Wavelengths: A WUU Podcast

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We bless our animal companions and the wild creatures with whom we share this earth. Pets and stuffed animals are warmly invited to join in and cuddle with you, stalk across the screen, or hang out however suits their nature. We also look at some maybe-surprising connections between breed-specific legislation and human racial discrimination, and move toward a more healing paradigm where all beings are honored for who they are.

Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Connor Thomas, Reading
Ariel BenYishay, From the Heart

A YouTube version is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QENbePuZhE  

 

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Kindness is a simple concept, yet it can be so impactful. It can make the world a better place by ending inequality, oppression, and injustice. It has the power to radically improve our well- being and that of our families, friends, colleagues, and strangers.

Kindness and compassion are among the main things that can make our lives meaningful. They can also be sources of power as we desire to help others in the beloved community. The mere act of expressing graciousness to one another can make us more empathetic of other people’s hardships. How can simple acts of kindness have such a tremendous impact on others and ourselves?

Rev. Sherman Z. Logan, Jr., Guest Worship Leader 
Nan Hart, Worship Associate 
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano 
Eileen O’Brien, From the Heart

A YouTube version is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPtPGiCQgLI

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What does love look like in times of extreme difficulty?  Where can we go to feel cared for?  Who is looking out for us?  Who is there for the most vulnerable?  Buddhism offers the Four Brahmaviharas. Love is first.  What does Love mean for us now in a nation wracked with a pandemic, racism, extreme climate change and strong opposing political forces?

Nicki Peet, Guest Worship Leader

Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano

Rio Riofrio, From the Heart

Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education

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You’ve probably heard the funny catchphrase “The impossible will take a little longer.” Maybe it’s inspired you to persevere through hard times. But what do you do when the impossible is just...well...impossible? Here we hold in love all who are facing impossible choices and demands, not least our families and parents who are struggling to hold down full-time jobs and care for their children full-time, at the same time.

Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister

Robert Trent Vinson, Worship Associate

Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
Katrina Landon, From the Heart
Paulette Amory, Piano
The WUU Choir

The YouTube version is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvVpjKtZ5q8

 

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In times of deep uncertainty and immense change, we can feel like we have lost the way home. What if things will never be the same? Who will we be if we cannot return to the life we have known? Will we ever come to solid ground again? We can experience this in our personal lives, after a serious loss, a major change, or as a community and a country. Our spiritual traditions hint to us that the person who can live in this new world is not here yet but is being born now. Join Steve DeLaney as we reflect on spiritual practices for the journey of change moving toward a new life.

Steve DeLaney, Guest Worship Leader

Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano

Craig Family, Wisdom Story

Lesa Craig, From the Heart

Scott Varney, Offertory Music

The YouTube version is here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xOvRXTZmDw

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Thousands of Unitarian Universalists gathered online to celebrate the promise of our faith and do the hard work of living into our values of equity and liberation for all. In this service, we share highlights and chart our path going forward. And, we kick off a special From the Heart series lifting up WUU's commitment to anti-racism and dismantling white supremacy.

Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Music Director, Piano
Eileen O’Brien, From the Heart

The YouTube version is here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDzVP6s1Bok

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At the heart of our traditional Flower Communion service is the practice of honoring the beauty of each person and every thing. This year, we'll reinvent this beloved ritual for our online service. We invite you to watch with a flower, a green plant, or any object in your home that you find beautiful. It won't be exactly the same, but then, we're learning all the time about how to make meaning and find beauty exactly where we are. We also welcome our newest WUU members.


Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister

Nicki Peet, Worship Associate

Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education

Dave Robbins, Pianist

The YouTube version is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCTFB6pUo


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We celebrate our wonderful WUU high school graduates. Let's show up and show them some love!

Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Pianist

The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPEcddWjPVU

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Where is our hope now, as fires burn in our cities and our nation mourns so many Black lives lost to police violence? We turn to the ancient story of Pentecost and its invitation to welcome fire as a gift from spirit, and a sign of prophetic truths that need to be heard.

Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Robert Trent Vinson, Worship Associate
Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Pianist

The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt0Kbiif30M

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Poet, theologian and philosopher John O’Donahue asserts, “At any time you can ask yourself: At what threshold am I now standing?” Some thresholds may be clear to us, and we can feel their intensities before the step into something new. What about the more ambiguous thresholds, those muddy in-between places in which we aren’t sure of what is currently happening or the new thing that awaits? How do we begin to acknowledge key thresholds, as O’Donahue suggests, if we are not sure what they are? We explore some ways to identify thresholds through remembrance, presence, and leaning forward.

Michele Nierle, Guest Worship Leader
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
Paulette Amory, Pianist
Liz Wiley, Guest Musician

The YouTube version is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkkAmqPvrls

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