All Souls Unitarian Church
969 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsSermons delivered at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, OK.
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"The Paradox of Choice" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
June 07, 2023 20:24 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in The Point Humanist Hour. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FROM OUR MINISTERS: WANT TO LISTEN? SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: GIVE TO SUPPORT LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Instagram: All Souls Church Website:
"Mind, Memory, & Mercy" with Carlton D. Pearson
June 03, 2023 19:51 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, May 28, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Carlton D. Pearson in the 10am Service. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FROM OUR MINISTERS: WANT TO LISTEN? SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: GIVE TO SUPPORT LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Instagram: All Souls Church Website:
"What Are You Looking For?" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
May 21, 2023 21:14 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, May 21, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in the 10am Service. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FROM OUR MINISTERS: WANT TO LISTEN? SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: GIVE TO SUPPORT LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Instagram: All Souls Church Website:
"Seasons of Love" with Rev. Barbara Prose
May 21, 2023 21:13 - 12 minutes - 17.9 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, May 14, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Barbara Prose in the 10am Service. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FROM OUR MINISTERS: WANT TO LISTEN? SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: GIVE TO SUPPORT LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Instagram: All Souls Church Website:
"When Mercy Speaks" with Rev. Randy Lewis
May 14, 2023 15:34 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MBIs there a limit to mercy, and who decides? And when we don't know how to forgive ourselves, where can we find the permission, or the courage, to do so? In this timely message, Rev. Randy reflects on the challenges of forgiving ourselves, even from terrible things we've done, and the importance of letting mercy courageously enter our lives. This message was delivered on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Randy Lewis in the 10am Service. SUBSCRIBE TO...
"R U Redeemable?" w/Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
April 30, 2023 18:19 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in the 10am Service. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FROM OUR MINISTERS: https://www.youtube.com/user/allsoulsunitarian WANT TO LISTEN? SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-souls-unitarian-church/id193096943 GIVE TO SUPPORT LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: http://www.allsoulschurch.org/GIVE or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Fac...
"Redeeming the Times" w/ Carlton D. Pearson
April 20, 2023 19:05 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, April 16th, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Carlton D. Pearson during The Point service. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FROM OUR MINISTERS: https://www.youtube.com/user/allsoulsunitarian WANT TO LISTEN? SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-souls-unitarian-church/id193096943 GIVE TO SUPPORT LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: http://www.allsoulschurch.org/GIVE or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Fa...
"Wait There's More!" w/ Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
April 09, 2023 17:47 - 10 minutes - 14.5 MBMarlin gives his Easter message This message was delivered on Sunday, April 9th, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in the 10am Service. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FROM OUR MINISTERS: https://www.youtube.com/user/allsoulsunitarian WANT TO LISTEN? SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-souls-unitarian-church/id193096943 GIVE TO SUPPORT LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: http://www.allsoulschurch.org/GIVE or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET...
"Awaken You" w/ Randy Lewis
April 05, 2023 21:46 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Randy Lewis in the Humanist Service. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FROM OUR MINISTERS: WANT TO LISTEN? SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: GIVE TO SUPPORT LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Instagram: All Souls Church Website:
"Love Before & Love Beyond" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar & Rev. Barbara Prose
March 26, 2023 22:34 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBThis Sunday is a special Family Festival Heritage Sunday Service, celebrating All Souls' 102nd birthday. Both Marlin and Barbara deliver messages about what it means for us to honor the legacy of those who came before — they planted seeds that grew into trees for us, and we in turn plant seeds from those trees for those will be here beyond us. This message was delivered on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar and Rev. Barbara Pro...
"Feeling Together" with Rev. Tamara Lebak
March 20, 2023 00:14 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBWe cannot understand religious authority without understanding our relationship to consent. What is our relationship to our own consent? What does it feel like to be fully bought in? What do we do when we feel someone else is not fully bought in? How do we work with the parts of ourselves that are not bought in when someone imposes on us? Join me at the 10:00 am Worship service as we explore how we can be (as in 1 Corinthians 3:9) co-workers in G*d’s service and at the same time be the field ...
