Day 12 – February 28 Dr. Artie L. Polk Community Connections: WTS M.Div 2008; Wesley Council Donor; Executive Pastor of Mount Gilead Baptist Church, Washington, DC Morning Theme Song: Great is Thy Faithfulness Revealed~ Romans 8:18, 4:13-25 The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a formidable enemy. The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has given […]
Archives for February 2021
Day 11 – February 27 Pamelia K. Moore, DMin. Community Connections: WTS MDiv. 2020; Member of First Baptist Church of Glenarden; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Omega Pi Omega Chapter, President Morning Theme Song: I worship you almighty God, there is none like You RECIPE Taste the Flavors Pound Cake ~ Psalm 34:8 2 […]
Day 10 – February 26 Rev. Brian Keith McCollum Community Connections: WTS Vice-President, Office of Development; Wesley Council Donor Morning Theme Song: How deep is your love? by PJ Morton, featuring Yebba Respond First Responders ~ Psalm 130 On January 15, 2009, US Airways flight 1549 hit a flock of geese in mid-flight. Both […]
Day 9 – February 25 Margaret Gardner Community Connections: WTS current student, anticipated MTS 2021; Wesley Council Donor; Elder, National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC Morning Theme Song: So Rise, and Shine, and Give God the Glory, Glory Receive and Recount~ Matt. 7:7-12, Psalm 138 Near the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus […]
Day 8 – February 24 Beth Norcross Community Connections: WTS MTS 2005, DMin 2011; WTS Adjunct Faculty; Wesley Council Donor; Executive Director, The Center for Spirituality in Nature Morning Theme Song: Carrie Newcomer, On the Brink of Everything Re-purposing Inspiration: Wisdom from Nature I watched the empty branch with horror. The tufted titmouse I […]
Day 7 – February 23 Nick Works Community Connections: WTS MDiv 2013, DMin 2020; WTS Associate Director of the Practice of Ministry and Mission Morning Theme Song: bluegrass gospel songs played with a mandolin and a banjo, i.e. “Paul and Silas” by Flatt and Scruggs Remit To Cancel a Debt ~ Matthew 6:7–15 This passage […]
Day 6 – February 22 Rev. Dr. Ianther Mills Community Connections: WTS MDiv 1997, DMin 2003; Senior Pastor, Asbury United Methodist Church, DC Morning Theme Song: Great is Thy Faithfulness Redirect ~ Matthew 25:31-46 It had been over twenty years since I had lived in or frequented the city, when I was appointed downtown. […]
1st Sunday of Lent – February 21 Rev. Asa J. Lee, D.Min. Community Connections: WTS VP Campus Administration/Associate Dean; MDiv, 2007; Wesley Council Donor; Baptist Clergy Morning Theme Song: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” sung by Gregory Porter Recalibrate ~ Genesis 9:8-17 There is something deeply disturbing about the flood story in Genesis. Would a benevolent God […]
Day 4 – February 20 Nadia Fitzcharles Community Connections: WTS Student, anticipated MTS/MA May 2021 Morning Theme Song: Maverick City Music, Promises, Feat: Joe L Barnes & Naomi Raines RepairQuestions and thoughts in conversation with Isaiah ~ Isaiah 58:9b–14 What is the yoke upon us? How are we – responding to, resisting, participating in, […]
Day 3 – February 19 Catherine Kapikian Community Connections: WTS MTS 1979; WTS Founder and Director Emerita of the Henry Luce Center for the Arts and Religion, 1983-2007; WTS Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, 2009-2019 Morning Theme Song: Chamber music Recoil~ Inspired by Isaiah 58:1-2 & Countee Cullen’s Black Christ I recoil at the memory that triggered […]