Middle Church

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

• Mark draws a contest between (son of God) and evil. Where do you see that battle? • Do your better angels ever duke it out with your lesser ones? • How do we as people of faith engage powers and principalities in the public square?

Matthew Johnson Harris, Antwayn Hopper, Isaac Bush, preachers

• How can you turn “love into action”? • Name a person who is no longer alive whose spirit embodies “Love as an Action”. • In what ways can you invite the spirit of self care into your life to keep yourself “refueled and a flamed” as the scripture advises us?

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

• The phrase “divided tongues as of fire” is meant to convey the presence of God in the scene Luke describes. Any new insights on where God is today? • How is the world most “on fire” in your mind, and what might you do about it? • How can you help Middle rise from the fire and be more filled with Holy Spirit?

Gloria Moy, preacher

• That we stand firm like the trees planted by the waters that no matter what we face we will stand strong. • Know that the AAPI community does not stand alone. • Learn about our heritage and never forget where we came from and do not let our voices be silenced.

Rev. Mihee Kim-Kort, preacher

• We are shaped and sustained by a language of love. • Love isn't content to leave us where we are as individuals or as a community—it will grow us. • There are so many ways we translate, we speak, we embody that love in the world. What are the ways in which you translate, speak, and embody love in the world?

• Where do you come from? Really . . . • How can you celebrate your identities—ethnicity, language, culture, gender/sexuality—as a gift from God and the universe? • What new insight did you learn today from our Latinx/Hispanic family about their walk of faith in this nation?

Carlos Piñero, Edna Benitez, Bianca Toscano Michalczak, preachers

Zainab Salbi, preacher

• Do you have an experience like Zainab’s that proved to you that life works? • Where/how do you experience the goodness and mercy of God following you? • What’s your key inspiration from today’s worship?

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

• Sometimes we’re looking for love and can’t find it. Train your eyes, for a moment—where do you see the fiercest love at work? • It takes courage to imagine a loving society that actually starts with us. What’s your growing edge, when it comes to loving the world to healing? • What are you dreaming about? For you? Your posse? The world? Aim at that. Ready, set, go!

Darrell Hamilton, preacher

• Who are the people included and/or excluding in your community? How are the people in and out of your community extensions of who God is calling you to be? • What is your place in the community? What is your duty and responsibility to those who came before you and those who will come after? • How can you share God's amazing grace to love as Christ loves, to heal as Christ heals, and to live as C...

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

• When you think of Jesus, which comes to mind first: Rabbi, Friend, Savior, Judge? • How would you describe the Jesus preached at Middle Church? The Jesus represented on the national stage? • What’s the core message of Jesus that guides your life? Does it need updating in any way?

• Where do you see conflict between these two realms on the political stage? In the media? In your personal life? • What can you do to enact the values God’s reign: in your family? in social media? in your everyday life?

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

Natalie Renee Perkins, preacher

• Which common Christian sentences and phrases do you think will be uncovered by our descendants? What do we hope they will find? How are the two different? • This week, commit to a meditative practice every day. Gift yourself with seven days of reconnecting to knowing God. • Think about three decisions from last week that were God-rooted action and/or Love-rooted activism and three that were not....

Rev. Dr. Damaris D. Whittaker – Fort Washington Collegiate Church Rev. Dr. Michael Bos – Marble Collegiate Church Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis – Middle Collegiate Church Rev. William Critzman – West End Collegiate Church Rev. Julie Johnson Staples, J.D. – Intersections International