Oxford University United Methodist Church

09/06/2026

Welcome to OU!

We are so glad to have you with us this morning as we continue our new series, "Steps." In this series we borrow from the wisdom of the 12 Steps programs.

09/05/2026

We often think if people really knew everything about us, they’d walk away. The opposite tends to be true. You can only be fully loved to the extent that you let yourself be fully known. Hiding doesn’t protect love, it just delays it.

09/04/2026

Some seasons aren’t missing a plan, they’re missing a rescue. If you’re in a pit right now, you don’t need five more steps, you need someone to reach in and pull you out.

09/04/2026

A closer look at the difference between trying harder and actually being set free, and why honesty (not willpower) tends to be the real turning point.

A closer look at the difference between trying harder and actually ...

09/03/2026

“How am I going to do this?” is a question that can keep us stuck for years.
“Who can help me with this?” is a question that can change everything.

Try asking the second one this week.

09/02/2026

We put so much faith in willpower, like if we just tried a little harder we’d finally change. But some of the hardest battles in life aren’t won by trying harder. They’re won by getting honest about the fact that we can’t do it alone.

09/01/2026

Bill Wilson had everything going for him except the one thing he needed most: control over his own drinking. He tried willpower, promises, doctors. Nothing worked. In a hospital room, out of options, he cried out for God to show up. And He did.

But here’s the part most versions of this story leave out: one powerful moment wasn’t enough to keep him sober. He needed an ongoing way of life, and people who knew his story well enough to walk it with him.

That’s still true for freedom of any kind. It was never meant to be a single moment. It’s a practice, and it’s better with others.

What would it look like to stop trying to do this alone?

09/01/2026

Freedom isn’t a single moment, it’s something practiced, and it’s easier with people who know your whole story. This piece looks at what one recovery community discovered generations ago: real change takes an ongoing way of life, not just a breakthrough. Includes a true story about a college student’s struggle with gambling addiction and the community that helped him find his footing again.

Freedom isn’t a single moment, it’s something practiced, and it’s e...

08/31/2026

Bright. Ambitious. Successful. And still drowning in something he couldn’t control. Sound familiar? So many of us are fighting battles nobody else can see.

What’s the thing you’ve tried to manage on your own that ended up managing you instead?

08/30/2026

Welcome to OU!

We are so glad to have you with us this morning as we begin our new series, "Steps." In this series we borrow from the wisdom of the 12 Steps programs.