Podcasts

Please feel free to listen and/or download any of our podcast files.

To subscribe to this podcast and future All Souls podcasts, right mouse button click on this RSS feed link (Macintosh users control – click on the link) and copy the link to your clipboard from your web browser.  Then you can use the RSS feed link to subscribe to our podcast feed with your web browser or other podcast subscription software.

Please note that this podcast web page does not contain a complete list of our entire podcast library.  You can listen to all of our podcasts (going back to 8 April 2007) using the podcast RSS feed link provided above.

Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we are now livestreaming a video of our worship services and also posting a link to the recording on our web site as a replacement for our podcasts.

Podcast Library

• 5 April 2020 Worship Livestreaming Video
• 29 March 2020 Worship Livestreaming Video
• 22 March 2020 Worship Livestreaming Video
• 15 March 2020 Worship Livestreaming Video
• Note — there are no sermon podcasts for the 22 and 29 December 2019 worship services
• “The Soul Felt Its Worth” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (15 December 2019)
• “Two Notions of God and Their Effect on Movements” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (8 December 2019)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for the 1 December 2019 worship service
• Note — there are no sermon podcasts for the 17 and 24 November 2019 worship services
• “Bound Together in Love and Commitment” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (10 November 2019
• “Companions for the Journey” with Rebecca Tuggle, Diana Teeters, and Ken Peterson (3 November 2019)
• Day of the Dead Service with Lee Spruell (27 October 2019)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for the 20 October 2019 worship service
• “Truth or Dare: The Quest and the Calling” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (13 October 2019)
• “Finding Balance Before the Download” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (6 October 2019)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for the 29 September 2019 worship service (annual Blessing of the Animals worship service)
• “What Unitarian Universalism Holds Sacred” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (22 September 2019)
• Annual Homecoming Service Message with Rev. Barbara Jarrell (15 September 2019)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for the 8 September 2019 worship service (the service relied heavily on the writings of others and would present copyright issues if used in our podcasts)
• “Someone Else’s Truth” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (1 September 2019)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for the 25 August 2019 worship service (annual Artist Sunday service — there was no sermon and there are copyright issues with materials presented during the service being used in podcast)
• “Transcending What?  Balancing Life and Spirit” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (18 August 2019)
• “Starving Darkness” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (11 August 2019)
• Water Communion Service with Rev. Barbara Jarrell (4 August 2019)
• “After Apologies, Then What?” by Claudia Harris (28 July 2019)
• “There is Love More Powerful than Differences or Fears in its Claim on Our Hearts” by by Judy Cantil and Bishop Shaun Cooper (21 July 2019)
• “When Lady Liberty Weeps” by Dr. Pamela McPherson (14 July 2019)
• “The Myth of Self-Sufficiency” by Susan Caldwell (7 July 2019)
• “Rule-Breakers and Heretics” by Amanda Lawrence (30 June 2019)
• “Loving Unconditionally in a Conditional Society” by Elias Capello (23 June 2019)
• “Carry the Flame” by James Peck (16 June 2019)
• 2019 Graduating Senior Sermons by Ashford McLain, Sarah Allen, and Sarah Lord (9 June 2019)
• “Ain’t Got No Home” by Earlene Venable (2 June 2019)
• “I Will Build This World from Love” by Rabbi Dr. Jana L. De Benedetti (26 May 2019)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 19 May 2019
• “Circle of Mercy to Mother the World” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (12 May 2019)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 5 May 2019
• “How We Get There” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (28 April 2019)
• “Given-ness: A Celebration of Easter, Passover, and the New Life of Spring” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (21 April 2019)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 14 April 2019
• Faith Climate Action Week Service with Frances Kelley (7 April 2019)
• “A Seat at the Table” by Lee Jeter (31 March 2019)
• “Celebration of Women: Still Angry” by Melissa Gibson (24 March 2019)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 17 March 2019
• “Growing Justice” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (10 March 2019)
• “Justice and U(U)s” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (3 March 2019)
• “Parsing the Paradox of Peace” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (24 February 2019)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 17 February 2019
• “With Help from the Essential Wisdom of the World’s Religions” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (10 February 2019)
• “The Four Limitless States of Mind” by Larry Androes (3 February 2019)
