Podcasts about unitarian universalist uu

“Ministers are spiritual leaders of our faith communities. They help us explore life's questions, challenge us to live out our values, and comfort us in times of suffering. Ministers teach, preach, listen and learn by leading congregations, serving as chaplains, and working for justice in the community. Unitarian Universalist (UU) ministers are a diverse group. They include people of different genders and sexualities, and those who are single or partnered. Ministers have different racial identities and ethnicities, different abilities, and come from many ages and stages of life. Their personal beliefs are as diverse as Unitarian Universalism, and all are committed to UU values. Rather than telling others what to do or believe, ministers encourage people to make sense of the world in their own way, supporting them on their life's journey. Ministers serve in a variety of settings—in congregations and beyond. Ministers with the Unitarian Universalist Association are highly trained and highly capable. They go through demanding training and preparation outlined in the fellowshipping process with the UUA, and after being fellowshipped, most get ordained by a UU congregation. Ministry in Congregations and in the Community UU ministers serving congregations act as the spiritual and administrative leaders of their congregations. They lead worship services and give sermons, challenge and guide the congregation's spiritual focus, provide pastoral care and counseling, conduct special services, and represent Unitarian Universalism in the community. Ministers work closely with congregations' volunteer leaders to providing vision, direction, and day-to-day administration, often supervising staff. Some ministers specifically serve a congregation's religious education or social justice program. All congregationally-based ministers lead in partnership with members of the congregation because the members get to choose whom they will call and settle as their minister, because of our commitment to congregational polity. There are growing number of UU community ministers who typically serve outside of congregations. They may serve in hospitals, hospices, nursing home, universities, prisons, or military bases as chaplains. They may serve as an executive director of a non-profit organization or work as a religious community organizer. Some community ministers work as pastoral counselors or are seminary professors. All UU community ministers bring their UU values to their work, holding up the UU spirit of personal growth and social justice.” -https://www.uua.org/careers/ministers. “Explore the links below to learn how Unitarian Universalists weave these traditions and identities into who they are today. Atheist and Agnostic Buddhist Christian Earth-Centered Hindu Humanist Jewish Muslim.” -https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/beliefs. “Unitarian Universalists believe more than one thing. We think for ourselves, and reflect together, about important questions: The existence of a Higher Power Life and Death Sacred Texts Prayer and Spiritual Practices.” -https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe. “Unitarian Universalism values deeds not creeds and we need not think alike to love alike.” -Antonio Myers. Link: https://uunashua.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/100questions.pdf. In the PDF file, I must state that everyone as Unitarian Universalists don't have the same beliefs on each and every topic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support

Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow is a Soto Zen priest in the Suzuki Roshi and Everyday Zen lineages. She has been practicing Vipassana and Zen for 30 years, and is a dharma teacher, field botanist, essayist, and editor. She is also an ordained Unitarian Universalist (UU) minister who has served congregations in Washington, Colorado, and Illinois.  Rev. Zenshin and Reigetsu Susan Moon are co-editors of The Hidden Lamp, a collection of one hundred koans and stories of Buddhist women from the time of the Buddha to the present day.In this episode, Zenshin and I discuss how she became a Buddhist, how The Hidden Lamp came to be, how come Ryonen had to scar her face, and how Zen + UU can change the world. 🙏🏼 From the publisher’s webpage: “The Hidden Lamp is a collection of one hundred koans and stories of Buddhist women from the time of the Buddha to the present day. This revolutionary book brings together many teaching stories that were hidden for centuries, unknown until this volume. These stories are extraordinary expressions of freedom and fearlessness, relevant for men and women of any time or place. In these pages we meet nuns, laywomen practicing with their families, famous teachers honored by emperors, and old women selling tea on the side of the road.Each story is accompanied by a reflection by a contemporary woman teacher—personal responses that help bring the old stories alive for readers today—and concluded by a final meditation for the reader, a question from the editors meant to spark further rumination and inquiry. These are the voices of the women ancestors of every contemporary Buddhist.” Get full access to SparkZen at sparkzen.substack.com/subscribe

