Be Still and Go
394 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsBe Still and Go is a digital devotional that invites you to reflect on a text or a theme so that you can be refilled and refueled for the work of love and justice that you are called to do. And this work is not a sprint. Take a moment and do your stretches because we’re in this for the whole marathon.
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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Tracy Howe Wispelwey)
December 12, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes - 5.77 MBO Come, O Come, Emmanuel Revised text by Rev. Tracy Howe, 2020 O come, O come, Emmanuel And free us from the bondage we’re in still Exploitation, violence and greed, Come break the chains of white supremacy Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel. Can liberate with love and power still. O come, green shoot of Jesse, free Those dying at the hands of the police Restore the land to whom it belongs, So borders melt away into songs. Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel. Can liberate with love and power still. O co...
Sumak Kawsay (Amanda Meisenheimer)
December 11, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutes - 7.92 MB"Sumak Kawsay inspires me to examine how I live in relationship to the Pacha Mama – to the living and breathing creation that God made." What does it mean to live a good life in such a time as this? // Psalm 104 You set the earth on her foundations, so that she shall never be shaken. You cover her with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight. May the glory of the Lord endure f...
Pointing Towards Jesus (Callie Swanlund)
December 10, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes - 5.77 MB“May John the Baptist and so many others prepare the way for Jesus’ coming." Who has pointed you towards Jesus lately? // Mark 1:1-8 The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’” John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a bapt...
A Seat of Salvation (Victoria Anderson)
December 09, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes - 6.3 MB“If we truly believe that God’s forgivness is expansive then we should believe that the eye of the needle is much wider than we can imagine.” How have you experienced God’s expansive forgiveness? How can you share this expansive forgiveness with others? // 2 Peter 3:8-15 But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with y...
A Season of Waiting (Amy Lunde-Whitler)
December 08, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 9.84 MB"This is a season of waiting in the middle of a year that has felt like one long season of waiting.” How has God been reviving you during this season of waiting? // Psalm 85:6-7 Will you not revive us again, so that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. // This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Amy Lunde-Whitler, the pastor at South Acton Congregational Church. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks i...
Comfort, Comfort (Hsien-Yu Wang)
December 07, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 13.2 MB"Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.” -Mother Theresa Who can you help today? // Isaiah 40:1-11 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every val...
How Do I Find Peace? (Cameron Trimble)
December 06, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutes - 7.82 MB"The work of making peace begins with the task of making ourselves whole." What can you do today to help make yourself, and the world around you, whole? // This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Cameron Trimble. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and Threnody by Goldmund. • Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all eight seasons of Be Still and Go. • Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support thi...
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (MaryAnne Muglia)
December 05, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes - 5.86 MBDisperse the gloomy clouds of night, And death's dark shadows put to flight. How does this verse speak to the realities of our world today? // This episode was recorded by MaryAnne Muglia. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear. • Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all eight seasons of Be Still and Go. • Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside...
Actively Awaiting Jesus (Sarah Stonesifer-Boylan)
December 04, 2020 10:00 - 4 minutes - 5 MB"To keep alert and to pay attention is our call to be aware of one another and what is going on in the greater world." What are you keeping alert and paying attention to in the world around us? // Mark 13:24-37 “But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glo...
Grace and Peace (Charlene Wingate)
December 03, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 9.17 MB"Through Christ, I am stronger than any box; I am stronger than racism or sexism or any -ism." What are the “boxes” that you have had to overcome and break out of? // 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind— just as the testimony of Christ has been ...
Teenage Girls (Amanda Meisenheimer)
December 02, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 9.65 MB"Teenage girls are visionary. They always have been." Who are the teenage girls that you know. What can you do to support and encourage them today? // This episode was written and recorded by Amanda Meisenheimer. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms and Hopeful Child by Podington Bear. Sample tracks include Emma González from an interview on 60 Minutes, Claudette Colvin from an interview on Great Big Story, and Greta Thunberg from her 2018 TED Talk. ...
God Will Revive Us (Luvon Roberson)
December 01, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.07 MB“When we sing we are literally breathing hope and faith that justice will come, that God will shine upon us, God will save us, God will revive us." What is giving you hope and faith during these times? // Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might, and come to save us! Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we m...
Tear Open the Heavens (Katie Callaway)
November 30, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 13.1 MB"We must be the ones tearing through all of the fences, gates, and walls that separate our world from the compassionate, justice seeking, radically inclusive Christ-child we will soon find in a manger." What obstacles do you see in our world that separate people from this compassion, justice, and inclusivity? // Isaiah 64:1-9 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes w...
