Hummelstown UCC Podcast

Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40: Exhortation to Patience and Trust;Genesis 45:3-11; Luke 6:27-38 “If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking.” -Maya Angelou

Psalm 1: The Two Ways; Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 6:17-26 “When it comes down to it, that’s what life is all about: showing up for the peopleyou love, again and again, until you can’t show up anymore.” Rebecca Walker

Isaiah 6:1-13; Psalm 138; Luke 5:1-11 “What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and truth.”  Christina Rossetti

Jeremiah 1:4-10; 1 Corinthians 13; Luke 4:21-30  “In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.  In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. … In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter...

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Luke 4:14-21 Divine Body of Belonging, grant us the tenderness of feeling safe in your arms, thestability of being tethered by both gravity and grace. Help us not to resist thismoment nor our mortality. You’ve given us this life on earth with terrains of variedlands and feelings, guide us to navigate this being human, this being a body madein your...

1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Psalm 36:5-10; John 2:1-11 "Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue." Bell Hooks

Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29: The Voice of God in a Great Storm, A Psalm of David; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 “The baptism of Jesus demonstrates abiding solidarity with humanity, particularlyexpressed in Luke’s account. Jesus is with everyone else who is being baptized thatday. His presence as the intersection of human and divine does not becomerevealed until after the rite has concluded and all the people ha...

Isaiah 43:16-21; Matthew 2:1-12 BREATH PRAYER      INHALE: Each twist and turn           EXHALE: Invites me to follow you.

Joel 2:21-27; Psalm 126: A Harvest of Joy; 1 Timothy 2:1-5; Matthew 6:25-33 "Hold on to what is good, even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe,even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, even if it's a longway from here. Hold on to your life, even if it's easier to let go. Hold on to my hand,even if someday I'll be gone away from you." Crowfroot

MARK 13:1-8; 1 Samuel 1:4-20, 2:1-10;  { inhale....exhale... }

Mark 12:38-44; Psalm 146; Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17 “The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel… its poverty by howlittle.” Sherrilyn Kenyon

Mark 12:28-34; Psalm 146: Praise for God’s Help; Ruth 1:1-18 "The child in each of us knows paradise. Paradise is home. Home as it was or homeas it should have been. Paradise is one’s own place, one’s own people, one’s ownworld, knowing and known, perhaps even loving and loved. Yet every child Is castfrom paradise— Into growth and destruction, Into solitude and new community, Intovast, ongoing cha...

Mark 10:17-31; Psalm 22:1-15; Job 1: 1, 2:1-10, 23:1-9, 16-17 “We are a product of the immense torque that propels this universe. We are not individuals but a great accumulation of all that lived before.” Tanya Tagaq

MARK 10:13-16; ACTS 2:42-47; ISAIAH 55 “When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you’re inviting a person into your life." Maya Angelou

Mark 9:38-50; Esther 7:1-6; 9-10, 9:20-22; Psalm 124: Thanksgiving for Israel’s Deliverance “Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” -James Baldwin

Mark 9:33-37; James 3:13-4:3; Psalm 1; Proverbs 31:10-31: Ode to a Woman of Strength “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” Angela Davis

Mark 8:27-30, 34-38; Psalm 19: God’s Glory in Creation and the Law;Proverbs 1:20-33: The Call of Wisdom “The street is a river of life and I wade into it with a deep respect.” Bob Dylan

Psalm 125: The Security of God’s People; James 2:1-10, 14-17; Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 "To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and so you float." -Alan Watts

Mark 7:1-2, 5-8, 22-23; James 1:19-27; Song of Songs 2:8-13: Springtime Rhapsody Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set your life on fire. -Rumi

John 6:60-69; Psalm 84:The Joy of Worship in the Temple; 1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-43 A Christian is the dwelling place of the living God. He created me, he chose me, He came to dwell in me, because he wanted me. Now that you have known how much God is in love with you it is but natural that you spend the rest of your life radiating that love. -Mother Teresa

John 6:51; Proverbs 9:1-6; 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Praise for God’s Wonderful Works Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. Full of honor and majesty is God’s work, and God’s righteousness endures forever. God has gained renown by wonderful deeds; th...

Psalm 130: Waiting for Divine Redemption: A Song of Ascents; 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33; Ephesians 4:25-5:2 We light this flame to remind us: love is the center. As we grow and connect, mature and deepen: love remains the center. When the light of truth burns all else away: love remains. -Eric Hepburn

Psalm 145:10-18; 2 Samuel 11-12 “Tomorrow is always another day to make things right.” -Lauryn Hill

Mark 6:30-34; Ephesians 2:1-22; 2 Samuel 7:1-14 “Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace is the mother of unity. Peace is the rest of the blessed souls. Peace is the dwelling place of eternity.” -Pope Leto I

Psalm 24: Entrance into the Temple. Of David; 2 Samuel 6:1-5; 12-19 “The ordinary world really is capable of hosting the infinite being.” -Rev. Richard Lischer