"I don't know how, don't know when, but I choose to believe we will know fullness again --  the fullness of hope again, the fullness of strength again, the fullness of love again, the fullness of purpose again."What fills you up when you feel empty?//Ruth 1:21I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.//This episode was written and recorded by Minister Richard X III, the Assistant Minister of Faith Formation at The Riverside Church. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat, the Digital Minister at The Riverside Church. Background tracks include Barefoot by Podington Bear, Moon Tide by Lincoln Davis, and First Light by Half Measure.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all seven seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.

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When We're Empty (Minister Richard X III)

“It is a great equalizer. No matter how smart or fit or on top of the world we may believes ourselves to be, everyone requires sleep."What is your relationship with sleep?//Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Barefoot by Podington Bear and The First Person Awake and You Make My Heart Sing So Loud by Will Bangs.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all seven seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper is the Minister of Older Adults at The Riverside Church and the author of On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear. You can purchase a copy wherever you buy books.

Be Still and Go to Sleep (Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper)

"Our communities are strongest when the voices of our disabled friends are heard."What voices do you need to be intentional to listen to?//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Amanda Meisenheimer. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Barefoot by Podington Bear and I'm So Glad that You Exist by Will Bangs.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all seven seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.

Keep Listening (Rev. Amanda Meisenheimer)

"For God so loved the world. And so we should too."What does "God bless America" mean to you?//"For God so loved the world." -John 3:16""I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing." -Genesis 12:2"Blessed are the poor....Blessed are those who mourn....Blessed are the persecuted." -Matthew 5: 3, 4, 10//This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Barefoot by Podington Bear, God Bless America by Kate Smith, Ripe for the PIckin' by Sons of Anne Harky, and Sunsets With You by Brent Wood.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all seven seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.

God Bless America? (Rev. Jim Keat)

"The folks you are shutting out of the church today will be leading it tomorrow." -Rachel Held EvansWhat does it look like for churches to become safe spaces for all people?//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Bruce Lamb, the Minister of Faith Formation at The Riverside Church. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat, the Digital Minister at The Riverside Church. Background tracks include Barefoot by Podington Bear, Beneath the Willow by Andy Ellison, and Carry Me Along by Timber Choir.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all seven seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.

Safe Spaces (Rev. Bruce Lamb)

"Today is a gift.  The future we make: one breath, one word, each act of courage and kindness, sacrifice and solidarity—at a time.  Love is risen to rule the world.  Christ is Risen, O yes, risen in us, in the communion of saints, in the human family—of all colors, faiths, conditions, on every continent.  We have only to see one another, in each other and love, love, love.  And from that power comes justice, then peace."//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Michael Livingston, the Interim Senior Minister at The Riverside Church. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear, Star Waves Back by Soulplusmind, and I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always) by Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.

Christ Is Risen (Rev. Michael Livingston)

"You are shining. At least, that’s how God sees you. You do not need a reality show or a makeover or an Instagram filter to be complete and whole and amazing."What does it mean for you to see yourself as "shining"?//1 John 3:1-12What marvelous love God has extended to us! Just look at it—we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are. But that’s also why the world doesn’t recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who God is or what God is up to. But friends, that’s exactly who we are: children of God. And that’s only the beginning. Who knows how we’ll end up!//This episode was written and recorded by Amanda Meisenheimer, the Minister of Children and Families at The Riverside Church. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and Just A Little More by Brent Wood. The cover of Bridge Over Troubled Water was performed by Victory Boyd at The Riverside Church on May 27, 2019.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.Visit https://youtu.be/lxjwn4DD87E to see Victory Boyd's full performance of Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Sail On Silver Girl by Amanda Meisenheimer (ft. Victory Boyd)

"No matter how bleak it gets the powers of evil will not win. That's why the Apostle Paul can ask, "O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?" Because Jesus has conquered them both and through bodily protest witnessed on an early Easter morning has defied and nullified their power."How have you seen the power of death and the grave defied and nullified in your life and the world around you?//1 Corinthians 15:55-57“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Kevin Vandiver. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear, Sirens by Young Bay, The Tide by Alex Fitch, and Kallaloe by Blue Dot Sessions.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.

Resurrection As Protest (Rev. Kevin Vandiver)

"Maundy Thursday is about the food, the ritual, the sharing, but it's also about the love. It's the mandate, the mandāta, to love. To love each other the way that we are loved by God who came all the way down to be with us, to wash our feet, to cry out tears, to weep at the things that cause us pain, to love us on our worst days and our best."//John 13:34I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, the Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and The Ballad of M And T by Sam Barsh.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.Visit https://www.middlechurch.org/ to find out more about Middle Collegiate Church.Visit http://www.jacquijlewis.com/ to find out more about the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis.Visit https://www.revolutionaryloveconference.com/ to find out more about the Revolutionary Love Conference.

