YOU MAY WATCH THIS MORNING ASSEMBLY HERE Conservative columnist David Brooks’ non-political book The Second-Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life is a thoughtful exploration of what it means to live a meaningful life. Why do some people seem to radiate joy, know why they were put on earth, and follow a different path than … Continue reading “Mountain-climbing for UUs”
Poetry Sunday Our scheduled speaker for this morning, Oklahoma cowboy poet Ron Wallace requested we reschedule him for a later date. Today’s Poetry Sunday will feature the video from last summer’s General Assembly when Richard Blano delivered the prestigious Ware Lecture. We are grateful that he accepted the invitation to speak last June and hope … Continue reading The Power of We
What are emotions? How do they arise? How are they sustained? The Ven. Tashi Nyima will share a practical approach to managing emotions. We welcome again to our pulpit today, the Venerable Tashi Nyima. Tashi is an ordained monk in the Jonang lineage of Vajrayana(Tibetan) Buddhism, and leads the Universal Compassion Buddhist Congregation, with Sanghas … Continue reading Managing Disturbing Emotions
About this Sunday’s morning assembly: A sermon focusing on roots and branches of Universalism starting with John Murray, who came to believe in Universalism in England. He came to America in 1770 and preached the first sermon on universal salvation in a chapel built by local farmer Thomas Potter, and subsequent spread of Universalism … Continue reading Our Universalist Roots and Branches
This talk will explore one of the most significant philosophical correspondences of the 20th Century comprised of a sustained 23 year dialogue (1922-1945) between UU philosopher Charles Hartshorne and Methodist philosopher Edgar S. Brightman. Hartshorne was one of the leading proponents of process philosophy, and Brightman was the most prominent Boston personalist philosopher of his … Continue reading The Hartshorne/Brightman Correspondence: A Unitarian Universalist Philosopher and Methodist Philosopher in Dialogue
Living Our Faith Out Loud The Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray, preaching (video message) In the midst of these defining and tumultuous times, when so much is on the line, we must ask “How can we live the values of compassion, justice, democracy and interdependence in bold, courageous ways that have the power to make a … Continue reading Living Our Faith Out Loud
Memory is an essential part of consciousness and places embody our memories. Old buildings are like memories you can touch. However, in order to experience this connection, we must first know of its history. On this last Sunday of Black History Month, we welcome Funeral Director James E. Smith who will speak of his 40 … Continue reading Our Building: A Site of Memory
Author, educator, media theorist and social critic Neil Postman (1931-2003) argued that television was playing on our appetite for distraction as we amused ourselves to death. Writing on the cusp of the internet, Postman warned of the dangers posed by the false god of technology for culture, politics, and education. We’ll consider what he had … Continue reading Neil Postman, Prophet? Technology, Gods, and The End of Education.
On Sunday a look at a new, exciting focus. The Pathway to Membership becomes clearer, easier to follow. At least the Membership Team hopes so! Marion Hill will speak about a new approach to church membership that the congregation has voted to begin using. This Path to Membership, based on a workshop Hill heard at … Continue reading A New Plan for a New Year
A closer look at what it means to be persons-in-community and how awareness of this reality changes our self-understanding and sense of responsibility for the world around us. Dr. Davies has, for the last 23 years, been the Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics at Oklahoma City University and Founding Director of the World … Continue reading Communitarian Personalism
