UUCOC Conversations http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp Where Reason is the Partner of Faith Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:22:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 2006-2010 conversations@oakcliffuu.org (Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas) conversations@oakcliffuu.org (Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas) Religion - Unitarian Universalism 1440 http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/uucoc_podcasts144.jpg UUCOC Conversations http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp 144 144 Our Sunday Services and other special events at the UUCOC Where Reason is the Partner of Faith Unitarian, Universalism, Liberal, Religion Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas conversations@oakcliffuu.org no no Listen to Our Services, March 25th, 2012: Developing Balance Between Logic and Love http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-march-25th-2012-developing-balance-between-logic-and-love/ http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-march-25th-2012-developing-balance-between-logic-and-love/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:22:58 +0000 Scott Grey http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/?p=3906 Developing Balance Between Logic and Love.  UUCOC Worship Ministry members Geoff Pool and Heather Hood brought their unique perspectives to the pulpit.  (RT 20:53)

]]> http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-march-25th-2012-developing-balance-between-logic-and-love/feed/ 0 0:20:53 "What can we as a congregation of 102 be capable of? With our revolve and our hope and our optimism. How can reason modified by compassion be manifested in our own church community?" "What can we as a congregation of 102 be capable of? With our revolve and our hope and our optimism. How can reason modified by compassion be manifested in our own church community?" Conversations, PodCasts Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas no no Listen to Our Services, April 22nd, 2012: What did you come here to do? http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-22nd-2012-what-did-you-come-here-to-do/ http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-22nd-2012-what-did-you-come-here-to-do/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:14:22 +0000 Scott Grey http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/?p=3904 What did you come here to do?
Somehow we have all managed to arrive in this Human Sanctuary called Earth. We are in families and relationships, communities and a church. But we are here for a very short period of time. Rev. Mark Walz asks the questions:  What did we come here to do? How’s it coming?  (RT 20:18)

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]]> http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-22nd-2012-what-did-you-come-here-to-do/feed/ 0 0:20:18 "...the question kept coming up in my head. What did you come here to do. This is harder than a bucket list. This is not about horseback riding or motor scooters or climbing Machu Picchu. This is about our lives. " - Rev. Mark Walz "...the question kept coming up in my head. What did you come here to do. This is harder than a bucket list. This is not about horseback riding or motor scooters or climbing Machu Picchu. This is about our lives. " - Rev. Mark Walz Conversations, PodCasts Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas no no Listen to Our Services – April 15th, 2012: Expiration Dates http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-15th-2012-expiration-dates/ http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-15th-2012-expiration-dates/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:02:59 +0000 Scott Grey http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/?p=3900 Rev. Mark Walz preaches that according to the New Testament stories, when Jesus approached and entered Jerusalem in his 33rd year, he knew he had two weeks to live. How did he prepare for the end? How did he prepare himself, his disciples, and his family? How would you?  (RT 20:34)

]]> http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-15th-2012-expiration-dates/feed/ 0 0:20:34 "But, if you had fourteen days to live, what would you be doing to make ready for those that you love and care about?" "But, if you had fourteen days to live, what would you be doing to make ready for those that you love and care about?" Conversations, PodCasts Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas no no Listen to Our Services – April 1st, 2012: The Stones Will Cry Out to be Made Into Walls http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-1st-2012-the-stones-will-cry-out-to-be-made-into-walls/ http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-1st-2012-the-stones-will-cry-out-to-be-made-into-walls/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:19:31 +0000 Scott Grey http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/?p=3898 The Stones Will Cry Out to be Made Into Walls
When our congregation is moving organically toward building a church foundation that speaks to the needs of the larger Oak Cliff community and resonates with the passions of the people now present, then our church family will blossom and remain resilient even in the face of financial struggles.  Rev. Marcia Shannon preached the sermon. (RT 27:13)

