Podcasts by Wavelengths: A WUU Podcast

WUU Service - ”Love Your Neighbors?” (06/26/2022) from 2022-07-17T07:37:26

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One photo accompanying one Facebook post changed me forever. It’s an ongoing journey, and a lot of work, to free ourselves of the lies that shaped and formed...

WUU Service - ”Welcome It All: Celebrating Blessings in a Mixed-Bag World” (06/19/2022) from 2022-07-17T07:34:13

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In a world on fire, celebrating our blessings might seem like putting our heads in the sand. But we can find blessings in everything, even the "bad stuff." A...

WUU Service: ”Messengers of Fellowship and Love”: Flower Communion Sunday (06/12/22) from 2022-07-09T16:33:41

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100 years ago, Czech Unitarian ministers Norbert and Maja Čapek created the Flower Celebration to honor the values of community and diversity. Today we celeb...

WUU Service - ”A Shared Journey of Transition&Love” (06/05/2022) from 2022-06-17T11:55:24

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David Fabian, MD, struggled with his male identity for much of his first 62 years. Finally, 20 years into his marriage to Leslie, Deborah emerged full-time, ...

WUU Service - “Charter Sunday: Building Beloved Community” (02/06/2022) from 2022-02-12T15:14:23

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Let's celebrate WUU's 33rd birthday! This Charter Sunday, we'll hear from WUUs new and old about their hopes and dreams for the congregation, then and now....

WUU Service - ”Rescued: Animal Blessing Service” (08/08/2021) from 2021-12-10T11:15:11

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As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm that all of our voices matter, and our questions are as valuable as our certainties. Today, you're invited to bring you...

WUU Service - ”Question Everything” (08/01/2021) from 2021-10-29T12:37:47

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As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm that all of our voices matter, and our questions are as valuable as our certainties. Today, you're invited to bring you...

WUU Service - ”Justice, Healing, Courage: What We Learned&Where We‘re Going” (07/25/2021) from 2021-10-21T10:51:12

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Last month, eight WUUs got online along with nearly 5000 other UUs to participate in the UUA General Assembly, the largest annual gathering of Unitarian Univ...

WUU Service - ”Salvation by Character” (07/18/2021) from 2021-09-02T04:56:41

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This sermon strives to answer two simple questions. Do others really see us, as we see ourselves? And two, how do people muster the strength and fortitude to...

WUU Service - ”Imagine: The Story of My Journey” (07/04/2021) from 2021-09-02T04:53:04

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We are thrilled to be joined again today by guests from the Williamsburg Buddhist Sangha. Sangha member and our Quaker Neighbor Friend Darrell Key will share...

WUU Service - "Seriously Playful" (06/20/2021) from 2021-08-12T11:19:52

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Playing games, telling jokes, having fun--the lighter side of being human, right? And maybe something more: today we'll explore the deeper meanings of play a...

WUU Service - "Flowering from Within" (06/13/2021) from 2021-07-03T09:48:39

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Most Unitarian Universalists are surprised to learn that we are the religious descendants of the Puritans and that the foundation of our living tradition com...

WUU Service - "The Ways of Love, as Best We Can" (06/06/2021) from 2021-06-22T11:39:42

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With Covid 19 restrictions being lifted, we are faced with a post pandemic reality very different from the life we led before the March 20 shutdown. How will...

WUU Service - "Many Rivers to Cross" (05/30/2021) from 2021-06-03T08:35:58

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With Covid 19 restrictions being lifted, we are faced with a post pandemic reality very different from the life we led before the March 20 shutdown. How will...

WUU Service - "True Stories, Truth Stories" (05/23/2021) from 2021-05-29T15:48:14

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UU principles call us to "a free and responsible search for truth and meaning." In this time of "fake news" and lying for the sake of power, how can we contr...

WUU Service - "Crossing Over" (05/16/2021) from 2021-05-20T11:08:07

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Come celebrate with our high school seniors at our annual "Bridging" service!

• Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
• David Hopkinson, Worshi...
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WUU Service - "Two Windows, One Light" (05/09/2021) from 2021-05-13T08:40:37

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Each of us can tell the personal stories of our lives. But we're also held in the much larger stories of culture, religion, and the cosmos itself. On this 60...

