A Life Distilled – Brian Mason, preaching Because life happens, the best New Year’s resolutions are about distilling how we hope to approach life. This Sunday we’ll talk about a few of those paths. Join Us On Sundays For Services That Inform & Inspire Sermons at UU Wausau encompass many topics, but always with the...
Thou Shalt Have a Thing - The Rev. Brian Mason, preaching Let’s face it, we all like to be seen as—or feel—special. Often, it starts in grade school, takes on a life of its own in high school, and in adulthood we’re willing to pay for it. We’ve all wanted to be known for that...
Trapped – The Rev. Brian Mason, preaching. Many of us have stuck with things because we felt trapped. We had ample evidence suggesting it wouldn’t end well, that we wouldn’t enjoy it (whatever it is), that it’d bring us down and yet we stuck with it as if it was a sentence rendered by a...
This I Believe - Led by the Worship & Music Committee We all have beliefs that help guide us. During the service, three members of the congregation will share their thoughts on what they believe. In preparation they considered how their beliefs developed, evolved, and changed, what influenced their belief development, and in what ways their...
Protect Me From What I Want - The Rev. Brian Mason, preaching Join us as we talk about desires and their impact on our spiritual journey. In a world pushing us to chase what we want, we'll ponder if our cravings line up with our spiritual growth. We’ll explore the balance between desire and mindfulness,...
Our Annual “Ask the Minister” tradition is a cherished tradition where our young members take the lead in shaping our spiritual journey. Kids are invited to submit thoughtful questions, ranging from the profound to the curious. As we come together to listen and learn, we celebrate the wisdom and perspective that young minds bring to...
Is Your Soul Frostbitten? - The Rev. Brian Mason, preaching When resigning his pastorate, Ralph Waldo Emerson quipped that Unitarianism was like a “cold corpse.” The rub being that it was too individualistic and intellectual. That approach may have benefited the individual, but not the community, especially communities concerned about carrying on our religious tradition....
Finding the Way - Melody Moberg, preaching This worship service will explore the Chinese religious and philosophical tradition of Daoism. What is the Dao, or the Way? What does it mean to live in alignment with it? How does Daoism’s historical context help us understand it better? And, how has Daoism been misunderstood by Westerners who project their own worldviews onto...
Zig-A-Zig, Ah – The Rev. Brian Mason, preaching In the mood to meditate on the genius of the Spice Girls’ lyric, “If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends”? You should be. Because, as experts warn, if you don’t want to see your doctors you need to see your friends. Join...
Transfiguration Station: All Aboard the Change Train Let’s talk about embracing change. Unitarian Universalists sure love to talk about it. But how much do they do it? The question is a deeply Lenten one, the season when the faithful are asked to ponder our fears and tendencies to resist change with hope for greater faith...
Scientific Materialism is Kind of a Nightmare - The Rev. Brian Mason, preaching ChatGPT says the answer to life’s biggest questions about things like the nature of existence and the mystery of the universe remain a source of curiosity despite amazing advancements in scientific understanding. So why do so many people act like they’ve got...
Who Makes Much of a Miracle? The Rev. Suzanne Wasilczuk, preaching. The poet Walt Whitman asks us “Why, who makes much of a miracle?” How may we, Universalists, Unitarians view that word, that phenomenon, that belief in a “miracle”? On this Palm Sunday, the day on which the prophet Jesus rode into Jerusalem, let us...