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  Maundy ThursdayDay 44  –  April 1 Anna Petrin Community Connections:  WTS Assistant Professor of Worship and Chapel Elder Morning Theme Song: Pura Vida, Dom Omar Remain ~ John 17 Our word for today is “remain,” and as I have meditated on Holy Thursday and its liturgies, the well-known Taizé song “Stay with me; remain […]

Day 43  –  March 31 Malcolm Frazier Community Connections:  WTS MDIV 2000, DMIN 2006; WTS former adjunct faculty; WTS PM&M Program Partner; Wesley Council Donor; Elder, Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference; Director of Pastor Care and Counseling at Asbury Methodist Village Morning Theme Song: Rebound ~ Psalm 70 Am I going to die?  That was the question […]

Day 42  –  March 30 Philip Wingeier-Rayo Community Connections:  WTS Dean and Professor of Missiology and Methodist Studies; Wesley Council Donor Morning Theme Song: Reform ~ Ezekiel 37: 4-6 The word “reform” often takes our minds to the Protestant Reformation of 1517 and the reformers, such as Martin Luther and John Calvin.   However even those […]

Day 41  –  March 29 Sondra Wheeler Community Connections:    WTS Professor of Christian Ethics; Wesley Council Donor Morning Theme Song: We Are Not Alone (Pepper Choplin), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OviilwuJVtE RETURN ~ John 12: 1-11 Lent is my favorite season.  It reminds me of what is true and important, prompts me to turn and make my way […]

Palm SundayDay 40  –  March 28 William H. Lamar IV Community Connections:  WTS PM&M Program Partner; Pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church Morning Theme Song:   A Love Supreme by John William Coltrane Religion?  ~ Philippians 2:5-11 I am not surprised that I am the only person to choose the word religion to frame […]

Day 39  –  March 27 Br. Trent Somes, OSL Community Connections:  WTS, First Year MDiv Student from the Greater Pittsburgh Region Morning Theme Song: NPR Morning Edition Theme Music Reflecting on Rebirth ~ John 11:45-53 On March 27, 2020, those in my county faced a stay-at-home order.  Reflecting on this day, it was difficult for […]

Day 38  –  March 26 Octavia Young Community Connections:  WTS Program Administrator, Office of Community Life Morning Theme Song: Reassurance ~ Psalm 18:1-7 Like most children, my mother and I played lots of games together when I was growing up, but there was one that my mother made up that has always stuck with me.  […]

Day 37  –  March 25 Wm. R. “Mac” McKenney Community Connections:  WTS MDiv 2018; Center, WTS Varsity basketball team (undefeated since 1882); Associate Pastor, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, Dale City, VA Morning Theme Song: Relate ~ Matthew 22:3-40 Have you heard the old line about the mystic who asked a hot dog vendor to […]

Day 36  –  March 24 Dr. Josiah Ulysses Young III Community Connections:  WTS Professor of Systematic Theology Morning Theme Song: The Messenger, Theo Croker Rename ~ John 8:31-42 I told Jesus it would be alright if he changed my name is from a Spiritual, “Change My Name,” which the ancestors sang during a baptism.  But […]