Jacqui Lewis, preacher

Love your neighbor. Sounds good. BUT it is hard a$$ work. Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan? He picks an outsider as an example of the way to love; an “other” who loved HARD shows what love looks like. Love is the only force that will heal our world; we better get good at it!

Jacqui Lewis and Mike Martin (@RAWtools), preachers

• Our intersectional justice work is imperative. As we imagine what it means to be free where will you put your time, talent and treasure?

• What support will you need from Middle Church to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God?

• How can our prophetic grief forge peace?

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

• What did your family teach you about racial dynamics in America? Is there anything you’ve had to unlearn?

• What do you hear in today’s sermon that might give you the courage to heal the child in you?

• When you hear “family is the site of liberation,” how can your family—chosen or otherwise—participate in building the Reign of God on earth?

Wesley Rowell, preacher

•How are you mourning the slaughter of innocents in this country at the hands of gun violence?

•What do we do with our outrage and anger? Can scripture help?

•What happens when we transform masculine representations of God with something more inclusive and representative?

• Pentecost is a celebration of communication. What are you hearing Spirit say to you in this season about rebirth?

• What are you being inspired to say and do in new ways because Spirit has come by you?

• In some ways Middle is being reborn. What do you pray we will be like?

Jacqui Lewis, preacher