"Inner Voices of Authority" with Carlton D. Pearson
March 12, 2023 21:51 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBHow do we manage all of the roles we play in our lives — and does playing a role make us inauthentic? This Sunday, Carlton Pearson explores the what it means for us to remain authentic as we inhabit all of the pressures that surround what we hold to be precious. There are so many versions of us that we present that sometimes it can be challenging to find our true inner voices. This message was delivered on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Carlton D....
"What Is A Woman?" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
March 05, 2023 20:26 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBAre you ever afraid you might say the wrong thing or ask the wrong question? Do you wonder what to think about current debates, such as the ones about Transgender issues? Are you unsure where and when you can raise your concerns and receive a respectful and well-considered answers? This is a message about courageous love and the problem of certainty. On both sides of the current debate about whether a person can “change their gender” there are people who are certain. One side says, “Absolu...
"Civil Rights vs. Civil War" with Carlton D. Pearson
February 28, 2023 23:02 - 27 minutes - 38.5 MBHow do we manage the contradictions inherent in our group identities? Can we authentically agree to disagree, or does going along to get along actually fracture our authenticity? The answers to these questions are never static, but it matters that we get ahead of the questions — it’s better to address our civil rights and needs before a civil war becomes necessary! This message was delivered on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Carlton D. Pearso...
"Black Music & The Soul" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
February 20, 2023 00:45 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBCome for the music and stay for the message! The soundtrack of our lives is infused with influences from African American musicians and creators. To distinguish between American music and Black Music would be impossible. In the same way, it is impossible to distinguish between American History and Black History. This Sunday with the help of our musicians and our special musical guest, Booker Gillespie, we will tap our toes, move our hearts and consider how the soul of Black music has helped s...
"Black Like Me" with Randy Lewis
February 13, 2023 01:27 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBThis Sunday, Randy Lewis challenges our understanding of race through the lens of black and white by exploring the simple fact that none of us are actually black or white — we are all simply varying shades of very light to very dark brown. A black/white dichotomy sets up false archetypes that serve to separate us. This message was delivered on Sunday, February 12, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Randy Lewis in the The Point Humanist Hour. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FR...
"Fractured Stories" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
February 05, 2023 22:35 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBHave you ever acted on an incomplete story and paid the price for it? Every story has multiple sides depending on where we sit. As we launch our theme of “Freedom” and celebrate Black History, this month, we will examine the power of the stories we tell and how they can bless or curse our life. Some stories involve the casting of a spell which creates a false reality. This message may come like a kiss to break the spell that keeps us fractured. This message was delivered on Sunday, February 5...
"Let's Stay Together" with Randy Lewis
January 29, 2023 21:31 - 58 minutes - 81 MBPerhaps nothing is more desirable for humans than healthy community to hold us, to make our lives more meaningful and bearable, so why is it so hard and rare to find this community? The scarcity of beloved community only highlights our profound need for it. So what does it take? At All Souls, we aren't bound by a creed or a cross, instead we are held together by our covenant - our commitment to each other to love beyond belief. It turns out that our differences aren't problems that keep us fr...
"Co-Creation Is It" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
January 22, 2023 22:49 - 58 minutes - 81 MBWhat does it mean for a myth to be true? Does it have to be literal and factual in order for us to glean meaning from it? This Sunday, Rev. Marlin explores the value of myth in our lives and in our world. It might require us to expand our imagination and interpret - indeed, to co-create the universe through our understanding. This message was delivered on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in The Point Humanist Hour. SUBSCRIBE...
"Inescapable Web" with Rev. Gerald Davis
January 15, 2023 22:23 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MB"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." — Frederick Douglass As we celebrate and learn from the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. this MLK Sunday, Rev. Gerald Davis reflects on the "santa-clause-ification" of MLK, a process in which we remember him as a soft and simply well-meaning figure, when in reality he was a radical political and social advocate — to the point that powerful people wanted him killed. This message was delivered on Sunday, Januar...
"Dear Universe" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
January 11, 2023 19:50 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBJoni Mitchell famously sung "We are stardust... and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." What does it mean for us to be made of stardust, floating around on a speck of a speck in the vastness of the cosmos? Does it provoke a sense of wonder that we are here at all? Or maybe a sense of profound uncertainty as to how we got here, or where we are going? These feelings have been provoking us for millennia to create religions about how the stardust turned into us, and also about how we ...
