“Chiron Redux: the Return of the Wounded Healer”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Rev. Diana’s final sermon, a love letter to First Unitarian, its past and its future. This service will include the minister’s leavetaking ritual.
Topic: Living in Love
“Farewell: A Celebration of Our Time Together”
Join us for our farewell service to Rev. Diana. We will be celebrating her and her ministry in Oklahoma City and hearing from folks who have been changed by her work. Note: Next week, (March 10) is Rev. Diana’s farewell to us. Direct link to YouTube stream HERE.
“COVID and Cacti of Love”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. During “candidating week” a UU minister candidate typically gives two sermons. The first is intended to introduce the candidate to the congregation (“Who Am I?”) and the second is focused on who the congregation and minister might be together (“Who Might We Be?”) In our final weeks together, I … Continue reading “COVID and Cacti of Love”
“The Power of Love”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Besides being a very popular title for pop songs in the ’80s, is there truly a “power” of love? Today, during this multigenerational service, we explore what love can do, and we write valentines to our beloved community.
“Your Life” — Coming Out Sunday
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. This service is co-created with the Radical Welcoming Team in honor of LGBTQ+ History Month and National Coming Out Day. We celebrate the many quiet and not-at-all-quiet, courageous ways 2SLGBTQIA+ people live their authentic lives. Your name is not a song you will sing under your breath. Your pronouns … Continue reading “Your Life” — Coming Out Sunday
“Love Your Enemies”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. “Love Your Enemies” – What does this mean? Are we really expected to love our enemies? This is closely tied to the first principle of Unitarian Universalists which is a belief in the inherent worth and dignity of every person. Do we really mean our enemies … Continue reading “Love Your Enemies”
“The Bully on Our Block”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Bullies don’t just go away. Their legacies don’t just disappear. The bully must be confronted intentionally, his impact named and addressed. Even so, it seems there’s no clear consensus on how to deal with the bully on our blocks. – DeRay McKesson How do we respond to the grown-up … Continue reading “The Bully on Our Block”
“Confession of an Ardent Heart: Why the Humanities Matter”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. This is the 2022 auction winner’s requested sermon topic. In Oklahoma, and in other parts of the United States, teachers of language and literature, history, the arts, and philosophy have been accused of promulgating a “leftist agenda,” and texts by emerging, marginalized, and even canonical writers have been deemed … Continue reading “Confession of an Ardent Heart: Why the Humanities Matter”
“What Is Love (Baby Don’t Hurt Me)”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. ‘The latest iteration of the Article II draft (the UUA Bylaws description of our faith’s purpose, principles, and values) lists Love as the force that holds us all together. But what IS “love” anyway?
“Practice, Practice, Praxis”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. As Unitarian Universalists, we focus not on heaven or perfection but on practicing our faith. Abstract ideas about how to live don’t really matter. It’s how we live that counts, even when that living involves a lot of falling down and failing. Today we pick up the ancient philosophical … Continue reading “Practice, Practice, Praxis”