Unfolding Faith: Sermons from Foothills Unitarian

Connecting With Your True Self

This week's episode is an invitation to connect with your true self and to deeply engage in the soul work that lives at the core of the spiritual life. Special guest Rev. Kelly Dignan guides us in a meditation designed to help us invite the divine spark within us to shine and guide us through our days.

5 Minute Breathing Meditation

Take five minutes to pause, breathe and awaken mindfulness with Rev. Elaine.

What does it mean to be a Unitarian Universalist?

What does it mean to be a Unitarian Universalist? Rev. Gretchen explores in this week's episode.
New to Unitarian Universalism? This podcast episode is for you! Join us as we explore what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist. 

When Open-Minded People Get their Circuits Jammed

In this episode, Rev. Elaine speaks with Foothills members Mary Klecan and Teri Ashley about an experience that challenged their understanding of themselves as open-minded Unitarian Universalists. What do we do when we encounter the limits of our wide theological embrace? What does our discomfort have to teach us?Chalice lighting words by Mary Klecan: 2:31
 
Chalice lighting words by Teri Ashley 5:26
 
Conversation with Mary and Teri: 7:42
 
Closing words 21:26
 
Listen to the On Being episode, titled Befriending Radical Disagreement, that was referenced in our episode:
https://onbeing.org/programs/derek-black-and-matthew-stevenson-befriending-radical-disagreement/

What are the limits of diversity?

What does it mean to be a religious community that welcomes diversity? And what are the limits of that welcome? Sometimes people say that Unitarian Universalists can believe anything they want or that anything goes. But that is a myth. Boundaries in our faith help create safety and a deeper sense of belonging and meaning-making for us all. 
In this week's episode, Rev. Gretchen Haley explores the gifts and the limits of being an intentionally diverse religious community. 

The Spirit of Psychedelics

In this week's episode of The Foothills Deeper Pod, Rev. Kristen Psaki shares about The Spirit of Psychedelics. The psychedelic renaissance is here. Fifty years into the "War on Drugs" plant medicines and psychedelics are slowly shedding old stories and resurfacing as powerful allies. What lurks in the shadows of this renaissance and what role might psychedelics play in our personal and collective healing?

Losing (and Finding) Your Religion

For a lot of people these days, the idea of being "religious" feels off-putting. It brings up images of a shaming or judgmental old-fashioned community. More and more people are identifying as spiritual but not religious and will talk about finding God in nature or journeying on their own spiritual path.It's just that sometimes, those same people find themselves loving being at church - for example, the Foothills Unitarian Church. This can cause a little bit of an identity crisis...like, am I a person who is religious? Is this a religion? And...how will I tell my friends? This July and August as we get at some of these foundational questions and help name and articulate a different way of being religious that is grounded in liberation and hope for our world today. Kick off this exploration with a story from Cheryl Hazlitt, a long-time Foothills Unitarian member, about her family's history with religion and what it means to her to be religious. (4:38) Then, we'll dive into Rev. Gretchen's sermon Losing (and Finding) Your Religion. (14:05)

Guided Metta Meditation with Rev. Elaine

Take 10 minutes out of your day to connect, ground, and cultivate love and peace with Rev. Elaine's guided meditation.