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Day 8 – February 24 Beth Norcross Community Connections:  WTS MTS 2005, DMin 2011; WTS Adjunct Faculty; Wesley Council Donor; Executive Director, The Center for Spirituality in Nature Morning Theme Song: Re-purposing Inspiration: Wisdom from Nature I watched the empty branch with horror. The tufted titmouse I had been admiring only a moment ago was […]

Day 7 – February 23 Nick Works Community Connections:  WTS MDiv 2013, DMin 2020; WTS Associate Director of the Practice of Ministry and Mission Morning Theme Song: bluegrass gospel songs played with a mandolin and a banjo, i.e. “Paul and Silas” by Flatt and Scruggs Remit To Cancel a Debt ~ Matthew 6:7-15 This passage […]

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.  […]

1st Sunday of Lent – February 21 Rev. Asa J. Lee, D.Min. Community Connections:  WTS VP Campus Administration/Associate Dean; MDiv, 2007; Wesley Council Donor; Baptist Clergy Morning Theme Song:   “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” sung by Gregory Porter  Recalibrate ~ Genesis 9:8-17 There is something deeply disturbing about the flood story in Genesis.  Would a benevolent God […]

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 Reflection: Thus, saith the Lord…how will we respond?   

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 […]

    Ash Wednesday – February 17, 2021 Rev. Dr. Stacey Cole Wilson   CommunityConnections:  WTS Board Member 2015-current; WTS, MDiv 2003; Ordained Elder, Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church   You are My Strength, Miranda Curtis Recall, Repent, Redefine  Dust Making a Decisive Difference –  Recall Who God Says You Are andWhat God Says […]