Unfolding Faith: Sermons from Foothills Unitarian

Meditation & Prayer | Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink | November 29, 2020

Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink offers a meditation and prayer, encouraging you to look inward and offer yourself and others compassion.

Homily Part 2: Do You Hear? | Rev. Kimberley Debus | November 29, 2020

Rev. Kimberley Debus discusses how cultural imaginaries help inform how a people understand their collective identity and liberation.

Homily Part 1: The Singing Revolution | Rev. Kimberley Debus | November 29, 2020

Rev. Kimberley Debus shares the story of how Estonians used music to express hope for freedom during the Soviet occupation. She explores the role of song in claiming one’s identity and liberation.

Reading | Connections Are Made Slowly | November 22, 2020

Rev. Gretchen offers a reading from “The Seven of Pentacles” by Marge Piercy.

Homily Part 2: Conspiracy Theory | Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink | November 22, 2020

Rev. Elaine announces our new Text-A-Blessing hotline and shares her KINDemic story.

Meditation for Self-Compassion | Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink | November 22, 2020

Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink offers a guided meditation to cultivate self-compassion. This meditation is adapted from the work of Dr. Kristin Neff, who is a scholar on the topic of self-compassion.

Homily Part 1: Conspiracy Theory | Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink | November 22, 2020

Rev. Elaine explores how to access kindness in the face of fatigue and frustration. She shares the simple power of offering a blessing as a gift of attention and acknowledgment - a gift you are worthy of offering to yourself as well as others.

Genesis of an Uprising: A Conversation with Dr. Dan McKanan (Full)

Dr. Dan McKanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Senior Lecturer at Harvard Divinity School, and Rev. Sean Neil-Barron discuss the relationship between our religion and the American progressive tradition. They explore how people rise up seeking to come to terms with America’s white supremacist and colonialist legacies, and how the current trend of increasing economic inequality affects progressivism across religion and politics.