Sunday Sermons 2019

Rev. Bill Sinkford - "A World of Difference"

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="S4E8YA05o1"><a href="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/podcast/rev-bill-sinkford-a-world-of-difference/">Rev. Bill Sinkford &#8211; &#8220;A World of Difference&#8221;</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/podcast/rev-bill-sinkford-a-world-of-difference/embed/#?secret=S4E8YA05o1" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Rev. Bill Sinkford &#8211; &#8220;A World of Difference&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; First Unitarian Portland" data-secret="S4E8YA05o1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

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Sunday Sermons 2019

Rev. Carol Thomas Cissel - "All Are Welcome. Hmm...Really?"

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Unitarian Universalism claims to WELCOME ALL to our congregations and communities. We say that we embrace, engage and WELCOME ALL genders, races, sexualities, classes, ethnicities, skin-tones, shapes and sizes – regardless of class or education. We loudly proclaim that we can/will/do, “…take in the world in all its complexity and diversity…” (Rev. Rob Hardies). But, is this true? Have we lovingly flung our doors wide open to WELCOME ALL? If not, what is holding our hearts hostage? And, why are we pushing the world away?