speaker: Rev. Brian Ferguson | Religion can be thought of as having two main purposes: giving hope in hard times and finding meaning in suffering. Perhaps overly simplistic but there…
Rev. Brian Ferguson
Brian graduated from our Unitarian Universalist seminary, Starr King School of Ministry, in 2009 with an M.Div. degree. He served as the ministerial intern at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin and Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church in Cedar Park. Brian served as the minister of the San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for five years. Brian’s ministry is driven by the desire to explore and improve the human condition in an interdisciplinary and holistic way. He is joined on life’s journey by his partner, Natalie Freeburg, and their daughter,
Isla.
speaker: Rev. Brian Ferguson | June 28th, 1969 is widely considered to be the most important event leading to the LGBTQ liberation movement and the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ+ equality…
speaker: Rev. Brian Ferguson | The story of David and Goliath is one of the most well know stories from the Hebrew Scriptures. It has entered our culture as an…
speaker: Rev. Brian Ferguson | “Do to others as you would have done to you” is a fundamental ethical claim of many religions and seen as an important ethical guide…
speaker: Rev. Brian Ferguson | Living a full and engaged life will mean we will be hurt and be disappointed by people. We will also hurt and disappoint others. These…
speaker: Dee Adams, Rev. Brian Ferguson | We will explore the various beauty and challenges that diversity brings into our life while celebrating our Unitarian Universalist ritual of Flower Communion. …
speaker: Michelle Baker, Rev. Brian Ferguson | On May 5th, 1819, one of the most important sermons in our Unitarian Universalist history was delivered in Baltimore by William Ellery Channing.…
speaker: Margaret Stallheim, Rev. Brian Ferguson | This year we are celebrating our eighth consecutive Scholarship Sabbath. In this service, we introduce and honor recipients of our Wildflower Scholarships, two…
speaker: Rev. Brian Ferguson | The Easter Story is of primary importance to Christians. Both our Unitarian and Universalist traditions have their roots in the Liberal Christian tradition but many…
speaker: Rev. Brian Ferguson | One of the great challenges for many Unitarian Universalists is explaining what is spiritually central to us at individuals and as a community. It can…
speaker: Joan Denson, Rev. Brian Ferguson, Susie Epstein | As Unitarians, what does it mean to be a welcoming congregation for visitors and members of Wildflower with disabilities? In this…
speaker: Karin Wellman, Rev. Brian Ferguson | Many of us identify as a Unitarian Universalist – but do we mean the same or even similar things when we identify as…
speaker: Bronwen Cadd, Rev. Brian Ferguson, Wendy Eickstaedt | The term Reproductive Justice has its origins in the Women of Color Collective Sistersong who define it as “the human right…
speaker: Cathy Cramer, Rev. Brian Ferguson | Perhaps there is no more significant trait about a person than how hospitable they are to those different from themselves. I believe this…
speaker: Rev. Brian Ferguson, Trece Spalten | The journey of life can deliver us many bumps, bruises and cuts – physically, emotionally and spiritually. This can make life seem an…