UUABQ Voice

November 6, 2022 ”Where Are We Again?” The Rev. Angela Herrera

Rev. Angela updates a sermon from 2010 - "Where Are We?" about approaching the new with a sense of adventure. Our Sunday services are now live-streamed over Zoom from our sanctuary at 9:00 am each week!

October 30 2022 ”Connections that Heal: Partnering for a Just Transition” The Rev. Mary Katherine Morn

How do we stop systems based in relentless extraction and move towards ways of being that heal and restore? Communities in the front lines of the climate crisis are leading the way towards the transformations necessary for our collective survival and flourishing. Join us as Rev. Mary Katherine Morn, president of Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, shares stories of the remarkable work they’re engaging in around the world with the support of our UUSC members.

October 2, 2022 “The Great Leap?” Kristin Famula, Intern Minister

What do we do with the in-between-ness of the times we’re living in? Join us as we explore together life in a new age of uncertainty.

October 9, 2022 ”Trauma and Courage” The Rev. Angela Herrera

Life includes risk from the very beginning. That’s part of what makes life so precious to us. But when we’ve experienced trauma, the feeling of danger can become overwhelming. A sermon about finding our center again.

October 23, 2022 ”Putting Our Bodies in the Way” The Rev. Bob LaVallee

For a faith that is sometimes fairly accused of being too intellectual, there’s a strong tradition of resistance in Unitarian Universalism. What can our history teach us about protest today?

October 16, 2022 ”Courageous Joy” The Rev. Angela Herrera

Joy, pleasure, play– we are born for these! To embody them in the face of dehumanizing systems is an act of resistance and makes rebellion irresistible.

Sunday 2022 09 25 “Our Thing” The Rev. Bob LaVallee

What makes Unitarian Universalism so special, and how does that come alive at First U ABQ?

September 18, 2022: “Scandalous Universalism” The Rev. Angela Herrera

Universalism—the idea that all are saved—has been an outrageously controversial idea. But what does it even mean in today’s Unitarian Universalism? Is there any cosmic/divine justice?

“Within, Among, Beyond” The Rev. Bob LaVallee.

Theology should be about the things that we most cherish as a community. How do we move from focusing on individual beliefs to sharing meaning and purpose?

2022 09 04 “To Whom Does Our Work Belong?” The Rev. Angela Herrera.

In light of recent changes in the labor market, as well as the outrageous concentration of wealth in relatively few hands, a Labor Day sermon on working, agency, and liberation.