1st Cov Minneapolis Podcast

In this special conversation episode we join pastor Dan Collison for an audio documentary, entitled Poverty for No One, Opportunity for Everyone. In it he talks with 4 community leaders, whom he calls navigators of rebuilding, about their work in Downtown Minneapolis.

In this sermon episode, you’ll hear a sermon titled Forgiveness: It’s All in the Details, by Reverend Jia Starr Brown. Pastor Jia looks at Matthew 18:21-35 from the perspective of each of her intersectional identities, challenges the oppressive way the doctrine of forgiveness has often been used by the church, and invites us into real reciprocal forgiveness.

Buster and Pastor Carma learn a help me prayer and tell the story of Jesus teaching Peter about forgiveness.

In this Conversation episode, Pastor Dan Collison interviews Deborah Moses, the CEO and Executive Director for the House of Charity in the Elliot Park Neighborhood in the East Town area of downtown Minneapolis.

Their conversation covers the rapidly transforming East Town area and the work of bridging and connecting neighbors across various life experiences.

Pastor Jia talks about the perception that our bodies “wait” to tell us what they need. She wonders if our bodies are really telling us continuously and we're too busy and the world too loud to listen. She suggests we slow down and pay attention to the messages God's spirit is communicating through our bodies.

In this final episode from the Journey to Freedom series, you’ll hear a sermon titled Dig Your Well So Your Water Runs Deep, by Rev. Frenchye Magee. Reverend Magee illuminates the human connection between Jesus and the Woman at the Well and reveals how the woman's endurance and strength allowed her to step into her calling as a proclaimer of the Good News.

In this final Kids' Minutes episode of the Journey to Freedom Series, Pastor Carma wonders with the woman at the well, What was God thinking?

In this episode you’ll hear a sermon from the Journey to Freedom series, by Reverend Matta Ghaly, following a brief introduction read by Pastor Jia Starr Brown. Reverend Ghaly illustrates how Jesus expands sacred space to include all people and  places.

Pastor Carma continues the story of the woman at the well for the Journey to Freedom series. She looks deep into the person of the woman and shows us how she's protected herself with an internal wall and how she learns to dismantle that wall to let Jesus's love touch her.

In this episode, you’ll hear a sermon from the Journey to Freedom series, by Rev. Angela T. Khabeb, following a brief introduction read by Rev. Jia Starr Brown. Rev. Khabeb illustrates how Jesus challenges the  power structures of his day in his interaction with the woman at the well and shows the mercy and grace that overflow in living water.