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Be Still and Go is a digital devotional that invites you to reflect on a text or a theme so that you can be refilled and refueled for the work of love and justice that you are called to do. And this work is not a sprint. Take a moment and do your stretches because we’re in this for the whole marathon.
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Alleluia (Rev. Michael Livingston) from 2022-04-17T08:00:02
"Alleluia is resurrection after crucifixion. It is the promise that outweighs disappointment, that triumphs over despair, that resolves lament."
In your own words, how would you describe...
God Is Still Speaking (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2022-04-16T09:00:03
“God is still speaking in the chaos. God is still speaking in spite of us. And God is still speaking in the created world around us."
Where do you hear God in the world around you?
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It Is Finished (Rev. Dr. Debra Northern) from 2022-04-15T09:00:03
"What we believe in our heart and have found consistent with God's will becomes the blueprint for serving: caring for those who are most vulnerable, feeding the hungry, housing the unsheltered, tre...
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What's So Maundy About Thursday? (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2022-04-14T09:00:02
"Maundy Thursday is the context, the prologue for the events that are about to take place on the cross and at the tomb."
What comes to mind when you think of Maundy Thursday?
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Lament and Regret (Lee Sartain) from 2022-04-12T16:44:52
Isaiah 43:16-21
This is what God says,
the God who builds a road right through the ocean,
who carves a path through pounding waves,
The God who summons horses and chario...
Palm Sunday (Fr. James Martin) from 2022-04-10T13:55:54
“When you are praying to Jesus you are praying to someone who understands you because he is human and has experienced all things."
What difference does it make to know that Jesus underst...
Why Do We Cry? (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2022-04-07T10:36:48
"When we come together in the face of loss, when we discover empathy in the midst of grief, resurrection is possible, new life in the midst of what might feel like endless death."
How h...
We Thirst (Rev. Bruce Lamb) from 2022-04-03T17:41:49
"We are thirsty for change."
What changes do you want to see in our world?
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“I am thirsty.” - John 19:28
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The Tongue of a Teacher (Phil Salmon) from 2022-04-01T12:03:14
Isaiah 50:4-9
The Lord God has given me
the tongue of a teacher,
that I may know how to sustain
the weary with a word.
Morning by morning he wakens—
wakens...
Say Something (Rev. Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2022-03-30T09:00:02
"What is justice if we can’t hear the judge? What is love without the voice of the lover?"
These aren’t rhetorical questions. Love and justice are essential to our humanity.
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Abandoned (Rev. M Barclay) from 2022-03-28T09:00:02
“We are sacred possibilities, the image of God always ready to manifest in our skin.”
What does it look like for the image of God to manifest in your skin?
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Matth...
The Body of Christ is Wounded (Rev. Elle Dowd) from 2022-03-25T09:00:03
"Lament is important because it reminds us to pay attention."
What do you need to pay attention to today?
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1 Corinthians 12:14, 20-21, 26
Indeed, the body do...
Alone (Rev. Phil Tom) from 2022-03-21T08:05:02
"No one should ever have to grieve or suffer alone."
How can you come alongside people who are experiencing grief or suffering?
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John 19:26-27
“He said to hi...
Active Hope (Rev. Amy Lunde-Whitler) from 2022-03-17T12:14:55
"Our faith calls us to a practice of active hope."
In your own words, how would you describe active hope?
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Psalm 27:1-3
The Lord is my light and my salvation...
Paradise (Rev. Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2022-03-13T09:00:03
"In paradise, we all have names."
What are people calling you today?
What will you hear when you enter paradise?
What do you call yourself?
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Luke 23:4...
From Inheritance to Glory (Minister Charlene Wingate) from 2022-03-10T10:00:03
"What happens when our inheritance is the fruit of stolen land and lies, built on a history of selective truths?"
There's nothing simple about it.
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Forgive Them? (Minister Richard X III) from 2022-03-06T10:00:03
"Black forgiveness is a continuation of the use of religion to console white fear, to ease white guilt, to atone for white sins, to coddle white fragility. Forgiveness for the crucified today, for ...
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I Am Weeping (Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes) from 2022-03-04T10:50:02
"I pray that the weeping of my body will turn my salted tears into sweet waters for the birds, for the animals, for the trees, and for my children."
What are you weeping for?
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Cold and Broken (Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2022-03-02T10:00:03
"The cross on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday is not a victory mark. It is a cold and it's a broken hallelujah. Because ours is a faith that resists triumphalism, resists any attempt to downplay or ...
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From Lament to Alleluia (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2022-02-23T10:05:02
"The season of Lent invites us to journey with the weight of our humanity, our morality, the ashes we feel imposed upon our brow, a reminder that we are human and every human emotion - especially l...
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Tiny&Weak at the Edge (Rev. Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2021-12-25T10:10:02
"Jesus has challenged the authority of oppressive regimes for 2000 years because love is undefeatable, justice is unavoidable, and what appears to be tiny and weak changes everything."
W...
Magnified at the Edge (Rev. Paul Raushenbush) from 2021-12-24T10:00:02
"Mary's soul magnified the Lord and we understand God differently through the promise of Magnificat itself - with its radical promise of transformation, of elevation, of humbling, of a new heaven h...
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Good News&Great Joy at the Edge (Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2021-12-23T10:10:02
"It is not the hope of a sudden end to problems, but rather the good news that Jesus is with us on the edge, guiding us along the rocky path, redeeming the edge with us as we go."
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A Proclamation at the Edge (Hillary Puckett) from 2021-12-22T10:30:02
"It's been over 2,000 years and it seems like we still don't understand the assignment."
In your opinion, what have we continued to misunderstand about the work that God is calling us to...
A Mess at the Edge (Megan Romer) from 2021-12-21T10:00:02
"Jesus didn't simply associate with the folks at the edge. He brought them in and elevated their voices and assured them that the reign of God belongs to them as much as it belongs to anyone else."...
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Light at the Edge (Rev. Bruce Lamb) from 2021-12-20T15:28:45
Walk in the light,
beautiful light,
come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright.
Where do you see light in the world around you?
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Psalm 80:1-7
Love at the Edge (Rev. Michael Livingston) from 2021-12-19T10:00:02
"We can be still and listen for God, for Holy Spirit, for love, to awaken in us, to move in us, like new life in the womb."
What has God awakened in you during this Advent season?
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Tangled Roots at the Edge (Dr. Diana Butler Bass) from 2021-12-18T10:00:02
"The genealogies in Matthew and Luke underscore a fundamental struggle in early Christianity, a conflict that runs through the texts of the New Testament: Was Jesus the Jewish Messiah, or the Savio...
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A Father at the Edge (Rev. Darrell Hamilton) from 2021-12-17T10:05:01
"The world needs more 'Josephs' who exude presence and commitment, and God only knows what this could mean for our children, ourselves and the world."
Who is someone whose presence and c...
Darkness at the Edge (Debie Thomas) from 2021-12-16T10:00:02
“God’s Spirit hovers over the dark water preparing to create worlds. The child we wait for grows in the deep darkness of the womb.”
What is giving you hope right now?
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Singing at the Edge (Minister Richard X) from 2021-12-15T10:05:01
"God sings songs that carry the heaviness of this world and songs that hold the hope that this world will give birth to something new."
What songs do you hear God singing?
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The Hopes&Fears at the Edge (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-12-14T10:00:02
“The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.”
In your own words, how would you describe “the hopes and fears of all the years”?
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Children at the Edge (Rev. Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2021-12-13T10:15:02
"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them."
What will you do to advocate for children in our world?
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Matthew 19:14-15
Jesus said, “Let the ...
Joy at the Edge (Rev. Michael Livingston) from 2021-12-12T15:01:48
"Say 'yes' to joy."
Where can you find joy in your life? How can you bring joy to the world around you?
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This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Michael Liv...
A Voice at the Edge (Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis) from 2021-12-11T10:20:02
"Let us prepare a path for the righteous one to shake up this world and make it heaven on earth."
What does it mean to you to make heaven on earth?
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Luke 3:1-6
Strangers at the Edge (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-12-10T10:29:21
"May we, like the magi, open our eyes to see God at work, not simply in our culture or religion, but anywhere and everywhere in the world and all of creation."
Where have you seen God at...
A Shepherd at the Edge (The Riverside Choir) from 2021-12-09T10:10:02
How have you experienced God as shepherd? As Mother?
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The Lord is my Shepard, I have all I need
She makes me lie down in green meadows
Beside the still waters, She...
Remembering at the Edge (Rev. Amy Lunde-Whitler) from 2021-12-08T10:00:02
"Advent peace meets us at the edge and sits down as we remember. Advent peace holds our hand as we walk back through the grief and once again find ourselves in the joyful place of memory."
Dark Night at the Edge (Rev. Cameron Trimble) from 2021-12-07T10:05:02
"In the dark nights of our human story I trust God to be bringing resurrection from the crucifying experiences of life."
How have you experienced "resurrection" in the past years?
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Good News at the Edge (Rev. Kevin VanHook) from 2021-12-06T10:00:02
"In this land, people are desperately in need of good news."
What is the good news that you are waiting for?
What is the good news that you can help bring to the world around you?<...
Peace at the Edge (Rev. Michael Livingston) from 2021-12-05T14:34:20
"Come on Advent, seduce us with solitude, envelope us within a deep silence of prayerful listening."
What do you need during this season of Advent?
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The Gospel at the Edge (Fr. Richard Rohr) from 2021-12-04T10:25:02
"It’s amazing that Christianity has still largely been able to confuse capitalism, Western imperialism, the world of white privilege, with the gospel."
What else have people confused wit...
