The Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer gives his impressions of Ash Wednesday and sacrifice.

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Ash Wednesday

In this podcast, The Rev. John C. Dorhauer says:

"Faith and politics not only mix, at times they collide.  
When oppression demeans – show up. 
When bullies persist – speak up.  
When injustice threatens – act out. 

And let the abiding Spirit of the living God and the Risen Christ shine through you as your actions make liberation possible."

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Read the transcript: http://bit.ly/3LbuqNY

Where Faith And Politics Collide

In this podcast, the Rev. John C. Dorhauer talks about a Hymn that is poignant to him. It explains through its lyrics how the work of the church is never done, even though there may have been some successes in the past to be grateful for.

Read the transcript: ⁠⁠http://bit.ly/3ltslma⁠

We Would Be Building

In this podcast, the Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer challenges all of us to be like Jesus... to embody love, even when it comes with a heavy price.

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Read the transcript: http://bit.ly/3m5dKO6

Holy Week

In this podcast, the Rev. John C. Dorhauer says, "Too many of our beautiful children are contemplating or choosing to die by suicide than to live another day with the vitriol, judgment, condemnation, and scapegoating that they are targeted with every day. That any of that is defended using Christ as the source of their hatred is, in its truest form, heresy of the highest order."

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Read the transcript: https://bit.ly/3WRjLvS

Trans Beauty

The Rev. Jess Chancey fills in for the Rev. John C. Dorhauer this week.

Jess talks about the "small world" that our denomination can sometimes be, where connections seem to happen everywhere.

Listen to what UCC connections and "run into's" Jess says they have experienced, and the joys those connections bring.

Read the transcript: https://bit.ly/43idbka

Rev. Jess Chancey - Connection

The Rev. Jess Chancey fills in for the Rev. John Dorhauer again this week, as John travels the Middle East.

Chiaroscuro. It’s a word associated with art, with reference to the interplay of light and dark.  In this podcast, Jess talks about how the intermingling of light and dark is essential in the appreciation of life's beauty in all things that God has created... even though "dark" things are sometimes given an unfair bad rap.

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Read the transcript: https://bit.ly/43fKNiX

Jess Chancey - Chiaroscuro

The Rev. John C. Dorhauer is back for this week's podcast, after a trip to The Middle East.  

In this podcast, he answers his own question about "When does a cheap keychain become extremely valuable to him? When it comes as a gift from a grateful Beirut store owner."

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Read the transcript: https://bit.ly/43gxXAY

The Keychain

It's Commencement season! 

The Rev. John C. Dorhauer has some special reflections as well as congratulations for students who had a very abnormal college (and high school) educational career due to the COVID epidemic.

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Read the transcript: https://bit.ly/43D8gu1

Commencement

This is Reverend Dr. John C. Dorhauer's last podcast, as he leaves behind 8 very successful years as General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ at the end of this month.  In this podcast, John reflects on his emotional and grateful last weeks and days in office.

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The Long Goodbye

'Into the Mystic' is the Rev. John C. Dorhauer's weekly podcast on UCC.org. The United Church of Christ General Minister and President is creating these weekly messages so that "the art and practice of spiritual reflection is modeled as a priority and not just a part time avocation."

Commencement

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