]]> http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-1st-2012-the-stones-will-cry-out-to-be-made-into-walls/feed/ 0 0:27:13 "It's not like the path is easy, but it's like things seem to fall into place. in a way that makes me take notice. It's like if I'm being true to what lights me up on the inside, that things around me are affected." "It's not like the path is easy, but it's like things seem to fall into place. in a way that makes me take notice. It's like if I'm being true to what lights me up on the inside, that things around me are affected." Conversations, PodCasts Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas no no Listen to Our Services: April 8th, 2012: Easter Sunday – We Have Risen! http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-8th-2012-easter-sunday-we-have-risen/ http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-8th-2012-easter-sunday-we-have-risen/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:57:01 +0000 Scott Grey http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/?p=3894 Easter Sunday – We Have Risen!
Birth. Life. Death. Re-birth. Transformation. Fact. Fiction. Truth. Metaphor. All of this and more is the High Holy Day we call Easter. Our congregation has been challenged these past weeks in ways great and small. We are all the better for it.
Rev. Mark Walz returned to the pulpit to preach the sermon. (RT 21:54)

]]> http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/04/listen-to-our-services-april-8th-2012-easter-sunday-we-have-risen/feed/ 0 0:21:54 The parables that we recreate on Easter Sunday are there to tell us the deeper story. Easter bunnies DO make the world a better place. The idea that the Earth comes alive again at this time, bearing all of its fruits and resources to sustain us agai[...] The parables that we recreate on Easter Sunday are there to tell us the deeper story. Easter bunnies DO make the world a better place. The idea that the Earth comes alive again at this time, bearing all of its fruits and resources to sustain us again for the work of another year is an amazing story and worth being celebrated. But the story of a young man, a Rabbi, willing to hold to his values and his principles... Conversations, PodCasts Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas no no Listen to Our Services: March 4th, 2012: Spring Cleaning for the Soul http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/03/listen-to-our-services-march-4th-2012-spring-cleaning-for-the-soul/ http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/03/listen-to-our-services-march-4th-2012-spring-cleaning-for-the-soul/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:10:24 +0000 Scott Grey http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/?p=3890 “Spring Cleaning for the Soul”

There is something instinctive about the connection between the time-honored tradition of opening the windows to clear away the dust of winter, new seedlings shaking off the soil as they push towards the sun and clearing out the past in our lives to create a space for new growth.  Rev.  Marcia Shannon discussed “spring cleaning” around the world and explored the purposes of this phenomenon that move beyond simply removing dirt.  Rev. Shannon received her MDiv from Duke University, and is currently UUCOC’s Director of Lifespan Religious Education and coach of the Lay Pastoral Care Team.

]]> http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/03/listen-to-our-services-march-4th-2012-spring-cleaning-for-the-soul/feed/ 0 0:19:41 Thoughts and feelings and experiences are hard to toss out. They're hard because they inevitably reemerge when you least expect it. Like a weed growing up in your freshly planted garden. So you'll need to practice. Thoughts and feelings and experiences are hard to toss out. They're hard because they inevitably reemerge when you least expect it. Like a weed growing up in your freshly planted garden. So you'll need to practice. Conversations, PodCasts Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas no no Listen to Our Services: Feb. 26th, 2012: Words and Deeds-Not Creeds! http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/03/listen-to-our-services-feb-26th-2012-words-and-deeds-not-creeds/ http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/03/listen-to-our-services-feb-26th-2012-words-and-deeds-not-creeds/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:21:18 +0000 Scott Grey http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/?p=3888 Looking at the words and deeds of  prophetic women and men that challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love.

UUCOC Members Teresa Batza and Kimberlyn Crowe delivered the message. (RT: 17:04)

]]> http://www.oakcliffuu.org/wp/2012/03/listen-to-our-services-feb-26th-2012-words-and-deeds-not-creeds/feed/ 0 0:17:04 "...were among the radical heretics of their day. The people who looked outside their comfort zone. Seeing the wrongs in the world, speaking truth to power, and seeking solutions to those wrongs, both within themselves and without." "...were among the radical heretics of their day. The people who looked outside their comfort zone. Seeing the wrongs in the world, speaking truth to power, and seeking solutions to those wrongs, both within themselves and without." Conversations, PodCasts Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff - Dallas, Texas no no