June 3, 2018
Love is the spirit of this program. The music spans many genres but has unifying themes of justice, love, learning and hope. The messages come from podcasts, sermons and readings from Unitarian-Universalist and other allied sources in liberal religion. The title of this program comes from the words of a beloved Unitarian-Universalist hymn, “Spirit of Life,” including, “Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion” and “Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.”
Braver Wiser
S.J. Butler
Unity Church Unitarian, St. Paul, Minn.
Sermon
“With Justice for All” (3/4/18)
The Rev. Andy Burnette
Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Chandler, Ariz.
Message
Natural Silence
Andrew Skeotch
ListeningEarth.com
World Religions
Today marks the day when, in 1972 at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sally Priesand became the first woman in the U.S. to be ordained as a rabbi. A Cleveland native and deeply spiritual, her interest in becoming a rabbi came from her parents. The media attention that surrounded her ordination created what she described as an “almost unbearable pressure.” She struggled to find a temple that would accept her. She ended up serving a temple in Monmouth County, New Jersey for 25 years until her retirement in 2006. Priesand told Canadian Jewish News in 2016, “I didn’t become a rabbi because I was trying to champion women’s rights or be a pioneer or any of those things. I just wanted to be a rabbi… I’m a very lucky person, because my dream got to be fulfilled.”
Friday is World Oceans Day, celebrated unofficially since its origin in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The conservation action theme for World Oceans Day this year is preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean. World Oceans Day reminds us that many faith perspectives and indigenous beliefs mandate a sacred responsibility for humans to respect and care for all of life in all its forms and to honor the mystery of what can be perceived but not fully understood. Or in the words of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of Eastern Christian churches, “So what we do to the oceans, God’s vast blue Creation, we do to God’s other creations, including ourselves.”
Sermon
“Path of the Caring Heart” (2/11/18)
The Rev. Tim Kutzmark
Unitarian-Universalist Church of Fresno, Calif.
Message
TBD
Conclusion
Seven Principles and Six Sources of Unitarian-Universalism
- 9:00am It's My Time by Kelly Price on It's My Time - Single (Sang Girl Incorporated)
- 9:08am Blessings by Darden Smith on Everything (Compass Records)
- 9:25am HHBackup13 by
- 9:30am Default User by Live
- 9:33am We Don't Stop by Michael Franti & Spearhead on Everyone Deserves Music (Boo Boo Wax)
- 9:46am Change by Charlie Puth featuring James Taylor on Voicenotes (Artist Partner Group, Inc.)
- 9:53am It's a Small World by Nikki Yanofsky on Disney Jazz (Walt Disney Records)
- 10:00am Rolling Sea by Vetiver on Tight Knit (Bonus Track Version) (Sub Pop Records)
- 10:34am Spiritual Revolutionary by Nabil and Karim on Nabil and Karim Vol. II (Nkindle Productions)
- 10:44am Be More Kind by Frank Turner on Be More Kind (Polydor Records)
- 10:53am Place in This World by Michael W. Smith on Place in This World (Reunion Records)
