{"id":139471,"date":"2024-05-11T12:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T18:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=139471"},"modified":"2024-05-11T12:27:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T18:27:45","slug":"exponential-theology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/exponential-theology\/","title":{"rendered":"Exponential Theology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8381\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-139471-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2024-05-05_Exponential_Theology.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2024-05-05_Exponential_Theology.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2024-05-05_Exponential_Theology.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2024-05-05_Exponential_Theology.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=139471-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2024-05-05_Exponential_Theology.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2024-05-05_Exponential_Theology.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 \/>May 5, 2024<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We often talk about how divided we are politically, societally, and religiously. Many a magazine article lately has even featured how so many of us are even feeling divided among the many parts within ourselves. What if we valued these differences though? What if, with loving intent, we put them into conversation with one another? Might not this pluralism help us all grow our own depth and breadth of being by many multiples?<\/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\">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\">&#8211; Walt Whitman<br \/>Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Rumi<br \/>There are many ways to kneel and kiss the ground.<\/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>Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">THE SACRED HOOP<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Then I was standing <br \/>on the highest mountain <br \/>of them all,<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And round beneath me <br \/>was the whole hoop <br \/>of the world.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And while I stood there <br \/>I saw more than I can tell<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And I understood <br \/>more than I saw.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For I was seeing <br \/>in the sacred manner <br \/>the shape of all things <br \/>of the spirit.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And the shapes <br \/>as they must live <br \/>together like one being.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And I saw that the sacred hoop <br \/>of my people <br \/>was one of many hoops <br \/>that make one circle, <br \/>wide as daylight and starlight,<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And in the center grew one <br \/>mighty flowering tree<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">To shelter all the children <br \/>of one mother <br \/>and one father.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And I saw that it was holy.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Black Elk<\/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\"><b>Extinguishing the Chalice<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">We extinguish this flame, but not the light of truth, the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment. These we hold in our hearts until we are together again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\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\">Most sermons during the past 24 years are available online through this website. Click on the index link above 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:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>PODCASTS<\/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 above or copying and pasting this link. https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above. Rev. Chris JimmersonMay 5, 2024First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org We often talk about how divided we are politically, societally, and religiously. 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