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    April 11, 2022 Rev. Dr. Monica R. Hargrove CommunityConnections:  WTS MDiv 2003; WTS Board Secretary, Executive Committee; Wesley Council Donor; Community, AME Zion Church, Arlington, VA Movie Title: Waiting to Exhale Redeemed ~ Hebrews 9:11-15 The season of lent is a sacred time during which I pause and reflect on the depth of […]

    April 10, 2022 Rev. Dr. Susan Henry Crowe CommunityConnections:  UMC General Secretary of the General Board of Church and Society; Former Dean of the Chapel & Religious Life, Emory University; Former member, United Methodist Judicial Council; Member, South Carolina Conference The United Methodist Church     Where Does This Lead? ~ Luke 19:28-40 […]

    April 9, 2022 Bruce C. Birch CommunityConnections:  WTS Dean Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Theology Movie Title: Forest Gump (I’ve seen it all!) A Covenant of Peace ~ Ezekiel 37:21-28; Psalm 85:1-7; John 11:45-53 Today’s readings the Lenten season originate out of bleak and uncertain moments in the biblical story.  The prophet Ezekiel […]

    April 8, 2022 Dick Walker CommunityConnections:  WTS Fundraising Counsel and Planned Giving Advisor Movie Title: It’s A Wonderful Life The Promise ~ John 8:51-59 Chapter 8 in the Gospel of John recounts a dialogue Jesus has with a group of people outside the Temple. Verses 51-59 complete this chapter with a discussion of […]

    April 7, 2022 Rev. Dr. Teaira Parker CommunityConnections:  Wesley MDiv 2019; Salvation and Social Justice: Black Church Civic Engagement Fellow; Pastor, Broad Street UMC Greater New Jersey Conference Movie Title: God Pulled A Bait and Switch God Pulled A Bait and Switch ~ Genesis 17:1-8 I gave real thought to what the title […]

    April 6, 2022 Alyssa Nantt CommunityConnections:  WTS MDiv 2nd Year Student, WTS Student Pastor Program; Pastor of three churches in Somerset County on the Eastern Shore of Maryland Movie Title: The Great Balancing Act Deliverance ~ Daniel 3:14-20, 24-28, NRSV King Nebuchadnezzar asks the young Jewish men Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego an important […]

    April 5, 2022 Rev. Dr. Richard C. Flippin CommunityConnections:  WTS DMin 2014; Executive Pastor, The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA Movie Title: Mo’ Better Blues, directed and produced by Spike Lee In the Wilderness, We Rediscover God ~ Numbers 21:4-9 The Children of Israel are now in the wilderness.  They are […]

    April 4, 2022 Fredericka Sands CommunityConnections:  WTS MDiv 2016, DMin Student, Life Together Track; Alfred Street Baptist Church, Minister-In-Training Movie Title: Becoming: Almost, But Not Yet Psalm 23 for Such a Time as This Most gracious One who is beyond form or gender but as near as our breath.  Please hear us. You […]

    April 3, 2022 Rev. Dr. J. Maddox (Matt) Woodbery, Jr. CommunityConnections:  WTS DMin, 2015; WTS Board Member; Wesley Council Donor Movie Title: A Journey of Discovery Perceiving Great and New Things ~ John 12: 1-8 The scene that the Evangelist sets is almost comedic.  Over there is once-dead Lazarus, sipping his wine, and […]