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  • Son of God & Son of Mary

    By on December 21, 2020

    12/20/2020 Luke 1:26-38 Yudai Chiba   Slides for December 20, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Hark the Herald...

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  • Hope & Joy Collude (Advent 3)

    By on December 14, 2020

    12/13/2020 Luke 1:46-55 Chris Breslin   Slides for December 13, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Angels We Have...

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  • The 3mph Kingdom Coming (Advent 2)

    By on December 7, 2020

    12/06/2020 Mark 1:1-8 Chris Breslin   Slides for December 6, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering The Lord is...

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  • Staying Awake for a Change (Advent 1)

    By on November 30, 2020

    11/29/2020 Mark 13:24-36 Chris Breslin   Slides for November 29, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Come, Thou Long...

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  • No Mechanic of the Flesh: Suffering with & for Nagasaki (St. Takashi Nagai)

    By on November 23, 2020

    11/22/2020 John 16:32-17:5 Yudai Chiba   Takashi Nagai (永井 隆) was a Catholic physician specializing in radiology, an author,...

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  • A Ministry of Stirring the Pot (St. Pauli Murray)

    By on November 16, 2020

    11/15/2020 Matthew 12:1-14 Meg Hoffman   Pauli Murray was an American civil rights activist who became a lawyer, a women’s...

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  • A Deliberate & Liberative Rest (Oak Church 6th Anniversary)

    By on October 26, 2020

    10/25/2020 Isaiah 61 Chris Breslin Oak Folk Testimonies by Brynn Pendrak, Joey Morningstar, & Carolina Kammel Slides from October...

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  • A Fellowship For All People (St. Howard Thurman)

    By on October 19, 2020

    10/18/2020 Philemon 4-11, 17 Byron Cogdell   Howard Thurman was an African-American author, philosopher, theologian, educator, and civil rights leader....

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  • Never Alone

    By on October 12, 2020

    10/11/2020 John 14:15-29 Yudai Chiba   Godly Play at Home   Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Pass Us Not...

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  • Introducing Nate Hood (Oak Church Resident Artist)

    By on October 12, 2020

    Alexandra Burchette introduces one of the 2020-21 Brehm Center Resident Artists. Nate Hood is from Matthews, NC, the home of the...

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  • A People Who Bear the Kingdom’s Fruit

    By on October 5, 2020

    10/04/2020 Matthew 21:33-46 (Proper 22) Chris Breslin   “It is very easy to be servants of the word without...

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  • Introducing Bethie Figgie (Oak Church Resident Artist)

    By on October 5, 2020

    Pastor Chris introduces one of the 2020-21 Brehm Center Resident Artists. Bethie Figgie is from Bellingham, WA, the home...

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  • Don’t Call Me a Saint (St. Dorothy Day) [D.L. Mayfield]

    By on September 28, 2020

    09/27/2020 Psalm 126 D.L. Mayfield   Dorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a...

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  • Introducing Sayde Anderson (Oak Church Resident Artist)

    By on September 28, 2020

    Congregational liaison Alexandra Burchette introduces one of the 2020-21 Brehm Center Resident Artists. Sayde Anderson is from Denver, Colorado...

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  • Confusing Grace: God’s Vast Conspiracy of Enoughness

    By on September 21, 2020

    09/20/2020 Matthew 20:1-16 (Proper 20) Chris Breslin   “All my stories are about the action of grace on a...

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  • Never Forget Mercy

    By on September 14, 2020

    09/13/2020 Matthew 18:21-35 (Proper 19) Chris Breslin Testimony and introduction of Yudai Chiba (2020-21 Pastoral Intern) “Through my memory...

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  • Like the Gentiles & Tax Collectors

    By on September 7, 2020

    09/06/2020 Matthew 18:15-20 (Proper 18) Justin Farmer   Godly Play at Home Practical Tips and Resources for Hand Copying...

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  • God Loves You & Has a Cross Planned for Your Life

    By on August 31, 2020

    08/30/2020 Matthew 16:21-28 (Proper 17) Chris Breslin   “Jesus gives his disciples a new barometer.” Whereas the God’s people’s...

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  • The Cross & the Mustard Seed (Blessing of the Books)

    By on August 24, 2020

    08/23/2020 Matthew 13:31-33 Meg Hoffman & Chris Breslin   Godly Play at Home Practical Tips and Resources for Hand...

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  • A Persistent Prayer for Humble Access

    By on August 17, 2020

    08/16/2020 Matthew 15:21-28 (Proper 15) Chris Breslin   We do not presume to come to this your table, O...

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  • God Moves on the Water

    By on August 10, 2020

    08/09/2020 Matthew 14:22-33 (Proper 14) Chris Breslin   “Faith is not a characteristic. Faith is not a personality trait....

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  • The Ordination of Meg Hoffman

    By on August 3, 2020

    08/02/2020 Psalm 68:4-6a Rev. Meg Hoffman & Rev. Chris Breslin   Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Nothing to Fear...

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  • The Resurrection & the Life: Jesus & Vacant Tombs [Andy Byers]

    By on July 27, 2020

    07/26/2020 John 11:14-44 Rev. Dr. Andy Byers   Slides for July 26, 2020 Godly Play at Home   More...

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  • Forgiven-ness & Sheep-Feeding

    By on July 20, 2020

    07/19/2020 John 21:9-19 Chris Breslin   “Kichijiro who has been the Judas figure throughout, turns out to be Fr....

