In this week’s sermon, Rev. Christy Jo shares a message from 1 Corinthians 12:12-19. We consider what the world might look like when we truly understand our interconnectedness, share our unique gifts, and shine the light of God together! 

This sermon was preached on August 31, 2025.

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Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a progressive, open and affirming congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. We hope you enjoy this podcast episode. And if you’re ever in central Kentucky, we hope you’ll join us in person sometime! 

In this week’s sermon, Rev. Christy Jo shares a message from Luke 13:10-17. We meet a woman who has been bent over for 18 years until she encounters Jesus on the Sabbath. Together we reflect on the burdens we carry, the healing we long for, and the ways we can rise as a community of liberation and praise. 

This sermon was preached on August 24, 2025.

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Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a progressive, open and affirming congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. We hope you enjoy this podcast episode. And if you’re ever in central Kentucky, we hope you’ll join us in person sometime! 

In this week’s sermon, Rev. Christy Jo shares a message from Matthew 16:13-19. It’s not a pop quiz, but an invitation when Jesus asks, “Who do you say that I am?” This sermon explores how our lives become the answer through justice, mercy, and radical love.

This sermon was preached on August 10, 2025.

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Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a progressive, open and affirming congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. We hope you enjoy this podcast episode. And if you’re ever in central Kentucky, we hope you’ll join us in person sometime! 

In this week’s sermon, Rev. Christy Jo shares a message from Luke 12:13-21. In a culture that glorifies accumulation and productivity, Jesus offers another way: presence, connection, and generosity. This week’s message invites us to repair the world by showing up for one another– just as we are, with what we have.

This sermon was preached on August 3, 2025.

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Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a progressive, open and affirming congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. We hope you enjoy this podcast episode. And if you’re ever in central Kentucky, we hope you’ll join us in person sometime! 

In this week’s sermon, Rev. Christy Jo shares a message from Luke 11:1-13. Jesus teaches the disciples to pray, not only with their words but also their actions. What might be possible when we become living prayers and the vessels in which God’s light, love, and liberation are animated within our lives, communities, and world?

This sermon was preached on July 27, 2025.

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Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a progressive, open and affirming congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. We hope you enjoy this podcast episode. And if you’re ever in central Kentucky, we hope you’ll join us in person sometime! 

In this week’s sermon, Rev. Christy Jo shares a message from Luke 10:38-42. We revisit the familiar story of Mary and Martha– not as a rebuke of busyness, but as an invitation to wholeness. What if the voice of Love is calling us to surrender distraction and listen anew, so we might live and serve from a place of power and presence?

This sermon was preached on July 20, 2025.

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Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a progressive, open and affirming congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. We hope you enjoy this podcast episode. And if you’re ever in central Kentucky, we hope you’ll join us in person sometime! 

In this weeks sermon, our guest preacher, Rev. William Reilly shares a message from Luke 10: 25- 27. We love because God loves us. But, in an ever breaking world, how could we possibly love enough? Today we explore the importance of sphere of influence vs sphere of concern, the importance of space, and the significance of time. 

This sermon was preached on July 13, 2025.

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Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a progressive, open and affirming congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. We hope you enjoy this podcast episode. And if you’re ever in central Kentucky, we hope you’ll join us in person sometime! 

In this week’s sermon, Rev. Christy Jo shares a message from Luke 10:1-11. This week we reflect on Jesus sending the disciples two by two to share peace, heal, and proclaim that God’s kin-dom is near. In a world that feels deeply fragmented, what does it mean to travel light and be a movement for wholeness? From the joy of Pride Fest to the call to confront injustice, we explore how each act of love and courage helps turn the world right side up.

This sermon was preached on July 6, 2025.

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Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a progressive, open and affirming congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. We hope you enjoy this podcast episode. And if you’re ever in central Kentucky, we hope you’ll join us in person sometime! 

In this week’s sermon, Rev. Christy Jo shares a message from Psalm 139:1-14. This Psalm invites us to embrace the truth that we are fully known, unconditionally loved, and beautifully created by God. As we celebrate Pride may you remember– you are wonderfully made just as you are!

This sermon was preached on June 29, 2025.

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Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a progressive, open and affirming congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. We hope you enjoy this podcast episode. And if you’re ever in central Kentucky, we hope you’ll join us in person sometime! 

In this week’s sermon, Rev. Christy Jo shares a message from Psalm 118:1-9. What can we learn when we weave together the voices of the psalmist, protesters, and prophets? Through story, song, and scripture we are invited to consider how love fuels the long road of justice and reminds us that liberation is not a moment, but a movement– one that must be sung into being again and again.

This sermon was preached on June 22, 2025.

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Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a progressive, open and affirming congregation in Lexington, Kentucky. We hope you enjoy this podcast episode. And if you’re ever in central Kentucky, we hope you’ll join us in person sometime!