A Prayer by the Rev. Paul Oakley North, South, East, and West, Perhaps an angel, visible, ahead of me, Angels hidden by forests around me, And everywhere God, if that’s how your heart experiences the world… Everywhere value and worth. Angels created by our ingenuity, desire, and prayers, Angels imagined in concrete absence, And a … Continue reading To Be the Angel

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

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