{"id":8533,"date":"2025-02-28T17:24:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T00:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=8533"},"modified":"2025-04-28T08:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:34:37","slug":"the-power-of-story-2","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/services\/the-power-of-story-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Story (with audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stories shape our understanding of the world, our place within it, and the values we hold dear. Whether personal narratives, cultural myths, or sacred texts, stories guide us toward meaning and transformation. This service delves into the power of storytelling as a spiritual practice, inviting us to consider the stories we tell about ourselves and how they shape our shared future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading:<\/strong> &#8220;<strong>Covenant&#8221; by Rev. Rebecca Parker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let us covenant with one another<\/p>\n<p>to keep faith with the source of life<\/p>\n<p>knowing that we are not our own,<\/p>\n<p>earth made us.<\/p>\n<p>Let us covenant with one another<\/p>\n<p>to keep faith with the community of resistance<\/p>\n<p>never to forget that life can be saved<\/p>\n<p>from that which threatens it<\/p>\n<p>by even small bands of people<\/p>\n<p>choosing to put into practice<\/p>\n<p>an alternative way of life.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click below to listen to the recorded sermon for today&#8217;s service.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8533-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-09-25-sermon-The-Power-of-Story-edited-4.4.25-Susannah-and-Gary.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-09-25-sermon-The-Power-of-Story-edited-4.4.25-Susannah-and-Gary.mp3\">https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-09-25-sermon-The-Power-of-Story-edited-4.4.25-Susannah-and-Gary.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories shape our understanding of the world, our place within it, and the values we hold dear. Whether personal narratives, cultural myths, or sacred texts, stories guide us toward meaning and transformation. This service delves into the power of storytelling as a spiritual practice, inviting us to consider the stories we tell about ourselves and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/services\/the-power-of-story-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Power of Story (with audio)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"uu_service_speaker":[161],"uu_service_topics":[],"class_list":["post-8533","uu_services","type-uu_services","status-publish","hentry","uu_service_speaker-rev-anthony-mtuaswa-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/8533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uu_services"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8533"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/8533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8730,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/8533\/revisions\/8730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uu_service_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_service_speaker?post=8533"},{"taxonomy":"uu_service_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_service_topics?post=8533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}