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#124. Page-Turner Episode 31/January 6, 2021
January 07, 2021 01:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBIt's the first Page - Turner episode of 2021 and Shane, Kevin, and Karen recap their Christmas and New Year's Eve holidays. Today's topic falls on Epiphany which is perfect timing to discuss the Magi and their importance to the Christmas story. Who were they? Where did they travel from? What is the significance of the gifts they brought and what can we learn from them today?
#123. January 3, 2021 - Rev. Dianne Lawhorn
January 03, 2021 15:23 - 18 minutes - 17 MBJoin us this week as we continue in our journey from Christmas to Epiphany. Epiphany is the culmination of all that we’ve been anticipating during Advent, as we continue taking steps out of darkness and into light. Our biblical text for Sunday is Matthew 2:1-12 the story of the Magi’s journey to see Jesus. We will experience together the gift that the Magi received through this encounter. We will also discover who missed out on this gift. The chief priests in Herod's court had much bibl...
#122. December 27 - Rev. Shane Page
December 27, 2020 15:31 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBThis Sunday we will enter the next chapter of the Christmas story, the reading appointed reading for Sunday, concerning the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Jerusalem Temple (Luke 2:22-40). This passage contains a host of theological themes, Old Testament connections, and several motifs regarding the mission of Christ. This week let's consider a few of them and especially Simeon's ominous prophecy, which he uttered to Mary. There is a sense of foreboding mixed in with the joys of Chris...
#121. Page-Turner Episode 30 /December 16
December 16, 2020 20:54 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBFor the last episode of 2020 Shane, Kevin, and Karen discuss Christmas shopping and New Year's resolutions. This Sunday is the final week of advent and the three discuss love. Shane explains its true meaning and that love is more than an emotion.
#120. December 13 - Rev. Brad Hinton
December 13, 2020 15:11 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB“Who are you?” (John 1:19). This is a question that we might hear today as people get to know one another and it is a question John is asked in the Scripture for this Sunday. This week we will explore John’s response to this question and what it means for us. As you prepare for worship, ask yourself the question: Who are you? How would you respond if someone asked you this question?
#119. Page-Turner Episode 29 /December 9
December 10, 2020 15:50 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBKaren tells the story about her Christmas tree and Kevin shares how the Christmas Eve service is coming together. This upcoming Sunday in Advent is Joy, and Shane, Kevin, and Karen discuss what the true meaning of joy is and how to find joy during this holiday season.
#118. December 6 - Rev. Shane Page
December 06, 2020 15:15 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBThis Sunday we will reencounter one of the primary figures of Advent, John the Baptist. He is a strange, enigmatic figure and yet the Church finds him and his message essential ingredients for a proper preparation for Christmas. All the gospels relate John’s preaching before they relate Jesus’s preaching. This Sunday let’s hear the gospel according to John the Baptist (Mark 1:1-8) and thereby make ourselves ready to prepare our Savior room.
#117. Page-Turner Episode 28/December 2
December 06, 2020 15:11 - 42 minutes - 39 MBAfter three weeks, Shane, Kevin, and Karen are back together! They catch up on what they did over the Thanksgiving holiday, talk about Christmas trees and then discuss reclaiming the real meaning of Advent. Advent is much more than only preparing for the birth of Jesus.
#116. November 29 - Rev. Shane Page
November 29, 2020 17:08 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBThis Sunday marks the first Sunday of the season of Advent. Every first Sunday of Advent, the church appoints the gospel reading to be one in which Jesus goes apocalyptic. Look, our Lord will say this week, for the sun to darken, for the moon to stop giving its light, and for the stars to fall. Why this reading, why this sermon from Jesus, as we begin decking the halls with our festive ornamentation? Let’s think about it this Sunday.
#115. November 22 - Rev. Dianne Lawhorn
November 22, 2020 15:14 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBThanksgiving has been understood as a day to humbly reflect on the abundant gifts that saturate our lives. It inspires us to think about what it means to be truly thankful and to consider the impact that gratitude can have. Some have described gratitude as “ the practice of making space for appreciation.” Embracing gratitude as a practice is about acknowledging the goodness in our lives and acknowledging the source of that goodness. The Apostle Paul reveals just this kind of grateful hear...
#114. Page-Turner Episode 27/November 18
November 19, 2020 01:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBKevin and Karen have another guest on today's show, Brittany Viehmann, who has started her job this week as the DUMC Youth Program Coordinator. Brittany shares how she and her family came to DUMC and what she is looking forward to with our youth program now and in the future.
