Nativity Family Sunday (Love – December 19, 2021)
Family Pastor Sarah Fetz shares the homily, helping us see that Jesus' birth was actually his first teaching to us.
AfterWords: Wending Through Unknown Country (December 12, 2021)
Laura Boggs offers a 3 minute written reflection on The Parish gathering from Sunday, December 12, 2021.
Joy in the Middle of It (Joy – December 12, 2021)
This year, the "joy" week in Advent includes a passage from the prophet Zephaniah. The beautiful and uplifting words console us, but when we set them against the backdrop of life at the time, they take on deeper meaning. In this podcast, we consider how Zephaniah's words of joy fall right in the middle of the mess, and how we might look then for Jesus adventing in to the midst of all we'd prefer to exile.
AfterWords: Feasting with Friends (December 5, 2021)
Laura Boggs offers a 3 minute written reflection on The Parish gathering from Sunday, December 5, 2021.
A Liturgy As Big As Life: We Will Keep the Feast (Peace – December 5, 2021)
Throughout this semester, we've explored the invitation from Jesus to build a big enough table for the Great Thanksgiving. This week (in a rare "full/extended gathering" edition of the podcast), we explore the mystery and miracle of the Eucharist - what it means, why it matters, and why our entire gathering each week culminates at the Table. Against the backdrop of Advent's call to Peace, we remember Jesus in the Center of our worshiping community.
AfterWords: Falling Skies and Fig Leaves (November 28, 2021)
Laura Boggs offers a 3 minute written reflection on The Parish gathering from Sunday, November 28, 2021.
Raise Up Your Heads (Hope – November 28, 2021)
As the season of Advent begins, we lean into Hope. In today's podcast, Luke Warner untangles a difficult passage from Luke 21. Here, the sky is literally falling. But Jesus invites us to behold restoration, reconciliation, re-creation in the midst of chaos and catastrophe. Rather than an end, this is the birthing of a new beginning.
A Liturgy As Big As Life | Call and Response (November 7, 2021)
Song | Build My Life Worthy of every song we could ever sing Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe We live for you Jesus, the Name above every other…
A Liturgy As Big As Life | All Saints Day (October 31, 2021)
Call to Worship | A Prayer for All Saints Day God of the generations, when we set our hands to labor, thinking we work alone, remind us that we carry: on our lips the words of prophets, in…
Watch How I Do It | A Spirit-Dependent Life (October 24, 2021)
Today we explore the final "leg" of our big enough table - the charismatic traditions in the Church that help us lean into a Spirit-dependent life. We'll look at both the gifts and potential pitfalls of these traditions and how we might make space for a faith that is radically responsive to the Holy Spirit while remaining rooted in cruciform love and sacramental presence.
