Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Mark Y. A. Davies

Rev. Dr. Mark Y. A. Davies is the Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics, Director of the World House Institute for Social and Ecological Responsibility, and Executive Director of the Leadership. Education, and Development Hub North America for the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry) at Oklahoma City University where he has worked in both teaching and administration for 22 years. He is an ordained elder in the Oklahoma Conference of the United Methodist Church where he has served as Chair of the Board of Church and Society from 2015 to 2018.

In 2017, the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church selected Dr. Davies to serve as the convener of the writing team tasked with revising “The Natural World” section of the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church. This is the first time the Social Principles have undergone a thorough revision since their adoption by the denomination in 1972.

Mark engages in advocacy and activism in the areas of peace, social justice, and ecological sustainability. Locally this is expressed through his work with the Human Community Network, which works to create non-violent systemic change for a just and flourishing human and ecological community through collaboration, education, innovation, and action. See www.humancommunitynetwork.org.

He and his wife Kristin live in Edmond, OK in the United States, and they have two teenage daughters.

Reflections on Our Shared Values: Interdependence

“Interdependence:  We honor the interdependent web of all existence and acknowledge our place in it.”  This Sunday is the first in a series of discourses on the recently adopted Shared Values of the UUA. The Rev Mark Y. A. Davies, leading. You may download the morning program here or read it below without having to download … Continue reading Reflections on Our Shared Values: Interdependence

Take Courage

Take Courage The Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies, leading Often referred to as one of the four cardinal virtues, courage is the ability to persevere in the face of uncertainty and fear. Sounds like the kind of virtue that might be helpful to cultivate in times like these! Download the Morning Program here or read … Continue reading Take Courage

The F-Word

The F-word The Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies, leading For years it has been considered hyperbole to use the word “fascism” in reference to particular politicians or political movements within our society, but when politicians and their followers are using rhetoric that is identical to Hitler and Mussolini, promising to imprison their political opponents and … Continue reading The F-Word

Reflections on Liberating Planet, People, and Religion

Reflections on Liberating Planet, People, and Religion The Rev Dr Mark Y.A. Davies, leading Download the morning program here or read it below without having to download it. Joerg Rieger and Terra Schwerin Rowe have recently edited and published a series of essays looking at new ways of expressing the intersection of religion, economics, and … Continue reading Reflections on Liberating Planet, People, and Religion

Reflections on “Life After Doom”

Reflections on Life After Doom Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies, guest minister You can download the morning program – or read it below without having to download it – here. This discourse will explore Brian McLaren’s most recent book, Life After Doom. McLaren believes that we cannot ignore that “unpeaceful, uneasy, and unwanted feeling” that the … Continue reading Reflections on “Life After Doom”