The Connection Home Church podcast: Recent Episodes
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Pastor Randy Ramos continues his series on commitment to Jesus and shares from the book of John.
Pastor Randy shares a message with our home church family about trusting in Jesus who is The Way...to committment.
Ben Williams presents an insightful message clarifying how we think about God's will for our lives.
Marcel and Clementine Urayeneza lived through the 1994 Genocide where extremists Hutus killed Tutsis for 100 days in Rwanda leaving up to a million people dead. How can we make our nation more loving? History is terribly repetitive. How can we prevent such an atrocity and confront our own historic American atrocities?
It turns out that an ancient story about disobedient prophet, a big fish, and a sin city has a lot to say for those living in the 21st century.
It turns out that an ancient story about disobedient prophet, a big fish, and a sin city has a lot to say for those living in the 21st century.
It turns out that an ancient story about disobedient prophet, a big fish, and a sin city has a lot to say for those living in the 21st century.
As the body of Christ we must listen to all our members. As we practice the way of Jesus, we open our ears and hearts to the experiences of our black brothers and sisters. Listen to this conversation with Don and Chongo Young who live in Grand Rapids, MI.
Edited] Inspired by Yehudah Amichai z”l and Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, 2014
Dearest God,
We stand before you because we must.
We stand before You because
truths that should be self-evident
are not so evident in our country.
And so we turn to you to breathe
because we find we cannot breathe,
the arms of armed forces wrapped aroud our throats
when we call out for justice.
We call to you in defiance of
of a national system that betrays our noble ideals,
where tanks and blood fill our streets,
where every Black man, woman, and child is
twenty times likelier to be killed by police.
We shout to the Heavens with one, unified voice:
Black. Lives. Matter.
We are called by scripture to pray for the day when we will
beat swords into plowshares and study war no more,
when the surplus of war led by greed and deception
will not spill into our streets,
where swords and tanks and rubber bullets and tear gas
will be beaten thinner and thinner,
the iron of hatred vanishing forever.
We pray to you because,
as our prophets have taught us:
human suffering anywhere
concerns men and women everywhere.
We call to you, O God,
because George Floyd’s life
was choked out for slow 9 minutes
as he cried “I can’t breathe.”
We raise our hands to you,
knowing that the work is ours to do,
black, white, Jewish, Christian, Muslim,
Hindu, atheist, young, old, gay, straight
These are your images, battered
By those sworn to protect and serve.
We are all responsible for what happens next.
And so we pray to You,
Source of Life,
raise up our eyes
to see You in each other’s eyes,
to take risks for justice,
to bring through our unified prayer today
more Love and Compassion into the world.
Ignite us to combat the hidden prejudice
which causes police to open fire in fear,
which transforms a child in a hoodie
into a hoodlum, a person into a threat.
We pray today not for calm but for righteousness
to flow like a mighty river, until
peace fills the earth as the waters fill the sea.
Comfort the families of all who grieve.
Strengthen us to work for a world redeemed.
And we say together:
Amen.
It turns out that an ancient story about disobedient prophet, a big fish, and a sin city has a lot to say for those living in the 21st century.
During times of stress and anxiety as with Covid-19, we have always been told to cling to hope. We have been told that hope will carry us through, but is hope enough? Is there more to getting through this than just hope. Listen to Rev. Alvin Herring's presentation to find out more.
It turns out that an ancient story about disobedient prophet, a big fish, and a sin city has a lot to say for those living in the 21st century.
It turns out that an ancient story about disobedient prophet, a big fish, and a sin city has a lot to say for those living in the 21st century.
COVID-19 has disrupted our way of life. This series is meant to give us a gospel framework to navigate through this pandemic.
Pastor Ricky Melendez shares a presentation that may cause you see pain and suffering through a different lens, and to change your view.
COVID-19 has disrupted our way of life. This series is meant to give us a gospel framework to navigate through this pandemic.
COVID-19 has disrupted our way of life. This series is meant to give us a gospel framework to navigate through this pandemic.
COVID-19 has disrupted our way of life. This series is meant to give us a gospel framework to navigate through this pandemic.
COVID-19 has disrupted our way of life. This series is meant to give us a gospel framework to navigate through this pandemic.
COVID-19 has disrupted our way of life. This series is meant to give us a gospel framework to navigate through this pandemic.