Mark Davies
@markyadavies.bsky.social
Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics at Oklahoma City University and Director of the World House Institute for Social and Ecological Responsibility. https://oneworldhouse.net
Really 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/
Amtrak Heartland Flyer - OKC to Fort Worth We had a great trip by train this morning. #passengerrail #Amtrak
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If 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...
A 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...
My prayer for all who die is that whatever good they did in the world might live on in some way.
PSA: It is always okay to to decline a golf invitation from a fascist.
Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds. news.un.org/en/story/202...
Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds
Israeli 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...
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It is absolutely not an accident that the world’s first trillionaire is a truly horrific human being.
You 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
Trump 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
Excellent divestment news from the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church. fossilfreeumc.net/2026/06/01/b...
Baltimore-Washington Conference Votes to Divest from Fossil Fuels
By 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…
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Over 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...
Bread, Circuses, and Beloved Community
Saul 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…
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World 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.global
World Environment Day
World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment.
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We 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...
Love, Justice, and the End of the World as We Know It
I 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,…
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There 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.
Caesar wants to see some blood in the Coliseum for his 80th birthday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch, Getty Images.
My reflections on our post-truth society. oneworldhouse.net/2026/05/17/p...
Post-Truth Society
Democracy 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…
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Imagine 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.
Register now for the Global Ministries Black Earth Wisdom Book Discussion Series Register Here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 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-...
#TrueBlueOCU Giving Day 2026
Today, I’m taking action for OCU students! Join me and #GiveTrueBlueOCU to help OCU Stars shine!
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I am looking forward to participating in the Earth Day Chapel Service at Oklahoma City University.
If you are a United Methodist who is passionate about caring for the community of all creation, I hope you will consider becoming an EarthKeeper.
Today 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.
news.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...
Davies to Return for Perry Lecture
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Check 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...
I 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
Come 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.