WUU Service - "May Day Celebration: Celebrating Spring with Photos, Videos, Readings, Poetry" (05/02/2021) from 2021-05-08T10:42:40

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Please join us virtually in our annual May Day Gathering! We will be celebrating Spring, flowers and gardens. Please share photos and short videos of your ga...

WUU Service - "Regenerating" (04/25/2021) from 2021-05-08T10:36:56

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Social worker JoLillian Zwerdling writes, "From Starfish I have learned that if we keep our core intact, we can regenerate. We can fall apart, lose limbs, an...

WUU Service - "Earth Day: This Home We Share" (04/18/2021) from 2021-04-22T10:17:52

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It's human nature to create new things--crafts and tools, arts of all kinds...and, in the last 150 years, industrial technologies that, along with their many...

WUU Service - "Let Me Listen to Who You Are: The Mystery of Friendship, Forgiveness, and New Life" (04/11/2021) from 2021-04-20T08:21:09

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All around us we see signs of new life emerging from the stark landscape of winter. Flowers, birdsong, the drone of bees. The world is coming to life again. ...

WUU Service - "Back to Life" (04/04/2021) from 2021-04-20T08:17:07

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It has been a long, hard year...but in this season of Easter and spring, hope is rising at last. Today we celebrate the new life awakening in us and beckonin...

WUU Service - "Side with Love Sunday" (03/28/2021) from 2021-04-02T16:15:39

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What if to "side with love" meant making bold, faith-full choices? What if it were even a little bit scary? This worship service brings together worship lead...

WUU Service - "The Greatest Love on Earth" (03/21/2021) from 2021-04-01T16:20:51

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Today we celebrate the story of Rev. Olympia Brown, the first woman to be ordained a Universalist minister, and her most famous congregant: the one and only ...

UU the Vote, with Jodi Fisler from 2021-03-18T19:16:38

Executive Producer Jonathan Newby as interviews Jodi Fisler of WUU about her efforts with UU the Vote, a Unitarian Universalist initiative to promote voting and expand voter rights. Learn more a...

WUU Service - "For Better or for Worse" (03/14/2021) from 2021-03-18T14:17:13

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Unitarian Universalists have long valued our spiritual freedom. But freedom has a shadow side: it's easy to walk away rather than stay and do the hard work o...

WUU Service - "Covenant and Comfort" (03/07/2021) from 2021-03-17T08:45:28

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Do I have a right to be comfortable in church? What about when my comfort means someone else's exclusion? Today we celebrate the power of covenant to help us...

WUU Service - "Creating the Beloved Community" (02/28/2021) from 2021-03-03T08:34:44

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Australian Indigenous activist, Lilla Watson, says, “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberatio...

WUU Service - "For Such a Time as This" (02/21/2021) from 2021-02-24T06:14:03

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Esther, a Jewish woman who saved her community from annihilation. Maybe, as Esther's uncle tells her, we too are here "for such a time as this."

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WUU Service - Love Your Enemy? Really? (02/14/2021) from 2021-02-16T09:44:11

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Part 2 of a series on the meaning of beloved community. UUs often ask, do I really have to love everybody? Of course, we can only do our best. But our tradit...

WUU Service - "Charter Sunday: Our Beloved Community" (02/07/2021) from 2021-02-13T13:59:36

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Our favorite songs, whoever the artist or whatever the style, were created in a strange alchemy of study and inspiration, of strict practice and of letting g...

WUU Service - "It Takes Practice" (1/31/2021) from 2021-02-13T13:20:44

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Our favorite songs, whoever the artist or whatever the style, were created in a strange alchemy of study and inspiration, of strict practice and of letting g...

WUU Service - "In the Beginning" (01/24/21) from 2021-01-28T08:03:25

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The creation stories we grow up with have a powerful impact on how we see the world. Today, inspired by theologian Walter Wink's groundbreaking work on viole...

WUU Service - "The Arc of the Moral Universe" (01/17/21) from 2021-01-21T11:47:51

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In times even more fraught than ours, Dr. King believed and preached that "the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice." Today we seek inspiration and...

WUU Service - "The Gift of Dreams" (01/10/21) from 2021-01-21T11:29:27

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Many cultures teach that dreams are gifts from Spirit, bearers of wisdom, if only we can unravel the meanings of their strange events and symbols. Today we'l...

