Guest Speaker

Get Up

In this Lenten teaching inspired by the Tell Me Something Good series from A Sanctified Art, our guest Speaker Sylvia reflects on three healing stories from the Gospel of Mark and what they reveal about care, community, and justice. Rather than treating healing as simple miracle stories, the teaching invites us to wrestle with how healing intersects with disability, identity, and belonging. The message challenges ableist interpretations of scripture while affirming that every person carries both wounds and gifts as part of who they are. Through these narratives, the church is called to hold together personal care and collective responsibility in a hurting world.

Review Sylvia’s notes here and listen to or watch the teaching below.

The New Green Line, Guest Speaker Connie Barker

Connie Barker is a white cis lesbian and former aspiring academic who has been living at the interesting intersection of Environmental Illness, Queerness, Disability and adult-onset Christian faith for almost 40 years. In this Sunday’s teaching, she shares some stories that hopefully have something to say about making peace.

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Showing up for Liberation, Guest Speaker Yu-Shuan Tarango-Sho

Discover profound insights with Yu-Shuan Tarango-Sho, founding Director of Sacred Roots, as we explore "Showing up for Liberation." With inspiration drawn from Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer and Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Yu-Shuan navigates the intersection of spirituality and collective wellness, embracing the both/and paradigm.

Through Yu-Shuan's guidance, we reflect on LeaderFUL-ness, engaging with young BIPOC leaders in the global movement for liberation. Rooted in cultural wisdom and interconnectedness, we embark on a journey of healing justice, reclaiming ancestral wisdom, and fostering collective well-being.

Join us as we heed Yu-Shuan's call to interlock our roots and collaborate towards collective healing and liberation.

Listen to or watch the teaching below.

"A People United?" by guest speaker Sandhya Jha

Our service this Sunday featured the brilliant guest speaker Sandhya Jha, an esteemed activist, author, and speaker. In their thought-provoking discussion titled 'A People United?', Sandhya shared insightful perspectives and powerful messages that are sure to leave all viewers and listeners inspired and motivated to create positive change in their lives and communities and ask the harder questions of themselves and their communities.

Listen to or watch the teaching below.