The SUUF Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.”

January 26, 2025

Heidi Roy, Executive Director

DVSAS provides free and confidential assistance for victims of domestic violence, including stalking, elder abuse, and sexual harassment. Services include crisis intervention, emergency shelter, advocacy-based counseling, legal, medical and social services advocacy, support groups, children’s advocacy and community education and prevention. Their mission aligns with our UU values of equity and justice.

January 19, 2025

Revs. Hoover & Edington

"It takes a lot of courage to stand up for your rights, to be a transformer. We will always be transformers in our country, within our state. People who will stand up and organize, simply because it is the right and true thing to do. Hopefully they, and you, will inspire others to join in doing so."

January 12, 2025

Speaker: Kay Knott

This Sunday, Kay talked about tribal life in Northwest Washington. She looks back at a time when tribal life was idyllic, and then how family life was destroyed by the white man in the 1800s. During this time, tribal children were forcibly taken from their families, and forced into internment camps where they were brainwashed and belittled. Kay shows how to overcome such hardships. Thank you, Kay!

January 5, 2025

Speaker: Rabbi Olivier BenHaim

Festivals of light in the depth of winter are as ancient as humanity itself. Our ancestors saw in the night-time's natural shifts of our celestial background great mythical narratives unfolding as gods battled each other for the hoped-for triumph of light over darkness.

Rabbi Olivier invites us into a three-part discovery of the ancient holiday of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights; its history, its religious expression and its deeper spiritual meaning.