WUU Service - "Finding Utopia" (01/03/21) from 2021-01-14T14:18:50

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Where, oh where are Shangri-la, Brigadoon, and the Fountain of Youth? In this service we will examine these idealistic Utopias and discover how we can use th...

WUU Service - "Communitas: A Trip to the Circus" (12/27/20) from 2021-01-13T08:10:34

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Anthropologist Victor Turner spent a great deal of time researching "primitive" communities. He was especially drawn to their life of ritual practice and to ...

WUU Service - "Christmas Eve Service" (12/24/20) from 2021-01-12T12:46:32

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All are welcome for this contemplative service of music and readings celebrating the Christmas story.

• Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
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WUU Service - "Dark of Winter: A Solstice Celebration" (12/20/2020) from 2021-01-10T22:13:11

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Today we gather to celebrate the Winter Solstice and honor the balance of light and dark as we approach the shortest day of the year.

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WUU Service - "Refuge" (12/13/20) from 2020-12-18T06:56:24

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The Jewish scriptures tell the story of the prophet Elijah, who fled violence and found shelter far from home. Today, we invite his story to inspire us as we...

WUU Service - "Sitting Still" (12/06/20) from 2020-12-10T08:47:36

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What are we doing when we're sitting still? If you struggle with boredom or restlessness during periods of silence, or even if you'd describe yourself as a t...

WUU Service - "The Lessons of Ofun Otura, or When the Giver Visits the Comforter/Disrupter" (11/29/20) from 2020-12-05T04:53:52

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The basis of this sermon will come from the 250th Odu of the sacred Ifa corpus. In Ofun Otura there is a fated meeting of Arira and Osoro, two different indi...

WUU Service - "Grateful" (11/22/20) from 2020-12-05T04:19:18

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We've never had a Thanksgiving quite like this. As the pandemic continues, families and loved ones are missing each other and facing difficult choices. Meanw...

WUU Service - "St. Cecilia Sunday" (11/15/20) from 2020-11-30T09:38:50

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Our annual St. Cecilia music service returns, in virtual form, as our WUU Choir, Dave Robbins, and other musical guests perform a potpourri of special music....

WUU Service - "Now What?" (11/08/20) from 2020-11-24T07:48:56

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Today we regroup and ponder what's next for our country and our communities. How can we help ourselves and our neighbors heal?

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WUU Service - "Ancestors" (11/01/20) from 2020-11-20T11:48:14

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As we prepare for Election Day, we honor All Souls Day and draw strength from our memories of beloved ancestors, who lived through many challenges and still ...

WUU Service - "Apocalypse Now" (10/25/20) from 2020-11-18T08:25:21

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We are one week away from the most critical election of our lifetime. Many feel a sense of urgency, some even a sense of dread. What are we being called upon...

WUU Service - "Listening to Your Life" (10/18/20) from 2020-11-17T09:54:39

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In these tumultuous times, we can still find peace, wisdom, and renewed hope when we practice listening deeply--to ourselves, to others, and to everything in...

WUU Service - "Coming of Age Service" (10/11/20) from 2020-11-11T08:23:58

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People of all ages need rites of passage to mark important life transitions--and they are especially important for young people finding their way in this wor...

WUU Service - "Love Lives Here" (10/04/20) from 2020-10-29T10:27:42

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True silence is the rest of the mind; and is to the spirit, what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment" (William Penn). We are pleased to welcome...

WUU Service - "A Renewal of the Spirit" (09/27/20) from 2020-10-26T08:42:05

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250 years ago, John Murray, a Universalist preacher who had lost his faith after the death of his wife and child, sailed from England to New York. Or, at lea...

WUU Service - "Monuments" (09/20/20) from 2020-10-20T09:46:31

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In the last few months, we've witnessed the incredible transformation of the Confederate monuments in Richmond. As the late Black historian Vincent Harding a...

WUU Service - "Live Stream: Water Communion Sunday" (09/13/20) from 2020-09-29T10:35:42

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For the first time since March, we'll broadcast part of today's service from our beloved WUU sanctuary, as we celebrate the annual Water Communion ritual. To...

WUU Service - "Rest as Revolution" (09/06/20) from 2020-09-14T09:24:26

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At the turn of the 19th century, American workers were fighting for safe working conditions and sustainable hours. The idea that workers deserved rest was re...

WUU Service - "Interdependence" (08/30/20) from 2020-09-04T06:37:47

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Healing the Earth is a process that recognizes the thorough interdependence of all things, the ecological web of life and non-life in which each touch resona...