God at the Edge (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-12-03T10:05:01
"God is found, not in the center of power and privilege, but on the margin, at the edge."
Where have you found God in a place you least expected?
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Luke 2:8-20
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Signs at the Edge (Rev. Bruce Lamb) from 2021-12-02T10:30:01
"Advent implies the arrival of something new. Advent is a time of universal change."
What change are you hoping for in your life and our world?
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Luke 21:25-28
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Justice at the Edge (Rev. Phil Tom) from 2021-12-01T10:00:02
"God will guide us to do what is right and just to work for racial, gender, and economic justice, to fight for Mother Earth, and for justice and equity for all those living on the edge of society."...
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Thankfulness at the Edge (Kevin Garcia) from 2021-11-30T10:30:02
"We must remember that there is a great cloud of witnesses around us, that there is great love to be had if we only know where to look."
Who are the people in your life who you are givin...
Salvation at the Edge (Rev. Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2021-11-29T10:00:03
"Our world tell us that salvation happens at the center. There is a hero and there is a person in distress. But salvation happens at the edge."
How have you experienced salvation in your...
Hope at the Edge (Rev. Michael Livingston) from 2021-11-28T10:00:02
"As close as we may seem to be to the edge, we are never far from the center of our hope, the Advent of our salvation."
How would you describe the center of your hope?
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Be Still and Go at the Edge (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-11-24T20:53:15
"Rather than give in to this pit of perpetual despair we want to invite you to center yourself, even if just for a moment, every day during the season of Advent."
What do you do to find ...
Social Justice Church (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-08-30T01:17:54
"A social justice church is like a vegetarian who doesn't eat meat. You're saying the same thing twice."
If it doesn't have social justice at the core, can you even call it a church?
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Honoring Health (Minister Charlene WIngate) from 2021-08-18T19:07:54
This episode was written and recorded by Charlene Wingate. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Barefoot by Podington Bear and Soft and Sweet by Reveille.
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This Land (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-08-08T00:15:09
"It's up to you and me to care for this land and everyone and everything that calls it home."
What can you do to address the exploitation of the poor, oppressed, and the created world ar...
When We're Empty (Minister Richard X III) from 2021-07-25T14:03:11
"I don't know how, don't know when, but I choose to believe we will know fullness again -- the fullness of hope again, the fullness of strength again, the fullness of love again, the fullness of p...
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Be Still and Go to Sleep (Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2021-07-17T18:10:13
“It is a great equalizer. No matter how smart or fit or on top of the world we may believes ourselves to be, everyone requires sleep."
What is your relationship with sleep?
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Keep Listening (Rev. Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2021-07-11T16:37:56
"Our communities are strongest when the voices of our disabled friends are heard."
What voices do you need to be intentional to listen to?
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God Bless America? (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-07-04T15:12:37
"For God so loved the world. And so we should too."
What does "God bless America" mean to you?
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"For God so loved the world." -John 3:16
""I will bless...
Safe Spaces (Rev. Bruce Lamb) from 2021-06-27T16:21:33
"The folks you are shutting out of the church today will be leading it tomorrow." -Rachel Held Evans
What does it look like for churches to become safe spaces for all people?
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Christ Is Risen (Rev. Michael Livingston) from 2021-04-04T09:00:22
"Today is a gift. The future we make: one breath, one word, each act of courage and kindness, sacrifice and solidarity—at a time. Love is risen to rule the world. Christ is Risen, O yes, risen i...
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Sail On Silver Girl by Amanda Meisenheimer (ft. Victory Boyd) from 2021-04-03T09:00:17
"You are shining. At least, that’s how God sees you. You do not need a reality show or a makeover or an Instagram filter to be complete and whole and amazing."
What does it mean for you ...
Resurrection As Protest (Rev. Kevin Vandiver) from 2021-04-02T09:00:04
"No matter how bleak it gets the powers of evil will not win. That's why the Apostle Paul can ask, "O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?" Because Jesus has conquered them b...
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It's About the Love (Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis) from 2021-04-01T10:25:11
"Maundy Thursday is about the food, the ritual, the sharing, but it's also about the love. It's the mandate, the mand?ta, to love. To love each other the way that we are loved by God who came all t...
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The Work We've Been Called to Do (Rev. Michelle Ledder) from 2021-03-31T09:00:14
“Our first temptation is to look at what new thing God is doing now rather than to look hard at the history, both ancient and contemporary, to face down the evil which we might not have created but...
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The Mind of Christ (Matt Laidlaw) from 2021-03-30T09:00:11
"Having the mind of Christ is a way of knowing from a heart motivated by love, demonstrated by emptying ourselves and letting go of our position and privilege and everything we think we're entitled...
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Beloved Children of God (Rev. Emily Hylden) from 2021-03-29T11:10:20
"We realize that we are not the source of our power, that the power in us is not something we have to fuel with our own little bodies, that it's not energy we have to work up out of our own stores,...
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Palm Sunday by Rev. Debra Northern from 2021-03-28T18:26:01
"Eternal God, whose word silences the shouts of the mighty: Quiet within us every voice but your own. Speak to us in these times of unprecedented challenge and remind us that there is no challenge,...
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Like a Bridge? (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-03-27T09:00:11
"We need a God who is in the water with us, a God who isn't afraid to get her clothes wet, a God who will gather friends and strangers on the beach to form a human chain to reach us where we are, s...
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Between Two Wolves (Rev. Amy Lunde-Whitler) from 2021-03-26T09:00:18
"We are not journeying alone. We are interconnected. We are each others' teachers."
Who are you learning from during this season?
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John 12:20-33
Now am...
Written On Our Hearts (Rev. Phil Dieke ) from 2021-03-25T09:00:22
"Be still my heart and go forth to create."
What is your heart leading you to create?
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Jeremiah 31:31-34
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, whe...
You Can Talk to God Like That (Abby Norman) from 2021-03-24T15:55:02
"It is an act of worship to tell God what kind of spot we're in. Lament is not just something we can do. It is way of worship we are called to."
When was the last time you practiced lame...
If God Apologized (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2021-03-23T10:31:06
If you have been Bathsheba. If you didn’t consent. If you have never told anyone or if you have, if you have restitution or justice or you don’t. My God is big enough to write a Psalm to you.
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The Patterns and Particularities of Polar Bears (Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2021-03-22T09:00:15
"Faithful waiting means paying attention, listening with compassion, acting with intention, and trusting that it doesn’t all rely on you or me."
What can you learn from polar bears?
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For Such a Time as This (Rev. Phil Tom) from 2021-03-21T09:00:13
"We need Lent for such a time as this to remind us that nothing in this world is permanent and lasting; only God is forever. We need Lent for such a time as this to recommit ourselves to work for ...
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When Evening Falls So Hard Rev. Jim Keat (ft. Sadie Horler) from 2021-03-20T09:00:11
"God is jumping out of bed at the sound of our first cry. God is picking us up out of our crib, holding us gently and whispering to us lovingly. And God is there when the evening continues to fall,...
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One Who Is Held High (David Vaughn) from 2021-03-18T09:00:21
"Although the pains and injustice of life exist all around us and given how this story from long ago is constantly replayed throughout human history and will continue, most likely, to be played, we...
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Allow Yourself to Break Open (Amanda Quraishi) from 2021-03-17T09:00:06
"Sorrow, pain, and loss will come to us but what we do with them and what we allow them to do with us is a choice. So surrender. Lament. Allow yourself to break open. Allow your heart to expand unt...
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Faith and Fear (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-03-16T09:00:11
"Just like the Psalm says, we can cry to God in our trouble, and God will save us from our distress. Because God has hands -- they're attached to our wrists. Our human innovation and ingenuity to h...
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The House of God by Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes from 2021-03-15T09:15:06
“We are called to live in the house of God and the house of God is among those who are suffering.”
Who are you praying for? And with whom are you praying?
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Come and Find a Quiet Center (Rev. Bruce Lamb) from 2021-03-14T11:04:34
"We are not called to live in isolation with our peace and calm but to share the fullness of life’s experiences with others on the journey. By sharing in the pain, joy and fear of life, there is a ...
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When You're Down and Out (Rev. Natalie Renee Perkins, ft. Choir! Choir! Choir!) from 2021-03-13T11:22:36
"This gospel is willing to look at pain but not romanticize it, and push towards incremental and partial healing. Just like the pockets of joy we find in the midst of our own pain and suffering, ou...
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A Half Shekel and Two Doves (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-03-12T11:06:46
"It looks like someone was finally fed up with the money changers profiting on every trade and the dove sellers exploiting the poor. About time someone did something! A riot is the voice of the unh...
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Lessons From a Child (Michael Thomas) from 2021-03-11T10:00:04
"The Lenten journey is a journey of opportunity to regain the clarity in the differences between foolishness and wisdom, strength and humble courage, to recognize we are God’s children many times i...
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The Cool of the Day (Irene King) from 2021-03-09T11:06:31
"This Lenten season I am, with God's help, fasting despair and helplessness. And I have work to do, loving up God's fair garden through prayer and advocacy. Loving God, make me your instrument in t...
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The Ten Commandments (Rev. Michael Livingston) from 2021-03-08T10:00:14
"These commandments are about relationships and the value, the precious gift, of life. They guide our relationship to God: have no other God before me, do not make idols of God, respect God's name....
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The Precious Gift of Lent (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2021-03-07T10:00:18
"The precious gift of Lent is that we have 40 days to re-orient ourselves from the navel-gazing self-centered, private chambers of our minds to the multi-dimensional, infinite diversity around us. ...
