{"id":135068,"date":"2021-03-14T14:18:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T20:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=135068"},"modified":"2021-03-14T14:18:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T20:18:58","slug":"third-lap-in-a-four-lap-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/third-lap-in-a-four-lap-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Lap in a Four Lap Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_821\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-135068-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-03-14_Third_Lap_of_a_Four_Lap_Race.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-03-14_Third_Lap_of_a_Four_Lap_Race.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-03-14_Third_Lap_of_a_Four_Lap_Race.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-03-14_Third_Lap_of_a_Four_Lap_Race.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=135068-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-03-14_Third_Lap_of_a_Four_Lap_Race.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2021-03-14_Third_Lap_of_a_Four_Lap_Race.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 \/>March 14, 2021<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">March 15 marks one year since First UU Austin began social distanced worship. Since we&#8217;ve gone inside we have continued to explore, experiment, and expand our understanding of how we exist as a community. We are looking back at this year of rapid learning and seeing how far we have come while honoring the knowledge that we are still in the midst of it all. In this time let us take a moment to observe the world, to feel the wind and the sun, to absorb the promise that there is more good to come. We aren&#8217;t yet at the end but we are getting there together.<\/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 that 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\">ANTHEM<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">You can add up the parts<br \/>But you won&#8217;t have the sum<br \/>You can strike up the march<br \/>There is no drum<br \/>Every heart, every heart<br \/>To love will come<br \/>But like a refugee<br \/>Ring the bells that still can ring<br \/>Forget your perfect offering<br \/>There is a crack, a crack in everything<br \/>That&#8217;s how the light gets in<br \/>Ring the bells that still can ring<br \/>Forget your perfect offering<br \/>There is a crack, a crack in everything<br \/>That&#8217;s how the light gets in<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Leonard Cohen<\/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;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thekingcenter.org\/#the-beloved-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The King Center<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Meditation Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">PANDEMIC<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">What if you thought of it<br \/>as the Jews consider the Sabbath-<br \/>the most sacred of times?<br \/>Cease from travel.<br \/>Cease from buying and selling.<br \/>Give up, just for now,<br \/>on trying to make the world<br \/>different than it is.<br \/>Sing. Pray. Touch only those<br \/>to whom you commit your life.<br \/>Center down.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And when your body has become still,<br \/>reach out with your heart.<br \/>Know that we are connected<br \/>in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.<br \/>(You could hardly deny it now.)<br \/>Know that our lives are in one another&#8217;s hands.<br \/>(Surely, that has come clear.)<br \/>Do not reach out your hands.<br \/>Reach out your heart.<br \/>Reach out your words.<br \/>Reach out all the tendrils<br \/>of compassion that move, invisibly,<br \/>where we cannot touch.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Promise this world your love-<br \/>for better or for worse,<br \/>in sickness and in health,<br \/>so long as we all shall live.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">-Lynn Ungar 3\/11\/20<\/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 21 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\"><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\"><b>PODCASTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above. Rev. Meg BarnhouseMarch 14, 2021First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org March 15 marks one year since First UU Austin began social distanced worship. 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