Day 6 – February 22 Rev. Dr. Ianther Mills Community Connections:  WTS MDiv 1997, DMin 2003; Senior Pastor, Asbury United Methodist Church, DC Morning Theme Song:   Great is Thy Faithfulness Redirect ~ Matthew 25:31-46 It had been over twenty years since I had lived in or frequented the city, when I was appointed downtown.  […]

Day 4 – February 20 Nadia Fitzcharles Community Connections:    WTS Student, anticipated MTS/MA May 2021 Morning Theme Song: Maverick City Music, Promises, Feat: Joe L Barnes & Naomi Raines RepairQuestions and thoughts in conversation with Isaiah ~ Isaiah 58:9b–14 What is the yoke upon us? How are we – responding to, resisting, participating in, […]

Day 3  – February 19 Catherine Kapikian Community Connections:  WTS MTS 1979; WTS Founder and Director Emerita of the Henry Luce Center for the Arts and Religion, 1983-2007; WTS Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, 2009-2019 Morning Theme Song:   Chamber music Recoil~ Inspired by Isaiah 58:1-2 & Countee Cullen’s Black Christ I recoil at the memory that triggered […]

Day 2  –  February 18 Rev. Jim Driscoll Community Connections:  WTS MDiv 1985, DMin 1996; WTS Special Assistant to the President and Adjunct Faculty; Wesley Council Donor; United Methodist Elder, Virginia Annual Conference Morning Theme Song: This is a Day of New Beginnings,Source: United Methodist Hymnal #383 RebuildLuke 9:18-22 This Lenten Season of 2021 is […]

Resurrection Sunday – April 12 William B. McClain Community Connections:  Mary E. Joyce Professor Emeritus of Preaching and Worship, taught preaching and worship for 34 years at Wesley Theological Seminary Superpower: Supernatural eloquence in oratory skills It’s Easter!  ~ John 11:25 It is Easter, the anniversary of his resurrection, the Queen of Festival days, the anniversary […]

Holy Saturday – April 11 Anna Petrin Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary Assistant Professor of Worship and Chapel Elder, Elder in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church Superpower: Consuming oceans of coffee on a daily basis God’s Gone Fishing ~ John 19:38-42 Holy Saturday has always struck me as one of the oddest […]

Good Friday – April 10 Wasaba Sidabay Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary Alum 2019; serves at Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington D.C. Superpower: To affirm the inherent worthiness of God’s creation through the arts Showing  Up  Ain’t  Always  Easy ~ John 19:25-27 Mary witnessed the death of her son on the cross. Unless you have experienced […]

Day 44 – April 9 Sathianathan “Sathi” Clarke Community Connections:  Bishop Sundo Kim Chair of World Christianity at Wesley Theological Seminary; Ordained Presbyter, The Church of South India; Assisting Clergy, The Church of the Epiphany, Washington D.C. Superpower: Passionately Christian and Compassionately Interfaith Sometimes the buck stops here with me ~ John 13: 21-32 Jesus’ […]

Day 43 – April 8 Debra M. Whitten Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary MDiv 2003; WTS Program Administrator for PM&M; member of the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference, serving as an extension minister at Wesley Superpower: Insightful and Care-ful Love Participatory Unity is Community ~ Galatians 5:14; Hebrews 12:1-3; Isaiah 50:4-9a As I walked toward […]

Day 42 – April 7 Dr. Artie L. Polk Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary MDiv 2008, Wesley Council Donor, Executive Pastor of Mount Gilead Baptist Church, Washington, DC Superpower: Prophetic Preaching Truth to Power Marathon ~ Hebrews 12:1-3             Life is a marathon that is set before us.  It is not a sprint.  Running a […]