First U Think is a podcast designed for you, just as you are. We're bringing you weekly talks about the topics that matter. Living with values. Caring about the world and the people in it. Making a difference. Learning about prophetic people and their work. Want to change the world? First you think. First U Think is brought to you by the First Unitarian Church of Des Moines IA.
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with Rev. Meredith Garmon Our commitment, as members of First Unitarian, is to "grow ethically and spiritually, serve justly, and love radically." Let's look at what the "grow ethically" part and the "love radically" part have to do with each other. Support the showBy Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw and guests
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with Rev. Meredith Garmon Sometimes we opt to ignore the Christian story and focus on fertility, eggs, bunnies, springtime, and the resurrection of life and hope. But there's something worth our attention in that story of how Jesus died, and it has nothing to do with substitutionary atonement. Support the show…
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with Rev. Meredith Garmon Where do emotions come from? Understanding our emotions is a key part of self-understanding and hence of wisdom. Support the showBy Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw and guests
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The Ontological, the Semantic, and the Tribal
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with Rev. Meredith Garmon Sometimes we have differing perspectives on what exists in reality. Sometimes, instead, our difference is in what words mean. And sometimes the disagreement isn't about either of those. Support the showBy Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw and guests
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with Rev. Meredith Garmon As Unitarian Universalism grows and changes (in the midst of a wider culture also growing and changing), every generation or so we need to re-articulate our covenant to express who we are now as well as to put into the terms most salient to the current time, who we always have been. Support the show…
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with Rev. Meredith Garmon It's easy to look at our lives and focus on scarcity, on what is in short supply. And this can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. We always have the option to choose abundance. Support the showBy Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw and guests
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"Believing, Really Believing, and Talking to Your Car"
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Why do we believe things (or act like we do) that we don't really believe? And do we always know the difference? with Rev. Meredith Garmon Support the showBy Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw and guests
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From saying "bless you" when someone sneezes to blessing a meal before we eat it, there's something important we're doing when we bless. with Rev. Meredith Garmon Support the showBy Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw and guests
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Some of the inequities in our meritocracy might be fixable. But even a perfect meritocracy would still be problematic. But what alternative might there be? with Rev. Meredith Garmon Support the showBy Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw and guests
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with Sarah Letourneau, Mary Hays, Louise Alcorn, and Bill Brauch Support the showBy Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw and guests
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With Bill Brauch, Heidi Levine, and Elliot Nassif Support the showBy Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw and guests
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Bruce and Barb Martin have attended First Unitarian Church of Des Moines for 56 years. They will share stories of their other church experiences, how they ended up here, and what has kept them coming. Part of the Sermon cut out due to internet issues! Sorry!! Support the showBy Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw and guests
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They. You. I. An Alternate Look at Pronouns
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