{"id":135822,"date":"2022-02-21T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=135822"},"modified":"2022-02-21T15:18:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:18:18","slug":"a-good-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/a-good-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1659\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-135822-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-02-20_A_good_goodbye.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-02-20_A_good_goodbye.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-02-20_A_good_goodbye.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-02-20_A_good_goodbye.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=135822-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-02-20_A_good_goodbye.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2022-02-20_A_good_goodbye.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 \/>February 20, 2022<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">What makes a good goodbye? Our goodbye is going to be a long one. How can we talk about our gains and losses? How can we talk about the grief and the love that we share?<\/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\">Earth mother, star mother,<br \/>You who are called by a thousand names,<br \/>May all remember<br \/>we are cells in your body<br \/>and dance together.<br \/>You are the grain<br \/>and the loaf<br \/>That sustains us each day.<br \/>And as you are patient<br \/>with our struggles to learn<br \/>So shall we be patient<br \/>with ourselves and each other.<br \/>We are radiant light<br \/>and sacred dark<br \/>-the balance-<br \/>You are the embrace the heartens<br \/>And the freedom beyond fear.<br \/>Within you we are born<br \/>we grow, live, and die-<br \/>You bring us around the circle<br \/>to rebirth,<br \/>Within us you dance<br \/>Forever<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Star Hawk<\/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\">&#8211; Mary Oliver<br \/>A SUMMER DAY<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Who made the world?<br \/>Who made the swan, and the black bear?<br \/>Who made the grasshopper?<br \/>This grasshopper, I mean &#8211;<br \/>the one who has flung herself out of the grass,<br \/>the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,<br \/>who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down &#8211;<br \/>who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.<br \/>Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.<br \/>Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.<br \/>I don&#8217;t know exactly what a prayer is.<br \/>I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down<br \/>into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,<br \/>how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,<br \/>which is what I have been doing all day.<br \/>Tell me, what else should I have done?<br \/>Doesn&#8217;t everything die at last, and too soon?<br \/>Tell me, what is it you plan to do<br \/>with your one wild and precious life?<\/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 22 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 BarnhouseFebruary 20, 2022First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org What makes a good goodbye? Our goodbye is going to be a long one. How can we talk about our gains and losses? 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