Author: Rev. Paul

Courage! Courage and Faith!

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 … read more.

Prayer on Armistice Day 2018

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 … read more.

Unity Prayer

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 … read more.

Inclusion – Drawing the Circle Wider

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 … read more.

Prayer of Those Who Remember

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 … read more.