Setting Sail
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September 9, 2012
Rev. Meg Barnhouse September 9, 2012 Magellan, Verrazano and Columbus were European explorers with three very different mixes of courage…
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Water Communion and Ingathering
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September 2, 2012
Rev. Meg Barnhouse September 2, 2012 As we come together for the start of First UU’s program year, each of…
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Becoming an Ally
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September 2, 2012
Marisol Caballero, M.Div. Interim director of Lifespan Religious Education August 26, 2012 There has been much dialogue within our congregations…
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The least of things
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August 19, 2012
Chris Jimmerson August 19, 2012 Sometimes we make things that are really not all that valuable more important than…
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Inside the Words on the Wall
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August 12, 2012
Nell Newton August 12, 2012 We have a lovely mission for our church and it is the result of a…
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The magic of I am
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August 5, 2012
Dwayne Windham August 5, 2012 The Magic of I Am (you fill in the blank). Inspired by the Harry Potter book series,…
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Bringing Justice Home from General Assembly
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July 29, 2012
First UU Church of Austin General Assembly Attendees Gillian Redfearn, Mike LeBurkien, Judy Sadegh, Carolyn Gremminger & Peggy Morton July…
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It looks like the world is going to hell. So let’s change it and ourselves religiously
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July 22, 2012
Amanda Yaira Robinson July 22, 2012 The news is grim: war, hunger, poverty, global warming. Sometimes the scope of these…
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The Elderly, the Beautiful, and Children of God
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July 15, 2012
Rev. Kathleen Ellis July, 15, 2012 Rev. Ellis is a Unitarian Universalist minister, ordained in 1993, who has served several…
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The Courage to Trust
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July 15, 2012
Jim Checkley July 8, 2012 According to polls, “trust” is at an all time low within our country. Government, lawyers,…
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2012 June 19 Board Meeting Minutes
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July 6, 2012
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What is Patriotism?
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July 1, 2012
Rev. Mark Skrabacz July, 1, 2012 On the Sunday before the Independence Day holiday, let’s examine the idea of patriotism…
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The Narrow Gate
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June 27, 2012
Tom Spencer CEO of Interfaith Action of Central Texas June 24, 2012 First UU Church of Austin 4700 Grover Ave.,…
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Bee Yard Etiquette
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June 17, 2012
Rev. Meg Barnhouse June 17, 2012 In Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, the beekeeper tells her apprentice “the…
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The Real Ten Commandments
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June 10, 2012
Rev. Meg Barnhouse June 10, 2012 It is often said that our nation’s ethics derive from the Ten Commandments of…
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