Guest Preacher (and MPC Choir Director) Kim Rankin discusses the concept of attunement as a prelude to a choir performance of Handel’s Jubilate Deo.

Chandler Stokes, Karen’s husband, explores Exodus 5:1-9 with increasing demands from work, lessons of the Sabbath and the need to make time for family.

Karen Stokes reflects on the importance of water on Earth Day.

Molly Dowell Baum explores “doubt” in a first-person dramatic narrative entitled “I have seen the Lord”.

Karen Stokes reflects on her six week juror service during the Lenten season, abuse of power, conflicts of brother against brother, and the act of judging.

For Palm Sunday, Pastor Karen Stokes explores the meaning of the cross in Sorrow & Love. 

Karen Stokes reflects on the inevitability of change in our lives, and the ways Jesus embraced it in his. The text will be the story of the new wineskins, Luke 5:33-39.

Pastor Karen Stokes explores the dilemmas of decision making that Jesus faced and we face.

Molly Dowell Baum, MPC Intern, preaches on Jesus’ growth in wisdom, working with the story of young Jesus in the temple.

Pastor Karen Stokes reflects on Jesus’ relationships from family to his family of followers.