Hummelstown UCC Podcast

Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40: Exhortation to Patience and Trust;Genesis 45:3-11; Luke 6:27-38

“If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking.” -Maya Angelou

Psalm 1: The Two Ways; Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 6:17-26

“When it comes down to it, that’s what life is all about: showing up for the peopleyou love, again and again, until you can’t show up anymore.”
Rebecca Walker

Isaiah 6:1-13; Psalm 138; Luke 5:1-11

“What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow.What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and truth.” 
Christina Rossetti

Jeremiah 1:4-10; 1 Corinthians 13; Luke 4:21-30 

“In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.  In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. … In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
-Albert Camus

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Luke 4:14-21

Divine Body of Belonging, grant us the tenderness of feeling safe in your arms, thestability of being tethered by both gravity and grace. Help us not to resist thismoment nor our mortality. You’ve given us this life on earth with terrains of variedlands and feelings, guide us to navigate this being human, this being a body madein your image and likeness.
-Council for Health & Human Services Ministry

1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Psalm 36:5-10; John 2:1-11

"Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue."
Bell Hooks

Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29: The Voice of God in a Great Storm, A Psalm of David; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

“The baptism of Jesus demonstrates abiding solidarity with humanity, particularlyexpressed in Luke’s account. Jesus is with everyone else who is being baptized thatday. His presence as the intersection of human and divine does not becomerevealed until after the rite has concluded and all the people have been baptized.His humble approach to his ministry as well as his generosity in sharing hisexperiences and divine access are defined from the onset. Heaven opened for allof them just as John baptized all of them, including Jesus, the Messiah who will soonbe revealed.”

Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay, UCC Minister for Worship & Theology

Isaiah 43:16-21; Matthew 2:1-12

BREATH PRAYER
     INHALE: Each twist and turn
          EXHALE: Invites me to follow you.

Joel 2:21-27; Psalm 126: A Harvest of Joy; 1 Timothy 2:1-5; Matthew 6:25-33

"Hold on to what is good, even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe,even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, even if it's a longway from here. Hold on to your life, even if it's easier to let go. Hold on to my hand,even if someday I'll be gone away from you."
Crowfroot

MARK 13:1-8; 1 Samuel 1:4-20, 2:1-10; 

{inhale....exhale...}