“Good Habits: Cultivating Virtue” with the rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies The Morning Program https://redriveruu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TMP-04-11-v2-DMS-study.pdf Sneak Peek:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QC5Mft4gY8 Of his remarks Dr. Davies writes,  “Aristotle believed that possessing good character is about cultivating moral and intellectual virtue, and this requires practicing good habits for the sake of human flourishing. What might we learn from Aristotle in … Continue reading Good Habits: Cultivating Virtue

Responsible Religious Freedom – the Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies, speaking Join us online Sunday @ 11:15 on our YouTube channel or our Facebook Page Online Coffee Hour:  Join is via Zoom, starting immediately following the Morning Assembly here In this discourse, I will be looking at the ways in which our lives our enhanced by religious freedom while noting … Continue reading Responsible Religious Freedom

Join us Sunday @ 11:15 on our YouTube Channel or our Facebook page Here’s a 1 minute sneak peek from Dr. Davies regarding his upcoming remarks. Direct link to the morning assembly To what extent is religion a force for good in the world and why does it so often seem to be used in ways that contribute to so … Continue reading Is Religion Good?

Join us on Sunday @ 11:15 on either our Facebook Page or our YouTube Channel “Loving Persons We Don’t Like” – in a society that is increasingly divided, where vitriol seems to find its way into every room of our shared world house, what does it mean to love one another when we do not … Continue reading “Loving Persons We Don’t Like”

Watch this morning assembly here   In developing the myth of American Exceptionalism, our society has not fully come to terms with the most problematic aspects of our history – systemic racism and the genocide of our indigenous siblings. What might we learn from other societies that have more thoroughly confronted and repented from the … Continue reading “Truth and Reconciliation”

Watch this morning assembly here THE MORNING PROGRAM IS BELOW Food Justice in a Global Pandemic is an exploration of issues of food insecurity and food access during the global pandemic and what local communities can do to help the most vulnerable. The Rev. Dr. Mark Davies is the Oklahoma State Humanities Scholar for the … Continue reading Food Justice in a Global Pandemic

Join us at 11:15 am on our YouTube channel (redriveruu) all one word THE MORNING PROGRAM IS BELOW Sometimes thinking in terms of moral absolutes overlooks the complex and often conflicting choices, values, obligations, and principles that we face in the process of moral decision making. What are some effective ways to determine the most … Continue reading “Contextual Ethics: What is the fitting to do?”