First U Think

159 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

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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Earth Day

April 25, 2024 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

with Rev. Meredith Garmon Every day is Earth day, of course. But we don't always talk about it in our Sunday service. This Sunday, let's talk about it! Support the Show.

Love and Ethics

April 17, 2024 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB

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 Show.

A Unitarian Easter

April 04, 2024 17:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB

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.

How We Feel

March 28, 2024 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

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 Show.

The Ontological, the Semantic, and the Tribal

March 21, 2024 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

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 Show.

Who Are We Now?

March 19, 2024 18:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

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.

Choose Abundance

March 07, 2024 18:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

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 Show.

"Believing, Really Believing, and Talking to Your Car"

February 29, 2024 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

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 show

Blessing

February 22, 2024 18:00 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MB

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 show

Merit

February 20, 2024 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

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 Show.

The Spiritual Impact of Inequality

February 08, 2024 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

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Liberty, Justice, and Sexual Ethics

February 01, 2024 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

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Queer Theory

January 25, 2024 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

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Seeing Race

January 17, 2024 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB

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Opening to Pluralism

January 10, 2024 06:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

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Revising the Christmas Story

January 03, 2024 18:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

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Christmas is Love

December 21, 2023 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

with Bill Brauch and Sally Boeckholt Support the Show.

Receptivity

December 14, 2023 18:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

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What's Your Great Vow?

December 07, 2023 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

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"In Meeting We Are Blessed"

November 30, 2023 18:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

with Sarah Letourneau, Mary Hays, Louise Alcorn, and Bill Brauch Support the Show.

The Thanksgiving Story

November 23, 2023 18:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MB

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Trust

November 16, 2023 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

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Interdependance

November 07, 2023 21:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

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What is Spiritual Growth?

November 02, 2023 17:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

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Not Such a Bad Species

October 26, 2023 17:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

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Justice vs. Mercy

October 19, 2023 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB

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Justice & Faith

October 12, 2023 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MB

With Bill Brauch, Heidi Levine, and Elliot Nassif Support the Show.

Justice

October 05, 2023 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

with Rev. Meredith Garmon Support the Show.

What is Ethical Growth?

September 28, 2023 16:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

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Being a People of Covenant

September 21, 2023 17:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

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Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

September 14, 2023 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

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Me, Running for Office?!

September 06, 2023 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

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Thy Kingdom Come

August 29, 2023 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.42 MB

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We Can't Always Get What We Want

August 24, 2023 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

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Remembrances

August 17, 2023 17:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

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 Show.