{"id":134302,"date":"2020-05-24T14:29:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T20:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=134302"},"modified":"2020-05-24T14:29:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T20:29:58","slug":"navigating-the-thresholds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/navigating-the-thresholds\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating the Thresholds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4885\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-134302-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-05-24_Navigating_the_Thresholds.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-05-24_Navigating_the_Thresholds.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-05-24_Navigating_the_Thresholds.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-05-24_Navigating_the_Thresholds.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=134302-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-05-24_Navigating_the_Thresholds.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2020-05-24_Navigating_the_Thresholds.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above. Text of this sermon is not yet available.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Rev. Chris Jimmerson<br \/>May 24, 2020<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">It seems like we cross into new territory all of the time these days. As we cope with a pandemic, we are in the midst of crossing a threshold, but we cannot yet see what the other side of that threshold may be like. Still, there may be opportunity in the uncertainty. We may have the agency to influence the other side of the threshold.<\/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\">A PLACE WE ARE CREATING<br \/>-John Schaar<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created&#8211;created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination.<\/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\">BLESSING WHEN THE WORLD IS ENDING<br \/>-Jan Richardson<br \/>from Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Look, the world<br \/>is always ending<br \/>somewhere.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Somewhere<br \/>the sun has come<br \/>crashing down.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Somewhere<br \/>it has gone<br \/>completely dark.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Somewhere<br \/>it has ended<br \/>with the gun,<br \/>the knife,<br \/>the fist.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Somewhere<br \/>it has ended<br \/>with the slammed door,<br \/>the shattered hope.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Somewhere<br \/>it has ended<br \/>with the utter quiet<br \/>that follows the news<br \/>from the phone,<br \/>the television,<br \/>the hospital room.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Somewhere<br \/>it has ended<br \/>with a tenderness<br \/>that will break<br \/>your heart.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">But, listen,<br \/>this blessing means<br \/>to be anything<br \/>but morose.<br \/>It has not come<br \/>to cause despair.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">It is simply here<br \/>because there is nothing<br \/>a blessing<br \/>is better suited for<br \/>than an ending,<br \/>nothing that cries out more<br \/>for a blessing<br \/>than when a world<br \/>is falling apart.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">This blessing<br \/>will not fix you,<br \/>will not mend you,<br \/>will not give you<br \/>false comfort;<br \/>it will not talk to you<br \/>about one door opening<br \/>when another one closes.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">It will simply<br \/>sit itself beside you<br \/>among the shards<br \/>and gently turn your face<br \/>toward the direction<br \/>from which the light<br \/>will come,<br \/>gathering itself<br \/>about you<br \/>as the world begins<br \/>again.<\/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 yet available. Rev. Chris JimmersonMay 24, 2020First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org It seems like we cross into new territory all of the time these days. 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