I can still remember the first time I arrived in Shawnee Oklahoma on a Saturday and made my way down Kickapoo street (not kidding, that\u2019s the name \ud83d\ude42 to check out the Oklahoma Baptist University. I caught sight of a church across street and knew that I would be attending Sunday service at the University Baptist Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That year I wrote, \u201cSo this is what I found in Shawnee. A congregation focused, not on politics or social agenda, but on service. I like it here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was 16 years ago and I have never missed a Sunday service at UBC on my travels since. Pastor Justin Dunn is able to gently guide and inspire and I treasure the hours of interviews that he has generously given over these extraordinary times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Sunday was no different. Pastor Dunn\u2019s sermon today was on speech and how our words are powerful. They can create good and they can do great harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then Pastor Dunn did something I had never heard him do before. He referenced a current event. Specifically, the Presidential debate and the damage done to Springfield by the former president, and also the language used by the Kamala as an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This video includes that segment of his sermon and the discussion that Pastor Dunn and I had after. I think you will see why I always come back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like it here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n