It's About the Love (Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis)

“Our first temptation is to look at what new thing God is doing now rather than to look hard at the history, both ancient and contemporary, to face down the evil which we might not have created but from which we certainly benefit.”In your opinion, what is the evil that needs to be faced down from our ancient and contemporary history?//Isaiah 43:16-21Thus says the Lord,who makes a way in the sea,a path in the mighty waters,who brings out chariot and horse,army and warrior;they lie down, they cannot rise,they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:Do not remember the former things,or consider the things of old.I am about to do a new thing;now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?I will make a way in the wildernessand rivers in the desert.The wild animals will honor me,the jackals and the ostriches;for I give water in the wilderness,rivers in the desert,to give drink to my chosen people,the people whom I formed for myselfso that they might declare my praise.//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Michelle Ledder, the Director of Equity and Anti-Racism at the General Commission of Religion and Race in the United Methodist Church. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms and Rude Boy by Podington Bear and Lumber Down by Blue Dot Sessions.This episode was originally published on April 8. 2019.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.Visit www.gcorr.org to find out more about the General Commission on Religion and Race.

The Work We've Been Called to Do (Rev. Michelle Ledder)

"Having the mind of Christ is a way of knowing from a heart motivated by love, demonstrated by emptying ourselves and letting go of our position and privilege and everything we think we're entitled to and deserve, doing this all on behalf of others and on behalf of the entire world."In your own words, what does it mean to have the mind of Christ?//Philippians 2:5-11Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited,but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness.And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross.Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.//This episode was written and recorded by Matt Laidlaw, the Director and Lead Teacher at Open Circle in Grand Rapids, MI. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear, Brevivillus by Isaac Joel, and Lady Evelyn by Alsever Lake.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.Visit www.opencirclecommunity.org to find out more about Open Circle.

The Mind of Christ (Matt Laidlaw)

"We realize that we are not the source of our power, that the power in us is not something we have to fuel with our own little bodies, that it's not energy we have to work up out of our own stores, but our true power comes from God. Our power is rooted in and nourished by the ultimate truth that we are each beloved children of God."What does it mean for you to be a beloved child of God?//Psalm 31:9-16 (The Sidney Psalter)Oh Lord, of thee, lett me still mercy wynne;For troubles, of all sides, have me within;My ey, my gutts, yea my soule, grief doth waste.My life with heaviness, my yeares with moaneDoe pine: my strength with paine is wholly gone:And ev’n my bones consume, where they be plast.All my feirce foes reproach on me did cast:Yea neighbours, more, my mates, were so aghast, That in the streetes from sight of me they fledd:Now I, now I my self forgotten find, Even like a dead man, dreamed out of mind, Or like a broken pott, in myre tredd.I understand what railing greate men spredd:Feare was each where, while they their councells leddAll to this pointe, how my poore life to take;But I did trust in thee Lord, I did say, Thou art my God, my time on thee doth stay:Save me from foes, who seeke my bane to bake.Thy face to shine upon thy servant make,And save me in, and for, thy mercies sake;//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Emily Hylden, the vicar at St. Augustine's Oak Cliff in Dallas, TX. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and Come And Go by Timber Choir.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.

Beloved Children of God (Rev. Emily Hylden)

"Eternal God, whose word silences the shouts of the mighty: Quiet within us every voice but your own. Speak to us in these times of unprecedented challenge and remind us that there is no challenge, tragedy or hardship greater than your love. Amen."What do you hear God saying?//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Debra Northern, the Minister of Parish Care at The Riverside Church. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and A Dream by Jessie Villa.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.

Palm Sunday by Rev. Debra Northern

"We need a God who is in the water with us, a God who isn't afraid to get her clothes wet, a God who will gather friends and strangers on the beach to form a human chain to reach us where we are, stay with us as long as we need, and bring us to safety."Where have you found God recently?//This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear. The cover of Bridge Over Troubled Water is by Bella River Music.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.Visit https://youtu.be/RIDWmPMA1Bk to see the video of Bella River Music performing Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Like a Bridge? (Rev. Jim Keat)

"We are not journeying alone. We are interconnected. We are each others' teachers."Who are you learning from during this season?//John 12:20-33Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.“Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say—‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Amy Lunde-Whitler, the pastor at South Acton Congregational Church. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and Wolfe's End by Alsever Lake.Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go.Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate spirituality and social justice.

Between Two Wolves (Rev. Amy Lunde-Whitler)

Be Still and Go is a digital devotional that invites you to reflect on a text or a theme so that you can be refilled and refueled for the work of love and justice that you are called to do. And this work is not a sprint. Take a moment and do your stretches because we’re in this for the whole marathon.Find out more about these meditations for the movement as well as other digital discipleship resources at www.trcnyc.org.

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