws a distinction between the acknowledgement of
    human beings' unavoidable tendency to learn rather than
    as "receptacles of knowledge," education by
    playing follow-the-leader.
    28 min
  • Was Cain Framed?
    Let's spend the next half hour just
    pretending that we are literalist, fundamentalists reading
    the first few chapters of Genesis. Trust me, it'll be
    fun!
    30 min
  • How Do You Share Your Light?
    Mett Morris shares with us the light that
    shines through her from her childhood in central
    Mississippi. It was a village as well as her grandmother
    and her aunts and uncles, that instilled within her the
    values that continue to shine through her.
    23 min
  • Values, Virtues, and Vigorous Religion
    The traditional virtues, those of the
    ancient Greeks and Romans, were the foundation underlying
    much of Christian thought. Explore with us the influence of
    Cicero and others upon the values championed by the
    Catholic Church and by America's Founding
    Fathers.
    36 min
  • Ode to Joy
    When we find our spirit depressed, we would
    do well to search out beauty. Beauty is one possible
    antidote to depression and despair, as exemplified through
    stories told about Beethoven, women imprisoned by the
    Japanese during World War II, and African-Americans
    subjected to prejudice. As Robert Fulghum says of
    Beethoven, "he defied his fate with
    jubilation."
    36 min
  • Surrender, But Don't Give Yourself Away
    The art of surrendering is acknowledging
    the space between mystery and certainty; between me and
    you; between what is and what might be. It is about letting
    go and trusting that the journey is as important as the
    outcome. The challenge of surrendering is no small task.
    One of our greatest adversaries is time, that unceasing
    river that carries us from birth to death.
    30 min
  • For Valentine's Day: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage
    Successful marriages are rarely founded
    upon fascination with a personality or with physical charm.
    Marriage is more likely to be successful when you have
    fallen in love with what you and the other person create
    together. The example offered here is both; a marriage
    unlikely to succeed and one of the most successful
    marriages of the 20th century.
    42 min

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