Rev. Chuck Booker, BPC Pastor
Slaying Our Giants, September 6
Guest: Rev. Edward W. Gehres
Hear the Hebrew Prophets, Part 7: From Exile to Exodus to Homecoming, August 30
Rev. Chuck Booker -- Overview of Parts 1-6
Hear the Hebrew Prophets, Part 6: From Spiritual Piety to Social Practice, August 23
Rev. Chuck Booker -- Hebrew Prophets: Amos, Hosea, Micah
Hear the Hebrew Prophets, Part 5: Giving God Room to Be God August 16
Rev. Chuck Booker -- Hebrew Prophet: Jonah
Hear the Hebrew Prophets, Part 4: From "When Do We Open?" to "How Are We Open?" August 9, 2020
Rev. Chuck Booker -- Hebrew Prophet: Ezekiel
Hear the Hebrew Prophets, Part 3: The Power of Our Powerless God, August 2, 2020
Rev. Chuck Booker -- Hebrew Prophet: Ezekiel
Hear the Hebrew Prophets, Part 2: To See the New, We Must Turn from the Old, July 26, 2020
Rev. Chuck Booker -- Scripture: passages from Second and Third Isaiah
Hear the Hebrew Prophets, Part 1: Our Long, Hard Road from Service to Justice, July 19, 2020
Rev. Chuck Booker -- Scripture: passages from Isaiah 2, 3, 5, & 39
The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me, July 12, 2020
Guest Preacher: Rev. Pat Jackson -- Scripture: Luke 4:13-21
Come, All Who Are Weary, July 5, 2020
Guest Preacher: Jan Moody -- Scripture: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Confronting Whiteness as a Spiritual Discipline, June 28, 2020
Guest Preacher: Rev. Jennifer Butler, CEO, Faith in Public Life June 28, 2020 Scripture: Isaiah 49:13
Two Viruses, One Vision: Bethesda Black Lives Matter Rally + Message, June 7, 2020
Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20
Receiving the Holy Spirit from Those Who Cannot Breathe: Message, May 31, 2020
Scripture: John 20:19-23
Learning to Receive the Holy Spirit from Those Who Cannot Breathe
Prayer: Gracious and Longsuffering God, in the midst of all the poignant humanity found among coronavirus sufferers and their loved ones, this past week a horrific display of inhumanity called our attention to another virus.
How long, O Lord … How long? Come the Holy Spirit today, to say for those who dare practice their Christian faith: Not long! Not long!
May it be so. Amen.
“You Will Receive Power!” Message, May 24, 2020
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.” — Jesus parting words to his disciples (Acts 1:8). And do we ever need that power right now!
Love In Action? Love *Is* Action! Video Message, 5/17
Scripture: John 14:15-21. "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." Only then, Jesus adds, will the Advocate -- the Holy Spirit -- make itself known i...
Where Do You Want Our God to Be? Zoom Worship Video Message, May 10, 2020
Scripture: John 14:1-14
The Lord Is My Shepherd ... I Lack Nothing? Zoom Worship Video Message, May 3, 2020
Scripture: Psalm 23
Coming to Belief. Zoom Worship Video Message, April 26, 2020
Scripture Luke 24:13-35
Of Lighthouses, Maps, and American Dirt
Date: February 2, 2020
Scriptures: Micah 6:1-8
A ship is at sea. Suddenly: a light on the horizon. The ship radios to the light, “Turn your course 10 degrees to the north.” Comes the reply: “You turn your course 10 degrees to the south.”
Back-and-forth they go. “Turn your course 10 degrees to the north!” “No, turn yours ten – and to the south!”
The ship draws dangerously close. The captain commandeers the radio, shouting, “I’m the captain of this ship, and I demand that you turn your course 10 degrees to the north.” The reply? “I’m a sailor. You turn your course.”
“Listen, sailor: I’m a captain, and we’re a battleship! We demand you redirect your course ten degrees to the north.”