#113. November 15 - Rev. Jim Humphries
November 15, 2020 15:26 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBIf you grew up going to Christian camps or youth groups, you may have sung: “Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, burning, burning…” This Sunday in worship, we will hear Jesus’ parable of the ten bridesmaids, which is where this little song gets its theme. Join us as we reflect upon the meaning of this story, and see that keeping oil in our lamps isn’t just a message for kids, but for Christians of all ages and stages of life. Read Matthew 25:1-13 to prepare for this Sunday’s worship.
#111. November 8 - Rev. Shane Page
November 15, 2020 13:12 - 13 minutes - 12 MBThis Sunday we will spend time reflecting on a popular parable of Jesus in the gospel of Matthew, the parable of the talents. A rich man entrusts his servants with a certain number of talents, which was a huge sum of money, and then asks for a reckoning for how they invested it. A parable with many stewardship themes, it nevertheless has a curious wrinkle in it, which says more about us than about God. Let’s think about it this Sunday.
#112. Page-Turner Episode 26/November 11
November 12, 2020 14:27 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBKevin and Karen have a special guest on today's show, DUMC member Ashley Nydish. Kevin and Karen initiate Ashley to the show by discussing fall, the holidays, and of course space. Ashley shares how Bags of Hope got started and explains how the program provides meals for students in the Lake Norman area and how you can help.
#110. Page-Turner Episode 25/November 4
November 08, 2020 15:19 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBWe survived Halloween, the time change, and a full moon all in the same week. Now as voting is over and as we are waiting on the results of the president-elect, Shane, Kevin, and Karen discuss religion and politics and how they coexist. Click on the video link below to watch this week's episode.
#109. November 1 - Rev. Shane Page
November 01, 2020 16:39 - 13 minutes - 12 MBThis Sunday we will experience again one of the high Sundays of the year, All Saints Day. A day set aside for the commemoration of all the faithful who have died in the Lord—in particular those in our own church community who, within the last year, died in hope of eternal life in Christ—All Saints Day is a Christian pedagogy, that is, it teaches us why we exist and for whom we exist. For all the saints who from their labors rest, let us this Sunday give thanks.
#108. Page-Turner Episode 24/October 28
October 28, 2020 23:58 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBDUMC's Senior Accountant, Sarah Haynes, joins Shane, Kevin, and Karen today and gives an update on our year-to-date finances and how things are looking for the end of 2020 and into 2021. They also discuss Halloween and All Saints Day and what worship will look like on November 1.
#107. October 25 - Rev. Shane Page
October 25, 2020 15:42 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBThis Sunday we conclude our series on Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, reflecting on his concluding words in the 7th chapter (Matthew 7:21-29). Jesus envisions two types of hearers: the foolish who disregard his words and the wise who stake their lives on them. Jesus ends his great sermon with a choice. It belongs to us to respond.
#106. Page-Turner Episode 23/October 21
October 22, 2020 14:38 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBShane, Kevin, and Karen give some updates on what has been happening at DUMC over the last two weeks and then dig into the topic of evidence that God exists.
#105. October 18 - Rev. Shane Page
October 18, 2020 14:32 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBThis Sunday in our reflections of Jesus's Sermon on the Mount we will spend time pondering the words closing out chapter 6 of Matthew's gospel: "Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or wear...but seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you." Within the context of the sermon, Jesus, I think, identifies what is often the source or contributor of many of our material concerns. Let's think about it this week.
#104. October 11 - Rev. Shane Page
October 11, 2020 14:16 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBThis Sunday we come to the next portion of Jesus’s sermon on the mount in which he instructs his disciples to avoid parading their good works or their generosity before the public gaze. Instead his disciples should give in secret, pray in secret, and practice their piety in secret. Why? This Sunday let’s contemplate our Lord’s instructions and understand how his is a call to freedom.
#103. Page-Turner Episode 22/October 7
October 07, 2020 21:07 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBShane, Kevin, and Karen discuss the theological virtue, hope. Hope is more than just wishful thinking and being optimistic. Watch/listen to this week's episode to learn why hope is important.
#102. October 4 - Rev. Shane Page
October 04, 2020 14:08 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBThis Sunday we continue our reflections on passages within Jesus’s sermon on the mount. This Sunday we will hear the Lord say, in my paraphrase, “You’ve heard it said ‘you shall not commit adultery,’ but I say to you that if you have lust for another you have committed adultery in your heart.” In a sex-obsessed, lust-laden culture like ours, our Lord’s words strike like a thunderbolt. Parents of younger children, please know my sermon this Sunday will broach very mature matters pertaining to...
#101. Page-Turner Episode 21/September 30
October 01, 2020 20:31 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBShane, Kevin, and Karen discuss the emotion of anger. What the Bible tells us about it and how we can be better Christians at managing it.