From AllCreation's Spring 2022 edition, "Dominionism: Exploring religious relationships with other life." Guest editor, Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, interviews Rev. Erin Walter on the Unitarian Universalist understanding of the Genesis 1:26 concepts of "dominion" and "dominionism." "And God said, 'Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.'" (Genesis 1:26)About ErinRev. Erin J. Walter (she/her/hers) is Minister and Executive Director for the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry (TXUUJM), coach for Beloved Conversations, and a community minister at Wildflower Church in Austin, TX. Erin is a winner of the Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation Sermon Award, a former journalist, and singer/songwriter/bassist for the band Parker Woodland. She is a lifelong Unitarian Universalist (UU), an adviser to the SIMS Foundation, currently serving on the board of Texas Impact. Program 00:00 Intro 01:39 About Erin's band, Parker Woodland 02:30 About Erin's UU ministry and the Texas UU Justice Ministry 03:15 Why is environmental stewardship a priority for you and the TX UU 05:10 Do UUs believe they have “dominion” over the Web of LIfe? 06:20 Dominionism comes from Genesis I. Many people believe that's an open and shut case for taking without replenishing and having domination. But that changes with the “web of life” connotation, it changes the relationship with the word. What is the identity of humankind in the web of life for a UU?  11:20 The here and now… Seeing the Earth as divine increases our sense of urgency to take care of the here and now… Tell us more about a UU take on the present in contrast with a Christian. 14:00 “When Jesus instructs us how to pray, he gives us two prayers: the Lord's prayer and in Revelation, which ends with saying that "God comes to live with them" — us! God comes to be with us. Why wouldn't we want to take really good care of the Creation in order to make way for the Creator?” 19:00 The Christian Climate lament: "Do I work for companies that are going to perpetuate doing with Creation whatever they want? Or, do I help the Earth and go broke? ...That's the world we're living in?!" This is difficult to counsel on.  23:00 What are you working on politically right now?  26:30 Is the Creation Coalition limited to UUs only?  27:30 Metanoia. Some of what I'm learning from editing this issue is there's a common thread, “Nothing's going to change unless we change our perspective. How we look at the environment has to change. Nothing can be more encouraging than the recognition that I'm not alone. If we can unite across our differences, that will foster more of that change of perspective. 30:53 Where do you get your hope from?  References Rev. Darrick Jackson Meadville Lombard Theological Seminary Rev. Fred Small   The Creation Coalition UU Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) Build Back Fossil Free Beloved Conversations Woyaya QuotesWe're a non-creedal faith, so the folks in the pew sitting next to you might not believe the same thing about the Divine. Our faith connections are around principles and values, not so much around creed or dogma. So for us, one of those principles is the interconnectedness of the web of life that we consider us all to be a part of. Many of us fall into that category where our spirits are concerned about how we care for each other and how we steward our relationships, our lives, and our actions in the here and now.I was raised UU, and “dominionism” is really not a word I heard at church.We meet in a place of community, sustenance, and sustainability for this home.If all of this is God's Kingdom, can we treat it as holy? And, what do we have to lose? Yes, I often just feel incredible awe and gratitude to just be in this world, it's, it's amazing.I hadn't thought about humankind as being at the top of any living creature hierarchy.There's a lot of economic and justice layers to how we make our work choices to reflect our values. We have this balance to strike, of facing the hard work that we have to do and making sure we have support to do the work. If not us, who?Spiritual tools are really important. One of the things I'm constantly talking about is that we do not fall into despair. We need our joy practices, our spiritual practices, our sustenance practices, to keep us uplifted enough to be doing the work.If there's one thing that I would hope people across all kinds of political and religious differences could unite around, it would be stewardship of the Earth.I always want to encourage people to find one thing that they can do WITH the interconnected web of our lives; we're not going to each be doing it alone.I mean, the coalition work feels like "The Way" to me, you know. Again, it's this inherent worth and dignity of every person, like, yes, I want to be affirmed for who I am as an individual, but the liberation for the Earth and for Each other is going to be achieved Together.We need to be willing to meticulously make small steps, build relationships one conversation at a time, one meeting at a time, one experience at a time, while also holding this radical, amazing vision of the beloved community we can be building together. We need to see the big, glorious picture while also being willing to do what you and I are doing right now, just have one on one conversations.What's your theme song?###############Thanks for listening. This podcast is part of our Spring 2022 series, Dominionism.Visit the AllCreation podcast site or AllCreation.org for more. Produced and edited by Chris Searles.See the whole "Dominionism" collection here.