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Take Up Your Cross (Rev. Bruce Lamb) from 2021-03-05T10:00:19
"Jesus chose to give in a world that takes, to love in a world that hates, to heal in a world that injures, to give in a world that kills. And with each choice Jesus denied himself shows the world ...
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God Will Always Be There (Megan Romer) from 2021-03-04T10:00:17
"God will always be there with us in the humiliation, in the pain, in the degradation. And violence and empire and even death will not get the last word."
How have you seen God present i...
It's Time For a Radical Hope (Emily Jones) from 2021-03-03T10:00:19
"It's time for a radical hope, a belief, a faith, even, that it doesn't have to be this way. Hope for something more. Hope that all will eat and be satisfied. For this good God is working mightily...
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Consider the Stars by Rev. Ellen Robison from 2021-03-02T10:00:17
"Lament is not always quiet. Lament is also a complaint that things are not the way God intended them to be. The Psalm writers shout at God, 'Listen! Remember! Vindicate! Save!' Our laments need to...
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One Another (Doug Pagitt) from 2021-03-01T10:00:06
"May we recognize in one another that we share our humanity, that we share our history, that we share our planet, and let that spur us on to greater love in and for one another."
In your...
Singing Through the Struggle (Rev. Kevin VanHook) from 2021-02-28T10:00:15
"Even in life’s most difficult circumstances, are we willing to trust God? Are we willing to keep singing our songs of victory before the battle is won, knowing God will guide us through our troub...
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When Tears Are In Your Eyes (Rev. Jim Keat, ft. Schola Diffusa) from 2021-02-27T10:00:02
"We will make it through this because we will make it through this together. If there is a bridge over these troubled waters, it will be the one that we build together. But more than anything else,...
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The Wilderness Is a Dangerous Place (Debie Thomas) from 2021-02-26T10:00:09
"The wilderness is a dangerous place. You only go there if you have to. As we begin our journey into lent may we enter with courage into the deserts we can't choose or avoid. May our long stints in...
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Remember Your Baptism (Rev. Amy Lunde-Whitler) from 2021-02-25T10:00:21
"God is present in this damp, drizzly season of your soul. God is present when it is all you can do to not methodically knock people's hats off. Breath deeply. Remember your baptism. God is with us...
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When I Start to Worry (Hillary Puckett) from 2021-02-24T10:00:18
"God gently reminds me that as frustrating and scary as things may be now, worrying about it will come to nothing. Make no mistake, our collective anxiety is real and valid, and the world is still ...
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While We Wait (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-02-23T10:00:11
"Waiting doesn’t have to be a passive moment, hoping this one will pass and another will arrive. But it can be active, an opportunity to be present, and to find God no matter how long the wait."
Through Any Storm (Rev. Freeman Palmer) from 2021-02-22T09:00:16
"The arc of God's promise is wide enough, expansive enough, inclusive enough to cover every living creature on earth. No exceptions. May we, by faith, today, live in the promise that God will keep ...
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It's About Time (Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2021-02-21T09:00:10
"We often talk about “killing” time or “wasting” time, as if time is an enemy rather than a friend, a curse rather than a blessing. Lent invites us to reclaim time as a gift—a gift to enjoy, to use...
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When You're Weary (Rev. Cameron Trimble ft. Victory Boyd) from 2021-02-20T09:20:04
"According to Jesus the way that we show that we belong to his movement is that we love one another and that we act out our love by being kind to one another."
How has someone shown you ...
Judgment Day (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2021-02-19T09:00:19
"God is not crushing us. As we face these days of Judgment, of wrath, brought on by ourselves, brought on by evil in this world, brought on by systemic failure, I don't ask God, 'What did we do to ...
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Not Broken, But Together (Rev. Rob Lee) from 2021-02-18T09:00:02
"It is this journey of togetherness that will bring us to God. It is this journey of togetherness that will bring God to us. Because God has called us as a people and God will sustain us as a commu...
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From Dust You Came (Rev. Jim Keat) from 2021-02-17T10:00:12
"Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the work, the tilling of the soil, the planting of the seeds. We find ourselves covered with a layer of dust, dirt, ash as this season begins with the hope of som...
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The Stable Is Our Heart (Diana Butler Bass) from 2020-12-24T08:00:06
Into the Darkest Hour by Madeleine L’Engle
It was a time like this,
war & tumult of war,
a horror in the air.
Hungry yawned the abyss –
and yet there came the star
Love and Faith Forever (Shamika Goddard) from 2020-12-22T10:00:15
"As we each endure through the valleys and mountaintops of our lives, we can plant our soul in the love that stands firm for us and shine hope for eternity within our every relationship."
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Let It Be (Shauna Niequist) from 2020-12-21T10:00:16
"Open your eyes to what's broken and missing and wrecked all around you and use everything you have to heal it up, repair it, rebuild it."
What can you heal up, repair, and rebuild in th...
For the Love (Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2020-12-20T10:00:02
"The love that requires daily expression in public and in private — this is the love to which we are called as followers of love incarnate, the love that is already and always with us."
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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-12-19T10:00:06
O come, Desire of nations, bind
All peoples in one heart and mind;
Bid envy, strife and quarrels cease;
Fill the whole world with heaven’s peace.
In your own words, what d...
Believe in the Light (Christen Walker-James) from 2020-12-17T10:00:14
"Be like John and believe in the light, believe in the things that God has promised to us."
How is the Word made flesh in our world and our lives today?
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John 1:6...
Mother God (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-12-16T10:00:11
"We need a Mother God right now because our brains are so saturated in patriarchy that a subtle change to a pronoun here or there can awaken our minds to a fuller understanding of the personality o...
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The Journey to Freedom (Lakeisha McCoy) from 2020-12-15T10:00:10
"One of the first steps on the journey to freedom is to shed the ill-defined labels and limiting beliefs that separate us from the love of God."
What are your next steps on the journey t...
The Best Gift Ever (Alexa Donaphin) from 2020-12-14T10:00:02
"I can't help but wonder what God thinks of all the artificial trappings that have attached themselves to Christmas since the word became flesh and dwelt among us."
What "artificial trap...
Holding Joy in the Midst of Sorrow (Farley Lord) from 2020-12-13T10:00:03
"Joy is still in the world. It has broken through and holds its own despite the sorrow it neighbors."
What is bringing you joy in the midst of this year?
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Psalm 3...
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Tracy Howe Wispelwey) from 2020-12-12T10:00:06
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Revised text by Rev. Tracy Howe, 2020
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And free us from the bondage we’re in still
Exploitation, violence and greed,
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Sumak Kawsay (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-12-11T10:00:16
"Sumak Kawsay inspires me to examine how I live in relationship to the Pacha Mama – to the living and breathing creation that God made."
What does it mean to live a good life in such a t...
Pointing Towards Jesus (Callie Swanlund) from 2020-12-10T10:00:21
“May John the Baptist and so many others prepare the way for Jesus’ coming."
Who has pointed you towards Jesus lately?
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Mark 1:1-8
The beginning of the...
A Seat of Salvation (Victoria Anderson) from 2020-12-09T10:00:03
“If we truly believe that God’s forgivness is expansive then we should believe that the eye of the needle is much wider than we can imagine.”
How have you experienced God’s expansive for...
A Season of Waiting (Amy Lunde-Whitler) from 2020-12-08T10:00:15
"This is a season of waiting in the middle of a year that has felt like one long season of waiting.”
How has God been reviving you during this season of waiting?
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Comfort, Comfort (Hsien-Yu Wang) from 2020-12-07T10:00:12
"Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.” -Mother Theresa
Who can you help today?
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Isaiah 40:1-11
Comfort, O comfort my...
How Do I Find Peace? (Cameron Trimble) from 2020-12-06T10:00:02
"The work of making peace begins with the task of making ourselves whole."
What can you do today to help make yourself, and the world around you, whole?
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This epi...
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (MaryAnne Muglia) from 2020-12-05T10:00:12
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
How does this verse speak to the realities of our world today?
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This episode was...
Actively Awaiting Jesus (Sarah Stonesifer-Boylan) from 2020-12-04T10:00:14
"To keep alert and to pay attention is our call to be aware of one another and what is going on in the greater world."
What are you keeping alert and paying attention to in the world aro...
Grace and Peace (Charlene Wingate) from 2020-12-03T10:00:17
"Through Christ, I am stronger than any box; I am stronger than racism or sexism or any -ism."
What are the “boxes” that you have had to overcome and break out of?
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Teenage Girls (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-12-02T10:00:02
"Teenage girls are visionary. They always have been."
Who are the teenage girls that you know. What can you do to support and encourage them today?
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This episode ...
God Will Revive Us (Luvon Roberson) from 2020-12-01T10:00:03
“When we sing we are literally breathing hope and faith that justice will come, that God will shine upon us, God will save us, God will revive us."
What is giving you hope and faith duri...
Tear Open the Heavens (Katie Callaway) from 2020-11-30T10:00:18
"We must be the ones tearing through all of the fences, gates, and walls that separate our world from the compassionate, justice seeking, radically inclusive Christ-child we will soon find in a man...
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How Are We Going to Get Through This? (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-11-29T02:33
“Here in the center, in the big middle of the crisis, with months behind us and months ahead of us comes Advent."
What does Advent mean to you this year?
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This ep...
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Malinda Kathleen Reese) from 2020-11-28T09:00:15
“O come, o come, Emmanuel."
Emmanuel means “God with us.” How do you know that God is with you?
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This episode was written and recorded by Malinda Kathleen Reese. ...
Be Still and Go to Sleep (Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2020-05-31T22:15:18
“It is a great equalizer. No matter how smart or fit or on top of the world we may believes ourselves to be, everyone requires sleep."