How Are We Going to Get Through This? (Amanda Meisenheimer)
November 29, 2020 02:33 - 6 minutes - 7.62 MB“Here in the center, in the big middle of the crisis, with months behind us and months ahead of us comes Advent." What does Advent mean to you this year? // This episode was written and recorded by Amanda Meisenheimer. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and Thousand Miles by Goldmund. • Amanda Meisenheimer is the Minister of Children & Families at The Riverside Church. She’s also the only minister at Riverside who knows how to u...
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Malinda Kathleen Reese)
November 28, 2020 09:00 - 5 minutes - 6.04 MB“O come, o come, Emmanuel." Emmanuel means “God with us.” How do you know that God is with you? // This episode was written and recorded by Malinda Kathleen Reese. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear. • Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all eight seasons of Be Still and Go. • Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resources from The Riverside Church that integrate s...
Be Still and Go to Sleep
May 31, 2020 22:15 - 9 minutes - 10.4 MB“It is a great equalizer. No matter how smart or fit or on top of the world we may believes ourselves to be, everyone requires sleep." What is your relationship with sleep? // Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. // This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Barefoot by Podington Bear and The First P...
Be Still and Go to Sleep (Lynn Casteel Harper)
May 31, 2020 22:15 - 9 minutes - 10.4 MB“It is a great equalizer. No matter how smart or fit or on top of the world we may believes ourselves to be, everyone requires sleep." What is your relationship with sleep? // Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. // This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Barefoot by Podington Bear and The First P...
Be Still and Do Justice (Erin Hawkins)
May 31, 2020 20:11 - 12 minutes - 13.7 MB“Power is shared, peace prevails, love is law, grace is poured out, the margins become the center, the earth is cherished, humanity thrives." How would you describe a world filled with justice? // Luke 13:31-35 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today, tomorr...
Be Still and Go Make Dinner (Rev. Michael Livingston)
May 24, 2020 09:00 - 9 minutes - 10.8 MB"We recommit our need to the charity of daily bread and the justice of an economic system for all the people of God. We are all essential." Who do you consider to be “essential” in our world today? // Matthew 6:11 “Give us this day our daily bread.” // This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Michael Livingston, the Interim Senior Minister at The Riverside Church. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Barefoot by Podington Bear and Grey Sunday, Memories Again, ...
Be Still and Go Wear a Mask (Jim Keat)
May 17, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes - 16.3 MBNamaske — the mask I wear to protect you recognizes the mask you wear to protect me. How do you feel about wearing a mask when you go out in public? // James 1:27 "Religion that is pure and undefiled before God is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress.” Leviticus 19:18 “Love your neighbor as yourself." // This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Barefoot by Podington Bear and Building the Sled, Even Dreams of Beaches, ...
Be Still and Go Listen to Music (Kevin VanHook)
May 10, 2020 09:00 - 11 minutes - 13.7 MB“God can make beautiful music with notes that seem out of place." Where do you find God in the dissonance in our world or in your life? // This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Kevin VanHook. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Barefoot and Reckoning by Podington Bear, I’ll Miss You by Will Bangs, and Lucky Kentucky by The Night Train. Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all seven seasons of Be Still and Go. Visit www.trcnyc.o...
Be Still and Go Wash Your Dishes (Bruce Lamb)
May 03, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 11.9 MB“Thanks be to God for dirty dishes." Who was the last person you shared a meal with? // John 21:1-14 After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the b...
Be Still and Go Do Your Laundry (Amanda Meisenheimer)
April 26, 2020 09:00 - 8 minutes - 9.63 MB"Your strength and dignity comes from your humanity itself. God made you in their image. You are dressed in garments of glory whether you are wearing scrubs or 3-day-old jeans." What garments of glory are you wearing today? // Proverbs 31: 24-25 She makes linen garments and sells them; she supplies the merchant with sashes. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. Isaiah 61:10-11 I will sing for joy in God, explode in praise from deep in my soul! He dres...
Be Still and Go Take a Walk (Jim Keat)
April 19, 2020 09:00 - 12 minutes - 13.8 MB"Taking a walk is an invitation to observe the world as it is and to anticipate it as it might be." What do you notice and anticipate when you observe the world around you? // Luke 24:13-35 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing hi...
