All Saints Church Pasadena Podcast

"We are called into action in anticipation of this kingdom to come. So what are we called to do in Jesus' name? What are we called to do to protect our transgender siblings? Will you stop to ask the trans woman being harassed by the police if she needs any help? Will you make sure the trans youth experiencing homelessness in your community will have somewhere to eat a meal once this week? Will you...

"People started coming together and there was a lot of dancing going on. And my memory is that I didn't dance, that I totally sat it out. I don't know if you have memories like that -- chances where you had that space for freedom and you chose to sit it out. And I don't even know why. I took a couple videos and sometimes I think maybe if I was freer I would dance. Maybe if some of the stuff hadn't...

"For a moment, we forget. In a moment, we remember. For a moment we remember. And then in a moment, we forget. Today we come together to honor both those whom we love but see no longer and also the struggle and dance of we whose journey on earth is not yet done. Today we come together to proclaim that though death seems final, though we long so deeply for the things that still seem so close and ye...

"...The key to right relationship … with God, with each other, with ourselves … is humility. So, what is humility? Well I'll tell you what it isn't. Humility is not God saying "You suck … just admit it" and us believing it. Humility is not making yourself small to suit the comfort of others. Humility is not a false modesty of failing to acknowledge the power and beauty each and all of us have as i...

"...The rumble is gonna happen even if we flee from it … only it will not be the rumble we want. The language of the unheard becomes the riot. And what are we still failing to hear? What are we still failing to wrestle with? That the promises of freedom, of justice have not been met…. that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice an...

"Many of us came here because All Saints is a community of radical love and inclusion, that speaks truth to power and advocates for peace and justice. I know this why I came. I could no longer tolerate the hideous exclusion and emotional harm done to LBGTQ siblings. I couldn't identify with Christianity that aligned itself with a view of God as white and male. I couldn't connect to a religion that...

"I don't have a problem talking with you about giving money at All Saints Church. Because while money is really important, it is also sign and symbol of what I really want to ask you to give and that is your lives. Give your lives, give your whole selves for love. That's where the joy is! Don't hold back in fear. Together, we can do it. God has us and we've got each other. "I want us to move our m...

"My wife, Robin, has been reading a book called Becoming Human by Jean Vanier. Vanier founded L'Arche, which describes itself as 'an organization .. of homes, programs and support networks with people with intellectual disabilities.' That language of disability that they have chosen is unfortunate, because they themselves define their communities not as disabled but rather as saying 'I think like...

"So let us not fear our anger... or our tears... or our secrets. Let us wear them all as badges of honor. Because only then... Only when we are able to look at the world through tears and wail the lament that any decent feeling person would cry looking at how things are today 'Is there no balm in Gilead?' Only when we are able to share our secrets and cry our laments will we be able to hear and si...

"A revolutionary Jesus looks at each of us and is not satisfied with the 99% of ourselves that we think might be lovable, but wants desperately to touch that one percent, that secret we hide so deeply in fear … to caress that broken childhood dream … to reach that painful secret that is feeding on our heart like a cancer … to look deeply into our eyes and tell us that even that part of us … and ma...

"To follow me, Jesus says, you will be called to leave your comfort zone guaranteed, and although God will sustain you and carry you in love, you heart will sometimes break. It will break at the news of our border, and the immigrant children and parents torn from each other. It may break learning this week of the 51st homeless person to die on the sidewalks of Los Angeles this year. You may suffer...

"If we are indeed to be that Body of Christ in the World we need ligaments of love which will be limber enough to stretch not only to include all who wish to be bound together in this community of faith but to speak out whenever any member of the human family is oppressed or marginalized, wounded or afraid, silenced or in danger." Sermon by Susan Russell at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday,...

"I know that I'm not the only person that asks why. Why would some Being entitled 'the Almighty,' 'the All Powerful,' 'the Ubiquitous God,' allow this to be the state of our world? Why, in God's plan, is there so much pain and so much anger? I was brought up here, learning that God is love -- that we exist to be wrapped up in this love and that in the end it will save us. But with every day that p...

