EPISODE · Jan 25, 2021 · 24 MIN
The Nature of Religious Experience and the Power of Knowing
from Sermons-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco · host First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
"The Nature of Religious Experience and the Power of Knowing" (January 24, 2021) Worship Service William James in his classic text, "The Varieties of Religious Experience" outlines the qualities common to so-called religious experiences. One of them is knowing. It may be the hardest for UU's to reckon with and it may be the quality that we most need to get in touch with now in our life as a nation. Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate Reiko Oda Lane, organist My-Hoa Stegger, pianist & soprano Leandra Ramm, soprano Brielle Marina Neilson, alto Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor Asher Davison, bass Mark Sumner, conductor/pianist Members of the UC Men’s and Women’s Chorales, Berkeley, Morgan Nilsen, clarinet Jim Rebhan, accordion Eric Shackelford, camera Shulee Ong, camera Joe Chapot, Social Media Chat Support Alex Darr, Coffee Hour Zoom Thomas Brown, Sexton Judy Payne, flowers Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Video Edits Order of Service: https://content.uusf.org/Order_Of_Service/2021/20210124OSWeb.pdf Music: https://content.uusf.org/Sound/20210124Music.mp3 Reflection: https://content.uusf.org/Sound/Reflections/20210124RDLReflection.mp3
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"The Nature of Religious Experience and the Power of Knowing" (January 24, 2021) Worship Service William James in his classic text, "The Varieties of Religious Experience" outlines the qualities common to so-called religious experiences. One of them is knowing. It may be the hardest for UU's to reckon with and it may be the quality that we most need to get in touch with now in our life as a nation. Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate Reiko Oda Lane, organist My-Hoa Stegger, pianist & soprano Leandra Ramm, soprano Brielle Marina Neilson, alto Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor Asher Davison, bass Mark Sumner, conductor/pianist Members of the UC Men’s and Women’s Chorales, Berkeley, Morgan Nilsen, clarinet Jim Rebhan, accordion Eric Shackelford, camera Shulee Ong, camera Joe Chapot, Social Media Chat Support Alex Darr, Coffee Hour Zoom Thomas Brown, Sexton Judy Payne, flowers Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Video Edits Order of Service: https://content.uusf.org/Order_Of_Service/2021/20210124OSWeb.pdf Music: https://content.uusf.org/Sound/20210124Music.mp3 Reflection: https://content.uusf.org/Sound/Reflections/20210124RDLReflection.mp3
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