Sermon: “When Open-Minded People Get their Circuits Jammed” from Foothills Community

In this episode, Rev. Elaine speaks with Foothills members Mary Klecan and Teri Ashley about an experience that challenged their understanding of themselves as open-minded Unitarian Universalists. What do we do when we encounter the limits of our wide theological embrace? What does our discomfort have to teach us? Chalice lighting words by Mary Klecan: 2:31 Chalice lighting words by Teri Ashley 5:26 Conversation with Mary and Teri: 7:42 Closing words 21:26

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From Series: "Losing (and Finding) Your Religion"

For a lot of people these days, the idea of being "religious" feels off-putting. It brings up images of a shaming or judgmental old-fashioned community. More and more people are identifying as spiritual but not religious and will talk about finding God in nature or journeying on their own spiritual path. It's just that sometimes, those same people find themselves loving being at church - for example, the Foothills Unitarian Church. This can cause a little bit of an identity crisis...like, am I a person who is religious? Is this a religion? And...how will I tell my friends?  In Losing (and Finding) Your Religion, we get at some of these foundational questions and help name and articulate a different way of being religious that is grounded in liberation and hope for our world today.