Be Still and Go Do Whatever You Do (Jim Keat)
April 16, 2020 15:45 - 5 minutes - 5.95 MB"Find the divine in the daily, the Christ in the common, and whatever you do, give thanks to God." Where have you found God today? // Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything...giving thanks to God. // This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Barefoot and Arctic by Podington Bear. Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go. Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donat...
Risen Indeed (Michael Livingston)
April 12, 2020 09:00 - 9 minutes - 10.3 MB"Christ is risen. Christ is risen indeed." What does it mean to see Easter as a message for systems and not just individuals? // This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Michael Livingston. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and Juncture by Dexter Britain. Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go. Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digit...
The Sound of Silence (Intersection / St. Michael's)
April 11, 2020 09:00 - 6 minutes - 7.41 MB“The words of the prophets…are whispered in the sounds of silence." What does “the sound of silence” mean to you? // And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls" And whispered in the sounds of silence // This cover of The Sound of Silence was recorded and produced by The Intersection Band from St. Michael’s Ep...
Into Your Hands (James Forbes)
April 10, 2020 10:58 - 22 minutes - 26.3 MB"Jesus knew that every human being has the capacity to decide where they're going to put their trust." Where do you put your trust? // Luke 23:46 Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ Having said this, he breathed his last. // This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Dr. James Forbes. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and Cold Feet by Will Bangs. Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeS...
To the End (Amanda Meisenheimer)
April 09, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 8.34 MB"He will bring the good news to this atrophied, sun-starved people who had experienced such loss." What does “good news” look like in our world right now? // John 13:1 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. // This episode was written and recorded by Amanda Meisenheimer. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks are by Podingt...
Cowabunga (Jim Keat)
April 08, 2020 10:32 - 7 minutes - 8.85 MB"Christ is risen. Alleluia. Cowabunga." What word or phrase would you use to describe the seasons of Lent and Easter? // This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and In the Dark Your’re More Colorful and Live for the Dead by Corrina Repp. Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go. Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other d...
Life Is So Beautiful, Life Is So Hard (Kate Bowler)
April 07, 2020 09:00 - 5 minutes - 6.09 MB"We must be cracked open to the pain of the world in order to begin to allow God’s kingdom to enter in, to redeem us, to redeem the world. It begins with that undoing." How have you seen God’s reign enter in the midst of the pain of the world? // This episode was written and recorded by Kate Bowler. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms and Delican’t by Podington Bear. Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons...
God Is Not Abusive (Common Hymnal ft. Brittney Spencer)
April 06, 2020 16:25 - 7 minutes - 8.5 MBJesus sees my trauma Holds my broken pieces And draws me to his kindness Hallelujah What does it mean to you for God to be present with your pain and trauma? // This episode was written and recorded by Common Hymnal. Background tracks used during the intro and outro feature Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear. Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go. Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital resource...
Palm Sunday (James Martin)
April 05, 2020 11:20 - 5 minutes - 5.76 MB“When you are praying to Jesus you are praying to someone who understands you because he is human and has experienced all things." What difference does it make to know that Jesus understands your suffering? // Matthew 21:1-11 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyo...
The Sound of Silence (Amanda Meisenheimer)
April 04, 2020 13:23 - 6 minutes - 7.57 MBWe must meditate through the noise, call the darkness our friend, and rest in the silence. How are you handling the noise in your mind and the silence in our world? // Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence // The reflection at the beginning of this episode was written and recorded by Amanda Meisenheimer. The co...
It's the End of the World (Jim Keat)
April 03, 2020 11:55 - 11 minutes - 12.6 MB"This is a brave new world that none of us have ever experienced. This is the end of the world as we know it." What are you doing to stay safe and sane during this ongoing health crisis? // Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped Look at that low plane, fine, then Uh oh, overflow, population, common group But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed Tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right You vi...
We Look to the Spirit (Bruce Lamb)
April 02, 2020 10:38 - 9 minutes - 10.7 MB“I can be changed by what happens to me but I refuse to be reduced by it.” -Maya Angelou Where do you see the Spirit of God in your life and in our world during these times? // Romans 8:6-11 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed it cannot, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; you are in ...
Dry Bones (Callie Swanlund)
April 01, 2020 11:25 - 7 minutes - 8.39 MB"God’s Spirit has been breathed into us, connecting us one to another and raising us up to new life where we can walk together through fear and death and destruction.” "We are created with connectedness and spirit and hope breathed into us." How are you experiencing connectedness and spirit and hope right now? // Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all ...
