On October 9, Amy had the honor of being invited to give a guest sermon at the Bastrop Church of Christ. This was a beautiful full-circle blessing for Amy, because one marker moment in her journey into the Catholic Church was a dream she had, where she saw a Catholic woman preaching in a Church of Christ - which, in her experience, would never ever happen. And here, over 20 years later, the dream came true in the sense that Amy, a Catholic woman, was invited to preach at BCOC. Praise the Lord!

BCOC was in a series of sermons on the Psalms of Ascent, and Pastor Andrew invited Amy to address Psalm 133. Of course this Psalm begins with a famous statement about unity, but Amy felt drawn to also address the more cryptic phrase “oil running down the beard of Aaron.” She asks the question, “What’s up with Aaron’s beard?” And, if you want to find out … take a listen!

In this teaching, Thomas Cogdell addresses the concern that work towards Christian unity could produce a "false unity." What is true unity? False unity? How do we rightly respond to those whom we disagree with, to the extent that we question whether or not they are "real Christians"?

This is the first in what is anticipated to be a series of four teachings on the topic of Boundaries of Reconciliation. It was given at Christ the Reconciler during the retreat on 10 September 2022.

George Miley presents a teaching drawn from the third chapter of his new book on leadership. He talks about the unusual kingdom characteristic of submission, in a Godly leader.

Teaching given for the Antioch Network Virtual Gathering on 13 March 2021.

We conclude the Foundations of Community with this, the 10th teaching of our series. It also completes the second half of the series, which focuses on the commitments to action. The fifth and final commitment is to Work.

Phillip Owens imparts to us his high value and immense capacity for work, explaining that it comes from God and is for God. Thomas wraps up by grounding our understanding of work in Jesus' report to his Father, John 17:4.

Teaching recorded for the retreat at Christ the Reconciler on 10 May 2022.

We conclude the Foundations of Community with this, the 10th teaching of our series. It also completes the second half of the series, which focuses on the commitments to action. The fifth and final commitment is to Work.

Phillip Owens imparts to us his high value and immense capacity for work, explaining that it comes from God and is for God. Thomas wraps up by grounding our understanding of work in Jesus' report to his Father, John 17:4.

Teaching recorded for the retreat at Christ the Reconciler on 10 May 2022.

In the 8th teaching of our Foundations of Community series, we continue the second half of the series, which focuses on the commitments to action.

The third commitment is to Formation. After a brief intro by Thomas, Amy talks about why we need formation, how formation works, and what we should do as a community regarding formation.

Teaching recorded for the retreat at Christ the Reconciler on 12 February 2022.

In the 7th teaching of our Foundations of Community series, we begin the second half of the series, which focuses on the commitments to action. The second commitment is Reconciliation. Thomas Cogdell talks about keys to reconciliation, and how we live out John 17 through reconciliation at CTR.

Teaching recorded for the retreat at Christ the Reconciler on 12 November 2021.

The first five teachings of the Foundations of Community series give insight into our renunciations as a community. This teaching begins the second half of the series, which focuses on what we are committing to. The first commitment is to Prayer.

Teaching given by Thomas Cogdell for the CTR Retreat (via Zoom) on 18 September 2021.

In the 5th teaching of our Foundations of Community series, Amy follows on Merisha’s teachings on repentance and confession, with a teaching on forgiveness. How does forgiveness work in God’s court of justice, in heaven? How do we “justify the wicked” and “condemn the righteous”, without realizing it?

Teaching given at the Christ the Reconciler retreat on 21 August 2021, which was held at Hope Chapel.

Merisha Janke was invited by Pastor John McComb to give the sermon on Palm Sunday 2021 (March 28). She was asked to speak on the topic of "Repentance and Forgiveness." Merisha invited Thomas Cogdell to give a brief testimony at the end, about both personal and identificational repentance.