WUU Service - "Why Is This Happening?" (08/23/20) from 2020-08-29T12:55:26

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For thousands of years, human beings have been asking in times of crisis, Why is this happening? Why is there suffering? Our Unitarian and Universalist ances...

WUU Service - "Every Creature: Animal Blessing Service" (08/16/20) from 2020-08-25T10:55:56

Come listen to a WUU Service! We bless our animal companions and the wild creatures with whom we share this earth. Pets and stuffed animals are warmly invited to join in and cuddle with you, st...

WUU Service - "The Power of Kindness" (08/09/20) from 2020-08-16T07:27:34

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Kindness is a simple concept, yet it can be so impactful. It can make the world a better place by ending inequality, oppression, and injustice. It has the po...

WUU Service - "Love in the Time of COVID" (08/02/20) from 2020-08-10T06:42:48

Come listen to a WUU service! What does love look like in times of extreme difficulty?  Where can we go to feel cared for?  Who is looking out for us?  Who is there for the most vulnerable?  Bu...

WUU Service - "When the Impossible Really Is Impossible" (07/26/20) from 2020-07-30T10:09:50

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You’ve probably heard the funny catchphrase “The impossible will take a little longer.” Maybe it’s inspired you to persevere through hard times. But...

WUU Service - "Take the New Way Home" (07/12/20) from 2020-07-16T08:23:59

Come listen to a WUU Worship Service! In times of deep uncertainty and immense change, we can feel like we have lost the way home. What if things will never be the same? Who will we be if we ca...

WUU Service - "Rooted, Inspired,&Ready: General Assembly Service" (07/05/20) from 2020-07-14T17:17:33

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Thousands of Unitarian Universalists gathered online to celebrate the promise of our faith and do the hard work of living into our values of equity a...

WUU Service - "A Communion of Beauty" (06/21/20) from 2020-06-26T19:49:58

Come listen to a WUU Worship Service! At the heart of our traditional Flower Communion service is the practice of honoring the beauty of each person and every thing. This year, we'll reinvent t...

WUU Service - "Phenomenal: Annual Bridging Service" (06/14/20) from 2020-06-18T17:27:39

Come listed to a WUU Worship Service! We celebrate our wonderful WUU high school graduates. Let's show up and show them some love! Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister Austen Peterson, Director...

WUU Service - "On Fire" (06/07/20) from 2020-06-15T21:23:30

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Where is our hope now, as fires burn in our cities and our nation mourns so many Black lives lost to police violence? We turn to the ancient story of...

WUU Service - “Name That Place…?” (May 31, 2020) from 2020-06-03T09:34:19

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Poet, theologian and philosopher John O’Donahue asserts, “At any time you can ask yourself: At what threshold am I now standing?” Some thresholds ma...

WUU Service - “Waiting to Be Born” (05/24/2020) from 2020-05-28T13:44:01

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What if, even now, we each have a role to play in creating a new, more life-giving future? We'll make time to listen to the inner wisdom that lures e...

WUU Service - “At the Gate of Eden” (05/17/2020) from 2020-05-20T22:06:32

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Adam and Eve stand at the threshold of the Garden, forced out of paradise. But they will discover that leaving the garden is the first and necessary ...

WUU Service - "Creating Your Santuary" (05/10/20) from 2020-05-16T15:00

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As we begin our deep dive into May's theme of Thresholds, in this service we practice creating sacred spaces for ourselves. ...

WUU Service - “May Day” (05/03/20) from 2020-05-13T14:49:46

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Tie a ribbon in your hair, tuck a flower behind your ear, gather with us around the Virtual Maypole and le...

WUU Service - "Listening for Liberation" (04/26/20) from 2020-04-30T18:18:57

Come listen to a WUU worship service! This one is from April 26th, 2020, and is titled "Listening for Liberation: Earth Day 50 Years On". Come reconnect with the Earth and renew our commitment t...

Defining UU, with Jonathan Newby from 2020-04-28T14:30

Join Executive Producer Jonathan Newby as they explore what Unitarian Universalism means to them. Learn more about WUU at www.wuu.org.

Welcome to Wavelengths! from 2020-04-25T18:52:41

This is a promo for Wavelengths, a podcast of the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists. To learn more about us, go to www.wuu.org.