Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia conduct public executions. Hegseth wants the United States to join this list. The last public executions in the United States were lynchings during the Jim Crow era. 000
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Nobel Peace Prize selection committee apparently did some soul searching this past year. Congratulations to Navi Pillay. I am thankful for her work to uphold human rights and international law and to prosecute war crimes. 010
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026When I was a young boy I was mesmerized by Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech that was given just three years before my birth. When I listened to King’s words, I simply felt it in my bones that this was the dream that we were all living into. oneworldhouse.net/2026/10/04/w...oneworldhouse.netWe Have A DreamWhat would the world of our greatest hopes and dreams look like and what can we do to make it a reality? I grew up watching Captain Kangaroo, Mister Rogers, Sesame Street, and the Electric Co… 040
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Wimberly School of Religion will host Dr. Rebekah Miles, Albert Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at SMU, for the annual Willson Lectures on Oct. 15. Visit the link for details. www.okcu.edu/news/theolog... 010
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Far from being a societal weakness, empathy may very well be the most important virtue we have to save humanity and bring about planetary healing. oneworldhouse.net/2026/09/20/e...oneworldhouse.netEmpathy: The Superpower of Beloved CommunityFar from being a societal weakness, empathy may very well be the most important virtue we have to save humanity and bring about planetary healing; but it is difficult to cultivate the virtue of emp… 010
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Work with others to build a community of empathy, love, mutual support, justice, and resilience because no one should have to face what is coming alone. 021
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Far from being a societal weakness, empathy may very well be the most important virtue we have to save humanity and bring about planetary healing. 042
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A society that disparages, defunds, and depersonalizes education is a society in decline. 010
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Self-identifying “Christians” who target people for exclusion (whether they be trans, Muslim, or black or brown immigrants) are repeating the very worst of Christian history. It has everything to do with hatred, fear, power, and control and absolutely nothing to do with the way of Jesus. 011
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What would it mean to us if we discover life on another planet? Does the immense likelihood that the universe is teeming with life and that some of that life is likely intelligent make any difference to us earthlings? oneworldhouse.net/2026/09/06/i...oneworldhouse.netIs There Anybody Out There?Image from the James Webb Space Telescope Given that there are 2 to 6 trillion galaxies in the known universe and that there are often hundreds of billions of stars in each galaxy and that there ar… 000
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 29/08/2026One of the most dangerous and deadly religious views in the history of humanity is the belief that Earth is not our true home. 000
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 29/08/2026One of the most dangerous ways to read religious scriptures is to view them as simply coming directly from the Divine rather than understanding them as the religious expressions of persons-in-community influenced by the social, economic, and political forces of their historical and cultural context. 021
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 24/08/2026oneworldhouse.net/2026/08/23/t...oneworldhouse.netThe End of the World as We Know ItNote: This discourse was given at Red River UU, I explore how we might work together to end the world as we know it in order to create the world as it should be. I have to give a shoutout to the ro… 111
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Really enjoyed our train ride from OKC to Fort Worth yesterday. If you live in Oklahoma or Texas, please encourage your legislators to keep supporting the Heartland Flyer. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAgNjWNr/tiktok.comAmtrak Heartland Flyer - OKC to Fort Worth We had a great trip by train this morning. #passengerrail #Amtrak TikTok video by Mark Davies 111
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If we want to do no harm, if we want to do positive good in the world, and if we want to stay in love with humanity and all of nature, then we must heed this warning: Beware of any technology that substantially increases the probability of doom. oneworldhouse.net/2026/07/26/e... 011
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A report of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the UK warns that there could be 4 billion climate related deaths and a 50% decrease in global GDP if we allow global average temperatures to increase 3 degrees Celsius by 2050. actuaries.org.uk/media/ni4erl... 053
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 12/07/2026My prayer for all who die is that whatever good they did in the world might live on in some way. 030
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 11/07/2026PSA: It is always okay to to decline a golf invitation from a fascist. 023
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds. news.un.org/en/story/202...news.un.orgIsrael continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission findsIsraeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, a UN independent c... 001
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026It is absolutely not an accident that the world’s first trillionaire is a truly horrific human being. 051
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026You know you have a real problem when the people who are profiting off of causing the problem are doing all they can to erase any way of measuring the problem. #climatecrisis 010
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Trump is erasing our ocean monitoring capabilities. Those profiting off the activities that are destroying a livable climate are attempting to destroy the ways we measure how much climate chaos they are actually creating. Evil. photo credit: Darlene Trew Crist / AP 010
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Excellent divestment news from the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church. fossilfreeumc.net/2026/06/01/b...fossilfreeumc.netBaltimore-Washington Conference Votes to Divest from Fossil FuelsBy Rev. Sharee Wharton The Baltimore-Washington Conference took a meaningful step toward faithful environmental stewardship at the 242nd Annual Conference by successfully passing the Reso… 010
