with Meredith Garmon"Hope is not a plan" (attributed to Anderson Cooper, Harrison Jones, and others), the saying goes. Without hope, however, we may not make and carry out plans. Active hope, as opposed to passive hope, can have a positive function.Support the Show.

with Rev. Meredith GarmonHow about a celebration of the flowering of truth? We'll have our flower communion and acknowledge the Buddhist holiday, Vesak.Support the Show.

with Rev. Meredith GarmonReflections on the courage to choose change, and to face the changes we don't choose. Changing means the death of the person that you used to be, so facing ultimate bodily death is integral to facing change (chosen and not).Note: We experienced an audio cut-off after the interlude, which may affect the sound quality. We apologize for the technical error. Support the Show.

with Birch CueWhat gifts can give us the courage to embrace a life full of changes? Please join Birch Cue, our Faith Formation and Congregational Life Coordinator, as we explore the sometimes frightening transitions of life. Support the Show.

with Rev. Meredith GarmonWe are built, it seems, to be creatures of both aspiration and fear.Support the Show.

with Rev. Meredith Garmon Freedom is ever the half-won blessing. We have overcome some constraints – but "chains still there are to break." Support the Show.

with Rev. Meredith GarmonEvery day is Earth day, of course. But we don't always talk about it in our Sunday service. This Sunday, let's talk about it!Support the Show.

with  Rev. Meredith Garmon Our commitment, as members of First Unitarian, is to "grow ethically and spiritually, serve justly, and love radically." Let's look at what the "grow ethically" part and the "love radically" part have to do with each other. Support the Show.

with Rev. Meredith Garmon Sometimes we opt to ignore the Christian story and focus on fertility, eggs, bunnies, springtime, and the resurrection of life and hope. But there's something worth our attention in that story of how Jesus died, and it has nothing to do with substitutionary atonement. Support the Show.

with Rev. Meredith Garmon Where do emotions come from? Understanding our emotions is a key part of self-understanding and hence of wisdom. Support the Show.

with Rev. Meredith Garmon Sometimes we have differing perspectives on what exists in reality. Sometimes, instead, our difference is in what words mean. And sometimes the disagreement isn't about either of those. Support the show

 with Rev. Meredith Garmon  As Unitarian Universalism grows and changes (in the midst of a wider culture also growing and changing), every generation or so we need to re-articulate our covenant to express who we are now as well as to put into the terms most salient to the current time, who we always have been.  Support the show

with Rev. Meredith Garmon It's easy to look at our lives and focus on scarcity, on what is in short supply. And this can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. We always have the option to choose abundance. Support the show

Why do we believe things (or act like we do) that we don't really believe? And do we always know the difference? with Rev. Meredith Garmon Support the show

 From saying "bless you" when someone sneezes to blessing a meal before we eat it, there's something important we're doing when we bless.  with Rev. Meredith Garmon  Support the show

 Some of the inequities in our meritocracy might be fixable. But even a perfect meritocracy would still be problematic. But what alternative might there be?  with Rev. Meredith Garmon  Support the show

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