All Souls Church Unitarian Podcast

Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, December 3, 2017

The popular hymn “Amazing Grace” includes the line, “Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved.” How does grace give us the courage to face our fears?

Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, October 15, 2017

Income inequality has reached Gilded Age proportions. Nations build walls along borders and declare some human beings “illegal.” Aid to the poor and vulnerable is on the chopping block while corporate America awaits another tax cut. Big money, foreign hackers, and vote suppressors undermine our democracy. This Sunday I want to lift up a different vision, a vision of a world of generosity, mutuality, and justice–a shared world.

Rev. Dr. Rebecca M. Parker, September 3, 2017

The value of education has become a controversial topic in our nation. Our Unitarian forbears, however, pioneered a transformative spiritual understanding of education that can illuminate what is at stake now. In honor of the beginning of a new school year, in appreciation of teachers and students everywhere, and aware of the challenges before our society, how might we re-imagine teaching and learning as essential to our souls and our calling to build beloved community?

Rabbi Alana Suskin, July 23, 2017

For Jews, this summer includes three weeks of mourning leading up the saddest day in our calendar, the 9th of the month of Av. This was the day Jerusalem fell and the temple was destroyed. That moment of our history turns out to be, in many ways, the defining one of Jewish memory and a pivotal event in the creation of rabbinic (modern day) Judaism.

Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, February 12, 2017

Compassion is an essential ingredient in the Beloved Community. In these dark times, our ability to summon compassion could mean the difference between a long, dark night and the dawning of a new day.