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Over the next month, the eyes of the world will be upon us, and what they will see is up to us. We are free to reject the circus and to embrace beloved community. oneworldhouse.net/2026/06/07/b...oneworldhouse.netBread, Circuses, and Beloved CommunitySaul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images When empires are in decline, they often create spectacles and distractions to keep much of the citizenry from seeing the depths of debauchery to which the society has sun… 056
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 05/06/2026World Environment Day! #WorldEnvironmentDay 2026 focuses on climate change—on the urgent signals the Earth is sending and the signals we choose to send back. UNEP’s global campaign calls on all of us to step in #NowForClimate, and steer a world already in motion. www.worldenvironmentday.globalworldenvironmentday.globalWorld Environment DayWorld Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. 041
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 05/06/2026We all need to ask ourselves, “How can we keep our humanity and love one another in the process of humanity and a livable climate being lost?” What does it look like to be good, kind, just, and loving persons as we experience the end of the world as we know it? oneworldhouse.net/2026/06/03/l...oneworldhouse.netLove, Justice, and the End of the World as We Know ItI agree with the climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe who maintains that we need realistic hope in order not to fall into despair and apathy in relation to the climate crisis (See her excellent book,… 011
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 27/05/2026There is never a good time to have an Ebola outbreak, but the absolute worst time is while Trump is president and RFK Jr. is Secretary of Health and Human Services - incompetence at almost unimaginable levels. 021
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Caesar wants to see some blood in the Coliseum for his 80th birthday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch, Getty Images. 001
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 17/05/2026My reflections on our post-truth society. oneworldhouse.net/2026/05/17/p...oneworldhouse.netPost-Truth SocietyDemocracy cannot survive in a post-truth society. The truth and evidence-based critical thinking matter if we are to develop the shared understanding of reality that makes beloved community possibl… 000
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Imagine the outrage that would have been expressed by people like Franklin Graham had Obama or Biden posted a $100 bill on social media with their image on the front and the words “God Bless Barack Obama” or “God Bless Joe Biden” on the back. 112
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Register now for the Global Ministries Black Earth Wisdom Book Discussion Series Register Here: zoom.us/meeting/regi... 110
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 29/04/2026April 30, is Giving Day at OCU, and I am asking all of you to join me in giving to the Oklahoma City University Petree College of Arts and Sciences to help us continue to provide an education that is making a positive and lasting difference in our world. give.okcu.edu/trueblueocu-...give.okcu.edu#TrueBlueOCU Giving Day 2026Today, I’m taking action for OCU students! Join me and #GiveTrueBlueOCU to help OCU Stars shine! 000
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I am looking forward to participating in the Earth Day Chapel Service at Oklahoma City University. 010
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 22/04/2026If you are a United Methodist who is passionate about caring for the community of all creation, I hope you will consider becoming an EarthKeeper. 000
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Today I was recognized for 30 years of service at Oklahoma City University. It seems just like yesterday that I was one of the young ones. 030
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 15/04/2026news.centralmethodist.edu/2026/04/davi... On April 21, Central Methodist University will welcome Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies back to campus to give the 2026 Perry Lecture on Faith and Science at 7 p.m. in the Inman Lecture Hall (Stedman 200). centralmethodist.zoom.us/j/9878487149...news.centralmethodist.edu Davies to Return for Perry Lecture 010
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Check out Thomas Jay Oord’s recent lecture on the implications of open and relational theology for ecological ethics that he gave at Oklahoma City University’s Wimberly School of Religion in partnership with the World House Institute at OCU. www.facebook.com/share/v/1aR3... 020
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Jesus was executed by imperial power, and his death by execution is an eternal reminder of the sin of imperial power that murders people to sustain itself. 2/2 011
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I do not believe that Jesus had to die for our sins. A divine being who would require a brutal and tortuous blood sacrifice of a human being in order to forgive the sins of humanity would be a sadistic god. 1/2 100
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Come and hear world-renowned theologian Thomas Jay Oord as he reflects on the implications for environmental ethics of open and relational theology - April 9, 2026 at 7 p.m. in Watson Lounge of the W. Angie Smith Chapel at Oklahoma City University. Free and open to the public. 030
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 25/03/2026www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...theguardian.comRevealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newslettersExclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism 010
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 25/03/2026The world should have boycotted both events then just as we should boycott both events now. It is one thing among many things that need to happen to resist the rise of global fascism, and Trump should not be allowed to use these events to bolster his regime. 020
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I want all of us to take the rise of global fascism in the United States, parts of Europe, and other countries as seriously as the world should have taken the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1930s. Mussolini used the 1934 World Cup and Hitler used the 1936 Olympics for propaganda purposes. 110
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The rise of global fascism requires global solidarity among antifascists to defeat it. 040
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I am sure a lot of folks said that about Mussolini and Hitler, and look where that got the world. 100
Mark Davies @markyadavies.bsky.social · 24/03/2026On the contrary, resisting the rise of global fascism is precisely everyone’s responsibility. 120