MPC Music Director Kim Rankin discusses Bach’s Cantata No. 140 and its relationship to Matthew 25:1-13. Listen to the full recording below. Read Matthew 25:1-13 on Bibles.org
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Rev Ben reflects on Isaiah’s vision of peace, reminding us that we are called to make this vision manifest on Earth by working for justice and for an end to poverty. Read Isaiah 11:1-11 on Bibles.org
Rev. Talitha explores the seemingly black-and-white messaging of Matthew 24:36-44 by searching for a more flexible interpretation and connecting with the fluidity of non-binary gender identification.
On Christ the King Sunday, we are reminded that God abides: all that is beautiful and holy infuses us and the world around us. Prayer can be a way of reminding ourselves of that and summoning the strength within us. You got this!
Pondering the apocalypse story of Luke 21:5, Rev Ben discusses whether creativity is OK to pursue when the world seems to be spinning out of control.
In a month where we have both Veterans Day and Thanksgiving, what should we render unto God? How about thankfulness for peace and the people who have served the nation in peaceful roles?
Rev. Talitha preaches on Luke’s more challenging version of the beatitudes, showing how it calls us to break down barriers and to truly be on the same “side” as the suffering. Read Luke 6:20-31 on Bibles.org
Rev. Ben preaches on 2 Timothy, which naturally leads to an encouragement of heretical thinking, which in turn leads to a discussion of lasagna. Read 2 Timothy 3:14 on Bibles.org
Rev. Ben preaches on Luke’s story of Jesus and the ten lepers, connecting it to the need to understand those who are different from us, and to see how they have changed us for the better. read Luke 17:11-19 on Bibles.org
On World Communion Sunday, Rev Ben preaches on Psalm 137 — one of the most difficult in the Bible — and draws out its message of ending the cycle of violence found in empires such as America’s.