We included an excerpt from our great in-depth interview with Lynn Harrison in Episode 498 of Folk Roots Radio. You can now check out the full interview here. Enjoy! Lynn Harrison is a wonderful storytelling singer-songwriter with a fine turn of phrase. Her sixth recording “Something More”, which was produced by Douglas September and Noah Zacharin, features 12 thoughtful and reflective songs about life, love and the power of the human spirit. It’s a beautiful album, and a joy from beginning to end. As befits the production team behind the project, this album has a wonderful feel to it, and includes some excellent players – Noah Zacharin on electric guitar, Douglas September on lap steel, George Koller on bowed bass, Ian de Souza on electric bass and Adam Warner on drums and percussion with cameos from Ed Michael Roth on a bouncy accordion, Denis Keldie on Hammond organ, and Alexander Brown on trumpet. Lynn Harrison is also an ordained Unitarian Universalist (UU) minister and currently serving at First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto and the creator and host of The Bridge – a themed open stage that blends music and spirituality in an innovative and inclusive way. In all aspects of her work, Lynn Harrison shares an inspirational message of love, hope and justice. For more information about the music of Lynn Harrison, visit http://lynnharrison.ca. Music: Lynn Harrison “You Come To Me”, “When I’m On The Water”, “The Protester” and “Something More” from “Something More” (Self, 2020) CDN.

How dare people think they have the right to judge us! Seriously, though, Amelia had two really gross encounters with waitstaff at Applebee’s where they treated her as a “fat customer” instead of a “customer,” much to Pitney’s surprise. She talks about how she often gets treated horribly for daring to exist in public as a fat person, and how fat people, women in particular, get misdiagnosed by awful doctors who see the fat and assume it’s the cause of every malady. Then Pitney talks about a couple times when he was treated badly by waitresses and he rained terror upon their establishments! (Not really. He just got somebody fired.) Finally, Pitney shares a story about this year’s Pride service at his Unitarian Universalist (UU) church, and how much he loves the opportunity going to church gives him to learn that his assumptions about people are often incorrect. But will we stop judging people? Surely you jest! Promo: Tuesdays With Mari (Want to swap show promos? Email us!) We love you for listening! Please take a moment to rate and review us! And please subscribe or add us to your favorites list on your favorite platform so you never miss a show! And share us with your cool friends, not the lame ones. Questions? Comments? Complaints? Write to us at PitneyAndAmelia@gmail.com! Tweet at us at @bitchenboutique! Join the conversation over at our Facebook group! And if you're feeling generous, buy yourself a little something at our Zazzle shop and help to support our show! (Turn off that Content Filter to see the "uncensored" merch!) Who the heck are Pitney and Amelia? A gay guy and his fat friend talking about everything! We've got over 30 years of stories to share about stuff we love, stuff that annoys us, people we've known, places we've been, and things we've seen. Geeky, silly, and always opinionated. NAMES ARE CHANGED TO PROTECT THE GUILTY! We may be awful, but we're right! New episodes every other Friday. Recorded close enough to Austin, Texas to help with their weirdness factor. LGBTQ | Comedy | Pop Culture | Nerd Culture | Horror | Spirituality

It's been more than a year since Ben's first interview, so I reached out to do part 2. We talked mostly about Jordan Peterson's ideas and how they relate to recent developments in the Unitarian Universalist (UU) world.

I met Ali at one of the monthly Centre for Inquiry (CFI) Skeptics in the Pub meetup events. He is my second Unitarian Universalist (UU) guest. He grew up in Iran in a nominally Shia Muslim culture.

Amanda describes her faith journey from conservative Christianity to agnosticism and finally into the progressive Unitarian Universalist (UU) tradition. She describes how within conservative Christianity, she struggled with 'small q questions,' faith problems she believed had answers. But later, she discovered 'Big Q Questions," problems with her faith for which it didn't seem possible for there to be satisfying answers. And these Questions eventually led out of conservative Christianity into agnosticism and the UU. The journey was difficult, in particular sharing her faith change with family, friends, and her church and seminary community, most of whom were Christians. But through difficult and vulnerable conversations, Amanda came to realize that the differences between conservative and liberal religion were not so insurmountable as she had thought. The veil is thin. This Minisode is a recorded sermon delivered at All Souls Community Church of West Michigan, a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Grand Rapids. http://www.allsoulscommunity.org/ P.S. If this recording is too quiet, we are sorry! If it's really hard to listen at this volume, you may want to skip to Gideon, Episode 6, at which point we have fixed this issue.