December 8, 2017 (The Heart and the Hand)

Alex Raffray is not available for “Nervous Energy” tonight.  I’m Orlando Montoya.  I’m filling in his program with the same program that I’ll do on Sunday, “The Heart and the Hand.”  Love is the spirit of this program. The music spans many genres but has unifying themes of justice, love, learning and hope. The messages come from podcasts, sermons and readings from Unitarian-Universalist and other allied sources in liberal religion.  The title of this program comes from the words of a beloved Unitarian-Universalist hymn, “Spirit of Life,” including, “Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion” and “Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.”

Braver Wiser

Tender Places

The Rev. Lindasusan Ulrich

First Unitarian Congregation of Ann Arbor

Sermon

Losing the Hierarchy

The Rev. David Breeden

First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis

Message

Poor People’s Campaign

The Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray

President, Unitarian-Universalist Association

Natural Silence

The Himalaya

Andrew Skeotch

ListeningEarth.com

World Religions

Today in the Catholic Church is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.  Celebrating the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was conceived by normal biological means but kept sinless by God acting upon her soul, the festival is often celebrated by parades, fireworks, processions and huge dinners, especially in Latin America and the Philippines.  Eastern churches also celebrate Mary’s conception but view its immaculateness differently.

Today in Buddhism is Bodhi Day.  Called different names in different Asian countries, the holiday celebrates the day that Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha, attained enlightenment.  Buddhists believe Siddhartha gave up years of extreme ascetic practices to sit under a fig tree and simply meditate until he found the root of suffering and how to liberate oneself from it.  Traditions include meditation and meals including tea and cake.

Today marks the anniversary of the 2009 Hindu Declaration on Climate Change.  Read aloud at the 2009 Parliament of World Religions, the declaration took a definitive Hindu stand on humankind’s role and responsibility in the Earth’s welfare.  Calling the whole world one family, it promoted eco-friendly living, personal frugality, alternative energy, sustainable food production, vegetarianism and new technologies to avert disaster.

Sunday is the birthday, in Hampshire, in England, in 1741, of the pioneering Universalist minister John Murray.  Sometimes called the “founder of Universalism,” Murray began his ministry in Boston in 1770, preaching that all souls would be saved, a heresy that got stones thrown at his church.  His most famous quote, “Give them not hell, but hope,” is misattributed to him, but sums up his gospel, deeply rooted in 18th Century Christianity.

Tuesday is the feast day for Our Lady of Guadalupe.  The holiday celebrates the Catholic account of the appearance, in 1531, of the Virgin Mary before a peasant, Juan Diego, on a hill in modern day Mexico City.  The site’s basilica is the world’s most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site.  Our Lady of Guadalupe has become a symbol of Mexico.  Her feast day brings music, dance and tables set with tacos, sopas, frijoles, cajeta and other delicacies.

Wednesday is the start of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights.  Observed for eight nights and days, Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of a temple in Jerusalem during the second Century, B.C.E.  The holiday includes the story of a miracle, when oil meant to last one day lasted eight days.  Traditions include nightly candle lightings, the playing of a dreidel, or spinning top, and eating food made of oil, including doughnuts and latkes.

Sermon

The Good News

The Rev. Bill Sinkford

First Unitarian Church of Portland

Message

TBD

Conclusion

Seven Principles of Unitarian-Universalism

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  • 7:01pm I Know Where I’ve Been by Queen Latifa on Hairspray Soundtrack to the Motion Picture (Watertower Music), �I
  • 7:09pm My Sweet Lord by George Harrison on Let It Roll (EMI Records Ltd.), �M
  • 7:24pm So Long by Billy McLaughlin on Fingerdance
  • 7:40pm The World Is Ours by Aloe Blacc featuring David Correy on The World Is Ours (Coca-Cola Company), �T
  • 7:42pm Little Bit Right by Sloan Wainwright on Upside Down & Under My Heart (Sloan Wainwright), �L
  • 7:53pm Dreaming On a World by Tracy Chapman on Matters of the Heart (Elektra Entertainment), �D
  • 8:05pm You’ve Got A Friend by James Taylor on Greatest Hits (Warner Brothers Records), �Y
  • 8:15pm Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah by Don Cooper on Hanukkah Songs (Don Cooper), �H
  • 8:18pm Home At Last by Exit 43 on Home At Last (Exit 43), �H
  • 8:52pm Stay Plus by John Hancock III on Stay Plus – Single (10k Islands), �S
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