"...And then [Jesus] says, 'Be ready.' He's talking to people and it is written at a time where Christians or people who were Jewish who were following after Christ at this point in time -- because there weren't really Christians but people who were following after Christ at this time -- were feeling a little bit comfortable. And Jesus says, 'In your comfortability don't become a hypocrite.' And I...

"Key moments for this uprising would need prepared places to emerge. Hear me: Placemaking is an act of God, to facilitate connection between humanity and the divine. These places can be naturally occurring as evidenced by Howard Thurman's young life, or carved out of the natural environment or social order through construction and intention. Curating places beyond the maze of particulars which ens...

"Send her back" is not only a racist and misogynist trope, it moves our nation away from the proximity necessary for health and wholeness for us all." Sermon by Sally Howard at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, July 21, 2019. Reading: John 20:11-18. You can also follow us on Twitter @ASCpas. Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at https://allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate...

A sermon preached on Sunday, July 14, by the Reverend Maggie Cunningham at All Saints Church in Pasadena. Readings: Amos 7:7-17 and Luke 10:25-37. You can also follow us on Twitter @ASCpas. Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at https://allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate-now/.  

""Imagine just for a minute what the world would be like if we declared independence from all the lies we're told about each other and embraced this truth Jesus came to proclaim: loving each and every one of our neighbors as God loves us."" Sermon by Susan Russell at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, July 7, 2019. Readings: Deuteronomy 10:17-21 and Matthew 5:43-48. For a text of the sermon,...

"Deep, revolutionary love does not suppress anger. It amplifies the voices of the fearful, the sad and the angry so the truth of those emotions can awaken and transform the hearts of those who are causing the pain and those who stand idly by allowing the pain." Sermon by Mike Kinman at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, June 30, 2019. Readings: Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 and Luke 9:51-62. For video...

"With the guidance of our rector, vestry, staff, and lay leadership, within the ever widening circle of compassion, we stand with those whose dignity is being denied. We locate ourselves with the poor, the powerless, and the voiceless. We are ready to open our doors to protect the demonized until the demonizing stops. May we listen to that which is deepest within us and may love and justice for al...

"A million lying messages a day tell us to fill the space between with fear and anxiety while the Trinity calls us to fill the space between with the healing power of love." Sermon by Mike Kinman at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Trinity Sunday, June 16, 2019. Readings: Canticle 13 and John 16:12-15. For video and a text of the sermon, visit our website: https://allsaints-pas.org/the-love-that-fi...

"Our children are prophesying, our young people are seeing visions, our elders are dreaming dreams. Listen and love. Love and listen." Sermon by Mike Kinman at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Pentecost Sunday, June 9, 2019. Readings: Acts 2:1-21 and John 14:8-17, 25-27. For video and a text of the sermon, visit our website: https://allsaints-pas.org/wade-in-the-water/ . You can also follow us on T...

"The privilege I have didn't bring happiness to my life. Something that did was speaking out. I used the privilege I had to make change for all who didn't share that privilege." Sermon by Sara Schulze at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Youth Sunday, June 2, 2019. Readings: Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 and John 17:20-26. For video and a text of the sermon, visit our website: https://allsaints-...

"Healing happens as we create space and help each other be brave enough to let the feelings out. When we see conflict as something to be embraced instead of avoided." Sermon by Mike Kinman at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, May 26, 2019. Reading: Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 and John 5:1-9. For video and a text of the sermon, visit our website: https://allsaints-pas.org/wade-in-the-water/ . Y...

"Love is our redemption song… it is the human condition that is the only true adventure…  it is both our journey and our destination." Sermon by Mike Kinman at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Reading: Revelation 21:1-6 and John 13:31-35. For video and a text of the sermon, visit our website: https://allsaints-pas.org/we-are-not-amoebas/ . You can also follow us on Twitter @AS...