{"id":134187,"date":"2020-04-05T16:11:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T22:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=134187"},"modified":"2020-04-05T16:11:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T22:11:24","slug":"losing-my-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/losing-my-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing My Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4247\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-134187-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-04-05_Losing_my_religion.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-04-05_Losing_my_religion.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-04-05_Losing_my_religion.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-04-05_Losing_my_religion.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=134187-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-04-05_Losing_my_religion.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2020-04-05_Losing_my_religion.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 \/>April 5, 2020<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><i>Losing my religion. Rev. Meg looks back at her days in seminary.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Chalice Lighting<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">We light this chalice so that its flame may signify the spiritual strands of light that bind our hearts and souls with one another. Even while we must be physically apart, we bask in its warmth together.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Call to Worship<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Your beliefs become your thoughts,<br \/>Your thoughts become your words,<br \/>Your words become your actions,<br \/>Your actions become your habits,<br \/>Your habits become your values,<br \/>Your values become your destiny.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">-Gandhi<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Affirming Our Mission<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Meditation Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will come out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping, we are becoming.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">-Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\">Most sermons during the past 20 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. Meg BarnhouseApril 5, 2020First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org Losing my religion. Rev. Meg looks back at her days in seminary. 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