First Universalist Unitarian Church of Wausau Podcast

Continuing Education - The Rev. Brian Mason

In my tenth year in this pulpit, I decided to spend a week at a divinity school as a student again. It turns out the hard part isn't learning something new but admitting what you'd stopped being curious about. Join us as we ask what we're still willing to be taught.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 - Led by Jessica Zimmer-Saltzman

We all have things that bring us joy that we hesitate to admit - the silly, unnecessary, delightfully impractical things that make us smile. But what if those moments of delight are not things to outgrow or apologize for, but essential parts of being human? Together, we’ll explore how embracing joy nurtures our spirits, deepens our connections with one another, and is an act of resistance against fear and isolation.

Something is Down There – The Rev. Brian Mason

A sermon about coming to faith for reasons that seem small — the company, the view, the comfort of it — and discovering they weren’t small to begin with. Whatever drew you close enough to look, something stranger and more alive is waiting underneath.

Rebuilding a Love-Based Morality – Led by the Rev. Mark Richards

Our civilization is driven by two fundamental powers – fear and love.  We will look at how those powers manifest in today’s world, and how they must be understood in the coming age of artificial intelligence.

Bio:  Mark is a wondering wanderer with a penchant for exploring new places and ideas.  He was ordained by First Parish in Concord, MA (UU) in 2018 and has served almost ten years as a hospice chaplain in Door County.  In 2019 he became President of the Wisconsin UU State Action Network, building collaboration among UU congregations throughout Wisconsin.  Mark lives in Door County with Christina, his wife of over 50 years.

Now What – The Rev. Brian Mason, preaching

Fall is underway, school’s back in session, a new church year’s begun. Perhaps this season needs a question more than an answer: what are we building, alone, together, this year, and why?

The Rev. Brian Mason led the church's annual Water Communion and preached "Things Worth Counting."

Why I Noon Swoon – Led by the Noon Swoon Group

The beating heart of our church is revealed in the groups that gather here. On September 6 Noon Swooner The New Yorker devotees will share their thoughts on what the experience of coming together means to them. Like our weekly Yawkey Hall The New Yorker gathering, the service will be a time for stretching our thinking, triggering memories, and hearing finely crafted sentences read. 

Reclaiming a Lost Connection, Led by the Rev. Iain McIntosh

A person is a she/he/they. A spoon is an it. A tree is a …?

The science we were taught as youngsters is not the science of today. Course corrections have come as new discoveries have been made. Yet with all we now know about the cosmological and microscopic, we still hold fast to certain understandings about our world. Let’s look at one of them.

The Rev. Brian Mason preached "Unheroic Acts"

On blockbuster heroes, the people who never make the highlight reel, and what it means to believe in the supreme worth of every human personality.

The Rev. Brian Mason preached "A Fidget's Guide to the Galaxy"

There’s a particular restlessness that shows up whenever life asks us to stay put — through a meeting, a marriage, a silence, a decade in the same pew. This week: what our fidgeting doesn’t know, what the old monks built entire vows around, and what tends to appear only after we’ve stopped watching for it.