Sermons

Sermons for the Church Body and Her Soul:

The Rev. Chuck Booker-Hirsch

• The Beatitudes, and Beyond: "Arise!" (Sermon on the Mount, 1 of 6)        4 July 2010
• With Faces Set                                                                                    27 June 2010
• Father God or Fatherland: "What Is Your Name?"                                   20 June 2010
• "Do You See This Woman?" God's Calculus of Grace                               13 June 2010
• LGBT Inclusion: When "Hear We Stand" Meets "Y'all Come"                     6 June 2010
• God, Experienced (Trinity Sunday)                                                        30 May 2010
• The Conspiracy (Day of Pentecost)                                                         23 May 2010
• Faith: Bad for Business, Good for Earthquakes                                       16 May 2010
• From Worship to Way: Midwife New Life! (Ascension, Mother's Day)       9 May 2010
• The Ugliest Word                                                                                 2 May 2010
• Responding to the Resurrection: Making Amends                                   18 Apr 2010
• Responding to the Resurrection: Waiting Till Our Miracle Happens         11 Apr 2010
• Immortality ... or Resurrection? (Easter Sunday)                                     4 Apr 2010
• Listening for God ... Who's Dying to Love Us  (Palm Sunday)                 28 Mar 2010
• Listening for God: Loss and The Font of Our Identity                             21 Mar 2010
• Listening for God: Our Prodigal Father (The Third Face of Power)          14 Mar 2010
• Listening for God: From Judgment to Integrity                                       7 Mar 2010
• Listening for God: The Power of Sanctuary                                           28 Feb 2010
• Listening for God: When Dependence Means Independence                   21 Feb 2010
• "Listen to Him!" -- Keeping Silence  (Transfiguration)                           14 Feb 2010
• God's Call: "Peace Is the Way"     31 Jan 2010
• God's Call: Do Justice                  24 Jan 2010
• God's Call: Intimacy                    17 Jan 2010
• God's Call: Be-Loved (Baptism)   10 Jan 2010
• Warned in a Dream                      3 Jan 2010

Chuck Booker-Hirsch began his ministry at BPC the first day of the summer of 2009. A graduate of San  Francisco Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity '94), he comes to Bethesda following 11 fruitful years as Pastor of Northside Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor, MI. A passionate advocate for radical church hospitality and faith-based social justice, he served on the staff of interracial congregations in the barrio of Tucson, AZ and the ghetto of Marin City, CA, and worked for four years resettling Central American refugees in this country seeking sanctuary from torture and slaughter in their homelands. Chuck is married to the Rev. Amy Booker-Hirsch, a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) minister and hospice chaplain. They have a 12-years-young son and Sudoku wizard, Drew Booker.