JUUst Breathe - A Unitarian Universalist Podcast

UUA - Eric Dew Bliss and Ember Kelley
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JUUst Breathe is a Unitarian Universalist podcast exploring faith, faith formation, and spiritual identity.   Host Ember Oak Kelley interviews UUs across the spectrum who hold a vision of liberal religion that is both live saving and spirit lifting.   In this, our Season 6 of the podcast, we convene guests to share their stories of their own faith development viewed through the lens of the UUA's new Woven Faith Lifespan Religious Education Curriculum themes:  Living the Questions, Equity, Generosity, Interdependence, and many more.  Come join in the conversation...and JUUst Breathe.Logo by Ted Resnikoff

  1. 1d ago

    Connected in Covenant

    Note: Today’s conversation contains strong language. In this month’s episode, Rev Dr Samantha Wilson brings her immense conflict transformation insights to the concept of covenant, blowing our minds with some incredible insights about how communities make, break, and reforge commitments to one another. Click these links to learn more about Woven Faith and Whole Church Religious Education.  Additional Resources: Grounding WordsChalice LightingDeeper JoyClosing WordsTemporary Autonomous ZoneMusic:  JUUst Breathe Medley by Robert Buonspina This podcast and other offerings from UUA Staff are funded nearly entirely by congregations’ generous gifts to the Annual Program Fund. Your gifts help us to continue these important conversations. Head to uua.org/apf to learn more.

  2. Oct 15 ·  Bonus

    Living the Questions Testimony Mini-Episode

    In these short mini-episodes, panelists share captivating stories from their lived experience. Rev Marisol Caballero and Rev Brandan Robertson discuss a moment that stands out to them where they witnessed  an "A-ha" moment to an enduring question that has impacted them to this day. Click these links to learn more about Woven Faith and Whole Church Religious Education.  Instagram / Youtube / Facebook Music:  JUUst Breathe Medley by Robert Buonspina

    Living the Questions Testimony Mini-Episode

  3. Oct 1

    Living the Questions

    Woven Faith and Whole Church Religious Education encourage faithful conversations across generations.  The spirit of today's episode is one of curiosity, of questioning.  In keeping with that spirit, here are some of the questions our exceptional guests, Rev Marisol Caballero and Rev Brandan Robertson, explored - touching on some poignant topics, nearly bringing us to tears. How do you know when a question is inviting us into deeper learning and connection?Can you share a question that has shaped your life ? What practices help you stay curious when it feels so much easier to be certain?How can our communities teach people to live with mystery and openness?This is just a small sample of the queries our guests delve into during their conversation today.  Come journey with them! Click these links to learn more about Woven Faith and Whole Church Religious Education.  Additional Resources: PrayerChalice LightingYour Inner Pre-Schooler ActivityReadingClosingMusic:  JUUst Breathe Medley by Robert Buonspina

  4. Sep 17 ·  Bonus

    Interdependence: Threads of Connection Testimony Mini-episode

    In these short mini-episodes, panelists share captivating stories from their lived experience. Maria Talero, PhD and Rev Dr JJ Flag discuss a moment where they witnessed interdependence and what has changed for them because of that experience. In other words, what threads from that experience are they still carrying today? Click these links to learn more about Woven Faith and Whole Church Religious Education.  Instagram / Youtube / Facebook Music:  JUUst Breathe Medley by Robert Buonspina

    Interdependence: Threads of Connection Testimony Mini-episode

  5. Sep 9

    Interdependence: Threads of Connection

    In this episode, led by guest host Lillian Drab-Braddick, we are joined by Maria Talero, PhD and Rev. Dr. JJ Flag to discuss the theme of Interdependence. We are not above creation. We are creation. We are not above the world. We are the world in its ongoing complexity. ~Báyò Akómoláfé, philosopher, author, and founder of The Emergence Network In this episode we explore what it means to acknowledge our place in the interdependent web rather than assume we're at the center, as well as examine what thriving interdependence looks like in a community. May the stories you  hear today become new threads in your own life, strengthening the fabric of love wherever you are. Click these links to learn more about Woven Faith and Whole Church Religious Education.  Instagram / Youtube / Facebook Additional Resources: Group Stories in Bonding Harbor Music: JUUst Breathe Medley by Robert Buonospina

    Interdependence: Threads of Connection

  6. Aug 24

    Introducing Woven Faith

    In Season 6 of JUUst Breathe, we’ll be exploring the ten lifespan religious education themes from Woven Faith, e.g. Interdependence, Living the Questions, Equity, Justice, Generosity, etc.  Lifespan Faith Engagement Co-Director, Nao Bethea, and Director of Congregational Life, Natalie Briscoe, introduce Woven Faith to us and share about its origins, goals, and desired impacts. From Nao: As an approach, Woven Faith is the practice of learning who we are as UUs, emphasizing what practices and wisdom are important for us to meet this moment in time. It is a process of the creators learning and creating together. Come weave with us in Season 6.  It will be truly transformative! Click these links to learn more about Woven Faith and Whole Church Religious Education.  Instagram / Youtube / Facebook Additional Resources: Opening Up Beach Name Game Woven Faith Orientations Music: JUUst Breathe Medley by Robert Buonospina

    Introducing Woven Faith

  7. Aug 24 ·  Bonus

    Introducing Woven Faith Testimony Mini-episode

    In these short mini-episodes, panelists share captivating stories from their lived experience. For the first ever Testimony, Nao Bethea and Natalie Briscoe tell about a time that a faith formation experience was particularly meaningful for them and, what changed in them because of that experience. In other words, what thread from that experience are they still carrying today? Click these links to learn more about Woven Faith and Whole Church Religious Education.  Instagram / Youtube / Facebook Music:  JUUst Breathe Medley by Robert Buonspina

    Introducing Woven Faith Testimony Mini-episode

  8. Jun 9

    The Canyons of Deeper Sharing

    We are excited to have you join us for the Season Finale of our journey through the Deeper Joy Community Building map. Today we’re arriving at the Canyons of Deeper Sharing!  In this episode, we are joined by Kitty Kalebarn and Lenore Bajare-Dukes to explore the Canyons - where we practice vulnerability in sharing and receiving the gifts of community, whether that is witnessing one another's life experiences or the challenges we're grappling with, or through making meaning together - listening to each other's stories and moments of awe and wonder.  Join us on this final exquisite Journey of Deeper Joy! Click these links to learn more about Deeper Joy and Whole Church Religious Education.  Instagram / Youtube / Facebook

    The Canyons of Deeper Sharing
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JUUst Breathe is a Unitarian Universalist podcast exploring faith, faith formation, and spiritual identity.   Host Ember Oak Kelley interviews UUs across the spectrum who hold a vision of liberal religion that is both live saving and spirit lifting.   In this, our Season 6 of the podcast, we convene guests to share their stories of their own faith development viewed through the lens of the UUA's new Woven Faith Lifespan Religious Education Curriculum themes:  Living the Questions, Equity, Generosity, Interdependence, and many more.  Come join in the conversation...and JUUst Breathe.Logo by Ted Resnikoff

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