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Fort Collins, Colorado

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Be Like Fungi: Earth Seeds and Be More Gay

Wednesday Apr 27, 2022

Be Like Fungi: Earth Seeds and Be More Gay

Wednesday Apr 27, 2022

Rev. Gretchen delivers an Earth Day message inviting us to practice the pause where we can both honor what’s been lost and lean into co-creating a joyful life. 2:31 Rev. Gretchen Haley’s sermon Earth Seeds 20:28 Foothills member Beckie Wagner reflects on her journey out of despair 25:21 Rev. Sean closes our Regeneration series   Learn more about Be More Gay at https://foothillsuu.org/bemoregay

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Tangled Surprises

Wednesday Mar 23, 2022

Tangled Surprises

Wednesday Mar 23, 2022

Does living your best life mean that you've got it all figured out? Does it mean all pleasure and no pain? Does the concept of no pain even make sense in the world where joy and beauty are so often entangled with disappointment and struggle? Rev. Elaine digs into these questions and more with long-time Foothills members Lynn Young and Bob Bacon. They explore how we can hold the tension of being both awake to suffering and open to beauty and joy.

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Why we should give indigenous land back

Wednesday Mar 02, 2022

Why we should give indigenous land back

Wednesday Mar 02, 2022

In the final week of our series Re-Assembly Required, which is all about repairing broken relationships, we're zooming out to focus on communal relationships — specifically, the relationship between settlers and native peoples. Rev. Sean interviews indigenous activists Christinia Eala and Elissa Tivona about Hughes Land Back. Land back movements seek to restore stewardship of land to indigenous people, and Hughes Land Back specifically seeks to return the former site of Colorado State University's Hughes Stadium.

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MLK Redux: A Conversation with Dr. Dan McKanan

Wednesday Jan 19, 2022

MLK Redux: A Conversation with Dr. Dan McKanan

Wednesday Jan 19, 2022

Rev. Sean Neil-Barron talks with Dr. Dan McKanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Senior Lecturer at Harvard Divinity School. They explore how the current trend of increasing economic inequality affects progressivism across religion and politics, how people rise up seeking to come to terms with America’s white supremacist and colonialist legacies, and the complex place that Unitarian Universalism occupies as a progressive religious tradition that is primarily made up of white folks. What is our role to play in movements for change? 

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Step Zero: What do you do before you begin?

Monday Jan 03, 2022

Step Zero: What do you do before you begin?

Monday Jan 03, 2022

Kick off the new year with “Step Zero” - what do you do before you begin? Originally delivered in January 2018 by Revs. Gretchen Haley and Kristen Psaki, this message from the vault explores what we need to let go of before we can move forward.

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Deeper Episode 19: Making Room for Mystery

Tuesday Dec 28, 2021

Deeper Episode 19: Making Room for Mystery

Tuesday Dec 28, 2021

This week we pull from the archives for a little humor and a little practice. First, we revisit Rev. Sean's "Cereal: From This American Rice" then we dive into a contemplative practice to help us move through stress.

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Deeper Episode 18: Waiting So the World Can Change

Wednesday Dec 22, 2021

Deeper Episode 18: Waiting So the World Can Change

Wednesday Dec 22, 2021

Waiting is a given, but how we wait is up to us. Revs. Gretchen and Sean explore how to develop patience in a culture that emphasizes immediate results and in a pandemic time when the wait never seems to end.

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Deeper Episode 15: It Didn‘t Start With You

Wednesday Dec 01, 2021

Deeper Episode 15: It Didn‘t Start With You

Wednesday Dec 01, 2021

This week we turn the tables and Rev. Gretchen welcomes Rev. Sean as our guest to explore intergenerational inherited ghosts.

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