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  • More Than What It Currently Is

    By on July 14, 2020

    07/12/2020 Ephesians 3:10-21 Charlene Brown   “The “rulers and authorities”— both the earthly authorities and their shadowy heavenly counterparts—...

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  • God’s Breath in Breathless Times

    By on July 7, 2020

    07/05/2020 Colossians 3:1-17 Chris Breslin   “Hope sounds like a song in a weary throat.” -Pauli Murray   Slides...

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  • The Restorative Judge

    By on June 29, 2020

    06/28/2020 Acts 10:34-43 Chris Breslin “In his appearing we find neither a dualist rejection of the present world nor...

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  • The Gifts of the Ever-Present Christ

    By on June 22, 2020

    06/21/2020 Ephesians 4:1-16 Chris Breslin   “ stripping off garment after garment, making himself naked, then flashing...

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  • Jesus Grabbed Me By the Wrist

    By on June 15, 2020

    06/14/2020 John 11:1-44 Chris Breslin   “I would not be a Christian apart from those tears.  Jesus’ wasteful tears.”...

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  • The Healing Wounds of Jesus

    By on June 11, 2020

    06/07/2020 Isaiah 53 Chris Breslin   “God’s ‘yes’ will always have the final say over our ‘no.’ God’s justice...

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  • The Imitation of Mary [Chris E.W. Green]

    By on June 1, 2020

    05/31/2020 Passages from Luke 1 & 2 Dr. Chris E. W. Green   Slides from May 31, 2020 Godly...

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  • Lord, Teach Us To Follow

    By on May 25, 2020

    05/24/2020 Mark 8:27-35 Joe Longarino   Godly Play at Home   More resources on Faith and the Apostles’ Creed:...

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  • This Is My Father’s World

    By on May 18, 2020

    05/17/2020 Luke 15:11-32 Chris Breslin   “It’s the unlimited power to be there, to be faithful to and for...

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  • Beautiful, Credible Friends

    By on May 11, 2020

    05/10/2020 1 Peter 2:2-10 Chris Breslin   Slides from May 10, 2020 Godly Play at Home   More resources...

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  • Intense, Immersed, Intimate, & In Awe

    By on May 4, 2020

    05/03/2020 Acts 2:42-47 Dr. Linda Gorham   Dr. Linda F. Gorham is the President and Founder of Spring in...

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  • The Stranger on the Road

    By on April 27, 2020

    04/26/2020 Luke 24:13-35 Christian DaPonte   Godly Play at Home Download Songs for Good Friday by Oak Music  ...

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  • Peace, Even in Lockdown

    By on April 19, 2020

    04/19/2020 John 20:19-31 Chris Breslin   “When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man....

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  • [Repost] Slow Church w/C. Christopher Smith

    By on April 17, 2020

    Five years ago (4/16/15) we hosted C. Christopher Smith for a talk and potluck conversation (sponsored by Duke Divinity...

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  • Do Not Be Afraid

    By on April 13, 2020

    04/12/2020 Matthew 28:1-10 Chris Breslin   “I’m neither an optimist nor a pessimist, Jesus Christ is risen from the...

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  • Love So Amazing (Good Friday audio version)

    By on April 10, 2020

    Video version available via Youtube Slides of Featured Artwork Presentation Song: “Daughters of Zion” By Isaac Wardell, Erin Rose...

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  • Worshipping the God Who is Working Even When We Can’t See It (Palm Sunday)

    By on April 6, 2020

    04/05/2020 John 12:12-19 Kurt Bubalo Testimony by Jessica Farmer   Godly Play at Home   More resources for the...

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  • The Fast We Didn’t Choose

    By on March 30, 2020

    03/29/2020 Isaiah 58:5-10 Chris Breslin   “The self-denial involved in the period of Lent isn’t about just giving up...

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  • Lament in a Time of Coronavirus [Amy Peterson]

    By on March 23, 2020

    03/22/2020 Lamentations 1 Amy Peterson   Amy Peterson is a writer, teacher, and postulant living in Durham, NC. Her...

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  • The Language of Community [Richella Parham]

    By on March 9, 2020

    03/08/2020 1 John 1:1-9 Richella Parham   “The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive...

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  • Hammer is the Prayer

    By on March 2, 2020

    03/01/2020 Philippians 4:4-9 Chris Breslin   “To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against...

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  • Transfigurate

    By on February 24, 2020

    02/23/2020 Psalm 99 & Matthew 17:1-9 Chris Breslin   “The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and...

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  • Discipleship for Losers*

    By on February 17, 2020

    02/16/2020 Psalm 119:1-9 & Matthew 5:21-37 Chris Breslin   “Only the cross as God’s truth about us makes us...

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  • Kingdom Values and the Valuable Cross

    By on February 3, 2020

    02/02/2020 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 & Matthew 5:1-12 Chris Breslin   “To be a Negro in this country and to...

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  • An Extraordinary Call

    By on January 27, 2020

    01/26/2020 Psalm 27 & Matthew 4:12-23 Chris Breslin   “All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us...

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  • The Mindset of Christ

    By on January 20, 2020

    01/19/2020 Genesis 1:26-27 & Philippians 1:27-2:12 Stephanie Holmer   Sermon Resources Slides for January 19, 2020 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond...

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  • Ecclesia Network National Gathering 2020 Update

    By on January 20, 2020

    01/19/2020 Testimony Christian DaPonte Ecclesia Network

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  • Open Eyes & Open Ears

    By on January 13, 2020

    01/12/2020 Psalm 29 & Matthew 3:13-17 Chris Breslin   “Love is holy because it is like grace–the worthiness of...

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