Hummelstown UCC Podcast

“Rebirth” Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson; John 17:21-23

 “Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.”
-Jacqueline Woodson

Mark 2:23-3:6; Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18 The Inescapable God; 1 Samuel 3:1-10; 2 Corinthians 4:5-10

 “Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male all may rest as well as you. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
-Deuteronomy 5:12-15

“Wonder then is a force of liberation, it makes sense of what our souls inherently
know we were meant for. Every mundane glimpse is salve on a wound, instructions
for how to set the bone right again. If you really want to get free, find God on the
subway, find God in the soap bubble. Me, I meet God in the taste of my grandmas
chicken, I hear God in the raspy leather of Nina Simone’s voice, I see the face of
God in the boney teenager bagging my groceries and why shouldn't I? My faith is
held together by wonder, by ever defined commitment to presence and paying
attention.”
-Cole Arthur Riley

Psalm 29: The Voice of God in a Great Storm; John 3:1-12; Isaiah 6:1-8

“inheritance” 
“ours is no solitary journey we are invited to travel accompanied by generations
calling us into our deeper selves whispering to us of our wisdom and strength”
-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson

Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; John 15:26-27

“While you’ll feel compelled to charge forward it’s often a gentle step back that will
reveal to you where you and what you truly seek.”
-Rasheed Ogunlaru

Psalm 1; Acts 1:15-17,20-26;

John 10:11-18; Psalm 23 (CEV); Acts 4:5-12

Lucille Clifton, from “won’t you celebrate with me” “what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand;”

Luke 24:36-48; Psalm 4: Confident Plea for Deliverance from Enemies; Acts 3:12-19

“Sometimes, a story does not make sense as it unfolds. Complex narratives with
layers of meaning may need to be revisited time and time again to unpack the
clues, metaphors, and relationships the story explores.”
-Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay

Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133: The Blessedness of Unity; John 20:19-31

“Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits
on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.”
-Fulton J. Sheen

Luke 24:1-12; Luke 9:10-17

The bread has been baked and broken, and now, it is ready to share. Pairing the Easter story with Luke’s story of feeding five thousand, we focus today on how the love of God expands to include everyone in need. Share the Bread of Life and confidently declare Christ is Risen!

-Love Will Rise!

Psalm 118:19-29; John 6:25-35

This week we celebrate Palm Sunday, the one day a year when we really
acknowledge how desperate and confused we are. We are filled with hope and
fear all at the same time, and we turn to God and to one another, never really sure
which emotions we will project. Even with all our preparations and attempts, we will
fall short. We will be left feeling hungry. We still need God. We have journeyed
through our Lenten worship series, Let Love Rise, following each week through the
steps of baking bread, with each step representing our own spiritual preparation.
This week, as we come to the final step of baking and finishing with fire, we see
clearly that the focus is on Jesus and his preparation to be, to give, and to share the
Bread of Life. He entered the city, each step bearing all the hopes and fears of
humanity; each step making him more ready. And so we pick up palms, shout
“Hosanna!” and Let Love Rise.

-Palm Sunday