#100. September 27 - Rev. Shane Page
September 27, 2020 14:26 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBThis Sunday our reflections on portions of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount continues. We will spend time considering perhaps his most radical teaching, a teaching so singular its shockwaves reverberate to this day. Love your enemies. Where does Christianity depart from almost every other religious tradition? Precisely here.
#99. Page-Turner Episode 20/September 23
September 23, 2020 21:12 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBShane, Kevin, and Karen share news on in-person worship resuming and what the plans are for Christmas Eve. Click on the link to also hear updates on what has been happening at DUMC with regards to nominations, Confirmation, audio/video updates, General Conference, and don't forget about the Pumpkin Patch!
#98. September 20 - Rev. Shane Page
September 20, 2020 14:14 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBThis Sunday we continue our reflections on Jesus’s sermon on the mount as presented in Matthew’s gospel. This week Jesus begins issuing, as the new Moses, the Torah for his people; and yet before doing so he insists his Torah is by no means a displacing of the first Torah but is rather what the Law, the Writings, and the Prophets had anticipated all along.
#97. Page-Turner Episode 19/September 16
September 17, 2020 17:12 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MBThis Week on Page - Turner... Can science and religion work together? Shane, Kevin and Karen discuss the similarities and differences of science and religion, and can you still be religious and fact based?
#96. September 13 - Rev. Shane Page
September 13, 2020 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBThis Sunday and through October we will begin a new sermon series during which we will reflect on the great text of Matthew's gospel, the Sermon on the Mount. It is, in many ways, the great charter of the Christian life, what our Lord expects us, and even demands us, to be. This week Jesus launches into the sermon by first telling us less what we should do--Jesus seldom trafficked in moralisms--than who we are. "You are the salt of the earth," says the Lord, "and the light of the world." This...
#95. Page-Turner Episode 18/September 9
September 10, 2020 00:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBWhat does a banana, a 16th birthday and the beatitudes all have in common? It's what was discussed on this week's episode of Page-Turner!
#94. September 6 - Rev. Dianne Lawhorn
September 06, 2020 15:29 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBWe continue in our lectionary-based sermons this week with another gospel lesson from Matthew 18:15-20. Some find this passage offensive, with it’s hard-hitting instructions about how to handle conflict in the church. This passage is an example of how the Bible has instruction about every aspect of our lives, including our relationships with each other. It gives us a picture of what healthy relationships in the Body of Christ can look like. At the heart of this passage is a message about ...
#93. Page-Turner Episode 17/September 2
September 03, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBShane and Kevin answer a viewer's question regarding other religions and their follower's fate if they don't believe Jesus is the Son of God. Karen shares her frustrations about technology and Shane gives an update on small group meetings and communion.
#92. August 30 - Rev. Shane Page
August 30, 2020 19:05 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBLast week we heard Peter making his bold profession that Jesus was indeed the Christ, the Son of the living God. Peter’s profession, as we discussed, is the true key, the true rock on which the Church stands today. Jesus intended to form a community of people whose lives would demonstrate that a New King sits on the throne. This Sunday the tone shifts. After Peter makes his bold pronouncement concerning Jesus’s identity, the Lord then presents the costs of obedience to him. “You must,” the ...
#91. Page-Turner Episode 16/August 24
August 27, 2020 00:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWhat is the church? Shane, Kevin, and Karen answer this question that seems so simple, but is quite complex. Also, Karen shares some interesting 2020 online data statistics.
#90. August 23 - Rev. Shane Page
August 23, 2020 14:19 - 13 minutes - 12 MBWe continue to follow the schedule of appointed readings for each Sunday during the current closures. This Sunday we come to a climactic moment in Matthew’s gospel: Peter’s great declaration that Jesus is indeed the Messiah (Matthew 16:13-20). Every generation must confront the same question Jesus poses in this lesson: Who do you say that I am? This Sunday let’s reexamine ourselves in light of this most pressing inquiry posed by our Lord.
#89. Page-Turner Episode 15/August 19
August 20, 2020 20:29 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week on Page - Turner, Shane, Kevin, and Karen discuss the topic of how to discern God's will and steps to get started in doing so. Also Shane let's go of a piece of his heart. If you have a topic or question for future episodes, please contact Karen Payne.
#88. August 16 - Rev. Shane Page
August 16, 2020 14:43 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBThis week we come to the next appointed gospel lesson for the season as we contemplate Jesus’s healing of the daughter of an anonymous Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28) It is, of all of Jesus’s healing stories, one of the strangest and, for our eyes and ears, discomforting stories in the gospels. Tucked in size this bewildering encounter, however, is, if we will dig deep enough, good news indeed.
