March 28, 2022 Liz Pruchnicki CommunityConnections:  WTS Recruiter, Office of Admissions; WTS MTS 2020; PC(USA) Movie Title: The Technicolor DreamLiz Hope in Liminal Spaces ~ Joel 2:1-2 This “Day of the Lord” is serious business: there will be darkness and gloom, and clouds and even more darkness!  The day of the Lord will […]

    March 27, 2022 Rev. Dr. E. Allen Stewart CommunityConnections:  WTS MDiv 1977; Board of Governors Emeritus; Wesley Council Donor; Member, John Wesley Society; WTS Adjunct Faculty; Retired Clergy, Baltimore Washington Conference – District Superintendent, Washington Columbia & Annapolis Districts Movie Title: The Life and Trials of a Wounded Warrior Called to be Ambassadors […]

    March 26, 2022 Ch, Lt Col Marianne Kehoe Nassef, USAF CommunityConnections:  MDiv WTS 1999; WTS DMin (anticipated 2023); WTS Donor; Fairlington UMC, Alexandria District, Virginia Conference Movie Title: Always a New Adventure Sure as the Dawn? ~ Hosea 6:3 The journey from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan took […]

    March 25, 2022 William R. “Mac” McKenney CommunityConnections:  WTS MDiv 2018; Center, Varsity Basketball, Wesley Theological Seminary; Associate Pastor, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, Dale City, VA Movie Title: Banned in Boston The World Turned Upside Down ~ Luke 1:26-38 While the mother of Jesus is often portrayed as “Mary, meek and mild”— […]

    March 24, 2022 Jessi Courier CommunityConnections:  WTS Development Team Staff Movie Title: Some Years, There are Apples This is Not the End of the Story ~ Jeremiah 7:23-28 Jeremiah’s world was bleak.  He prophesied during a time where God’s wrath promised the destruction of His people and their removal from their ancestral home. […]

    March 23, 2022 Michael D. Charles CommunityConnections:  WTS DMin 2017, Military Chaplain Track Movie Title: The Longest Day The Land (life!) Given Us ~ Deuteronomy 4:1…9 The Lenten season offers a time of reflection on Deuteronomy’s ancient guiding words on “how to live” and a moment to assess, privately and communally, on (as […]

    March 22, 2022 Korla Frye CommunityConnections:  WTS Baltimore-Washington Conference liaison for Missioner-in-Residence Ministry; United Methodist Women of the Worldwide United Methodist Church; Southeastern University, Washington, DC, 1980-1984; Association of Baptist Ministers’ Wives & Widows of Washington, D.C. Movie Title: Seeking the Way, Finding the Light TRUE LEADERS FOLLOW THE TRUE GOD ~ Psalm […]

    March 21, 2022 Reverend Brian Keith McCollum CommunityConnections:  Wesley Council Donor and Former WTS Administrator Movie Title: Wait for it! Obey your Thirst! ~ Psalm 42:1-7 For over two decades, Gatorade used the slogan “Obey your thirst.”  I am not working in their marketing department; however, I believe they used this slogan because […]

    March 20, 2022 Rev. Amy D. Yarnall CommunityConnections:  WTS Alum 2001; WTS Board Member; Wesley Council Donor; Elder Peninsula-Delaware Conference Movie Title: Rev Trek: Exploring the World of Grace Spiritual Practice that Lasts ~ Isaiah 58:6-7 I think of the late Dr. Laurence Hull Stookey often.  I use what he taught me in […]

    March 19, 2022 Jameson K. McLaughlin CommunityConnections:  WTS MDiv 2013, Urban Fellow; Pastor, New Hope Baptist Church, Waverly, VA Movie Title: Buck and The Preacher Return To Me With All Your Heart ~ Joel 2:12-14 Just prior to the pandemic it seemed as if Sundays were a competition between church and recreation, and […]