Azle Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

“In all things, charity.” What does it mean that we called to love one another as Christ loves us? Jesus gives his disciples this charge right after washing their feet and breaking bread with his betrayer, and this literary detail gives us a lot of context for what that love is asking of us. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchur...

Unity seems like an easy word, but it’s a tough call. In John 17, Jesus prays for his followers to be one as a witness to the love of God in the world. As we continue to work together to realize this unity, we discover the deep love that we are baptized into. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financiall...

On the first Monday of each month, listen to ACC's Worship Minister, Nicole Hendley, and Senior Minister, Reverend Ashley Dargai, talk about the intersection of music and theology at Azle Christian Church. On this episode, Ashley and Nicole talk about their dream celebrity worship service! A prelude by Jon Batiste and Stay Human? Communion meditation by Adele? An Encanto sermon? Listen to what mig...

In the presence of the Crucified Christ, there’s room for a whole spectrum of belief. Thomas needed a minute before he could decide that it really was Jesus, and Jesus was happy to oblige by offering the most important evidence of all: his broken body. Today, we look at one of the contours of our denomination: liberty in belief. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us thro...

If you’re not quite ready to run to the empty tomb in amazement, this is a resurrection story for you. There’s a place for many responses: grief, disbelief, fear, and perhaps, hope. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our websit...

Jesus assures the religious leaders that even if the people quieted down on that parade into Jerusalem, the rocks would cry out. What in the world do rocks have to do with Holy Week? With the journey Jesus is making to the cross? Might this absurd claim by Jesus be inviting us into the great paradox of our faith? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website:...

If we take away the fact that it’s Judas making his point, we can see that he DOES make a good point. Is it so bad to be practical? To be useful? Perhaps not. But Mary offers another wisdom to consider: an embodied, visceral wisdom. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry o...

On the first Monday of each month, listen to ACC's Worship Minister, Nicole Hendley, and Senior Minister, Reverend Ashley Dargai, talk about the intersection of music and theology at Azle Christian Church. This is our Easter episode! These songs were chosen with resurrection in mind. From Dolly Parton to Leslie Odom Jr., this playlist is as thought-provoking as it is beautiful to listen to! To fin...

We know the story of the prodigal son well. Is there anything new to be said on a story so well-worn? Maybe it’s not a new word we need, but a fresh one for us today: grace. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our website or fin...

Why do bad things happen? We’ve been asking this question for a really long time, and it doesn’t seem like we’ve gotten any closer to an answer. But what we do get is a story from Jesus about tender care, and that might be what we need most. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing m...

On the surface, this text seems so sad. Jesus, a bereft mother hen, wishing he could protect his little chicks but unable to, resolves to continue on to Jerusalem, where he knows he will die. And yet, there is a love and a promise that runs deeper than even death. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute finan...

Look, the devil makes a lot of good points out in the desert. How is anyone supposed to make a life out here anyway? But what if our wilderness journey is not about getting out of the wilderness as swiftly as possible? What if we are called to figure out how to make a home here? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To c...

On the first Monday of each month, listen to ACC's Worship Minister, Nicole Hendley, and Senior Minister, Reverend Ashley Dargai, talk about the intersection of music and theology at Azle Christian Church. On this episode, we’re talking about all things Lent! Click HERE to listen to the songs we mention. Thank you for supporting our podcast! Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, co...

With all the people in this story of transfiguration, it’s only right to hear some of them out. Everyone knows interviewing multiple eyewitnesses can be tricky—it’s like they’re all telling a different version of what happened. But maybe if we cobble together a few different accounts, we might get a fuller picture of what happened up on that mountain with Jesus. Find us on social media: Facebook a...

We participated in a spiritual practice of lectio divina this week in worship, reading Luke 6:27-38 multiple times in different translations as a form of meditation. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our website or find us on...

Luke does what he can to communicate the gospel of Jesus in a palatable manner to the powers that be, but Jesus has other ideas. Always one to slip out of our grasp of him, Jesus finds a way to set the gospel free. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian C...

What happens when Simon Peter looks up from a weary night and sees Jesus on the horizon? What does it mean to cast our nets one more time, this time in the deep water? What will we find in these depths? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you c...

On the first Monday of each month, listen to ACC's Worship Minister, Nicole Hendley, and Senior Minister, Reverend Ashley Dargai, talk about the intersection of music and theology at Azle Christian Church. This month, we’re in the middle of Epiphany in the church calendar - the brief stint of Ordinary time in-between Advent and Lent. February is also Black History Month! For this episode, we’ve ea...

Previously, on Days of our Epiphany …Long-lost beloved, Jesus, returns home after making a name for himself out on the open road. Was this the Jesus they remembered? Or had he become an enigma, a miracle worker and prophetic teacher? After a dramatic reading in the synagogue, he had the whole room captivated. Could the town be revived again with the hometown hero’s return? Or are things not as the...

When Jesus returns home to Nazareth, he reads from old words to imagine his ministry. He takes this ancient vision for God’s world and makes it his own. How will we make it our own today? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our...

To be sure, Jesus’ first miracle, turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana, is a sign of abundance and God’s commitment to celebration. But it’s also a sign of naming when there is a need and acting to fill it, even when we don’t feel ready. As we reflect on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., we consider how this miracle of Christ’s coincides with our commitment to justice. Find us on soci...

Why does it matter to us that Jesus was baptized? It seems strange, doesn’t it? John the Baptizer preached a baptism of repentance and renewal, but what did Jesus need that for? But it seems that there is more going on here about the belovedness of all God’s children than we realized. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org....

In the midst of a religious squabble, Jesus engages in the truth of Sabbath: that we are God’s alone. Healing work is worthy work that we are called to in this difficult season—to administer and to receive. Azle Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ church community in Azle, Texas. We invite everyone to be who you are with us: the doubting, the believing, the wondering, and everything in betwe...

On the first Monday of each month, listen to ACC's Worship Minister, Nicole Hendley, and Senior Minister, Reverend Ashley Dargai, talk about the intersection of music and theology at Azle Christian Church. On this episode, Nicole and Ashley make a playlist for 2022! To listen to this collection of songs for the New Year, click HERE . Ranging from Nina Simone to Josh Garrels to Hall & Oates, th...

Guest Preacher Remi Shores Remi (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is a graduate from TCU (B.A., Religion) and working on their Masters of Divinity at Brite Divinity School. Galileo Church is sponsoring them on a track towards ordination for ministry with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Called to Next Church ministry, they are excited to be on the frontier of online worship and community bui...