Building Power to Meet the Moment, Rev. Terri Burnor, July 20, 2025
Release Date: 07/20/2025
Who Tells Our Story?, Rev. Dr. Oscar Sinclair, December 14, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
This sermon podcast, reflecting on what it means to tell, and retell a story over generations, begins with a reflection by Worship Associate Dick Buggs.
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Planting Together, Rev. Dr. Oscar Sinclair, December 7, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
“Roses love garlic.” Gardens abound with stories of different plants that grow together, sometimes unexpectedly. Polyculture, or companion planting, uses that diversity to create more resilient, beautiful garden beds. The same might be true for our churches: rather than a monoculture of a single creed, Unitarian Universalists plant our diverse faiths side by side, and in doing so cultivate wild and resilient communities.
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Hope as a Theological Directive, Amy Brunell, November 30, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
Without hope, how can we authentically evangelize love? Hope, however fragile, can sustain us. It anchors our conviction and guides our commitment to serve with faith, compassion, and resilience. This podcast begins with a reflection by Worship Associate Ollie Stocker and is followed by a sermon by Hallman Ministerial Intern Amy Brunell.
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Inherent Worth and Dignity, Liz James, November 23, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
What do you do when the life you had imagined for yourself is stuck in committee? Join us for the story of the Unitarian Universalist Hysterical Society… The practical joke that accidentally turned into a 300 thousand person Unitarian Universalist community on Facebook. It’s a story of feeling lost, finding yourself, and UUism-outside-the-box.
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Theory of Water, Rev. Shay MacKay, November 16, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
Taking inspiration from the beautiful writings of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg musician, writer and academic — join Shay in exploring how water can inspire new ways of thinking about relationships, promoting a "vision of relationality that transcends traditional boundaries."
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Breaking Up the Roots, Rev. Dr. Oscar Sinclair, November 9, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
Unity's new ends statements call us to "understand the interconnected roots of oppression." What tools do we have to see the complexity of interconnected, intersectional oppression, and how do we begin to dismantle it in our congregation and the broader world? This service begins with a reflection from Worship Associate Carol Mahnke.
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Tolling of Bells, Rev. Dr. Oscar Sinclair, November 2, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
Join us for Unity's annual service of remembrance for the members of our community who have passed away in the last year. As we gather near the traditional observance of All Souls Day, we remember the stories of those who have gone before, and how they are intertwined with our own. Everyone will be invited to light a candle for someone they loved and lost in 2025.
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Yoked Together, Rev. Dr. Oscar Sinclair, October 26, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
Yoking is not a solo endeavor. To be yoked is to be joined in a team, each pulling together in a common effort. Community organizing teaches us the power of organized people, each giving up some level of autonomy in order to effect change together. How do we navigate our Unitarian Universalist tradition’s emphasis on individual conscience with the need for collective action in these times?
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The Work that Reconnects, Rev. Shay MacKay, October 19, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
Building on the work of Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, how can we possibly yoke ourselves to joy in times like these? What happens when we let our grief for a broken world direct the plow? Resiliency and creativity are not only tools of the joyful, but are also honed by what we've lost.
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Reparations as Repair, Rev. Dr. Oscar Sinclair, October 12, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
For the last several years, Unity's Board of Trustees has been considering the work of reparations as a moral imperative, partnering with the Saint Paul Reparations Commission and other activists in the community to imagine how the church can engage in work to address historic harms. This Sunday we’ll consider where that work has led us, and what might come next. This service begins with a reflection from Worship Associate Meg Arnosti.
info_outlineThe question we need to be asking in our justice efforts is what are we building together, not what are we doing. Weaving relationships, growing capacity, grounding in our values — these are what build power and make a difference over the long-haul of change. Rev. Terri Burnor (she/her) is
Executive Director of MUUSJA (the Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance). She also serves the St. Croix Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Wisconsin as their quarter-time minister and has been a member at Unity Church since 2005. Terri is a lifelong Minnesotan who lives in St. Paul with her spouse, Brian, and their two dogs, Marvin and Betty.