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Chalice Unitarian Universalist InspirationFace the Music and DancePopular guest speaker, and UCLA oncology chaplain, Michael Eselun will explore the dance we do between acceptance and self-compassion. If we reach for acceptance of our circumstances as a pathway to inner peace, what part does self-compassion play?2025-03-0222 min
Beyond The Clinic: Living Well With MelanomaSpirituality and Cancer CareWhen faced with a cancer diagnosis, some patients rely on their spirituality to cope and find meaning behind the experience. For some, spirituality is a belief in a higher power. For others, it’s simply a recognition that there is something greater than oneself. In this conversation, Michael Eselun discusses how patients, caregivers, and others facing challenges, rely on or call into question their own spirituality.
Guest: Michael Eselun, BCC
Michael Eselun, (he/him) BCC, a Board Certified Chaplain, has been named the Dr. John Glaspy Chaplain in Oncology Care for the Simms/Mann‐UCLA Cent...2022-09-1330 min
UUSLOBack to Junior High - AudioOncology chaplain and popular guest speaker Michael Eselun will share some deeply personal reflections about junior high school -- a pivotal and often painful time that leaves indelible memories for many of us. In dialogue with some of those 13-year-old perceptions, what might be discovered about inherent worth, dignity and compassion?2019-05-1222 min
First Parish UU Cambridge - SermonsSunday Sermon - Perfect StrangersPreacher: Michael Eselun2018-08-1923 minUUSLONo Justice, No Peace! - AudioWe are used to hearing this chant of protest-- as a demand for justice. Pursuit of justice is a core UU Principle, and yet we've also heard since childhood that "no one said life is fair." When such injustice hits closer to home-like say, a diagnosis of cancer, how do we find peace when there seems to be no justice? UCLA oncology chaplain, Michael Eselun, will explore this territory.2018-06-1723 min
Sermons-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoPilgrimagePilgrimage
Popular guest speaker and UCLA Oncology Chaplain, Michael Eselun will explore the idea of pilgrimage-- our pursuit of inspiration and enlightenment. Internal journeys and external ones-and some in between.
Michael Eselun, guest preacher
Sam King, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Dr. Mark Sumner, music director
Gayle Reynolds, Vice Moderator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting2018-01-301h 19Complete Service-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoPilgrimagePilgrimage
Popular guest speaker and UCLA Oncology Chaplain, Michael Eselun will explore the idea of pilgrimage-- our pursuit of inspiration and enlightenment. Internal journeys and external ones-and some in between.
Michael Eselun, guest preacher
Sam King, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Dr. Mark Sumner, music director
Gayle Reynolds, Vice Moderator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting2018-01-301h 19UUSLOI Don't Have a Suit - AudioMichael Eselun will explore the experience of insiders and outsiders — our yearning to belong and the comfort we take in belonging versus our inner experience of being on the outside, often at the same time.2017-10-2223 minFirst Parish UU Cambridge - SermonsSunday Sermon - Restringing the BeadsPreacher: Michael Eselun2017-06-2523 min
TabootyConfronting End of Life with Michael EselunMichael Eselun, Chaplain for the Simms Mann Center for Integrative Oncology chats with us about confronting the end of life and honoring where we are mentally, spiritually and emotionally when it comes to this and other taboo, tricky, existential topics. While this podcast does not reflect any particular views of Fight CRC, it is an opportunity to hear from an expert in the field who regularly works with individuals and their families confronting difficult life decision2017-02-1634 minSermons-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoOnce Upon A Time . . . AgainOnce Upon A Time . . . Again
We welcome back popular guest speaker Michael Eselun, who has come to us every autumn for several years. An Oncology Chaplain at UCLA Hospital, Michael will use very personal stories to illustrate how we can retell the story of our lives in ways that reconcile us to the past and allow us to face whatever may come with grace and courage.
Michael Eselun, Guest Preacher
Rev. John Buehrens, Senior Minister
Sister Sheila Flynn, O.P.
Eric Hamilton, guitar
Dr. Mark Sumner, Song Leader
Reiko Oda Lane, Or...2016-11-281h 20Complete Service-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoOnce Upon A Time . . . AgainOnce Upon A Time . . . Again
We welcome back popular guest speaker Michael Eselun, who has come to us every autumn for several years. An Oncology Chaplain at UCLA Hospital, Michael will use very personal stories to illustrate how we can retell the story of our lives in ways that reconcile us to the past and allow us to face whatever may come with grace and courage.
Michael Eselun, Guest Preacher
Rev. John Buehrens, Senior Minister
Sister Sheila Flynn, O.P.
Eric Hamilton, guitar
Dr. Mark Sumner, Song Leader
Reiko Oda Lane, Or...2016-11-281h 20
TabootySpirituality and Cancer with Michael EselunReligious and spiritual values have been reported by many patients as important cancer coping tools. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) “the terms spirituality and religion are often used in place of each other, but for many people they have different meanings.”Join Fight CRC’s Sharyn Worrall, and Chaplain Michael Eselun, BCC from the Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology as they explore the role of spirituality and cancer. 2016-08-1625 minFirst Parish UU Cambridge - SermonsSunday Sermon - Putting on the Gold CoatPreacher: Michael Eselun2015-08-0924 minComplete Service-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoGratitude: Restringing the BeadsUnitarian Universalist oncology chaplain and inspiring speaker Michael Eselun as he explores our relationship to our own stories and how we can use them in the attempt to make spiritual sense of our lives. Joining Michael on the chancel are Cindy Pincus, Intern Minister and Alison Rittger, Worship Associate. Music from the choir led by Dr. Mark Sumner; Reiko Oda Lane, organ and Kate Offer, soprano.2014-11-241h 00Sermons-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoGratitude: Restringing the BeadsUnitarian Universalist oncology chaplain and inspiring speaker Michael Eselun as he explores our relationship to our own stories and how we can use them in the attempt to make spiritual sense of our lives. Joining Michael on the chancel are Cindy Pincus, Intern Minister and Alison Rittger, Worship Associate. Music from the choir led by Dr. Mark Sumner; Reiko Oda Lane, organ and Kate Offer, soprano.2014-11-241h 00Complete Service-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoWhere the Theology Meets the RoadWhere the Theology Meets the Road -- Complete delivered by Michael Eselun October 16, 20112011-10-181h 11Sermons-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoWhere the Theology Meets the RoadWhere the Theology Meets the Road -- Complete delivered by Michael Eselun October 16, 20112011-10-181h 11First Parish UU Cambridge - SermonsSunday Sermon - Where the Theology Meets the RoadPreacher: Michael Eselun2011-08-0723 minFirst Parish UU Cambridge - SermonsSunday Sermon - The Gothic Heart: Finding Meaning Where You WillPreacher: Michael Eselun2010-08-0820 min