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Skagit Unitarian Universalist Podcast
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Jan 9, 2023
Jan 9, 2023
22 min
January 8, 2023
Rev. Joanna Gabriel
We’re beginning a new year and there is a lot going on, both anticipated and dreaded for 2023. How can we let the signs of the times and the moment, empower us rather than cause fear, doubt and limited experience? Rev. Joanna Gabriel will explore possibilities for having a meaningful 2023!
Jan 2, 2023
Jan 2, 2023
21 min
January 1, 2023
Rev. Bruce Bode
This service will, Janus-like, look both ways. Following a sermon message engaging Denise Levertov’s poem “Once Only” as its text, it will include a “Composting Communion,” then, in community, both in-person and on-line, greet the New Year!
Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 2022
28 min
December 18, 2022
Rev. Barbara Gilday
It’s the busy season of gifting: shopping in person, online; waiting for packages to arrive; wrapping, shipping, and cooking. Oh my! No wonder people feel stressed in the season which supposedly represents faith, hope, joy and love. Perhaps the most significant metaphor of the birth of Jesus, was that he was the greatest gift - the gift from a “father” - the gift that he passed on by living his life in the way that he did. And we? Are we not the greatest gift to those we love? How can you be a gift to others, this Christmas? This year?
Dec 6, 2022
Dec 6, 2022
30 min
December 4, 2022
Lynnea Jardine
Seeing with the eyes of Appreciation and Resilience. “When it seems your back is against the wall, turn around and open the window. Opportunities abound all around us. We must be willing to see them. Open your heart to recognize opportunities everywhere;” and when in doubt, cultivate appreciation and choose resilience.
Nov 29, 2022
Nov 29, 2022
12 min
November 27, 2022
Curtis Steinhauer
Organized and run by folks who have lived or are living without a home, Welcome Home Skagit provides the essentials of survival to the homeless, as well as a sense of direction and a sense of belonging. Curtis Steinhauer, who heads their Board of Directors, returns to us with news of their amazing progress and expansion in spite of the headwinds of the pandemic.
Nov 20, 2022
Nov 20, 2022
29 min
November 20, 2022
Rev. Bruce A. Bode
In his song “Holy Now,” Peter Mayer, reflecting his Catholic upbringing, writes: “Wine from water is not so small/ But an even better magic trick/ Is that anything is here at all.” The question of “Why is there anything at all?” is the first and most basic philosophical question one can ask. It’s a question that has been of endless interest to me – my “life-koan,” if you will – and one I will be addressing on this Sunday prior to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Nov 14, 2022
Nov 14, 2022
22 min
November 13, 2022
Speaker: Joseph Bednarik
You've traveled halfway around the world to visit a remote stretch of the Australian coast that you've dreamed about visiting since you were a teenager. When you arrive at the trailhead, you discover a chain strung across the entrance, and a weathered sign that reads in all-caps "TRAIL CLOSED." Nobody is within 100 miles. Now what?
Nov 1, 2022
Nov 1, 2022
23 min
October 30, 2022
Rev. Barbara Gilday
Remember that fable about the blind men, each of whom touches one part of the elephant? Each thinks he knows the truth, but the truth is larger than what each one of them feels. I’m moved by the experience of refugees in our towns, transgendered and gay people, people of different mental abilities, and people of color. How can they help us to see more clearly, live more humbly,
Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 2022
25 min
October 16, 2022
Rev. Vincent Lachina
Humankind seems to be most comfortable living within the borders we build for ourselves. Interestingly enough, churches do the same thing. Perhaps the most common phrase among congregants is, “But we’ve always done it this way.” It is often a difficult task to expand our limits and explore the world outside our personal and church “box”.Today’s reality is that if we do not open our minds to new challenges and possibilities, our “box” will remain small or shrink. Let’s talk about life outside the box.
Oct 9, 2022
Oct 9, 2022
25 min
October 9, 2022
Rev. Joanna Gabriel
Standing in a space where there is no buffer between you and life…can be scary…terrifying…and it is also the space where there is the most opportunity for connection to the power and immense love of the Universe.
If something is said to be ‘close to the bone’, it is defined as something that makes one feel uncomfortable because it is very close to the truth or to the real nature of something. Rev. Joanna Gabriel will explore the importance of this stance as our unsettled world swirls around us.
A New Thought minister for over 25 years, Joanna Gabriel has been serving Unity congregations throughout the Northwest region.