How’ve you been? My sabbatical is over and I’m grateful for that time to find rest and renewal. Thank you so much for it. I did some reading, a little traveling, and loads of hiking. Mostly, I got the chance to think deeply about all sorts of things. And I...

It’s kind of difficult to look too far in the future right now, when we don’t even know what life will be like in February. But sometimes, an event is so momentous, we need to give it its proper attention well in advance. This October, Live Oak will celebrate its...

January 14, 2021 • Carrie Krause Even though I loathed sleepovers as a child, I decided to join the party that’s happening all over Unitarian Universalist religious education programs! Live Oak is hosting a stuffie sleepover, and here’s your invitation. Be sure to RSVP so we know how many to FEED. Who: Open to...

January 7, 2021 • Rev. Joanna What a week. I mean, WHAT A WEEK! An attempt to get the Georgia Secretary of State to “find” more votes for one candidate, a nail-biter of a state election that will change the Senate, and an attempted insurrection. And that was just by Wednesday. Excuse...

November 18, 2020 • Rev. Joanna I am not a fan of forced gratitude and have even preached about it. I’ve pointed out if that if we make a cult out of gratitude, we establish denial its chief sacrament. But you know, some years break the rules. And 2020, with the attempts to destroy...

Thanks to everyone who sent in photos of their children’s Halloween costumes for our postlude last Sunday! Those pictures from you all really “make” our videos. You may have noticed the colorful heart painting by Nancy Mason’s grandson Dominic last week, used as the wallpaper for “Fire of Commitment”. That...