Category: Prayers and Blessings

To Be the Angel

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 … 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.

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.