The SUUF Podcast

Inherent Mirth and Dignity

April 13, 2025

Liz James from UU Hysterical Society

What do you do when the life you’d imagined for yourself is stuck in committee? Join us for the story of the UU Hysterical Society -- the practical joke that accidentally turned into a 230,000 person UU community on Facebook. It’s a story of feeling lost, finding yourself, and UUism-outside-the-box with with UUHS founder Liz James.

How do we respond when life happens?

April 6, 2025

Rev. Barbara Gilday

A death in the family - how do family members respond? An earthquake in New Zealand - how does the community respond? Chaos in our country- how do we respond? Please come with ideas of what we as individuals and communities can do at this moment in our country’s history.

Boys and Girls Club of Skagit County

March 30, 2025

Jen Hutchison

Skagit County provides 7 safe centers for our children, ages 6 to 18, to learn, to be inspired and empowered to become productive adults. Why? Frankly, they’re the only next generation we’ve got. Jen Hutchison, Resource Development Manager, will tell us how it works… and a lot more. A collection for them will follow the service.

Freedom as Liberated Love

March 23, 2025 • 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Reneé Ruchotzke, UUA

The results of the November 2024 election and the inauguration of our new President have shown that many of our neighbors don’t share the same vision of what kind of world we want to live in. Christian Nationalism has been on the rise and democracy is under attack.  In this service, we explore how the recently adopted UU Shared Values can help us model a compelling alternative.

Everyday Depression: Our Potential Ally

March 16, 2025

Speaker: Rev. Bruce A. Bode

An exploration of why “everyday depression” comes to us, what it intends, and what meaning it may hold for us.

Rumi, Poet & Scholar

March 9, 2025

Imam Jamal Rahman

In this special presentation, Imam talks about the 13th-century poet and Islamic scholar Rumi. Rumi was a theologian and Sufi mystic born during the Khwarazmian Empire. His works were written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, Arabic and Greek in his verse.

Nuns in North America: Did Hollywood Ever Get it Right?

March 2, 2025

Sister Linda Riggers, SNJM

You’ve heard of The Nun’s Story, The Singing Nun, Sister Act and Nunsense, not to mention the Bells of St Mary’s, Doubt and The Sound of Music… How close do they come to real life? Sister Linda Riggers (Sally’s sister) will share about how women’s religious orders developed in North America, what’s staying the same and what is changing, how these groups have influenced society and the Catholic church, sand what might be ahead for them. The story of how her own congregation originated, evolved, and is looking to the future will be a point of reference.

Welcome Home Skagit

February 23, 2025

Speaker: Sarah Vogt

Sarah Vogt from Welcome Home Skagit is our speaker. She said the shelters are in great need of NEW packages of men’s and women’s underwear. All sizes are needed! You know what your mama said: “Don’t leave home with dirty undies!” So please pick up a pack or two and bring them to service on Sunday!

Wise Choices

February 16, 2025

Rev. Elaine Strawn

As the proverb goes, we are surely blessed by living in interesting times! But a blessing? Joanna Macy writes of the Great Turning; Rutger Bregman’s research reminds us that humans are evolutionarily decent and friendly. What kind of world will you create, will we create? Together, as we calm our fears, we recognize the deep Wisdom within. Together we develop our awareness and flexibility. And together we become a force for transformation.

Wisdom Teachings from The Twilight Zone

February 2, 2025

Joseph Bednarik

The Twilight Zone—a revolutionary television program from the early 1960s—was created by Rod Serling, who also happened to be a Unitarian. This Sunday we collectively search for truth and meaning in a “wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.”