On Immigration Sunday, Rev. Ben ponders the Biblical call to aid the refugee and immigrant, and how that should shape our personal and societal actions.
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MPC Youth talk about their experiences during the most recent Mission Trip to Los Angeles: helping the homeless, meeting with gang intervention groups, and visiting an LGBT support center. For photos from the trip, visit the MPC Facebook Page.
Guest Rev. Erin Grayson finds modern parallels in Jeremiah’s Israel and encourages us to be “radical disruptors” for God.
Rev. Ben Daniel preaches on the need for humility: easy to achieve in awe-inspiring natural spaces, but harder in our fractured and often violent communities. The way forward may be to focus on our shared, but on the surface absurd, belief in the Trinity.
Rev. Talitha preaches on Pentecost, the “birthday” of the church, but also an occasion to focus on how the Holy Spirit pushes us to stretch farther, and challenges us to see God in everyone.
If Jesus had remained on Earth after the Resurrection, he could have done more great deeds but his story would have ended with his death. Because of the Ascension, his story is ongoing, as is the story of our faith.
In a spiritual mashup of Hare Krishnas, Liberace, and Dominican beauty salons, Rev. Ben argues for an inclusive view of the many paths to God.
Rev. Ben discusses Paul’s surprising quotation a prayer to Zeus in Acts 17, showing how his action can (and should) encourage us to more openness and curiosity about God’s world.
The parable of the Good Samaritan is about doing good, but it is also about shaking a negative perception of outsiders. We need to see a story from other points of view and see the face of Jesus in everyone.
Rev. Ben preaches on Luke 24:13 (the road to Emmaus), drawing out lessons about the importance of being open to the wonder and miracles of the world, and letting it inspire us to help the suffering in our midst.