Unitarian Universalist Sermons and Conversations from First Unitarian Church of Dallas
Tune in each week to hear Unitarian Universalist sermons and conversations from First Unitarian Church of Dallas, a liberal religious presence in Dallas since 1899. Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter, Rev. T. J. Fitzgerald, and Rev. Beth Dana will inspire you with messages that are rationally spiritual and joyfully deep. No matter where you are in the world, you are invited to bring your whole self: your full identity, your questioning mind, and your open heart.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 497
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
12.26.21 SERMON: "Time to Pause" - Rev. Beth Dana
In this week between two big holidays, we take time to pause and explore the spiritual practice of sabbath. This is Rev. Beth Dana’s last Sunday with us before leaving for sabbatical.
00:21:36 |
Mon 27 Dec 2021
12 .19.21 "Christmas Pageant Homily" - Rev. Beth Dana
A brief homily before the children's annual Christmas pageant.
00:06:06 |
Mon 20 Dec 2021
12.12.21 SERMON: "I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day" - Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
The old poem said that the bells of Christmas ring wild and sweet. What do they really ring out?
00:18:16 |
Mon 13 Dec 2021
12.05.21 SERMON: “The Liberated Heart” - Rev. Ruth MacKenzie
What holds us captive? What makes our hearts ache? In this season of Advent we hold our grief and our hope side by side, rejecting the present ordering of things, and imagine this season as a call to…
00:19:33 |
Mon 06 Dec 2021
11.28.21 SERMON: “Is God With Us?” - Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
Advent starts the season that leads up to Christmas. We ponder the myth of the season by finding its resources in hymns like O Come, O Come Emanual which claims, ‘God is with us.”
00:16:20 |
Wed 01 Dec 2021
11.21.21 SERMON: “Surprising Gratitude” - Rev. Ruth MacKenzie
Sometimes gratitude surprises us. We may be in a hard place personally, or the events of the day may overwhelm us, yet an opening appears often revealed in a posture of gratitude.
00:10:34 |
Tue 23 Nov 2021
11.14.21 SERMON: "Gratitude" - Rev. Dr. Daniel lKanter
What theology is behind our gratitude?
00:22:39 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
11.07.21 SERMON: “Risking a New Story” - Rev. Ruth MacKenzie
Creation stories shape us whether we are conscious of their influence or not. They weave their way through culture and practices that help or hinder our sense of well-being, reciprocity and gratitude…
00:27:07 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
10.31.21.SEMON: "All Souls" - Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
Our annual remembrance of those in our church community we’ve lost in the past year.
00:20:36 |
Wed 03 Nov 2021
10.24.21 SERMON: "Loving Enough to Forgive" ~ Rev. Beth Dana
What does love require of us when it comes to forgiving ourselves and others?
00:14:48 |
Tue 26 Oct 2021
“It’s Going to Get Messy”
Whenever things begin to open up in new ways, in church life, in our inner life, in our social justice work a kind of clumsiness ensues. We doubt ourselves. We fumble around. We know that perfectioni…
00:24:35 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
10.10.21 SERMON: “The Spiritual Classroom of Discomfort” - Rev. Ruth MacKenzie
Why do Buddhists talk about learning to “stay” with our discomfort? Why did Jesus ask his followers to get uncomfortable with the dominant culture of the time and to live into the discomfort of reall…
00:21:31 |
Mon 11 Oct 2021
10.03.21 SERMON: "God Doesn't Want Your Money" - Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
The thief said, ‘Your money or your life,’ what is your response? What is the theology of money that makes your life better?
00:21:19 |
Tue 05 Oct 2021
09.26.21 SERMON: “To Have and to Hold” - Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
Lets talk about promises, covenants, how we honor each other with them.
00:23:57 |
Tue 05 Oct 2021
09 19 21 SERMON: “Costly and Beloved” - Rev. Ruth MacKenzie
To cherish is more than holding something dear. It is accepting the cost of loving, and loving still, “consciously, conscientiously, concretely, constructively,” as poet Marge Piercy writes. Together…
00:18:19 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
09.12.21 SERMON: “Cherished” - Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
As we come back together, what have we lost and gained, we explore what we cherish about each other, our faith community, and life.
00:22:36 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
09.05.21 SERMON: “Are You Saved?” - Rev. Beth Dana
Our Unitarian Universalist tradition responds “yes!” But what does it mean to be saved, and why does it matter?
00:15:12 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
08.29.21 SERMON: "Are You a Sinner?" - Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
William Ellery Channing forged the Unitarian response to this question and gave us much to ponder. What is sin? How do we fit into the traditional Christian story of sin and redemption? Does it matte…
00:19:44 |
Sun 29 Aug 2021
08.22.21 SERMON: "In This Love" - Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker
Dr. Parker will share a personal testimony about the spiritual destination her journey has led to, and will teach a simple spiritual practice to ground
00:24:44 |
Tue 24 Aug 2021
08.15.21 SERMON: “This Present Paradise” - Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker
Some seek a spiritual destination that transcends this world and this life…but what if our spiritual destination is to be discovered right here and now?
00:23:18 |
Tue 24 Aug 2021
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