• “Right” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (27 January 2019)
• Note — there are no sermon podcast for 20 January 2019.
• “Rhythms / Cycles / Circles of Life and Religious Differences” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (13 January 2019)
• “What Is Religion Good For? (Dangling Preposition and All … )” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (6 January 2019)
• Note — there are no sermon podcasts for 23 and 30 December 2018.
• “A House of Prophecy … Outrunning Times Past” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (16 December 2018)
• “One World, Two Pockets, and Three Traditions” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (9 December 2018)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 2 December 2018.
• “The Evolution of God” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (25 November 2018)
• “Tribute, Solace, Challenge: Some Thoughts on Veteran’s Day” with Steve Caldwell and Jennifer Russell (11 November 2018)
• “Loving the Hell Out of the World: The Universalist Belief of Hosea Ballou” by Rev. Jacqueline Anne Luck (4 November 2018)
• “This I Believe” with with Rebecca Tuggle, Kevin Henry, and Tena Hines (14 October 2018)
• “The Soul of Animals” by Cherrie Groves-Moussaoui (7 October 2018)
• “One Universalist” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (30 September 2018)
• “The Power of a Timid Revolutionary” by Jeff Gauger (23 September 2018)
• Note – there is no podcast recording for 16 September 2018.
• “Repent, Reboot: Unitarian Universalism, the Jewish New Year, and Preparation for What Lies Ahead” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (9 September 2018)
• “Come as You Are” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (2 September 2018)
• “That’s Part of the Ocean, Too” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (26 August 2018)
• “Worthy Tools for the Struggle” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (19 August 2018)
• Note — there is no 12 August 2018 podcast due to copyright issues with content used in the worship service (annual “Artist Sunday” worship service).
• “When Love is Not the Easy Choice” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (5 August 2018)
• “Independent Variables” by Amanda Lawrence (29 July 2018)
• “Imagine That: Creative Independence and Connection” by Loretta Casteen (22 July 2018)
• “Keeping Your Head in the Age of Twitter: Not Being Hijacked by Hashtags” by Claudia Harris (15 July 2018)
• “The Day Will Come When the Church Will Break Your Heart — A Joyful Message (No, really … )” by Susan Caldwell (8 July 2018)
• “Variations on a Theme of Independence” by Bennett Upton (1 July 2018)
• “Stay Angry” by Melissa Gibson (24 June 2018)
• “On Fathering: The Reflections of Three Men at Different Stages of Fatherhood” with John Macy, Abbas Moussaoui, and Ron Thurston (17 June 2018)
• A Celebration of Pride with Brad Campbell (10 June 2018)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 3 June 2018
• “Necessary Roughness — An Observance of Memorial Day” by John Allen (27 May 2018)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 20 May 2018.
• “Reflections on Motherhood” with Pamela Carlisle and Susan Caldwell (13 May 2018)
• “Whether Recovery or Discovery: The Dance Between Emptiness and Fullness” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (6 May 2018)
• “Spirit and an Unexpected Path” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (29 April 2018)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 22 April 2018.
• “Pulling Weeds and Other Lessons for the Work of Justice” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (15 April 2018)
• “The Right to Go to Hell” by James T. McCollum (8 April 2018)
• “A Celebration of Easter” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (1 April 2018)
• “This I Believe” with Leigh Anne Chambers, Megan Bennett, and James Peck (25 March 2018)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 18 March 2018.
• “The Spirit of Change” by Omari Ho-Sang (11 March 2018)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 4 March 2018.
• “Taking a Swim in the Cosmic Soup” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (25 February 2018)
• “Willingness and Belief” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (18 February 2018)
• “Living Out Fragile Freedoms and Ecumenism as a Baptist from East Texas” by Rev. Dr. John Henson (11 February 2018)
• “Where They Find the Light” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (4 February 2018)
• “It Makes a World of Difference” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (28 January 2018)
• Note — there is no sermon podcast for 21 January 2018.
• “Thus Conscience Makes Cowards of Us All” by Henry Walker (14 January 2018)
• “The Moral of the Story” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (7 January 2018)
• Note — there are no sermon podcasts for 17 December 2017, 24 December 2017, and 31 December 2017.
• “Advent” by Rev. Judith Taylor (10 December 2017)
• “First Light and Theological Headstands” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (3 December 2017)
• “I Can Say ‘Amen’ to That: Walking Around in the Lord’s Prayer” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (26 November 2017)
• “The Blind Men and the Trinity” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (12 November 2017)
