• Connecting Gratitude and Hope: Generosity and Missionalism
    Jan 22 2025

    This episode features a conversation with panelists Rev Kimberly Quinn Johnson and Rev Joanna Fontaine Crawford focusing on the importance of missionalism as an approach in our efforts to be generous, with time, talent, and the treasure of our transcendent faith.

    Don’t miss this lively conversation with our fabulous hosts.

    Resources:
    Unitarian Universalism and Missionalism - Rev Joanna Fontaine Crawford asks how Unitarian Universalist theology should respond to and intersect with the Missional Christian movement.

    MISSIONALISM and RE - Learn about one approach here (includes a basic definition of missionalism drawn from the video above).

    Wendell Berry’s poems about generosity (toward the present and the future)
    There Is No Going Back https://www.reckonings.net/reckonings/2012/11/no-going-back-wendell-berry.html
    For the Future

    https://spiritoftrees.org/poetry/for-the-future



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    Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb

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    45 mins
  • Transformation
    Dec 12 2024

    This episode, we are joined by Rev Jonipher Kwong and longtime UUA youth and emerging adult staffer Jennica Davis-Hockett to examine transformation in our faith. How are we formed in this faith by transforming ourselves and by being change agents our wider world? What are we willing to both embrace and let go of in pursuit of transcendence? Our panel will have answers.

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    Other pertinent links
    Joanna Macy - Active Hope

    Teaching our Children to Love a Dying and Transforming World

    Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb

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    49 mins
  • Pluralism and our UU Values
    Nov 22 2024

    We sit down with religious educators Kat Good and Alessandra Nysether-Santos to dive into our new shared values, starting with pluralism - all about the DEI, and not ashamed to admit it!

    Trolls World Tour: ​​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLKzCrT5Qsw

    https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/


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    Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb

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    47 mins
  • Shared Ministry
    Oct 31 2024

    Panelists Dr Glen Thomas Rideout, Nico Van Ostrand, and Rev Kayla Parker discuss with our hosts the wonders of a shared ministry approach in congregational life. What does it take? What are the benefits? What obstacles may need addressing? Come find out more from these fabulous spiritual leaders in our movement!


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    Other pertinent links:

    https://www.uuworld.org/articles/leadership-model-shared-ministry-unitarian-universalist-congregations-covid-19

    UU Values Image by Tanya Webster




    Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb

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    36 mins
  • Shared Values Through a Whole Church Lens
    Sep 24 2024

    Hosts Ember Kelley and Joy Berry discuss the “Why’s” of a Whole Church Approach to RE (Religious Exploration). Hot off the presses and fresh from General Assembly’s vote to accept Article II. Our shared values find a new home in a multigenerational approach to ministry.

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    Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb

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    34 mins
  • What's the Scoop on Article II?
    May 29 2024

    Quiana Denae Perkins, Kathy Smith, and Jenn Blosser join our hosts to discuss the ins and outs of the new proposed Article II changes to our UUA bylaws that are coming up at this summer's General Assembly. It's a hot topic right now and the conversation is sweltering!

    Links:
    https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/article-ii-study-commission

    5 Jagged Rocks: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/18_JmGOhynz4z5slCcOPs3lsyndIj9dT7qlpuopUXyxo/edit

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    Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb

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    52 mins
  • Faith Development as Culture Change
    Apr 12 2024

    Ep 3.5 | April 2024

    Join Rev Tyler Coles and Rev Dayna Edwards as they explore the critical importance of faith development and its role in driving forward paradigmatic shifts for congregations toward greater equity, health, and vibrancy.

    Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb

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    38 mins
  • An Evening with the National Emerging Adult Taskforce
    Mar 5 2024

    Members of the National Emerging Adult Taskforce (NEAT) and Young Adult Revival Network (YARN) talk about these important ministries and how to better engage and support this vital demographic in our UU communities.

    Music: "Where Do We Come From," by Brian Tate performed by Rev Christopher Lamb

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    40 mins