This year our Easter service is not a "traditional" service recorded for a podcast, but was created as a podcast. Our recommendation is that you take a walk while you listen with some people you love.   

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Easter 2021

Sermon by Tim Kim on March 7, 2021 On repentance and the journey home. 

Lent - Home Again

Sermon by Tim Kim on February 21, 2021 First sermon of the season of lent. On getting in touch with our deepest desires and the things that tempt us.

Lent - Desire & Temptation

Sermon by Tim Kim on February 7, 2021. What do we think we about when we hear that God Loves Us? Part of our series on meditations on various on God and topics related to Lent.

Meditations on God's Love for Me

What Do We Hope For?

On Jesus saying love your enemies, do not retaliate against violence, do not judge others, and do unto others as you would have them to do unto you. Crazy things like that. Speaker: Tim Kim

Love Your Enemies - November 2020

All of us (most of us?...some of us?) want to help turn the tide amid the panoply of awful things going on. But there is such an overwhelming volume of (often contradictory) instruction on what we should do or not do, say or not say. Then there’s the constant debating, gaslighting, and public judgement on the interwebs to deal with. You have the anxiety of all the things mixed with the anxiety to try and fix all the things, and it's sometimes hard to imagine any of this getting better, or our efforts being of any use. But, there is another way to live and experience this whole thing. This is where we turn to that age old question: WHAT THE F*** WOULD JESUS DO? Join us for our next series as we try to ask W(TF)WJD in earnest, exploring teachings and truths that just might restore our hope and make us more effective agents of change and transformation. Speaker: Tim Kim

Worry & Anxiety - October 2020

In order to address the question “W.T.F.W.J.D.”, we need to get clear on who this Jesus guy actually was. That’s not so easy though when some people make Jesus seem like a gun-toting beer-drinking bro, and others describe him as a radical anti-capitalist, anti-war hippie. More often than not, we may be tempted to co-opt Jesus to our cause. But, that’s not the way of Jesus' followers. Instead, we are asked to let him and his teachings — in all of their complexity, intensity, beauty, and even internal contradiction — challenge and change us. This week we are going to try to get a more complex picture of who Jesus was so that we can get a bit more serious about following his unusual and life-world-mind transforming path. Speaker: Virginia White

Complex People - October 2020

Intro sermon for our WTFWJD sermon series.  Speaker: Tim Kim

WTFWJD - October 2020

As we try to navigate a time of real upheaval, it is worth wondering what the spiritual dimensions of all this might be. We ask such a question not just because we are a church community, but because the diagnosis and cure for all that a pandemic and racism bring to the surface must also speak to the deeper truths of our humanity. In a strange way, we are often comfortable talking about our own spiritual lives, yet find it uncomfortable to speak of the spiritual life of a community, or city, or country. Why is that? 

Pandemic and Protest - Sin

Prayer Pod is a short, guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music. Prayer can be hard! We hope this makes it a little more accessible and immersive. As our country reckons with its deeply embedded history of racism and violence, this episode reflects on lament and confession. Put on some headphones (this episode in particular will sound weird without them) and give it a listen.  Episode 2Poem: Untitled by James Baldwin, A Memory by Saeed JonesMusic: Original

Prayer Pod Ep. 2 - Lament & Confession

Guest Preacher, the Reverend Elijah Zeyhoue (Calvary Baptist, DC) reflects on the history of racism against black people in America through the lens of the Cain and Abel story in Genesis 4. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Cain asks. For far too long White America’s answer has remain unchanged.

The Cry of Black Blood

Prayer Pod is a short, guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music. Prayer can be hard! We hope this makes it a little more accessible and immersive. Put on some headphones (you should really use headphones!) and give it a try.  Episode 1Poem: Elegy by Aracelis GirmayMusic: By Tim Kim

Prayer Pod Ep. 1 - Elegy

Easter 2020. On a resurrected Christ who comforts those who mourn.

God Breathes Again and So Do I

Lent begins with what else but a reflection on temptation and sin.

The Temptation of Lent

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