#87. Page-Turner Episode 14/August 12
August 13, 2020 22:28 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBThis week on Page - Turner, Shane pitches a new reality television show series to Kevin and Karen! They discuss the results of the congregation survey, the planning that has been happening to return to church, and what/when returning to in-person worship may look like.
#86. August 9 - Rev. Shane Page
August 09, 2020 15:03 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBThis Sunday we will pick up where we left off last Sunday after Jesus fed the five thousand the loaves and fishes. This week (Matthew 14:22-33) Jesus sends his disciples into the boat while he spends an evening in prayer and solitude. While in the boat, a violent storm buffets the disciples’ vessel and Jesus finally comes, walking on the water. Down through the centuries, this passage has served as an object lesson for the vagaries of the Christian life. Let’s discuss a few themes contained w...
#85. Page-Turner Episode 13/August 5
August 05, 2020 19:05 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBThis week on Page - Turner, Rev. Jim Humphries is our guest pastor! Shane, Jim, and Karen talk about Jim's first year at DUMC and what it's like being the Pastor of Congregational Care. They also answer a viewer's question about evangelism and Jim gets put in the "hot-seat" and answers the famous eight questions!
#84. August 2 - Rev. Brad Hinton
August 02, 2020 14:47 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBThe Gospel reading for this week is the feeding of the five thousand (Matthew 14:13-21). This passage teaches us about the nature of God, ourselves, and our calling. We will reflect on how we react and how Jesus calls us to respond. As you prepare for worship, think about how you respond during stressful situations and come to worship to hear how Jesus invites us to respond to these situations. Rev. Brad Hinton, Pastor of Missions and Involvement will be preaching.
#83. Page-Turner Episode 12/July 29
July 29, 2020 20:34 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThis week on Page - Turner, meet our new pastor of Education, Rev. Dianne Lawhorn! Dianne tells us about her past and how she got to DUMC, and how she is getting accumulated to her new position during this time. Karen shares another animal story and explains to Dianne what it's like working down at the end of the hall next to Kevin.
#82. July 26 - Rev. Preston Davis
July 26, 2020 14:02 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThis Sunday we continue our journey through the parables of Jesus in Matthew. This week we will spend time reflecting on the parable of the buried treasure, the pearl of great price. How do we resonate with the main character of the story? How does the main character strike us as odd, crazy even? What is the treasure of our lives? Let’s reflect on these questions this week.
#81. Page-Turner Episode 11/July 22
July 23, 2020 14:35 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBThis week on Page - Turner, meet our new pastor of Missions and Involvement, Rev. Brad Hinton! Brad talks about his journey to DUMC, what he hopes to accomplish while working at DUMC and gets put in the "hot seat" at the end of the discussion to answer eight important questions.
#80. July 19 - Rev. Shane Page
July 21, 2020 18:11 - 16 minutes - 15 MBThis Sunday we remain in the great chapter of Matthew 13, a chapter filled with some of the great parables of Jesus. This Sunday we will spend some time thinking on Jesus’s parable of the wheat and the weeds. It’s a parable regarding the wrongs of the world and yet contained within it is God’s curious response to them. Let’s think about these things during our Sunday live stream.
#79. Page-Turner Episode 10/July 15
July 16, 2020 12:13 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBThis week on Page - Turner, Shane, Kevin, and Karen talk about parables and Kevin and Shane share their favorites. Shane also answers a question, submitted from a listener, about General Conference and the possible split of the denomination. If you have a topic or question for future episodes, please contact Karen Payne.
#78. July 12 - Rev. Jim Humphries
July 13, 2020 12:26 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this Sunday’s gospel reading, we will hear the Parable of the Sower, one of Jesus’ most well-known and beloved parables. Jesus often spoke in parables to help his listeners get a glimpse of what God’s kingdom looks like. So, how are we enlightened by a story about a farmer sowing seeds? What can we learn about ourselves; and most importantly, what can we learn about God? Read Matthew 13: 1-23 to prepare for this Sunday.
#77. Page-Turner Episode 9/July 8, 2020
July 08, 2020 20:05 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBThis week on Page - Turner, Shane, Kevin, and Karen talk about the Bible. It's the most widely read book, but the least understood. They discuss the basics of where it came from and then dig deeper on where to begin and how to read it.
#76. July 5 - Rev. Shane Page
July 07, 2020 12:40 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBThis Sunday the appointed gospel has Jesus issuing his great words of invitation: “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Jesus here permits us in these words to peer into his own heart, letting us see who he truly is. This week let us respond to the invitation.
#75. Page-Turner Episode 8/July 1, 2020
July 01, 2020 22:23 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBThis week on Page - Turner, Shane, Kevin, and Karen talk about forgiveness, what it is and what it means, and how to forgive. Also Shane gives an update on his car mirror and Karen answers a listener question on how she came to DUMC.