What is your relationship with sleep?
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Be Still and Do Justice (Erin Hawkins) from 2020-05-31T20:11:15
“Power is shared, peace prevails, love is law, grace is poured out, the margins become the center, the earth is cherished, humanity thrives."
How would you describe a world filled with j...
Be Still and Go Make Dinner (Rev. Michael Livingston) from 2020-05-24T09:00:06
"We recommit our need to the charity of daily bread and the justice of an economic system for all the people of God. We are all essential."
Who do you consider to be “essential” in our w...
Be Still and Go Wear a Mask (Jim Keat) from 2020-05-17T09:00:06
Namaske — the mask I wear to protect you recognizes the mask you wear to protect me.
How do you feel about wearing a mask when you go out in public?
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James 1:27
Be Still and Go Listen to Music (Kevin VanHook) from 2020-05-10T09:00:13
“God can make beautiful music with notes that seem out of place."
Where do you find God in the dissonance in our world or in your life?
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This episode was written ...
Be Still and Go Wash Your Dishes (Bruce Lamb) from 2020-05-03T09:00:21
“Thanks be to God for dirty dishes."
Who was the last person you shared a meal with?
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John 21:1-14
After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disci...
Be Still and Go Do Your Laundry (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-04-26T09:00:18
"Your strength and dignity comes from your humanity itself. God made you in their image. You are dressed in garments of glory whether you are wearing scrubs or 3-day-old jeans."
What gar...
Be Still and Go Take a Walk (Jim Keat) from 2020-04-19T09:00:03
"Taking a walk is an invitation to observe the world as it is and to anticipate it as it might be."
What do you notice and anticipate when you observe the world around you?
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Be Still and Go Do Whatever You Do (Jim Keat) from 2020-04-16T15:45:29
"Find the divine in the daily, the Christ in the common, and whatever you do, give thanks to God."
Where have you found God today?
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Colossians 3:17
And whate...
Risen Indeed (Michael Livingston) from 2020-04-12T09:00:12
"Christ is risen. Christ is risen indeed."
What does it mean to see Easter as a message for systems and not just individuals?
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This episode was written and record...
The Sound of Silence (Intersection / St. Michael's) from 2020-04-11T09:00:12
“The words of the prophets…are whispered in the sounds of silence."
What does “the sound of silence” mean to you?
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And the people bowed and prayed
To the neo...
Into Your Hands (James Forbes) from 2020-04-10T10:58:51
"Jesus knew that every human being has the capacity to decide where they're going to put their trust."
Where do you put your trust?
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Luke 23:46
Then Jesus, c...
To the End (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-04-09T09:00:08
"He will bring the good news to this atrophied, sun-starved people who had experienced such loss."
What does “good news” look like in our world right now?
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John 1...
Cowabunga (Jim Keat) from 2020-04-08T10:32:44
"Christ is risen. Alleluia. Cowabunga."
What word or phrase would you use to describe the seasons of Lent and Easter?
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This episode was written, recorded, and pro...
Life Is So Beautiful, Life Is So Hard (Kate Bowler) from 2020-04-07T09:00:13
"We must be cracked open to the pain of the world in order to begin to allow God’s kingdom to enter in, to redeem us, to redeem the world. It begins with that undoing."
How have you seen...
God Is Not Abusive (Common Hymnal ft. Brittney Spencer) from 2020-04-06T16:25:33
Jesus sees my trauma
Holds my broken pieces
And draws me to his kindness
Hallelujah
What does it mean to you for God to be present with your pain and trauma?
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Palm Sunday (James Martin) from 2020-04-05T11:20:51
“When you are praying to Jesus you are praying to someone who understands you because he is human and has experienced all things."
What difference does it make to know that Jesus underst...
The Sound of Silence (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-04-04T13:23:51
We must meditate through the noise, call the darkness our friend, and rest in the silence.
How are you handling the noise in your mind and the silence in our world?
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It's the End of the World (Jim Keat) from 2020-04-03T11:55:34
"This is a brave new world that none of us have ever experienced. This is the end of the world as we know it."
What are you doing to stay safe and sane during this ongoing health crisis?...
We Look to the Spirit (Bruce Lamb) from 2020-04-02T10:38:24
“I can be changed by what happens to me but I refuse to be reduced by it.” -Maya Angelou
Where do you see the Spirit of God in your life and in our world during these times?
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Dry Bones (Callie Swanlund) from 2020-04-01T11:25:36
"God’s Spirit has been breathed into us, connecting us one to another and raising us up to new life where we can walk together through fear and death and destruction.”
"We are created wi...
The Patterns and Particularities of Polar Bears (Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2020-03-31T09:00:02
"Faithful waiting means paying attention, listening with compassion, acting with intention, and trusting that it doesn’t all rely on you or me."
What can you learn from polar bears?
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When We Weep Together (Benjamin Perry) from 2020-03-30T11:01:42
“When we mourn someone else we affirm their personhood, we proclaim that their pain deserves our care, concern, and solidarity."
What is moving you to tears right now?
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Looking Back, Moving Forward (Carol Fouke-Mpoyo) from 2020-03-29T20:46:44
“To know where you’re going you have to know where you’ve been.” -Lawrence Tureaud
As you learn from the past, where do you see God leading you into the future?
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The Sound of Silence (Jim Keat&Matteo Niscosi) from 2020-03-28T09:00:11
"Find God in this moment, in this breath."
What can you do to create a little more stillness in your life today?
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And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon...
The Last Word (Michael Curry) from 2020-03-27T09:53:09
“If there is a God then the human word is not the last word. God is.”
What word do you think God wants to say to our world today?
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Psalm 31:9-16
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The Most Popular Psalm (Jim Keat) from 2020-03-26T11:11:37
"God leads me to still waters and green pastures. God returns me to my breath."
Where is God leading you right now?
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Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd, I shal...
The Light (Kevin Makins) from 2020-03-25T10:56:58
“I used to cling to bits of darkness in order to survive but I don’t have to live like that anymore. I am a child of the light and I can begin to live like one."
What are the parts of ou...
Origin Stories (Lorenzo Lebrija) from 2020-03-24T11:09:37
“This season of Lent, remind yourself that God is right there waiting, ready to anoint you and to bless you."
What is your spiritual origin story?
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1 Samual 16:1-...
When New Life Appears (Debie Thomas) from 2020-03-23T09:27:27
“'Doubts and loves dig up the world like a mole, a plow,’ allowing the whispers of God’s spirit to bring forth new life."
Where do you see whispers of God’s Spirit bringing forth new lif...
Active in the Struggle (Hylda Clarke) from 2020-03-22T10:34:37
“How can we call ourselves followers of Jesus and not be active in the struggle?"
What does it mean for you to call yourself a follower of Jesus?
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This episode fe...
Is the Lord Among Us? (Amy Lunde-Whitler) from 2020-03-21T13:18:35
“What our hearts yearn for, what our souls ache for is a God who walks with through the broken shards of our messy lives.”
How do you know that God is with you, especially in times like ...
The Sound of Silence (Ben Grace) from 2020-03-20T07:30:37
"Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again."
How would you describe your relationship with silence and solitude?
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Hello darkness, my old fri...
Make a Joyful Noise? (Jim Keat) from 2020-03-19T12:57:16
“How long, O Lord?” -Psalm 13
How can you find and share joy in the midst of this long, stressful season?
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Psalm 13:1
How long, O Lord?
Psalm 95:1...
Maybe If Only (Crystal Cheatham) from 2020-03-18T11:13:22
“If only I had the faith of the Samaritan woman maybe I would"
What difference does faith make in your life?
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John 4:5-42
So he came to a Samaritan city call...
The Insufferable Apostle Paul (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-03-17T09:00:14
“These are hard times and your feelings of frustration, fear, sadness, disappointment, and confusion are valid. We need to feel our feelings."
What are you feeling right now?
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The Miracle of God's Provision (Farley Lord) from 2020-03-16T09:00:05
"Receiving God’s provision of food in due season redefines each fruit and vegetable from commodity to sacrament."
How does eating seasonally impact your spirituality?
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It Bends Towards Justice (Dr. Ronald Lonesome) from 2020-03-15T09:00:11
“It’s not enough for me to sit on the sidelines and throw rocks but I need to be part of helping to do something, whatever I can."
What is God calling you to be a part of?
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The Sound of Silence (Vince Anderson) from 2020-03-14T09:00:03
"When we actually get that peace and quiet it can be louder than the world we thought we left behind."
What does peace and quiet sound like to you?
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Hello darknes...
Giving Birth to Something New (Jim Keat) from 2020-03-13T09:00:13
We need to hover over the chaos, the formless and void in our world and our lives, and give birth to miracles.
What miracle are you hoping to give birth to today?
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Where Does My Help Come From? (Bruce Lamb) from 2020-03-12T10:27:47
"Look up to God, our spiritual compass, rather than out to the chaos of our world."
Where do you look for peace in the midst of chaos?
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Psalm 121
I lift up m...
Someone Big (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-03-11T09:00:05
"If you can’t find your god in the grit of this life, your god is not so big."
Where do you find God in the grit of life around you?
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A poem by 14th century Persi...
God is Calling (Kevin VanHook) from 2020-03-10T11:34:32
“God continues to call us to new ways of being. Where are you willing to go?"
Where is God calling you to go?
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Genesis 12:1-4a
Now the Lord said to Abram, “G...
Born Again (Cameron Trimble) from 2020-03-09T09:00:17
“You can’t put the wind of the Spirit in a doctrinal box, though it seems like we try to do that all the time."
What “doctrinal boxes” have you experienced in your life?
