{"id":21016,"date":"2018-04-08T15:27:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T21:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=21016"},"modified":"2018-04-08T15:27:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T21:27:17","slug":"broken-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/broken-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9747\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21016-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2018-04-08_Broken_things.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2018-04-08_Broken_things.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2018-04-08_Broken_things.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2018-04-08_Broken_things.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=21016-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2018-04-08_Broken_things.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2018-04-08_Broken_things.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p align=\"left\">Rev. Meg Barnhouse<br \/>\nApril 8, 2018<br \/>\nFirst UU Church of Austin<br \/>\n4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>\naustinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><i>The Japanese art of kintsugi, where broken things are repaired using material that has been mixed with gold. This is a way of embracing damage, where a bowl or plate becomes even more beautiful because of its &#8220;scars.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Call to worship<\/b><br \/>\n<i>-Theodore Parker<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Reading<\/b><br \/>\n<i>-Leonard Cohen<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;Anthem&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The birds they sang<br \/>\nat the break of day<br \/>\nStart again<br \/>\nI heard them say<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t dwell on what<br \/>\nhas passed away<br \/>\nor what is yet to be.<br \/>\nAh the wars they will<br \/>\nbe fought again<br \/>\nThe holy dove<br \/>\nShe will be caught again<br \/>\nbought and sold<br \/>\nand bought again<br \/>\nthe dove is never free.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Ring the bells that still can ring<br \/>\nForget your perfect offering<br \/>\nThere is a crack in everything<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s how the light gets in.<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Text of this sermon is not available. Click the play button to listen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><i>Podcasts of this and other sermons are also available for free on iTunes. You can find them\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Most sermons delivered at the First UU Church of Austin during the past 18 years are available online through this website. You will find links to them in the right sidebar menu labeled Sermons. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/category\/sermons\/indexes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indexes<\/a>\u00a0link leads to tables of all sermons for each year listed by date (newest to oldest) with topic and speaker. Click on the topic to go to a sermon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev. Meg Barnhouse April 8, 2018 First UU Church of Austin 4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756 austinuu.org The Japanese art of kintsugi, where broken things are repaired using material that has been mixed with gold. 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