"The 'God' of Small Things" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
December 11, 2022 21:45 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBIn his book, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics, Richard Rohr, wrote: The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfection — and told us that we must do the same or we would never be content on this earth… The struggle to forgive reality for being exactly what it is right now often breaks us through to nondual consciousness.” The mystics of every culture have a way of discovering the divine in all things. In...
"They Have Become Like Us" with Carlton D. Pearson
December 04, 2022 20:16 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MBIn the Bible, there is a moment when God says about humans, "they have become like us." Well, who exactly is "us" there, and what does it mean to become like gods? As humans, we have immense power to create and destroy, but perhaps the thing that makes us *most* like "the gods" is our ability to decide what we will believe about them. Even if we were to see God face to face, we would still be responsible to interpret what we saw! This message was delivered on Sunday, December 3, 2022 at All S...
"Agreeing to Disagree" with Carlton D. Pearson
November 27, 2022 21:03 - 26 minutes - 36 MBDo we have to agree in order to get along? Or maybe it's more accurate to say we agree *to* get along. The Greek word "symphoneo," from which we our English word "symphony" simply means "to sound together" — not necessarily to sound alike. It's likely impossible for us to ever find someone who agrees with us on everything, and instead of those differences threatening our belonging, perhaps they are precisely what makes connection real and meaningful! This message was delivered on Sunday, N...
"'Til Death Do Us Part" with Randy Lewis
November 13, 2022 22:01 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MBThis Sunday after the United States midterm elections, Randy Lewis reflects on what it takes to stay in relationship with those we love, and those we might love, across all of our differences and as we change. We may disagree about so many things on the surface, but beyond that there might be a greater love that holds us together. This message was delivered on Sunday, November 13, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Randy Lewis in The Point Humanist Hour service. SUBSCRIB...
"Our Promise to America" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
November 06, 2022 21:32 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBOur country is built on a promise we make to each other as citizens. It is far from a perfect system, but at its best it is guided by core values articulated in the Declaration of Independence regarding liberty and justice for all. As we head into an extraordinary election week, in America, people on both sides of the aisle seem to fear a win by the other side could be the end of our country as we know it. What do you do with your feelings that democracy may be failing? It is a time when havi...
"The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly" with Randy Lewis
November 02, 2022 17:30 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBThis Sunday, minister Randy Lewis explores the uniquely American problem with violence — particularly gun violence — and what it means to protect ourselves, not just from physical threats, but from corrosive positions in our own hearts. Is there a political stance that can elevate us out of our current struggles with violence, or is this something that must begin within and spread outward? This message was delivered on Sunday, October 30, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma...
"The Right to Read" with Cory Lovell & Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
October 24, 2022 02:55 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBThe importance of accessibility to a broad range of literature has been held up over the course of our democracy by American luminaries as broad across the cultural spectrum as Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Ronald Reagan and Laura Bush. These individuals each spoke of the intellectual freedom and ethical instruction they received from literature in their times. From volumes as diverse as the philosophy of Sappho to the adventures of Superman. Because no book, no literature should be pl...
"The Science and Saga of Good and Evil" with Carlton D. Pearson
October 16, 2022 20:24 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBThe word conscience (or "con-science") roughly means "with knowledge." What, then, does it mean for us to have a conscience about good and evil? How do we learn about what is evil, and how do we know it's true? In this message, Carlton Pearson reflects on his own journey of understanding of what we might call God (or the "Good") and what we might call Evil. How does someone transition from believing a Unitarian Church is evil to actively being a preacher at one? This message was deliv...
"Why Good People Do Bad Things" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
October 03, 2022 01:11 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in the 10 am service. Description: Perhaps more harm has been done in the world by foolish people who think they are doing right than by people who deliberately act wrongly. So when we ask the question "why do good people do bad things," we might instead ask, "how do we know if what we do is right or not?" Many of history's worst atrocities were committed by gro...
"Feed Your Soul" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
September 25, 2022 22:22 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in the 11:30 am The Point Humanist Hour service. Description: Irish poet John O'Donohue once said of the soul that "there is a part you that has never been wounded." What does that part of us know — what is it capable of? What would it look for us to feed that part of ourselves? Our bodies and minds are so hungry for our time and attention, that often our souls...