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Social Justice and a Wedding (Susan Wersan) from 2020-03-08T09:00:09
“We’re not just here for ourselves. We’re here for everyone around us."
What does it mean to show up and be there for the people around you?
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This episode was wri...
The Sound of Silence (Sidney Outlaw) from 2020-03-07T10:00:18
"And no one dared disturb the sound of silence.” -Paul Simon
When was a time that you experienced the sound of silence?
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Hello darkness, my old friend
I've c...
Justified (Farley Lord) from 2020-03-06T10:00:17
"Through the gift the world received more grace than the sum of her brokenness."
When was a time you experienced grace like this?
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Romans 5:12-19
Therefore, ...
Shout! (Phil Tom) from 2020-03-05T10:00:20
“We are called to shout, to shout out loud, to shout for joy, through acts of compassion and justice."
What is God calling you to shout about?
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Psalm 32
Happ...
Every Moment is a Choice (Rachel Ricketts) from 2020-03-04T10:00:17
“Nothing will ever change unless we speak to the injustices in the world.”
What power and privilege do you possess and how can you best use it to fight injustices?
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God's Beautiful Balanced Garden (Brian McLaren) from 2020-03-03T10:00:15
"I seek to reinhabit my space as a creature in God’s beautiful, balanced garden."
What does it mean for you to reinhabit your space in this garden?
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Genesis 2:15-...
The Desert of Our Days (Cláudio Carvalhaes) from 2020-03-02T10:00:08
“We are growing into times of despair and climate barbarism. Unless we are able to stay in the wilderness we will not be able to survive what is coming."
What are you doing to survive th...
Crossing Racial Boundries (Emogene B. Stamper) from 2020-03-01T10:00:18
"It happens in church just like it happens when neighborhoods change: people become frightened of the unknown."
How have you experienced change and fear of the unknown in a church?
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The Sound of Silence (Melissa Greene) from 2020-02-29T10:00:15
"When I let go of my certainty, I thought I would also let go of peace and yet surprisingly, that’s where I found it."
What would it look like for you to let go of your certainty?
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A Day of Darkness and Gloom (Jim Keat) from 2020-02-28T10:00:11
"The created world is not ours to control, own, or occupy. For we are a part of creation and must find our place in the family of things."
What is one thing you can do during the season ...
There Is No "Enough" (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2020-02-27T10:00:15
The purifying baptism of God’s Holy presence, disinfects the lies you’ve been told, the lies you have told, and the names you’ve been called.
God calls you Blessed. God calls you child. ...
2020 + 90 + 40 + 7 (Michael Livingston) from 2020-02-26T10:00:12
"We have choices to make about who we are and who we can become."
Who will you become during this Lenten season?
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This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Mi...
Are We There Yet? (Jim Keat) from 2020-02-24T14:47:46
"Because God is not waiting for us at the end this Lenten road. God is not some distant “there” we’re looking for when we ask, “Are we there yet?” God is already here, present in the Ash you receiv...
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Making Room for a Savior (Diana Butler Bass) from 2019-12-23T10:30:18
“Jesus heals not only us as individuals but a savior has been born, one who will heal the world from all its ills.
What does the word “savior” mean to you? Where has salvation appeared ...
Making Room for a Song (Jim Keat) from 2019-12-23T10:00:09
"The story of Christmas is about God breaking through in the world in new ways, in all of us and in spite of us."
In your own words, what is the story of Christmas all about?
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Making Room for my Shepherd (The Riverside Choir) from 2019-12-22T10:00:15
How does changing the traditional pronouns impact the way you think of God?
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The Lord is my Shepard, I have all I need
She makes me lie down in green meadows
Besid...
Making Room for Joy (Riverside Youth Group) from 2019-12-21T10:00:06
“Joy is like a disease, but a good one. Once someone has joy it can spread to someone else."
What does joy mean to you?
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This episode was written and recorded by ...
Making Room for Imagination (Lindsay Andrelli Comstock) from 2019-12-20T10:00:12
"We need a hopeful imagination with snippets of everyday grace that have not yet become mainstream news."
What are the snippets of everyday grace that give you a hopeful imagination?
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Making Room for a Liberating Judge (Tyler Sit) from 2019-12-19T10:00:12
“Love inevitably results in social change."
How have you seen love lead to social change in our world?
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James 5:7-10
Be patient, therefore, beloved, un...
Making Room for Hope in the Dark (Debie Thomas) from 2019-12-18T10:00:13
“God’s Spirit hovers over the dark water preparing to create worlds. The child we wait for grows in the deep darkness of the womb."
What is giving you hope right now?
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Making Room for Restoration (Bruce Lamb&Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2019-12-17T10:00:06
“The most important task in life is to find out what is broken in our world and to repair it.” -Lawrence Kushner
What’s broken in the world around you? And what can you do to help repair...
Making Room to Rejoice (Jim Keat) from 2019-12-16T10:00:03
"God is not far off in some spaceship called heaven. God is here, the ground of being, as close as our very breath."
Where have you found God today?
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O come, o co...
Making Room for Dreams and Visions (Kevin VanHook) from 2019-12-15T10:00:14
“Even when we grow weary, we are to push beyond our limitations and imitate God’s love in the world."
What does it mean for you to imitate God’s love in the world around you?
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Making Room for a Sparrow (Victory Boyd) from 2019-12-14T11:00:04
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free.
What does “His Eye Is On the Sparrow” mean to you?
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Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air; ...
Making Room for the Spirit of God (Cla?udio Carvalhaes) from 2019-12-13T10:00:04
“If the poor are not cared for, if the immigrants and refugees are not welcomed, if the earth and the trees and the animals are not preserved, we are going down with the spirit of our times.”
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Making Room for Professional Development (Farley Lord) from 2019-12-12T10:00:17
“Setting an impossible standard for our own lives is not the point."
What’s the best professional development advice you have ever received?
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Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19<...
Making Room for the Desert (Jared Byas) from 2019-12-11T10:00:18
“In the desert there is a voice that calls, that says you are the beloved child of God."
What do you hear when you step into the desert?
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Matthew 3:1-12
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Making Room for Unity (Crystal Cheatham) from 2019-12-10T10:00:16
"We’re all human. If each of us is cut, we bleed. If we miss a meal, we go hungry. If we miss too many meals, we perish."
Why do we too easily overlook someone’s humanity?
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Making Room for Peace (Jim Keat) from 2019-12-09T10:00:17
"The myth of redemptive violence says ‘you hit me, I hit you back.’ The myth of redemptive violence calls for peace by issuing an attack."
How have you seen or experienced the myth of re...
Making Room for Humility (Lorenzo Lebrija) from 2019-12-08T10:00:10
"I am nothing without you, God, and I depend on you for everything."
In your own words, what does it mean for you to depend on God for everything?
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Matthew 5:3
Making Room for Grace (Jim Keat, the Boyd Family Singers, The Riverside Church choirs) from 2019-12-07T10:00:18
“I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see."
Perhaps rather than a season of us waiting for the birth of Christ, Advent is the season in which God waits for Christ to be ...
Making Room for Possibility (Anna Golladay) from 2019-12-06T10:00:09
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Making Room to Wake Up (Cameron Trimble) from 2019-12-05T10:00:03
“God is doing a new thing and we are waking up to it."
What “new things” do you see God doing in the world around you?
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Romans 13:11-14
Besides this, y...
Making Room for the Spirit (Lawrence Richardson) from 2019-12-04T10:00:03
"Every time we seek to embody the spirit of the one who inspires our very breath we are making a choice. We choose between love and indifference, peace and chaos."
What do you need to le...
Making Room for Plowshares (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2019-12-03T10:00:15
"Violence is a vibrant part of the American imagination. Can we make room for peace and plowshares even in the spaces that we guard most closely?"
What are the swords in your world that ...
Making Room for Hope (Jim Keat) from 2019-12-02T10:00:12
"The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight."
In your own words, how would you describe “the hopes and fears of all the years”?
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This episode wa...
Making Room for a Child (Michael Livingston) from 2019-12-01T10:00:09
“Whatever the circumstances, despite the past or the difficulties of the present, there is always the possibility that God can, that God will, that God is with us, for us, coming to us in ways we c...
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Making Room for Advent (Jim Keat) from 2019-11-30T13:41:27
“As we make room, create space, slow down, we learn that waiting isn’t just about willing some future moment into your present one, but it is about being present with each moment, each breath, know...
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The Birds (Michael Livingston) from 2019-10-08T09:00:09
“It isn’t too late, but we need to get moving to save the birds, to save the earth."
Stop and look for the nearest bird. What do you notice?
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God Saw That It Was Good (Benjamin Perry) from 2019-10-07T09:00:07
"Perhaps the murky chaos of the anthropocene may be our opportunity to act as co-creators with God and all living things."
What new life can you grow out of the chaos around you?
Is It Not Enough? (Kevin VanHook) from 2019-10-06T09:00:18
"We ought to live more simply so others may simply live."
What kinds of shepherds do we want to be? How will we remain faithful in this strange land?
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Ezekiel 34:...
The Greta Effect (Bruce Lamb) from 2019-10-05T09:00:09
“You say you love your children above all else and yet you're stealing their future in front of their very eyes.” -Greta Thunberg
What tangible actions can you take to help slow the effe...
A Covenant with Creation (Sheena Rolle) from 2019-10-04T09:00:21
“How we honor and tend to the earth is a sign of how we honor and tend to our relationship with God and with each other."
In your own words, why is it important to honor and tend to the ...
