Podcasts

Unitarian Universalist Mosaic Makers

Sunday School. A Unitarian church. The 1950s. We study evolution. Charles Darwin was a Unitarian. Adaptation over millions of years produced all life we know. ... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

You Don't Have to Think Alike to Love Alike

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Dragged Kicking and Screaming Into Heaven

Recently Rob Bell an evangelical made a big splash with a book entitled Love Wins. It is a renewal of Universalism's ancient proclamation, a message we have been preaching for centuries and Chri... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Reproductive Compassion

I find this ironic and perhaps meaningful. Back in September on the day of the Children’s Blessing, I delivered my first sermon to you. Today, on Mother’s Day, I deliver my last sermon. ... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Free To Live

Here’s the Easter message: Live, and love the world. Here and Now. I am of the nature to grow old. I am of the nature to have ill health. I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape ... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Becoming Free From Fear

Watch the video Reading for the Morning: from #632 in Singing the Living Tradition, “Passover Remembered” by Alla Renee Bozarth Pack nothing. Be ready to move at a moment’s notice. Don�... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Step By Step

The pastoral theme for this month is freedom. The "Step by Step" title of today's service refers to the 12 step programs which are about the potential for freedom from addiction an... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Spring Cleaning

Watch the video! Earthquakes, a tsunami, nuclear anxiety. On the news, a woman says, "I lost everything in an instant. I lost everything, and I don't know if it's good or bad that I sur... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

A Different Sort of Senior Moment

This day is set apart for all of us old enough to remember when boys wore short pants until they were 12 or 13. Then they got to put on long pants, like men. It was sort of a Bar Mi... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Returning: Can We Find Our Way Home?

Watch the video! Waiting on the platform, I see the BART train arriving. The doors open, a few passengers step out, those of us waiting step in. Then there is this experience that ... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Spiritual Direction: Compass, Maps, Guides, Inner Knowing

Watch the video! “Wilderness is a part of every person’s soul-journey, and part of our journey together as human beings who seek to live in community. ” Those words from this morning’s ... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Lovely, Dark, and Deep

(The poem which begins the sermon was also danced to by Sarah Bush, one of our dancers in residence at UUCB. ) For Each of You Be who you are and will belearn to cherishthat boisterous Black A... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Health and Wholeness

Watch the video! So much is going on in our world, in our church, in our lives, in this season. So much. Maybe old hurts have come to the surface Maybe you feel like there is much to do, an... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Weren't Those Pilgrims... Immigrants?

In 1620, the Mayflower sailed from England and landed in what we now call Massachusetts. You know the story. The 102 passengers on the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, were united in their desire for rel... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

This Land Is Not Your Land

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

To Build The Common Good

It was a wild and crazy week. I enjoyed Monday night more than Tuesday night. We were on Market Street just after the Giants won the World Series. I’ve never given a “High Five” to so m... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Day of the Dead Service

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Creating Peace

Today on United Nations Sunday we celebrate the aims and achievements of the UN. The United Nations was envisioned as peace-loving nations putting an end to aggression and promoting humanitar... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Being With

When the dust settled several hours after the mine caved in on them, the 33 Chilean miners began climbing the emergency ladder in a ventilation shaft that should have lead them to the surface 2,0... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

The Transylvanian Unitarian Symbol...

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Forging Souls

Bill: Today, across the continent, Unitarian Universalist congregations are asked to reflect upon the importance of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Chris and I want to speak ... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Whom Do We Serve?

For each child that's born a morning star rises and sings to the universe who we are. We are our grandmothers' prayers. We are our grandfathers' dreamings. We are the breath of our ancesto... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Vision: Where Are We Going?

What do you want most deeply from your religious life? How do you want to be shaped as you continue your life journey? If you are new to this congregation, what are the hopes you have brought... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Reflections: Who Are We?

May this be a community where you are seen for who you are, encouraged to be true to your best self, to speak and live your values. John Bailey, recent high school graduate, member of our y... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway

Seeing Clearly, Living Bravely

It can be hard to know what we know, to see what we see. It can be hard to trust our vision, even when we know something needs to shift, even when we see it so clearly, it can be hard to tr... [listen to the episode]

UU Church of Berkeley

Rev. Christopher Holton Jablonski, Revs. Barbara and Bill Hamilton-Holway