{"id":133504,"date":"2019-08-05T10:04:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=133504"},"modified":"2019-08-05T10:05:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:05:00","slug":"in-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/in-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"In My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6991\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-133504-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2019-08-04_In_my_life.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2019-08-04_In_my_life.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2019-08-04_In_my_life.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2019-08-04_In_my_life.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=133504-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2019-08-04_In_my_life.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2019-08-04_In_my_life.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above. Text of this sermon is not available.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Rev. Meg Barnhouse<br \/>August 4, 2019<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><i>What are some things to know in order to be a good ally to LGBTQ people? What are the answers to some questions about being gay you might have been scared to ask.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Chalice Lighting<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We illuminate the chalice as a symbol of the flicker and flame within each of us. Let us take this bright promise into the world and set the lanterns of humanity alight.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Call to Worship<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">LOVE IS NOT CONCERNED<br \/><i>Alice Walker<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">love is not concerned<br \/>with whom you pray<br \/>or where you slept<br \/>the night you ran away<br \/>from home<br \/>love is concerned<br \/>that the beating of your heart<br \/>should kill no one<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Affirming Our Mission<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">THE STREAM OF LIFE<br \/><i>Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day<br \/>runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth<br \/>in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death,<br \/>in ebb and in flow.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life.<br \/>And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood<br \/>this moment.<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\">Most sermons during the past 19 years are available online through this website. Click on the index link below to find tables of all sermons for each year listed by date (newest to oldest) with topic and speaker. Click on a topic to go to that sermon.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/category\/sermons\/indexes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>SERMON INDEX<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Podcasts of this and other sermons are also available for free on iTunes. You can find them by clicking on the podcast link below or copying and pasting this link. https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>PODCASTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above. Text of this sermon is not available. Rev. 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