Church of One Love

The Call To Compassion

What is compassion?  Is it feeling sorry for another?  Helping one another? Can one have compassion for oneself? Is it something to do or something to feel?  How can we lead lives of compassion in a world of overwhelming suffering? 

The Call To Contemplation

There is so much noise in today’s world—a constant soundtrack of news, music, entertainment, other people’s opinions and requests, continuous ‘to-do’ lists… To change our lives we must change our ways of thinking and viewing the world, and we can’t possibly know what we think until we get quiet enough—inside and out—to hear our own thoughts, intuition and guidance. Can time dedicated to quiet contemplation lead us into a more centered life?

Our Thoughts Are Prayers

How does one distinguish between a thought and a prayer?  How much praying is enough? How would you change what you spend time thinking and believing, listening to- and watching-- if you knew that your thoughts had a direct impact on the world? 

Finding Refuge: In The Sangha

We continue our series on finding refuge as we explore the Sangha: the community of all those who endeavor to practice the Way of love, peace, joy, and abundance.  We are uplifted, held, encouraged and supported by the community…to the extent that WE participate in community and allow ourselves this refuge.  What does it require to truly be a part of a community of trust and openness, where we can find true refuge? 

Finding Refuge: In The Dharma

The Dharma is the Way itself…the directions we follow, the practices we engage in, the thoughts we think, the words we speak and the actions we take.  The idea is that we can find refuge, comfort, safety in our very way of being in this world. How do we find that? What practices will lead us there?

Rev. Janet Ellis: Abracadabra

Join Rev. Janet Ellis as she speaks on finding and owning one's passion.

Finding Refuge: In The Buddha

The Buddha in this context is not a person, but a representation of the One Presence and Power in the universe.  How do we contact that Presence?  How do we know it is there?  How can we activate this presence in our lives so that we may find our safety and our refuge in it?

Letters From Birmingham Jail

In Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s letter, he outlines both the reasons for non-violence, why the time is right NOW, and the basic steps to ensure its success. 

In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: 1) collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive; 2) negotiation; 3) self-purification; and 4) direct action.  How can these apply in our daily lives as we endeavor to live non-violently in the truest sense of that word?

Special Guest Rev. Rick Horsey

Welcome, Black History Month!

What Is Ours To Do

When we truly know what we believe, then our task is to truly live from that conviction.  In choices small and large--do our thoughts, words, and actions support, illustrate our beliefs?   Can others tell what we believe by the way we live?  Let’s explore what it means to live out our beliefs into the world.