"I Can See Clearly Now" with Randy Lewis
September 18, 2022 20:41 - 28 minutes - 39.9 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, September 18, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Randy Lewis in the 10 am service. Description: Our lives are made up of stories. Every day we are telling stories to ourselves about ourselves and others. Stories about what will happen to us in the future, and who we were in the past. Some of these stories define us, for better or worse, but how do we know they are true? What if we want to break out of an old story? What if we want to...
"It's Time to Dream Again" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
September 11, 2022 19:32 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in The Point Humanist Hour service. Description: As the world continues to open back up following the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all left to reckon with everything we have been putting off. That might mean something literal like getting married, or switching jobs, or maybe it's something simultaneously more abstract and closer to home for us, like feeling our f...
"The Power of Imagination" with Carlton D. Pearson
September 04, 2022 19:42 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, September 4, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Carlton D. Pearson in The Point Humanist Hour service. Description: Our imaginations are our gateway into our worlds. Our past, present, and future all has to go through an interpretive lens that we get to choose. We always have the opportunity to reimagine our relationships to ourselves and each other, and to imagine a different world that maybe just doesn't exist yet. Sometimes when w...
"Kindness is Contagious" with Randy Lewis
August 28, 2022 20:29 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Randy Lewis in The Point Humanist Hour service. Description: What does it mean to have emotional intelligence, and how might we increase it? Why would we even want to? This Sunday, Randy Lewis explores what it means to practice kindness as a serious business that has consequences in our own lives and those around us. But in order to this, it's important to be transparent with ourselves ab...
"Risking Freedom" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
August 21, 2022 23:45 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, August 21, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in The Point Humanist Hour service. Description: Salman Rushdie, who has spoken twice at All Souls in Tulsa, was violently attacked, on stage, last week. One of our congregation’s middle school girls had to be escorted out of a Public School Board meeting this summer by police because adults, wearing red, white and blue, were aggressive and hostile toward her for ...
"Watch What You Watch" — a message by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
August 14, 2022 20:50 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in The Point Humanist Hour service. Description: How are you feeling right now? Happy, anxious, depressed, or maybe even numb? Or perhaps there is a fear or uncertainty of what will happen when we really let our feelings reach the surface. Sometimes we aren't even aware of what we're feeling, but it still follows us. This Sunday, Rev. Marlin explores what it means...
"Six Degrees of Gratitude" — a message by Rev. Barbara Prose
August 07, 2022 21:12 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, August 7, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Barbara Prose Description: "One expression I will take with me when I leave All Souls is 'I appreciate you.' It’s one of the ways I’ve learned to say thank you here. Those words express that what someone just did or said—or simply who they are—makes a difference in my life and in the life of the church. Now, if I were to try to thank each and every one of you individually, our Sunday ...
"RESPECTING ALL OF YOU" — a message by Rev. Tamara Lebak
July 31, 2022 21:16 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, July 31, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Tamara Lebak Description: Maybe there is a part of you that wants to come to church and a part of you that wants to stay home. Maybe there is a part of you that wants to flee the country and a part of you that wants to firmly plant yourself in the resistance. Maybe there is a part of you who is skeptical of everything and a part of you that has experienced something truly mystical in n...
'THE GOSPEL OF INCLUSION' — a message by Carlton D. Pearson
July 28, 2022 19:11 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, July 24, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Carlton D. Pearson. Description: What does it mean to become more inclusive toward ourselves? As we venture into radical inclusivity, sometimes we are surprised to find old parts of our stories coming back to make us feel guilt, shame, or self-loathing that we thought we had left behind. This Sunday, Carlton explores what it means to move past a kind of militaristic kind of love and step in...
'BOUND TO RESPECT' — a message by Cory Lovell
July 17, 2022 21:30 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, July 17, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Cory Lovell. Description: We are living through times that will ask more of us and challenge our faith in ways we never imagined but now can't possibly ignore. The values of Unitarian Universalism call upon us to be compassionate, innovative, and steadfast even amidst such unpredictability. By rooting ourselves in respect for our tradition's past, respect for the sobering and complicated re...
'NO GREATER LOVE' — a message by Randy Lewis
July 11, 2022 17:00 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, July 10, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Randy Lewis. Description: This Sunday, Randy Lewis explores what it means to try to love another person when we don't even know what it means to love ourselves. The golden rule tells us to "do unto other as we would have done unto us," but many people treat themselves with no love at all. Through growing in our self-love, we become strong to love others beyond belief.
