Our weekly Gatherings take place each Sunday morning starting at 10am Central Time. Please join us via Zoom if you can’t make it in person to 329 S. Peters Avenue, Norman, OK.

March 1

Alan Atkinson

“My Angel Delivers Pizza”

Alan Atkinson was born in Iowa, raised in Oklahoma and educated in Kansas. (Nebraska is not for everybody.) He is a semi-retired educator, a practicing artist, a lazy gardener and a pretty good cook. As the son of a scientist, a third generation Unitarian, and a sorta kinda Buddhist, Alan has walked a rather pragmatic, if not downright skeptical, spiritual path. That may have changed with the death of his beloved wife Susan four years ago. 

Alan will briefly discuss the theory of “Angel Numbers” before relating how they have manifested in his life and what that has meant for his spiritual journey.

March 8

Linda Clark

“Wind as Mystic”

After retiring from a career centering mainly in Human Resources, Leadership and Organization Development, Linda faced the big question, “What’s next?” That set her on a ten year spiritual quest that continues to this day. The journey led her to study earth wisdom in New Mexico, and to participate in programs titled “Seminary of the Wild” and “Awakening Mythic Imagination”. Her interest in comparative religions and mysticism brought her to her current track as a student of All Faiths Seminary International.

For her Zoom talk, coming from Vancouver Island, British Columbia in Canada, Linda will share about “Surrender”, which she views as the moment when you trust something larger than yourself, and allow things to simply unfold. She will share how her life changed when she gave up resistance and control, becoming fully present, trusting what is. With examples like “a wander on the land”, “awakening from a dream” and “an encounter with the Great Blue Heron,” this talk will be full of food for thought.

March 15

Dewayne Hall

“Why Walking a Spiritual Path Is So Easy (Just Kidding)”

Dewayne Hall has been involved in herbalism most of his life. Starting with his grandfather’s teachings, Dewayne lived for a short time on the Navajo reservation then periodically studied under a Cherokee medicine man for 25+ years. Dewayne has a degree in Agriculture and is 6 credit hours away from attaining a microbiology degree. When Dewayne is not out sharing some of his healing herbs, tinctures, tonics and smudges at wellness and spiritual events around the state he calls Red Feather Farms home where he raises meat goats, chickens, fruit, vegetables and honey bees.

At Morning Star Dewayne will explain why you need to understand when you commit to taking a spiritual walk fewer people may not understand or resonate with you. That’s why Jesus’s saying “Be in the world and Not of the World” is still relevant today.

Special Announcement

You’re Invited!
“Conversations with Dewayne Lunch”
When: 11:30 – 1:00 p.m. (following the Sunday service)
Who: All are Invited
What to Bring: Finger sandwiches, salads, desserts, etc. to share
Topics will be determined by participants based on the following herbal, plant medicine and spiritual questions:
How can plants help heal our bodies? What are spiritual causes of disease? Are plants really needed? What is a 3 Step approach to healing? What are we and why are we here?, What are some of Life’s Important Lessons? What are spiritual truths and are they the same for everyone?, What can Nature teach us?

March 22

Laurie Schneider

“L’dor V’dor: How a Middle-grade Novel Led Me Home”

Laurie Schneider grew up in central Wisconsin and completed studies at Oberlin College and Washington State University with a focus on creative writing and poetry. Her poetry included several poems about her great grandparents, who were members of a small Jewish agricultural colony in Wisconsin in the early 1900s. Years later, that colony and those poems were the inspiration for Gittel, an all-ages historical novel based on her family history.

Laurie came to Norman 12 years ago from Eastern Washington/North Idaho with her husband, a poet and professor of English Education at OU. Laurie works full-time in the library at Oklahoma City University and moonlights as a bookseller at Barnes & Noble where she enjoys meeting people and sharing her passion for children’s books. Walking and photography are her main forms of spiritual practice along with learning Hebrew prayers and sharing her journey with groups like Morning Star.

Laurie will be talking at Morning Star about a little-known piece of Jewish-American history, her experience growing up as one of the only Jewish families in small-town Wisconsin, how she came to write Gittel, and how her writing and publishing journey led her to recover and reclaim her history as a second-generation Jewish-American.

March 29

Gegg Unterberger

“Rising Above the Darkness: Building Spiritual Resilience in the Face of Chaos”

These are turbulent times. So how is it possible to maintain peace of mind in the midst of chaos without falling into denial? Therapist and Spiritual Teacher Gregg Unterberger will share with Morning Star some practical strategies and spiritual guidance on how to return to center and gain perspective on how to survive and even thrive in challenging times.
With a background in education, Gregg is now in private practice as a psychotherapist. He is a certified past life regression therapist under well-known practitioner and author Dr. Brian Weiss and has case studies featured in Dr. Weiss’ newest book, Miracles Happen. With his wife, Colleen Vanderzyden, certified life coach and Lily Dale Registered Medium, he co-hosts an international on-line group, the Soul Empowerment Community. Gregg is a published author of two books and reaches multitudes of people through his presentations, and retreats across the country.

 

 

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See our YouTube channel for recordings of previous gatherings: 

http://YouTube.com/@MorningStarSpiritualCenter