Praying for our tech workers and volunteers, the meaning behind Maundy Thursday, an encouragement to love and serve one another however we can with what we have right where we are, and a reading from Psalm 119.

Psalm 119

Vanderbilt Divinity School's Revised Common Lectionary Resource

Praying for the poor and those struggling financially, the Wednesday of Betrayal, updates on Holy Week, and Psalm 70.

Psalm 70

Bread & Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter

High school juniors Kendall Kennedy and Nick Nolan share their idea for a new and vital ministry at PCOM, the courage of following Jesus, and how we can be praying for our teenagers during the coronavirus crisis. Plus, Pastor Courtney reads the short and sweet Psalm 117.

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Emergency Room doctor Ian Ellis fills us in on everything from face masks to virus shedding, including how we can help care for our neighbors, pray for our medical professionals, and remember that Jesus is Lord, even in the storm.

">Ian's sneeze video - why wearing a mask can help keep us all safer

Pastor Courtney reads Psalm 5, shares some wisdom from theologian Edna Hong on returning, again and again, to the cross during Lent. Plus, a preview of some exciting upcoming special guests (Emergency Room Doc Ian Ellis! New Testament professor Chris Blumhofer!) and some notes on our Palm Sunday worship.

Psalm 5

Today we let the "third way" response we found in the Welcoming Prayer (neither avoidance or aggression) point us toward Jesus' invitation to love even our enemies. 

Brilliant musician Emily Wood shares how we can prayer for artists and musicians, what happens when a graduate program in music moves completely online, the silver linings in the midst of the storm, and how music practices can bless and embolden us. Plus, an original song written and performed by Emily, and a prayer from Psalm 130.

Psalm 130

Opera Livestreams from the Met

Licensed clinical social worker (and registered play therapist!) Malaika Clelland joins us to talk about healthy coping strategies, tools of the trade, online therapy, getting outside, and her prayer for our nation.

Malaika Clelland: The Nest Family Therapy

Pastor Courtney reads Psalm 4, plus words of wisdom from Catherine McNiel's book "All Shall Be Well," prayers for our widows and widowers, and updates on virtual Holy Week.

All Shall Be Well by Catherine McNiel

Psalm 4

Pastor Courtney reads Psalm 6, plus N.T. Wright on lament, a poem by Thomas Curtis Clark (shared by longtime PCOM member Bob Everett), and happy birthday to Wilson!

Christianity Offers No Answers to the Coronavirus. It's Not Supposed To. N.T. Wright in Time Magazine

Hymn writer and poet Thomas Curtis Clark