• “The Person and the Presence” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (5 November 2017)
• “A New Look at an Old Path” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (29 October 2017)
• Note — there is no 22 October 2017 sermon podcast.
• “They Left Me for Dead” by Mr. Lynn Cawthorne (15 October 2017)
• “Not an Occasional Act” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (8 October 2017)
• Note — there is no 1 October 2017 sermon podcast.
• “Keeping It Alive” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (24 September 2017)
• Note — there is no 17 September 2017 sermon podcast.
• “Companions for the Journey” with Jeff Gauger, Juan Villarreal, and Richard Denton (10 September 2017)
• “A Place Within a Dynamic Faith” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (3 September 2017)
• Note — there is no 27 August 2017 podcast.
• “What Makes You Safe?” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (20 August 2017)
• “Understanding” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (13 August 2017)
• Note — there is no 6 August 2017 podcast.
• “How UUs Say Grace in a Graceless World: Awful, Amazing, Gritty Grace” by Claudia Harris (30 July 2017)
• “Screwtape 2017” by John Allen (23 July 2017)
• “A Damascus Moment” by Rev. Lee Jeter (16 July 2017)
• Note — there is no 9 July 2017 podcast due to digital recorder technical malfunction.
• “But What Kind of Change?” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (2 July 2017)
• “Church of the Orthodox Heretics” by Rev. Mark Christian (25 June 2017)
• “Keep Calm and Father On” with James Peck, Eric First, and Bennett Upton (18 June 2017)
• “Life: We’re In It Together” by Rebecca Norris (11 June 2017)
• “The Importance of Human Rights Advocacy” by John Hodge (4 June 2017)
• “Of Joy and Dog Whistles” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (21 May 2017)
• Note –there is no 7 May 2017 podcast.
• Note — there is no 30 April 2017 podcast.
• Earth Day Celebration with Rev. Barbara Jarrell (23 April 2017)
• Note –there is no 16 April 2017 podcast.
• Note — there is no 9 April 2017 podcast.
• “Open to Transformation” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (2 April 2017)
• Note — there is no 26 March 2017 podcast.
• “A New Model for Ship-Building” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (19 March 2017)
• “Space-Makers” by Rev. Juan Huertas (12 March 2017)
• “The Not-So-Accidental Activist” by Dr. Jaya McSharma (5 March 2017)
• “Who Is Talking to Us?” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (26 February 2017)
• Excerpts from “Knowing Our Neighbors” (An Intergenerational Worship) with Susan Caldwell along with members and friends of All Souls (19 February 2017)
• “The Challenge of Change” by Imam Orsen El Amin – Masjid Al Taqwa (12 February 2017)
• “In the Wisdom of the Sages” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (5 February 2017)
• Women’s March Sermon with Katie Caldwell – Shreveport / Bossier City NOW Chapter President (29 January 2017)
• Note – there is no podcast recording for 22 January 2017.
• “Overbearing Partisanship” by Clay Walker (15 January 2017)
• “In the Palm of Your Hand” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (8 January 2017)
• “Waiting for the Light” by Susan Caldwell with members and friends of All Souls (18 December 2016)
• “A Tradition of Faith” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (11 December 2016)
• “Seeing the Future” by Rev. Judith Taylor (4 December 2016)
• “Like the Earth Gives” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (27 November 2016)
• Note – there is no podcast for the 20 November 2016 worship service.
• Veteran’s Day Tribute Service with Robert McLane, Bennett Upton, Sylvania Mercer and John Allen (13 November 2016)
• Note – there is no podcast recording for 6 November 2016.
• “Companions for the Journey” with Tyrus Mulkey, Jocelyn Lanham, and John Allen (30 October 2016)
• Excerpts from “Love is the Doctrine of This Church — A Service in Celebration of our Unitarian Universalist History and Identity” with Susan Caldwell along with Members and Friends of All Souls (23 October 2016)
• Note – there is no podcast recording for 9 and 16 October 2016.
• Note – there is no podcast recording for 2 October 2016.
• “No Greater Love” by Rev. Carlton Elliott Smith (25 September 2016)
• Note – there is no usable podcast recording for 18 September 2016.
• “Run, Spectate, or Commit” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (11 September 2016)
• “A Living Tradition or a Community of Like-minded?” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (4 September 2016)
• “A Sense of Belonging” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (28 August 2016)
• “From Ashes to Action: The Rebirth of the YWCA” by Rachel Scott (21 August 2016)
• “Yet the Sea is Never Full” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (14 August 2016)
• “One Big Rhythm” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (7 August 2016)
• “The Contemplative Journey” by Alan Prater (31 July 2016)
• “As Love Grows Up” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (24 July 2016)
• Note – there is no podcast recording for the 10 July 2016.
• “The Value of Independence All Depends” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell (3 July 2016)

(Updated – 5 April 2020)