Facing Caesar's exclusive parade next Saturday in DC, what can we learn about inclusive table fellowship from the Day of Pentecost?
Celebrating Our Power of Agency
Acts 1:6-14: Jesus' Ascension. Maybe the Ascension event is Jesus' Declaration of Independence from us ... and for us?
While We Cry How, God Asks for Our Yes
John 5:2-9. At the healing pool of Bethesda (!), Jesus changes the question from "how" to "yes". Several years ago, not knowing how to do it, our church said "yes" to a series of remarkable events - culminating in an occurrence whose anniversary we celebrate on May 25 each year.
Love Comes from Letting Go
Scripture: John 13:31-35. At the Last Supper, Jesus beckons the disciples to let him go. He then instructs them - three times - to "love one another". Might these instructions be related?
Mother's Day: Women of Strength, Shrewdness, Hope.
Scriptures: Exodus 1:16-18, 2:1-10, Mark 7:24-30. Guest: Rev. Pat Jackson, Executive Director, Interwoven Congregations for Racial Justice and Healing.
Caesar or Jesus? A Question of Allegiance
Saul's transformation of allegiance on the road to Damascus: dramatic! As for us, in the light of these past 100 days: what can Saul's experience teach us about our faith response?
Postcard from Ukraine: "Rehearsing Moses"
Rev. Dr. Robert Gamble of This Child Here - on Moses and the burning bush. Ukraine "is so tragic, it burns. And yet it is so hope-filled, it will not be consumed."
Easter Sunday: Why The Women?
Why were the women the first ones to experience Jesus' resurrection? And what do their actions teach us in today's DC chaos?
April 13 (Palm Sunday): A Sanctuary in the City
Jesus faces great suffering his final week - and yet offers sanctuary for others who seem to have lost hope (crying out "Peace in heaven!" vs. "Peace on earth!") How are we providing an urban sanctuary 'midst suffering so very present in our world today?
April 6: "What's The Use?"
Facing death, Jesus is anointed with costly perfume. What's the use of this being done? Or is there a greater question to ask ourselves? ...
March 30: That Other Brother
The journey of the Prodigal Son is well known. Perhaps we identify more with his older brother. Can we give that brother - lurking in the shadows - some love as well?
March 23: "Did You Hear About ... ?"
Lectionary Scripture: Luke 13:1-9. What's happening in our world today might be more important than ever. Jesus offers a Lent challenge for us: to shift our focus on what the world is doing to us ... to what we are doing alongside of others.
March 16: Mother Bird Jesus v. Herod The Fox
Honoring Women's History Month. What could the comforting and fierce maternal spirit of Jesus teach us in these times of great uncertainty and injustice? Luke 13:31-35.
March 9: Welcome to Lent: Let Go ... Let God ... Let Grow
Scripture: Luke 4:1-3. Midst the DC desert wilderness surrounding us at this time, we learn from Jesus how to move forward - so that our civic responses may be grounded less in divine presumption, and more on divine dependence.
The Transfiguration: From Ecstasy to Epilepsy, from Becoming Divine to Being Human
Why, in this stressful DC time, is it important to ground our identity not in Jesus' divinity - but in our humanity?
February 23: Our Deep River of Hope
Where, 'midst the current civil chaos, lies our deepest hope? Rev. Chuck recalls Jesus' central proclamation - and references a paragon of the Wisdom Psalms (Psalm 37) to find out ...
February 16 - Psalm 1: Pathway Picks
Guest: Rev. Dr. Sharon Stanley-Rea, Director of Church World Service/DC. Following the recent federal plunder of refugee resources, Sharon's entire staff was furloughed. Listen here to her prophetic word!
Fishy Faith - or, Between Fear and Hope
Guest: The Rev. Adele Crawford. The deep water can be scary. How can we honor the gap between the fear of scarcity and the hope of abundance?
February 2: When Love Is Not Enough
Love is essential. Love is primary. Yet there are times - and in these chaotic times ... Luke 4:21-30
January 26: Jesus' Inaugural Address
Luke 4:14-21. Here we hear Jesus inaugurating his ministry ... and our own, words "fulfilled in our hearing". In these extraordinary days: where can his commission lead us?