The Least of These (Alan Bentz-Letts) from 2019-10-03T09:00:03
“The elephant slaughtered for it’s tusks, the oceans littered with swaths of plastic bottles, the forest being burned or cut down for palm oil plantations, the arctic ice disappearing at an alarmin...
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Frozen In Time (Regina Tate) from 2019-10-02T09:00:06
Memorizing scripture is the easy part. Walking the walk is incredibly difficult. But the benefit that we that get out of it is that we will live and walk and talk our faith and the gift at the end ...
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Everything Is Connected (Duane Toops) from 2019-10-01T09:00:21
"Everything is engulfed by this lively mesh of existence and being, this tangled brew of life."
What connections do you feel to the world around you?
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Energizing, Enlivening, and Exhausting (Chelsea MacMillan) from 2019-09-30T12:45:48
"Every march is a step forward into the unknown, trusting, surrendering, hoping against all illogical hope that a new life awaits.”
What keeps you motivated to work for environmental jus...
In This Meantime (Michael Livingston) from 2019-09-29T09:00:21
God of many names, one being: you slung stars to infinite galaxies in a universe whose outer limits are beyond our reach. You made this earth, so finely balanced, brilliant in beauty, breath-taking...
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Air (Jim Keat) from 2019-09-28T09:00:18
What do we do when the very thing we need might end up killing us?
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The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims God's handiwork. (Psalm 19:1)
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Sacred Places (Frances Connell) from 2019-09-27T12:09:38
“There are no unsecured places but only sacred places and desecrated places.” -Wendell Berry
Where have you found God in creation?
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Psalm 18:2
My God is my r...
Reflecting Beyond the Obvious (Rabbi Jill Zimmerman) from 2019-09-26T11:49:30
"See to it that you do not spoil and destroy my world for if you do there will be no one else to repair it.”
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If we do not wake up our children and grand children will have ...
Damn (Alisha Gordon) from 2019-09-25T09:00:04
Hound dogs on my trail
School children sitting in jail
Black cat cross my path
I think every day’s gonna be my last
-Nina Simone
What does it mean to “give a damn” ab...
Beautiful and Healthy For All (abby mohaupt) from 2019-09-24T09:00:20
"The people who are suffering the consequences of climate change the most didn’t even cause climate change."
Where have you seen the impact of climate change in the world around you?
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We Are Not Going Away (Beth Ackerman) from 2019-09-23T09:00:15
"Here’s what I believe: we are a part of an evolutionary force, co-creating with God."
What does it look like for you to co-create with God?
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This episode was wri...
Creation's Joy (Ellen Davis) from 2019-09-22T09:00:07
"In our present age of massive climate disruption, we are seeing signs that should move us to healthy fear, to name our corporate sin and turn with renewed attention to the ways of the Creator God,...
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Water (Jim Keat) from 2019-09-21T09:00:04
What can you do to conserve and care for water in our world?
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The earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the f...
Another World Is Possible (The Riverside Church Youth Group) from 2019-09-20T09:00:09
“Another world is possible and God has given us all we need to live into it."
What are you doing to support the global climate strike?
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Mark 1:15
The time is...
The Micronesian Kingfisher (Farley Lord) from 2019-09-19T09:00:02
Creation praises because it exists, because it was created. Creation praises in the ways it can, because it can.
What songs and sounds of praise do you hear in creation?
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There Is Enough (Elyse Ambrose) from 2019-09-18T09:00:08
"Imagination enables us to find potentiality and to picture a new vision.”
How might imagination change the way you approach environmental justice and all of its intersections?
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The Only Economy That Really Matters (Brian McLaren) from 2019-09-17T09:00:16
Tortoises preach to me, in their own wordless way, of how life should be and can be, if we don’t let ourselves be defined by human social constructions and instead re-situate ourselves in the origi...
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The End of the World (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2019-09-16T09:00:03
Dirt matters. Shit matters. When we bring an eternal perspective to our temporal home, we can see that resurrection is a reality, even on earth.
What does the end of the world look like?...
A Better World Is Possible (David Black) from 2019-09-15T09:00:12
Don’t ever believe that the fire inside you is something you should grow out of.
What kind of adult did you need when you were seven and seventeen?
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Isaiah 11:6
Save the Planet, Save your Soul (Jim Keat) from 2019-09-05T19:49
"What if we recognized that climate change is not just an environmental justice issue but also a spiritual issue? The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it. The way we treat the planet impacts o...
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Blessed Easter (Amy Butler) from 2019-04-21T09:00:20
“Easter is about starting again when all we can see around us is devastation. It’s about changing laws that allow violence to proliferate. It’s about welcoming the marginalized into the mainstream....
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God Is Still Speaking (Jim Keat) from 2019-04-20T09:00:11
“God is still speaking in the chaos. God is still speaking in spite of us. And God is still speaking in the created world around us."
Where do you hear God in the world around you?
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Forsaken (Lawrence Richardson) from 2019-04-19T11:09:54
“At what point in our suffering do we question the presence of God? And at what point in our suffering do we acknowledge that our questioning of God is a natural response to such agony. Perhaps we ...
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Faith, Agency, Courage, and Resistance (Alex Da Silva Souto) from 2019-04-19T09:00:19
“Suffering and death do not have the last word. Jesus has and is the last word and these are words of faith, agency, courage, and resistance."
What does it mean to that God has the last ...
Take Your Seat (Christian Peele) from 2019-04-18T09:00:12
“God takes God’s seat right next to us.”
What does it look like for you to join at the table of the story of God and us?
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Luke 22:14-20
When the hour came, h...
It Is Finished, And... (Anna Meyer) from 2019-04-17T09:00:21
“God is here in the endings. God is here in the liminal spaces. And God is here waiting for us in the beginnings that we cannot even imagine yet. It is finished and it isn’t over."
How c...
A Fiery Furnace (Jarell Wilson) from 2019-04-16T09:00:08
“God stands up to hatred and bigotry. God stands up to homophobia, racism, islamophobia, sexism, abolish, and all of the -isms we are yet to name. God is incapable of bowing to the false gods of th...
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Save Us From Weak Resignation (Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2019-04-15T09:00:16
“This is why we need the season of Lent, to see more clearly one’s self and one’s community, to feel more deeply our limits and our need, and to join in solidarity with our suffering neighbors and ...
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Imagining Palm Sunday (Farley Lord) from 2019-04-14T09:00:21
“Jesus, riding the colt, passes by. Your eyes meet. The colt slows down. What do you do? What do you feel?"
What do you think it would have been like to be in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday?
Untie and Set Free (J.J. Warren) from 2019-04-13T09:00:22
“We are called to go and to untie, to set free and not to exclude. This story reminds us that the lowly, even those that society and the church ties down, will be used to do the work of God in our ...
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Second Line (Alisha Gordon) from 2019-04-12T09:00:05
“To give of your best, even when death is staring you in the face, is an act of rebellion against death’s vicious sting."
What does it look like for you to give of your best?
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I Am a Jesus Person (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2019-04-11T09:00:11
“We often skip to the resurrection, we often skip to butterfly Jesus all the way past caterpillar Jesus. But a life spent with Jesus is a life of wilderness and suffering, a life on the margins.”
Facing Pain (Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons) from 2019-04-10T09:00:16
“There aren’t two sides to this story — the wilderness of Lent and the joy of Easter — it’s one story, one narrative."
What pain in your life do you tend to avoid? What might change if y...
Human (Rachel Johnson) from 2019-04-09T09:00:18
“Christianity has a God who knows exactly what it means to be human."
In your own words, what does it mean to be human?
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John 19:28
After this, when Jesus kn...
A New Thing (Michelle Ledder) from 2019-04-08T09:00:23
“Our first temptation is to look at what new thing God is doing now rather than to look hard at the history, both ancient and contemporary, to face down the evil which we might not have created but...
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Pass Judgement (Michael Livingston) from 2019-04-07T09:00:09
“No one of us can solve the conflicts raging unabated across the globe. But I can refuse to buy or use plastic. What’s a few more dishes to wash? It’s not an ultimate answer. It’s a small fast for ...
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You Hear the Lambs A-Cryin' (Intersection / St. Michael's) from 2019-04-06T09:00:15
You hear the lambs a-cryin'
hear the lambs a-cryin',
hear the lambs a-cryin';
O Shepherd, feed my sheep.
Where do you hear the lambs crying in your midst?
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The Older Brother (Graham Bridgeman) from 2019-04-05T09:00:20
“Loosen our grasp on the things we own and the things we do so that we might once again see the love, the family, and the blessings of the table that God has set for us."
What does it me...
Selah (Jim Keat) from 2019-04-04T09:00:03
"You are not a human doing. You are a human being. Selah."
When was the last time you pushed pause on the chaos around you and inside of you?
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Psalm 32:3-5, 7
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Abandoned (M Barclay) from 2019-04-03T09:00:06
“We are sacred possibilities, the image of God always ready to manifest in our skin.”
What does it look like for the image of God to manifest in your skin?
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Matth...
Our Heavenly Update (Charlene Wingate) from 2019-04-02T09:00:14
“Every moment, every challenge, every person has the potential to become new."
What needs to be made new in your life?
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2 Corinthians 5:16-21
From now on, th...
The Time Has Come (Kevin VanHook) from 2019-04-01T09:00:12
“Let’s write new chapters and create new stories together."
What are the new chapters and new stories that God is inviting you to write?
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Joshua 5:9-12
The L...
You Gotta Wade Through Those Troubled Waters (Karen Oliveto) from 2019-03-31T09:00:17
“You gotta wade through those troubled waters, take hold of your life, put your feet into the messy places, and trust that you will move through the troubled waters to that place, that peace which ...
