{"id":134689,"date":"2020-10-25T13:35:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T19:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=134689"},"modified":"2021-02-18T16:40:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:40:19","slug":"americancivil-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/americancivil-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"American Civil Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4563\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-134689-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-10-25_American_Civil_Religion.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-10-25_American_Civil_Religion.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-10-25_American_Civil_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\/2020-10-25_American_Civil_Religion.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=134689-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-10-25_American_Civil_Religion.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2020-10-25_American_Civil_Religion.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Rev. Meg Barnhouse<br \/>October 25, 2020<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">How can American evangelicals love our current president with such fervor and passion? We can go back to the early days of the European and British immigrants from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. How could you tell if you were one of God&#8217;s chosen? You are wealthy and healthy and blessed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Chalice Lighting<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">This is the flame we hold in our hearts as we strive for justice for everyone. This is the light we shine on systems of oppression until they are no more. This is the warmth we share with one another as our struggle becomes our salvation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Call to Worship<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves in the constitution over someone who burns the constitution and wraps themselves in the flag.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Molly Ivins<\/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<p align=\"left\">Learn more about Beloved Community at this link. &#8211;\u00a0The King Center<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Meditation Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">THE FIRE NEXT TIME<br \/>&#8211; James Baldwin<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The spreading of the Gospel, regardless of the motives or the integrity or the heroism of some of the missionaries, was an absolutely indispensable justification for the planting of the flag. Priests and nuns and school- teachers helped to protect and sanctify the power that was so ruthlessly being used by people who were indeed seeking a city, but not one in the heavens, and one to be made, very definitely, by captive hands. The Christian church itself &#8211; again, as distinguished from some of its ministers &#8211; sanctified and rejoiced in the conquests of the flag, and encouraged, if it did not formulate, the belief that conquest, with the resulting relative well-being of the Western populations, was proof of the favor of God.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Sermon<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Text of this sermon is not yet available.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Most sermons during the past 20 years are available online through this website. 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