God made us for resilience, but how do we claim and live into that resilience again and again? Starting this Sunday, we begin exploring this theme throughout Lent. Listen as Pastor Melanie Vaughn-West reflects on God’s covenant with creation.
February 21, 2021 – First Sunday of Lent
Dr. Caleb Oladipo is Professor at Campbell University Divinity School, Buies Creek, NC, who shares and reflects on our Covenant promise “I will be sensitive to God’s message as it comes to me from persons. . .”
Oftentimes, we feel tired, worn-out, overwhelmed and exhausted by daily life. Instead of soaring on eagles wings we feel like we are lumbering along on turtle legs. Are there ways to shift ourselves into a channel of life and energy? Can we catch the same wind that the eagles soar on? And if so, how?
The story of Jonah is often told as one of faithfulness and change of heart as Jonah finds himself desperate inside the belly of a fish. But we miss something if we don’t look at all of Jonah’s honest, intense reactions to what is happening in his world. Listen as Pastor Lauren Colwell explores his story.
Listen as Karen Bryant Shipp shares her experience over the past year as a Southern, white woman learning how to build “long-term relationships” that lead to true and lasting change.
Epiphany calls us to go and share the light and love within us, with all God’s children. As the light inside us grows brighter, others begin to notice the light within their own selves. We begin to see all of creation, bending toward the light within! Together, we shine brighter and brighter. Listen as Pastor Melanie Vaughn-West invites us into this season.
Billy Hall, co-chair of our Center for Community Exploratory Team, reflects on the possibilities at the starting line of 2021.
A Reflection on the Year to Come at the close of 2020.
The fourth Sunday of Advent and Lessons & Carols. The World Is about to Turn – God Is with Us!
The third Sunday of Advent. The World Is about to Turn – Rejoice!