Gratitude

This is the final service that Rev. Jami Yandle (our sabbatical minister) will be with us, join us for a service as Rev. Jami says thanks and highlights all the good we are doing here at Live Oak!

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Will to Meaning

Life requires us to make sense of difficult times, large and small. We have all been through a collective trauma with the pandemic. Victor Frankl—Austrian psychiatrist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor—offers a framework for making meaning constructively in the most difficult of circumstances. Let’s reflect on how our thinking can transform our reality and set us […]

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Pandemic life has been a slow-motion roller coaster. Some days we feel almost normal, while other days bring us to our knees. Drawing upon the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke and her own spiritual practice of music-making, Unitarian Universalist Rev. Erin Walter will reflect on how we may endure ongoing uncertainty while also embracing joy […]

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Are Moderates Obsolete

The corporate world and the church world would seem to be mutually exclusive in their goals and processes, but with some terminology mapping and focusing on the people and relationships involved, it’s obvious that we can find some much needed “synergies” between the two. CT has been attending Live Oak for 17 years since being […]

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Red Light, Green Light

Red light…green light…its about pausing and letting go…then moving forward to do the “work” more intentionally…after we have let go of things post covid and as we are meeting ourselves again in this new reality.

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The Far Country

Presented by Rev. Eric Posa on July 10, 2022. We Unitarian Universalists speak frequently of our religious journeys. But in times of profound change, what does it mean for a congregation as a whole to be on a journey? We’ll explore what being on a journey can mean for us. After more than a decade […]

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Is This Sermon My Destiny?

Presented by Joel Bercu on July 3, 2022. I had a vision that on July 3rd that I, Joel Bercu, will be giving a sermon at Live Oak UU church. Predestination was hotly debated in the 4th century, with accusations of heresy for not believing in it. Now fast forward to the 21st century where […]

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