Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington's Podcast

For the next few Sundays Rev. Brian Chenowith will be out of town. For this week we have one of our wonderful community ministers, Rev. Diana Hultgren. Today's reading is "Begin" by Brendan Kennelly.…

* A warning for this podcast. This particular sermon will touch on some subjects of existential dread, so if that isn't what you need right now, feel free to listen to something else. *

This sermon co…

Today's reading is "Covenant" by Rev. Alice Blair Wesley. For today's service, Rev. Brian Chenowith looks deeply into this statement often uttered simply at the start of Unitarian Universalists servi…

Apologies for the lack of episodes, our entire tech team took a greatly needed break for the first two weeks of July and our congregation paid visits to other churches in that time.  The reading for …

For the end of June we have a service dedicated to the history of the celebration of Pride. This is also a landmark week for our socially distanced services as our Music Director and Minister were in…

For this week we spent time recognizing and lifting up celebrations of Juneteenth.
Our reading was taken from this video which I encourage you to watch (or listen to) as I will not be including it wit…

For this Sunday it is the time of year once again for the Flower Communion service. Our Reading is “The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee” by N. Scott Momaday. This week Rev. Brian Chenowith was elated to …

This podcast begins with a reading from Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford entitled Every Third Thursday. For this week's podcast Rev. Brian Chenowith returns to the topic of two weeks prior, What Good is…

This episode begins with a reading from Frank X. Walker entitled "Stormy Forecast". This week Rev. Brian Chenowith closely examins a horrible event in American History that is often overlooked. On Ma…

This week our Rev. Brian Chenowith tells us a story of a unique aspect of Ministry. That it isn't something that ends at the pulpit. Which begs the question of what a church actually is. 

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This week we honored our high schoolers who will be graduating in the following week. The reading is from Hakuin Ekaku, titled "Praise Song for Meditation". This week Rev. Brian Chenowith shines a li…

For this week's service Rev. Brian Chenowith brings us an area of content that is contentious material for Unitarian Universalist sermons- the reading of the entire bible. But you don't have to take …

(Or: Help, Thanks, Wow, This stinks)
For this first weekend in May we are fortunate to have lovely musical visitors from Providence Rhode Island, Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly. They regale us wit…

For the last Sunday in April we have a special treat. A frequent Worship Associate and longtime member of our church Liz Caras volunteered to carry the brunt of delivering a homily so that our Rev. B…

Continuing in our monthly theme of Nature, our service opens with a reading from Dr. Ursula Goodenough's book "The Sacred Depths of Nature". This reading, performed by Steve Conger, was "Credo of Con…

In recognition of Ramadan, Rev. Brian Chenowith regales us with a story of young theology students attempting to fast in solidarity with Muslim classmates. This tale then unfurls into a broader consi…

For this Easter Sunday, Rev. Brian Chenowith laments the content of Easter sermons and the sudden approach of this important holiday. The beginning of the podcast is  Mary Oliver's Journey, read by M…

This week was a special kind of service, since Transgender Visibility day is on March 31st, where one of our members came out as Trans. Speaking to that, Rev. Brian Chenowith remarks on personal expe…

At the beginning of this homily Rev. Brian Chenowith repeats a few lines from the poem "The Beauty and the Love" by Allama Iqbal, which was the reading for this service. I highly encourage reading of…

For our service today we are happy to have Rev. Bruce Beisner visiting with us. Rev. Beisner can normally be found in Houston at the Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church. Following a reading from R…