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We Resist (Bruce Lamb) from 2019-03-30T09:00:21
“We are called to see our life work for justice and peace as preparation for resurrection."
What are you doing to prepare for and practice resurrection?
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“We resi...
That Kind of Theology (Cameron Trimble) from 2019-03-29T10:24:34
“Lent is an opportunity to consider all the ways God has seen you through the challenges of your life, not as the cause of them but as your greatest supporter through them.”
What was a c...
Bad Things Happen (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2019-03-28T09:00:15
“When bad things happen to some, they happen to all of us."
Why do bad things happen to good people?
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Luke 13:1-9
At that very time there were some present w...
Family (Rachel Cornwell) from 2019-03-27T09:00:04
“We belong to one another. We never have to be alone."
Where do you go to feel a sense of belonging?
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John 19:26-27
When Jesus saw his mother and the discipl...
How It Feels to Be Thirsty (Rob Hartley) from 2019-03-26T09:00:52
"The hope of how things will be strengthens us for the protest, for justice and mercy, and the joy to sing and be kind. And this hope is what transforms us."
What is giving you hope toda...
Everyone Who Thirsts (Joey Heath-Mason) from 2019-03-25T09:00:07
“God, who is not always the same as the church, brings us in empty, thirsty, in need, and God sends us forth full and with more than enough to share with everyone."
What has God given yo...
Running Through Lent (Jim Keat) from 2019-03-24T09:00:15
“Running is like the season of Lent, a season that invites you to feel your feet on the ground - the dirt, the dust - and enter this labyrinth, remembering that from dust we came and to dust we wil...
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Dust (Rachel Johnson) from 2019-03-23T09:00:17
“It is the breaking of the dusty, gritty ground that brings forth the first shoot of grass. It is in the breaking of bread that community is formed.”
How have you experienced new life in...
Temptation (David Black) from 2019-03-22T09:56:49
“We have demonized our desire so it seems that anything we have an appetite for is sinful."
What is your definition of temptation?
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Luke 4:1-13
Jesus, full o...
Going to Jerusalem (Erin Hawkins) from 2019-03-21T09:00:18
“Power is shared, peace prevails, love is law, grace is poured out, the margins become the center, the earth is cherished, humanity thrives."
Now that’s what I call a bucket list.
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In It (Emily McGinley) from 2019-03-20T09:00:22
“Jesus knows the full scope of what can crush the human spirit: betrayal, abandonment, humiliation, physical abuse, and the cruelty of a cold justice system.”
What does it mean to you th...
What God Will Do (Jonathan Randall Grant) from 2019-03-19T09:00:04
“The vocation God has woven into you, the invitation towards a new path — think about your risk in a sacramental way.”
How can you mark your God-inspired risks in a sacramental way?
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I Pledge Allegiance (Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2019-03-18T09:00:23
“Lent is a time set apart to confront the questions we too easily put off in our regular routines and rhythms, questions of allegiance, loyalties, priorities.”
What do we stand, sit, or ...
The House of God (Cláudio Carvalhaes) from 2019-03-17T09:00:06
“We are called to live in the house of God and the house of God is among those who are suffering."
Who are you praying for? And with whom are you praying?
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Psalm ...
Say Something (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2019-03-16T09:00:12
"What is justice if we can’t hear the judge? What is love without the voice of the lover?"
These aren’t rhetorical questions. Love and justice are essential to our humanity.
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On Your Lips&In Your Heart (Michael Livingston) from 2019-03-15T09:26:17
“We can speak words of life to one another, words of humor, hope, forgiveness, joy, grace, peace, and justice."
What is a word of hope you can share right now?
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R...
Bread Alone (Farley Lord) from 2019-03-14T09:00:21
"Soil, the the eternal life given to bones and flesh and feathers and leaves, the open hand to heaven, catching new life."
What are new metaphors you can think of to describe eternal lif...
Forgive Them? (Jim Keat) from 2019-03-13T09:00:03
"When we are hurt or left hanging, betrayed or backstabbed, “forgive you” is not necessary the first F word that comes to mind."
When was the last time you struggled to forgive?
Tell Me Why (Ellen Robison) from 2019-03-12T09:30:18
In our darkest hour there is nothing that can ever separate us from the love God. No evil is final. No suffering is endured alone. God has the final word and that word is love.
How have ...
The Immigrants Who Reside Among You (Doug Pagitt) from 2019-03-11T09:00:11
"When others are fleeing the persecution and terrible oppression that is upon them and they enter a new land, they are to be welcomed, they are to be included, they are to be part of the whole."
Entering Lent (Sam Wells) from 2019-03-10T09:00:19
"There’s no such thing as ‘my relationship with God’ except as mediated through accountable community, friendship with the poor, and challenge to the powerful."
Does the shape of your li...
Lament (A New Liturgy) from 2019-03-09T10:00:19
"I bring you my pain, I give you my sorrow. I offer my shame, the threat of tomorrow."
What are you bringing with you as you step into the season of Lent?
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If we ...
Us vs. Them (Brian McLaren) from 2019-03-08T10:00:22
"Now is the time, now is the moment for a movement of liberation and reconciliation."
How are you called to work as part of this movement for liberation and reconciliation?
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Lent Isn't Easy (Jim Keat) from 2019-03-07T10:00:05
"Lent is an invitation to recognize and embrace our humanity. And this invitation is not easy."
Are you ready to lean in to the necessary and difficult work of this Lenten invitation?
Beautiful, Beloved, and Flawed (Amy Butler) from 2019-03-06T10:11:32
"This is what the church is: a group of beautiful, beloved, flawed creatures who believe that love saves us and love can save the world."
How would you describe the church?
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A Lenten Labyrinth (Jim Keat) from 2019-03-01T14:46:50
"It's easy to stay where you are. It takes courages to take the steps and go to the places you are being called. The invitation is to enter the labyrinth, to follow Abram and go, to trust that the ...
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The Wonder of Christmas (Christian Peele) from 2018-12-24T10:00:03
Isaiah 52:7-8
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,
who brings good news,
who announces salvation,
who says to Zio...
Absolute Love (Bruce Lamb) from 2018-12-23T10:00:14
John 1:1-14
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one th...
Listen to Mary's Song (Amy Butler) from 2018-12-22T10:00:17
Luke 1:49-55
What God has done for me will never be forgotten,
the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others.
Her mercy flows in wave after wave
on those wh...
We Are Called to Act (Michael Livingston) from 2018-12-21T10:00:13
Luke 3:15-18
As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, “I bapt...
Peace (Farley Lord) from 2018-12-20T10:00:12
Philippians 4:4-7
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer an...
Where Is God? (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2018-12-19T10:00:06
Isaiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid,
for the Lord God is my strength and my might;
God has become my salvation.
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The Magnificat from 2018-12-18T10:00:22
My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
who has looked with favor on the lowliness of God’s servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me ble...
God of Fire and Song (Adriene Thorne) from 2018-12-17T10:00:03
Zephaniah 3:14, 20
Sing aloud, O daughter Zion;
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter Jerusalem!
At that time I will bring you home,
Joy to the World? (Jim Keat) from 2018-12-16T10:00:04
Psalm 98: 4-6
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and...
The Eye of God (Carol Howard Merritt) from 2018-12-15T10:00:05
Luke 1:47-50
My spirit celebrates God, my Liberator!
For though I’m God’s humble servant,
God has noticed me.
Now and forever,
I will be considered ...
I Thank My God (Ellen Robison) from 2018-12-13T10:00:08
Philippians 1:3-6
I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day unti...
Touched (Daniel Brereton) from 2018-12-12T10:00:38
Luke 1:46-55
Mary responded, “Oh, how I praise the Lord. How I rejoice in God my Savior! For God took notice of his lowly servant girl, and now generation after generation forever shall call m...
In This Land (Kevin VanHook) from 2018-12-11T10:00:16
Luke 1:76-79
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
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Refiner's Fire (Cindy Wang Brandt) from 2018-12-10T10:00:17
Malachi 3:1-4
See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed...
A Post-Patriarchal Christmas (Brian McLaren) from 2018-12-09T13:27:33
Luke 1:26-35
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s ...
There's Something About Mary (Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2018-12-08T10:00:20
Luke 1:52-55
“God has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
God has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
Thank God (Kevin Garcia) from 2018-12-07T10:00:06
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we feel before our God because of you? Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face t...
One Does what One Can (Cameron Trimble) from 2018-12-06T10:00:14
Luke 21:34-36
“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day does not catch you unexpectedly, like a trap. Fo...
Wait for It (Rachel Johnson) from 2018-12-05T10:00:03
Psalm 46:10
“Be still, and know that I am God!
I am exalted among the nations,
I am exalted in the earth.”
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Advent is the season of anticipation...
That's Our Gospel (Richard Rohr) from 2018-12-04T10:00:12
Luke 1:46-52
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for God has looked with favor on the lowliness of God’s servant.
Surely, from now on a...
Invisible Lines of Connection (Jim Keat) from 2018-12-03T10:00:03
Jeremiah 33:14-16
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a...
The End of the World (Amy Butler) from 2018-12-02T10:00:18
Luke 21:25-28
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear an...
Be Still and Go (Season 2) from 2018-11-25T15:58:34
Be Still and Go: Meditations for the Movement returns for a second season, offering daily audio reflections for the 2018 season of Advent, filling you up so that you can continue to pour out life a...
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Setting the Frog Free (Amy Butler) from 2018-04-01T07:00:06
We don’t have to be held hostage by the way things are.
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Mark 16:1-4
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so th...
