COURAGE! COURAGE AND FAITH! a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley 11:00 AM, Sunday, May 12, 2019 There is a scene in Merchant Ivory’s film adaptation of EM Forster’s novel A Room with a View, after Lucy Honeychurch and Young Mr. Emerson kiss on an Italian hilltop. Their kiss interrupted, Lucy is embarrassed and … Continue reading Courage! Courage and Faith!
PRAYER ON THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WWI ARMISTICE by the Reverend Paul Oakley November 11, 2018 Today is the 100th anniversary of the armistice that brought the destruction of World War I to a close. It was supposed to be the War to End All Wars, yet since then our nation has fought World War II, … Continue reading Prayer on Armistice Day 2018
UNITY PRAYER given by the Rev. Paul Oakley at the Unity Prayer Breakfast of the Staunton Branch NAACP St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Staunton, Virginia 9:00 AM, Saturday, February 10, 2018 God who made us one and calls us to be one, God who made us many so that we may come to … Continue reading Unity Prayer
INCLUSION: DRAWING THE CIRCLE WIDER a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley 10:00 AM, Sunday, July 16, 2017 In my time as a chaplain at Christian Hospital in St. Louis, I worked alongside a young seminary graduate. He was in his mid-20s and had the appearance and manner of someone who had little experience … Continue reading Inclusion – Drawing the Circle Wider
PRAYER OF THOSE WHO REMEMBER Interfaith Benediction by the Reverend Paul Oakley offered at HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL SERVICE Co-sponsored by Governor Pat Quinn and the Jewish Federations of Illinois Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois 11:00 AM, Thursday, May 1, 2014 God of our hearts, God of our understandings, God who gives us hope and inspires us … Continue reading Prayer of Those Who Remember
