{"id":134746,"date":"2020-11-22T17:38:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T23:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=134746"},"modified":"2021-02-18T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:40:59","slug":"healing-does-not-equal-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/healing-does-not-equal-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing does not equal Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4411\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-134746-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-11-22_Healing_does_not_equal_Cure.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-11-22_Healing_does_not_equal_Cure.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-11-22_Healing_does_not_equal_Cure.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-11-22_Healing_does_not_equal_Cure.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=134746-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2020-11-22_Healing_does_not_equal_Cure.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2020-11-22_Healing_does_not_equal_Cure.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Rev. Chris Jimmerson<br \/>November 22, 2020<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Often, we can have a tendency to equate healing with being cured &#8211; like when we take a prescribed regimen of a medication and then get better. For trauma and other emotional wounds though, healing is more of an ongoing process, sometimes lifelong, whether individually or socially. We will explore embodied ways of approaching such healing.<\/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 upon 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\">PARTNERS IN CARE: MEDICINE AND MINISTRY TOGETHER<br \/>Fred Reklau<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Cure may occur without healing and healing may occur without cure. Cure alters what is. Healing offers what might be. Cure is an act. Healing is a process. Cure seeks to change reality. Healing embraces reality. Cure takes charge. Healing takes time. Cure avoids grief. Healing assumes grief. Cure speaks. Healing listens.<\/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\">INSTRUCTIONS IN JOY<br \/>Rev. Nancy Schafer<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;MENDING&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">How shall we mend you, sweet Soul?<br \/>What shall we use, and how is it<br \/>in the first place you&#8217;ve come to be torn?<br \/>Come sit. Come tell me.<br \/>We will find a way to mend you.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I would offer you so much, sweet Soul:<br \/>this banana, sliced in rounds of palest<br \/>yellow atop hot cereal, or these raisins<br \/>scattered through it, if you&#8217;d rather.<br \/>Would offer cellos in the background singing<br \/>melodies Vivaldi heard and wrote<br \/>for us to keep. Would hold out to you<br \/>everything colored blue or lavender<br \/>or light green. All of this I would offer you,<br \/>sweet Soul. All of it, or any piece of it,<br \/>might mend you.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I would offer you, sweet Soul,<br \/>this chair by the window, this sunlight<br \/>on the floor and the cat asleep in it.<br \/>I would offer you my silence, my presence,<br \/>all this love I have,<br \/>and my sorrow you&#8217;ve become torn.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">How shall we mend you, sweet Soul?<br \/>With these, I think, gently<br \/>we can begin: we will mend you with a rocking<br \/>chair, some raisins,<br \/>a cat, a field of lavender beginning<br \/>now to bloom. We will mend you with songs<br \/>remembered entirely the first time<br \/>ever they are heard.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We will mend you with pieces of your own<br \/>sweet self, sweet Soul &#8211; with what you&#8217;ve taught<br \/>from the very beginning.<\/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. 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. 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Chris JimmersonNovember 22, 2020First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org Often, we can have a tendency to equate healing with being cured &#8211; like when we take a prescribed regimen of a medication and then get better. 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