{"id":21956,"date":"2018-11-11T16:33:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T22:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=21956"},"modified":"2018-11-11T16:33:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T22:33:04","slug":"fall-down-7-get-up-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/fall-down-7-get-up-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall down 7, Get up 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8498\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21956-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2018-11-11_Fall_down_Get_up.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2018-11-11_Fall_down_Get_up.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2018-11-11_Fall_down_Get_up.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2018-11-11_Fall_down_Get_up.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=21956-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2018-11-11_Fall_down_Get_up.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2018-11-11_Fall_down_Get_up.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p align=\"left\">Rev. Meg Barnhouse<br \/>\nNovember 11, 2018<br \/>\nFirst UU Church of Austin<br \/>\n4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>\naustinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><i>Persistence, endurance, resilience, grit &#8211; is it a mistake to be goal-oriented? Is there a better way to think about forward movement?<\/i><\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Call to Worship<\/b><br \/>\n<i>&#8211; Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers<br \/>\nbut to be fearless in facing them.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain<br \/>\nbut for the heart to conquer it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Let me not look for allies in life&#8217;s battlefield<br \/>\nbut to my own strength.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved<br \/>\nbut hope for the patience to win my freedom.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Grant that I may not be a coward,<br \/>\nfeeling Your mercy in my success alone;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">But let me find the grasp of Your hand in my failure.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Reading<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Ralph Waldo Emerson <\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">A person will worship something &#8211; have no doubt about that.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts &#8211; but it will out.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and character.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>Text of this sermon is not available. 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Meg Barnhouse November 11, 2018 First UU Church of Austin 4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756 austinuu.org Persistence, endurance, resilience, grit &#8211; is it a mistake to be goal-oriented? Is there a better way to think about forward movement? 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