The Day After (Michael Livingston) from 2018-03-31T07:00:05
"The truth is simple: only love will give our lives any meaning at all, any substance, love as service, love as justice, love as grace and forgiveness, love that is living in the world for others."...
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God Knows What It Feels Like (Shane Claiborne) from 2018-03-30T07:00:05
"God knows what it feels like to lose a child, God knows what it feels like to suffer the execution of a cross, and God knows what it feels to be born a refugee"
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Matthew 27...
By Example (Ellen Robison) from 2018-03-29T07:00:08
"As followers of Jesus we’re supposed to more than just remember the story."
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John 13:34
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved y...
I Am Thirsty (Jim Keat) from 2018-03-28T07:00:05
"Just as our bodies requires water, the world needs justice."
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John 19:28
I am thirsty.
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This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rev...
Changed for Good (Michael Curry) from 2018-03-27T07:00:06
"And if there is a God and God is not finished with us, if there is a God then the human word is not the last word. God is."
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Psalm 31:9-16
Be gracious to me, O L...
Finding God in the Silence (Dustin Pickett) from 2018-03-26T07:00:05
"You may not hear God speaking but can you feel God moving?"
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1 Samuel 3:1-10
Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was r...
The Rejects (Amy Sullivan) from 2018-03-25T07:00:06
"We need the Jesus of Holy Week to teach us that you can never be perfect enough to avoid rejection."
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Psalm 118:22-24, 29
The stone that the builders rejected
The Space to Feel (Jennifer Hagedorn&Bertram Johnson) from 2018-03-24T07:00:05
“Anger is the joyful noise that makes the ears of the powerful perk up because it is a sign that the new life is not yet here but maybe it’s just around the corner."
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Matthe...
Ever Before Me (Ellen Robison) from 2018-03-23T07:00:06
"It’s easy to deny reality when you don’t look below the surface."
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Psalm 51:1-12
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
accordi...
According to the Order of Melchizedek (Brandan Robertson) from 2018-03-22T07:00:06
"You are a child of God and by nature of being a child of God, you are a priest."
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Hebrews 5:5-10
So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest...
A Meditation for the Brokenhearted (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2018-03-21T07:00:05
"Broken hearts don’t get fixed. They become the soil for a new heart to grow."
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Matthew 9:36
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were...
I Love Compost (Farley Lord) from 2018-03-20T07:00:06
"Like a grain of wheat falls into a compost pile, Jesus falls into the earth. The damp and still and timeless earth. The quiet earth, accept for the faint percussion of the blind critters who tipto...
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Holy Moments (Bruce Lamb) from 2018-03-19T07:00:05
God is inclining us as new covenant keepers to look for these holy moments all around us.
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Jeremiah 31:31-34
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I wi...
Climbing with Zacchaeus (Bertram Johnson) from 2018-03-18T07:00:05
The transformation of our spiritual lives during Lent or at any other season of the year is not focused on us. God is at the center of the story. And the healing justice, the lavish generosity, and...
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Lenten Time in America (Paul Raushenbush) from 2018-03-17T07:00:07
"Even as we go through this trial and suffering and our nation’s life is laid down, I invite you to look for new signs of life inspired by divine minds that are emerging. Take a moment in your own ...
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A Beloved Child of God (Christian Peele) from 2018-03-16T07:00:06
"The wilderness led Jesus towards a love that would save the world."
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Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the ...
For God so Loved the World (Brian McLaren) from 2018-03-15T07:00:06
God’s goal is to heal the world and to liberate the world from oppression that enslaves and violence that kills.
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John 3:14-21
And just as Moses lifted up the ser...
Wake Up (Lynn Casteel Harper) from 2018-03-14T07:00:05
"The night is over and it is time to meet the day. It is time to know the deep rhythms of our soul’s distinct time, to tune into the tempos and patterns of our own communities, to pay attention to ...
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Praise the Lord? (Rachel Johnson) from 2018-03-13T10:00:04
"If I’m going to attribute every stroke of luck, every gratuitous offering of grace, every open parking space divine intervention, then don’t I also have to assume that the same hand is at work, or...
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Who Is This God? (Dustin Pickett) from 2018-03-12T10:00:05
"Our job, before doing anything, is to pray with and for the people. I wonder what it must have felt like to be Moses. Moses was also running from bondage to freedom. Moses was also susceptible to ...
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The Heavens Are Telling (Ellen Robison) from 2018-03-11T14:11:08
"What would it mean for us to shut out all the words, even for just, say, fifteen minutes a day this Lent? To listen only to the heavens? To immerse ourselves in silence? To tune our ears to the st...
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The Upside Down Kingdom (Kate Bowler) from 2018-03-11T07:00:06
This is the upside down kingdom. We must come to the end of ourselves. We must be cracked open to our own sin and the pain of the world in order to begin to allow God’s kingdom to enter in, to rede...
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God Hears You (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2018-03-10T08:00:06
What kind of prayers does God hear?
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Ministry vs. Money (Otis Moss, III) from 2018-03-09T08:00:05
"We need a theological whip where drive the arrogance out of our spirits."
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John 2:13-22
The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the...
Join the Movement (Michael Livingston) from 2018-03-08T08:00:05
"We’ve got to agitate for change, organize for justice, change the structures that oppress and destroy, weave the safety net for those who fall."
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Marked (Farley Lord) from 2018-03-07T08:00:05
"The one I follow, Jesus, Immanuel, is marked as a radical lover of the lowly, marked as a revolutionary threat to power and ultimately, because of these things, marked like a tree for cutting down...
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I Think We Have Some Work to Do (Jason Chesnut) from 2018-03-05T08:00:05
"What do we sacrifice today for the idols that we worship? Who do we sacrifice today for the idols that we worship?"
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Exodus 20:1-17
Then God spoke all these word...
A Season of Slow (Jim Keat) from 2018-03-04T08:00:05
"It is here, in the healing of our souls, that we must begin. For in order to heal the brokenness of our world, we must first tend to the brokenness in our own lives."
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For a Change (Jan Powell) from 2018-03-03T08:00:05
"Perhaps all of our talk about prayer and sacrifice and following Jesus is nothing more theological than a simple call to change."
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The Cost of Discipleship (John Dorhauer) from 2018-03-02T08:00:05
"True discipleship doesn’t engage empire on the periphery with the hope of of being noticed by other resisters and gaining just enough credibility to acquire a reputation or secure a legacy. It tak...
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Wakanda Forever (Bruce Lamb) from 2018-03-01T08:00:05
"The God in whom Abraham trusted is a God who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things which do not exist."
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Romans 4:13-25
For the promise that...
Belonging Together (Kate Werning) from 2018-02-28T13:09:01
Your work for social justice is important and you belong in the greater movement for social change.
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So Beautiful, So Hard (Rachel Johnson) from 2018-02-27T08:00:05
"Maybe we don’t need complex theories or volumes and volumes of dense theological reflection to explain a reality we know to be true: we can lament and praise in the same breath."
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I See You (Cameron Trimble) from 2018-02-25T08:00:05
Lent is about reconciling realities: the me on the inside and the me on the outside. The world in all of its brokenness and the world in its most creative and generativeness.
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Rockets and Red Convertibles (Liz Wheeler) from 2018-02-24T08:00:05
The juxtaposition between Lent, a time of renewal for my commitment to God, and a red roadster launched by a business man into eternity — this is disorienting.
Humans might build rockets...
In Those Days (Jim Keat) from 2018-02-23T12:40:06
"It is not enough to stay quiet and comfortable while the world around you goes to hell. You must leave the confines of heaven and place your feet in the flames, to stand with the oppressed and sil...
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Just Us (George Walker) from 2018-02-22T08:00:05
God is utterly in control. Jesus taught that all is forgiven for those who love him and grace will be sufficient to heal each wound. My task is to sit with that. Admittedly, I sit with it uncomfort...
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Cold and Broken (Rachel Johnson) from 2018-02-21T08:00:05
Dark nights are going to come. The question is how we will spend them.
When love hurts us so much we are sure that our shattered hearts will never mend, will we love anyway?
When do...
Struggling to Trust (Bruce Lamb) from 2018-02-20T08:00:05
"Trust is built in small moments."
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Psalm 25:1-10
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
O my God, in you I trust;
do not let me be put to shame;
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The Cool of the Day (Farley Lord) from 2018-02-19T08:00:05
"Our tendency has been to respond to God’s covenant with greed instead of gratitude, dismissal instead of attention, confident ignorance instead of loving curiosity. The prophets criticize this and...
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This Is Our Boast (Michael Livingston) from 2018-02-18T08:00:05
"In our weakness, in our humanity, Christ rises, God triumphs."
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1 Corinthians 1:18-25
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, ...
A Decentering Prayer (Amanda Meisenheimer) from 2018-02-17T08:00:05
"May justice increase and oppression decrease. May wisdom increase and ignorance decrease. And may it be so with me."
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God Has Hands (Jim Keat) from 2018-02-16T08:00:05
"God has hands; they are attached to your wrists."
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2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10
So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entrea...
Ash Wednesday (Amy Butler) from 2018-02-14T08:00:04
"I was beginning a journey of discovery, of telling the truth about who I am in a world that keeps telling me to show up prettier and smarter and shinier and more articulate and all the things I mo...
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A Preview of Be Still and Go from 2018-02-12T18:01:07
Listen to all the episodes and find out more at www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo.
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Today we show up for the ashes,...
Be Still and Go: Meditations for the Movement from 2018-02-02T20:38:09
Be Still and Go is a new podcast from The Riverside Church, a daily digital devotional for the season of Lent that invites you to reflect on a text or a theme so that you can be refilled and refuel...
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