'WE DISSENT' — a message by Barbara Prose
July 10, 2022 22:04 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, July 3, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Barbara Prose. Description: Our country stands on the edge of a precipice. It feels impossible that on the weekend that our nation celebrates its 246th birthday, some of the freedoms and rights we hold dear have been taken away and other rights and freedom are so vulnerable. In these extraordinary and urgent times, we declare that we dissent. Those who pursue authoritarian forms of power als...
'I'M HERE AND I'M QUEER' — a message by Randy Lewis
June 27, 2022 20:53 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, June 29, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Randy Lewis. Description: This Sunday, Randy Lewis, Sabbatical Minister reflects on the enduring meaning of LBGTQ Pride in America and in his own life, and leads us to think more dynamically about cultural progress in our current age, when the Supreme Court has just overturned Roe v. Wade and many other crucial civil liberties are either absent or threatened. The civil rights era never ended.
'YOU ARE INCLUDED' — a message by Carlton D. Pearson (Humanist Service)
June 19, 2022 22:26 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa Oklahoma by Carlton D. Pearson. Description This Sunday, on both Father's Day and Juneteenth, Carlton Pearson explores what it means to reckon with our fraught histories surrounding inclusion. Some of us are victims of exclusion — maybe in our own lifetimes, or maybe through our inherited histories, such as native black Americans that are descended from slavery. Maybe we ourselves have excluded others i...
'IS PEACE POSSIBLE?' - A message by Rev. Barbara Prose (Humanist Service)
June 17, 2022 18:32 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBThis message was delivered on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Barbara Prose, Executive Director of Ministry in The Point Humanist Hour Service. Description: This Sunday, Rev. Barbara reflects on the chaotic moment we are living in and asked the question, "Is peace even possible right now?" What would it look like for us to choose peace at a moment like this, and should we? Channeling Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, Rev. Barbara ...
'MASKS' - A homily by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
April 19, 2020 15:00 - 12 minutes - 18 MBThe homily was delivered on Sunday, April 19, 2020, at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar, Senior Minister. DESCRIPTION Many people around the world have taken to wearing masks. Masks are being worn in the hopes that they will keep us safe from the coronavirus. However, people also wear masks for other reasons. Join me to explore the use of various kinds of masks with the idea that on the other side of this pandemic, perhaps, we can also take off some o...
'SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST OR SURVIVAL OF THE FRIENDLIEST?' - A sermon by Mariela Pérez-Simons (Virtual Service)
April 05, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBThe sermon was delivered on Sunday, April 5, 2020, at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Mariela Pérez-Simons, Intern Minister. The recording includes a pastoral-care message from Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar, Senior Minister. DESCRIPTION “Survival of the fittest” has always been a deeply misunderstood concept, but now, after decades of research by sociologists and evolutionary biologists, a new picture of human nature has emerged, showing how human beings—in order to survive as a ...
'THE ART OF INTIMACY: SELF, STORY, AND UNIVERSE' - A service by Kelli McLoud-Schingen, Mariela Pérez-Simons, and Rev. Barbara Prose (Virtual Service)
March 22, 2020 15:00 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBThe service was held on Sunday, March 22, 2020, at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Kelli McLoud-Schingen, Guest Speaker, Mariela Pérez-Simons, Intern Minister, and Rev. Barbara Prose, Executive Director of Ministry. DESCRIPTION Our celebration of Women’s History Month continues. “Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.” —The Zen master Dogen (1200-1253), founder of the Sōtō school of Zen On this Sunday, as we delve into the concept of the Divine Feminine, we will be explo...
'THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING' - Virtual Service
March 15, 2020 15:00 - 53 minutes - 74.4 MBThe service took place on Sunday, March 15, 2020, at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar, Senior Minister, Rev. Barbara Prose, Executive Director of Ministry, Carlton D. Pearson, Affiliate Minister, Mariela Pérez-Simons, Intern Minister. SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: WATCH THIS SERVICE ON YOUTUBE: SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: GIVE A DONATION TO HELP US SPREAD THIS LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Twitter: All...