First U Think
159 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFirst 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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Unfinished Business featuring Harvey Harrison
March 03, 2021 18:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBThis thoughtful talk by Harvey Harrison explores the work of Isabel Wilkerson and her book Caste - The Origins of Our Discontent. Ms. Wilkerson uses the framework of this Caste system, deeply imbedded in our institutions and in all of us, to describe how systemic racism in our country is maintained. She uses the history and the current status of the Caste system in India, the Caste system in the United States, and the United States Caste System as it was utilized in Nazi Germany as a powerf...
The Hidden Pandemic, featuring Lyra Halsten
February 17, 2021 19:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBAfter being in the grip of the Coronavirus Pandemic for over a year, the vaccines have most people looking forward with anticipation and joy to the day they’ll be reunited with family and friends. But there are many millions who suffer from another pandemic for which there is no vaccine. For them, it will be, in the words of Paul McCartney, “just another day.” Please join us on this day dedicated to love to learn about the hidden pandemic of loneliness and how you can be the cure. Support t...
Riding the Nian
February 10, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBThe Nian was a mythological Chinese monster, who villagers fed to make sure it wouldn’t eat them. Once they found out what it feared, they never had to feed it again! What personal monsters are you feeding, and how can you love yourself into riding your own Nian? Support the show
Life is a Journey to be Experienced, Not a Problem to be Solved
February 04, 2021 01:00 - 10 minutes - 7.23 MBAs we travel life’s path, we find that its ways are never woven in a straight line – we are provided with numerous options and alternatives. Some of these paths will lead us to joy; some to sorrow. Still others will lead to insight and self-realization. But life’s journey should not be spent in always contemplating what lies at the end, or in building up hopes and dreams related to some future goal. What really matters is not the goal, or the destination, but the journey itself. It is ...
Resolutions, Intentions and Silver Linings of the Year of COVID with Kent Newman
January 27, 2021 19:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBOne Good Year - Resolutions or Intentions: What will we practice in the coming year? Support the Show.
International Holocaust Day of Remembrance and Yom HaShoah
January 27, 2021 18:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBWe honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day not because we are Jewish, but because we are human. How do we make sure that Fascism never again rises to power? Support the show (https://pushpay.com/g/firstunitarianchurchdesmoines?src=hpp)
International Holocaust Day of Remembrance and Yom HaShoah
January 27, 2021 18:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBWe honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day not because we are Jewish, but because we are human. How do we make sure that Fascism never again rises to power? Support the show
Octavia Butler: Hear the Prophet Speak
January 27, 2021 00:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBThe Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Talents changed the face of science fiction. Come and explore the work of a modern-day Prophet in this thought-provoking sermon by Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw. Support the show
Lift Every Voice
January 27, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 8.17 MBBlack lives matter. Brown lives matter. All lives matter. How do we carry on the work of justice and center liberation in our lives and in our world? Sermon by Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw Support the show