The Patterns and Particularities of Polar Bears (Lynn Casteel Harper)
March 31, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 8.9 MB"Faithful waiting means paying attention, listening with compassion, acting with intention, and trusting that it doesn’t all rely on you or me." What can you learn from polar bears? // Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,...
When We Weep Together (Benjamin Perry)
March 30, 2020 11:01 - 6 minutes - 7.81 MB“When we mourn someone else we affirm their personhood, we proclaim that their pain deserves our care, concern, and solidarity." What is moving you to tears right now? // John 11:1-35 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” When Jesus arrived, he found th...
Looking Back, Moving Forward (Carol Fouke-Mpoyo)
March 29, 2020 20:46 - 30 minutes - 34.3 MB“To know where you’re going you have to know where you’ve been.” -Lawrence Tureaud As you learn from the past, where do you see God leading you into the future? // This conversation features Carol Fouke-Mpoyo. Carol has been a part of The Riverside Church since the 1978. This episode was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms and Woods by Corrina Repp. Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go. Vi...
The Sound of Silence (Jim Keat & Matteo Niscosi)
March 28, 2020 09:00 - 9 minutes - 10.8 MB"Find God in this moment, in this breath." What can you do to create a little more stillness in your life today? // And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls" And whispered in the sounds of silence // The reflection in this episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rev. Jim Keat. The cover of The Sound ...
The Last Word (Michael Curry)
March 27, 2020 09:53 - 5 minutes - 6.51 MB“If there is a God then the human word is not the last word. God is.” What word do you think God wants to say to our world today? // Psalm 31:9-16 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away. I am the scorn of all my adversaries, a horror to my neighbors, an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who se...
The Most Popular Psalm (Jim Keat)
March 26, 2020 11:11 - 22 minutes - 25.6 MB"God leads me to still waters and green pastures. God returns me to my breath." Where is God leading you right now? // Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. She makes me lie down in green pastures; she leads me beside still waters; she restores my soul. She leads me in right paths for her name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me. You prepare a table before ...
The Light (Kevin Makins)
March 25, 2020 10:56 - 11 minutes - 12.8 MB“I used to cling to bits of darkness in order to survive but I don’t have to live like that anymore. I am a child of the light and I can begin to live like one." What are the parts of our world need the light of God to shine on them? What about the parts of your life? // Ephesians 5:8-14 For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light— for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to the...
Origin Stories (Lorenzo Lebrija)
March 24, 2020 11:09 - 7 minutes - 8.5 MB“This season of Lent, remind yourself that God is right there waiting, ready to anoint you and to bless you." What is your spiritual origin story? // 1 Samual 16:1-13 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord s...
When New Life Appears (Debie Thomas)
March 23, 2020 09:27 - 9 minutes - 10.6 MB“'Doubts and loves dig up the world like a mole, a plow,’ allowing the whispers of God’s spirit to bring forth new life." Where do you see whispers of God’s Spirit bringing forth new life around you? // The Place Where We Are Right by Yehuda Amichai From the place where we are right Flowers will never grow In the spring. The place where we are right Is hard and trampled Like a yard. But doubts and loves Dig up the world Like a mole, a plow. And a whisper will be heard in the place Where th...
Active in the Struggle (Hylda Clarke)
March 22, 2020 10:34 - 9 minutes - 10.5 MB“How can we call ourselves followers of Jesus and not be active in the struggle?" What does it mean for you to call yourself a follower of Jesus? // This episode features a conversation with Hylda Clarke. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms and Sandcastle by Podington Bear. Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and Go. Visit www.trcnyc.org/Donate to support this podcast and other digital res...
Is the Lord Among Us? (Amy Lunde-Whitler)
March 21, 2020 13:18 - 8 minutes - 10.1 MB“What our hearts yearn for, what our souls ache for is a God who walks with through the broken shards of our messy lives.” How do you know that God is with you, especially in times like this? // Exodus 17:1-7 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you...
The Sound of Silence (Ben Grace)
March 20, 2020 07:30 - 7 minutes - 8.59 MB"Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again." How would you describe your relationship with silence and solitude? // Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp ...
Make a Joyful Noise? (Jim Keat)
March 19, 2020 12:57 - 6 minutes - 7.84 MB“How long, O Lord?” -Psalm 13 How can you find and share joy in the midst of this long, stressful season? // Psalm 13:1 How long, O Lord? Psalm 95:1 O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise. // This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and 40 by U2, and The Great Burn by Dave Depper. Visit www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo to listen to more episodes from all five seasons of Be Still and G...