A Sermon by the Rev. Paul Oakley Sunday, December 12, 2021 By now we are well into the annual fiction that is the War on Christmas. Each year a certain variety of political right winger, often self-identified as evangelical protestant Christians, whip up a frenzy among those who listen to them, claiming that the political … Continue reading The Unitarian Heritage of Christmas
If we really are not all that concerned one way or the other about a historic war against the country that is now our closest ally, if we refuse to shelter ourselves from the dicier truths of our past, from the shameful parts of our history, what gives us reason to celebrate on this July … Continue reading Our Better Angels
SINAI, PENTECOST, AND OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS a sermon by the Reverend Paul Oakley 10:30 AM, Sunday, June 9, 2019 Today many Christians are celebrating Pentecost, the day recognized as the event that birthed Christianity as a movement that lived beyond the life of one man. People were gathered together, who had known and … Continue reading Sinai, Pentecost, and Our Democratic Process
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!
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
