First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

Weekly podcasts of sermons delivered at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin. Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community. We are an inclusive liberal religious and spiritual community. We support each individual's search for meaning and purpose and join together to help create a world filled with compassion and love. All are welcome without the distinction of race, class, gender, sexual orientation or creed. Please visit us on the web at austinuu.org. A complete listing of over 1200 archived sermons can be found by clicking the sermon index link on every sermon.

Episodes

May 27, 2025 32 mins
Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on November 6, 2011. How do we forgive? Do we have to forgive and forget? Does it make us more vulnerable to be forgiving?
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Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on October 16, 2011. The third in the series on the seven UU Principles. We talk about acceptance, spiritual growth, encouraging one another. What is "spiritual" for Unitarian Universalists?
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May 27, 2025 26 mins
Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on February 19, 2012. Susan B. Anthony was a Unitarian during the days of fighting for abolition and women's suffrage. She was fierce and complicated, and her life is an inspiration.
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May 27, 2025 25 mins
Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on November 20, 2011. Holidays crank up the expectations for food, decorations, family time, and perfectionism rears its ugly head. How do we deal with not having the perfect life, the perfect home, the perfect job, with Aunt Millie asking us again when we're going to be married..?
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May 27, 2025 18 mins
May 26, 2013 service. The Senior High Youth Group holds its annual youth service and bridging ceremony. The featured speakers are Audrey Lewis and Max Wethington. Bridging is a rite of passage celebrating the movement of our high school seniors into adulthood.
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May 27, 2025 25 mins
Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on April 15, 2012. Our seventh principle is that we affirm and promote "Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part."... What does it mean to respect that web, to be a part of it?
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May 27, 2025 31 mins
Rev. Marisol Caballero's sermon delivered on May 26, 2013. We celebrate our annual Flower Communion with stories of hope. We remember Rev. Norbert Capek who began this annual festival in the 1920's and died at the hands of the Nazi's.
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Guest minister Rev. Mark Skrabacz's sermon delivered on October 23, 2011. Widening our circle of compassion, opening our hearts, embracing life, and living large... these are expressions of growing out, the theme of today's examination of maturing.
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May 25, 2025 34 mins
Rev Michelle LaGrange and Rev Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on May 25, 2025. Rev. Michelle and Rev. Chris will answer questions about the church, life, the universe, and everything (though neither will pretend to have the answers to all that).
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May 21, 2025 46 mins
Rev Michelle LaGrange's service delivered on May 18, 2025. Theology, as well as its scriptural sources, tends to come with a lot of baggage, both personal and cultural. How might we unpack, or set aside, this baggage to reclaim lost sources of spiritual wisdom? What new insights might we gain? Let's bring our sense of imagination out to play in the spiritual realm.
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May 12, 2025 33 mins
Rev Chris Jimmerson and Michelle LaGrange's service delivered on May 11, 2025. Join with us in this much-loved Unitarian Universalist ritual where we bring flowers to add to the large bouquet we create and take a different flower with you, symbolizing both the unique, sacred beauty of each of us and the even greater beauty we create when we share that sacred uniqueness with one another.
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May 4, 2025 50 mins
Rev Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on May 4, 2025. Unitarian Universalism recently centered our faith in love. But this is not an abstract, overly sentimental love that allows us to linger in a liminal space, feeling it only from the sidelines. It is a love that calls us to action - to engage in our world, grounded in a self-love that empowers us to boldly create and demand even more love and justice. It is a fierce love that ...
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April 29, 2025 42 mins
Rev Erin Walter's service delivered on April 27, 2025. We continue the celebration of Earth Day and April's worship theme (joy) by exploring the role of hope and pleasure in movements for climate justice. Join Rev. Erin Walter in a service that shares some of the latest strategies for Climate Justice and invites us to bask in the beauty of the earth and the possibilities of a thriving planet.
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April 22, 2025 38 mins
Rev Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on April 20, 2025. Join us as we celebrate Easter. The service includes joyful music, a child dedication, and Rev. Michelle LaGrave's retelling of the Easter Story.
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Rev Erin Walter's service delivered on April 13, 2025. Who has time or energy for joy these days? Scholars, activists, artists, and theologians offer us paths to seek that spark of life, even in seasons of struggle. Rev. Erin Walter explores this month's spiritual theme - joy - and how it can enliven our daily lives.
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April 8, 2025 16 mins
Service delivered on April 6, 2025. The high school youth group will challenge us to consider the theme of Attraction Beyond the Binary. Rejecting heteronormative expectations for relationships, whether you're queer or not, is part of growing up UU.
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March 31, 2025 33 mins
Rev Erin Walter's service delivered on March 30, 2025. On the eve of Trans Day of Visibility, Rev. Erin Walter and Bis Thornton bring wisdom and beauty from diverse trans leaders, within and beyond Unitarian Universalism, as well as reflections and learnings from the recent All In For Equality Day and Texas UU Justice Ministry day at the Capitol.
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March 23, 2025 54 mins
Rev Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on March 23, 2025. Join us for a restful service full of stories and music about finding Holy Ground. Rev. Michelle LaGrave weaves together a tapestry of stories accompanied by the atmospheric/symphonic stylings of music guests Thor and Friends. Take some time for rest and reflection in the midst of an increasingly chaotic world.
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March 18, 2025 33 mins
Rev Michelle LaGrave's sermon delivered on March 16, 2025. Rest has long been a spiritual practice or even a religious mandate of many people. Yet, life can feel so busy that we imagine there is no time to rest. How might we come to a better sense of balance in our lives that honors the need to rest?
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March 9, 2025 37 mins
Rev Michelle LaGrave's sermon delivered on March 9, 2025. Trust is an important component of beloved community. How are communities of trust built? kept? restored? What does it look like when a community leads with trust in each other and the greater community?
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