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Meditations For The Metro
by Church In Bethesda
Meditations For The Metro is a daily, five-minute episode of passages and perspectives set to music, and is useful for those who desire an ongoing spiritual practice but have very little time to spare. New episodes post Monday through Friday. Meditations For The Metro is produced by Church In Bethesda— a multi-denominational, multicultural, open & inclusive community in Bethesda, MD. For more information, or to become a part of what we’re up to, visit churchinbethesda.org.
Episodes
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Episode 1117 “Listening”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Stephen Covey, with music by Acreage. Passage: I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you…
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Episode 1116 “The Simple Truth”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Isaac Newton, with music by Moments. Passage: God is not the author of confusion but of peace. —First Corinthians 14:3 Perspective: Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the...
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Episode 1115 “Integrated Bliss”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Thessalonians in The New Testament and from the writings of Robert Ingersoll, with music by Quiet Lake. Passage: Examine all things; retain that which is good. —First Thessalonians 5:21 Perspective: The doctrine that future happiness depends upon...
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Episode 1114 “Rest”
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Saint Augustine, with music by Kurtis Parks. Passage: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. —Matthew 11:28 Perspective: Thou hast made us for thyself, O…
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Episode 1113 “Approach And Learn”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, with music by Moments. Passage: Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord… that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths. —Isaiah 2:3 Perspective…
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Episode 1112 “Friends & Family”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Albert Camus, with music by Kurtis Parks. Passage: One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there are also friends who are as reliable as family. —Proverbs 18:24 Perspective: Don’t walk…
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Episode 1111 “What We Leave Behind”
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Ray Bradbury, with music by Outside The Sky. Passage: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. —John...
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Episode 1110 “Everything Is Shared”
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Rabindranath Tagore, with music by Shimmer. Passage: “The saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have…
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Episode 1109 “Away Message”
Meditations For The Metro will be on a summer break from Monday, June 26 through Monday, July 10. Until then, remember that there are 1100-plus episodes you may listen to in our archives.
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Episode 1108 “Barefoot”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Exodus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with music by Cody Martin. Passage: Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness...
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Episode 1107 “Preserving Fire”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Gustav Mahler, with music by Fair Frame. Passage: For this reason, I am reminding you to fan the flame of God’s gift, which you received. —2 Timothy 1:6 Perspective: Tradition is not the worship...
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Episode 1106 “Songs Or Sirens?”
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Mokokoma Mokhonoana, with music by Stephen Keech. Passage: Peter got down out of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, he…
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Episode 1105 “Lamplight”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Cassandra Clare, with music by Moments. Passage: The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord. —Proverbs 20:27 Perspective: Whatever you are physically... male or female, strong or weak, ill or…
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Episode 1104 “Music And Cats”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Samuel in The Old Testament and from the writings of Albert Schweitzer, with music by In This World. Passage: Whenever the tormenting spirit troubled Saul, David would play the harp, the evil spirit would go away, and Saul would feel better. —1…
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Episode 1103 “Change In The Changeless”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Lionel Shriver, with music by Moments. Passage: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. —Hebrews 13:8 Perspective: Change is like that: you are no longer where you were; you are not yet...
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Episode 1102 “Corporis Disciplina”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Neem Karoli Baba, with music by Alsever Lake. Passage: I discipline my body, training it to do what it should. —1 Corinthians 9:27 Perspective: A learned man and a fool are alike as long as...
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Episode 1101 “In”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Rasheed Ogunlaru, with music by Moments. Passage: These bodies of ours, though made of clay, are filled with treasure. —2 Corinthians 4:7 Perspective: There is no shortage of external...
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Episode 1100 “Resonance”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Deuteronomy in The Old Testament and from the writings of Ravindra Shukla, with music by Outside The Sky. Passage: How could one person chase off a thousand in battle? How could two people make ten thousand flee for their lives? Only because the Lord…
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Episode 1099 “Guilt And Goodwill”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hosea in The Old Testament and from the writings of Graham Greene, with music by Lost Ghosts. Passage: I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery they will earnestly seek me. —Hosea 5:15 Perspective…
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Episode 1098 “Quiet Gravity”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Brennan Manning, with music by Shimmer. Passage: I exhort, then, first of all, that supplication, prayer, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for all people– for kings, and all who are in...
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Episode 1097 “Shaping Secrets”
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Joey Curtis, with music by Moments. Passage: What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the rooftops. —Luke 12:3...
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Episode 1096 “Listen”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Kings in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rumi, with music by Work Brunch. Passage: The Lord was not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was…
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Episode 1095 “The Long Search”
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Vincent van Gogh, with music by Cast of Characters. Passage: Everyone who keeps asking will receive. Everyone who keeps searching will find. And everyone who keeps knocking will have the door opened....
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Episode 1094 “Who Is Justice For?”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Saint Jerome, with music by Moments. Passage: Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. —Isaiah 1:17 Perspective: Someone…
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Episode 1093 “Speck, Pixel, Dot”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Carl Sagan, with music by Sean Daugherty. Passage: When I look up at the heavens, the moon and the stars that you set in place, what are human beings that you think about them and care for them? You’ve...
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Episode 1092 “Intelligent Fools”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of E.F. Schumacher, with music by Wild Wonder. Passage: The entrance of thy words giveth light; and understanding unto the simple. —Psalm 119:130 Perspective: Any intelligent fool can make things bigger,...
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Episode 1091 “Mind Over Matter”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of John Green, with music by Craig Allen Fravel. Passage: God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. —2 Timothy 1:7 Perspective: There is hope, even when...
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Episode 1090 “Polarities”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Suzy Kassem, with music by Cristina Scannicchio. Passage: I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. —Romans 7:15 Perspective: Everybody has a little bit of...
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Episode 1089 “Ocean”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Habakkuk in The Old Testament and from the writings of Nayyirah Waheed, with music by Outside The Sky. Passage: The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. —Habakkuk 2:14 Perspective: If the ocean can...
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Episode 1088 “Take Your Medicine”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Byron, with music by Acreage. Passage: A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. —Proverbs 17:22 Perspective: Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine. ―Byron...
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Episode 1087 “Get Out”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of John Muir, with music by Setah. Passage: You will go out in joy and be led back in peace. The land itself will break out in cheers; The mountains and the hills will erupt in song, and the trees of the...
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Episode 1086 “Hygge”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Louisa Thomsen Brits, with music by Chelsea McGough. Passage: I am the Lord who comforts you. —Isaiah 51:12 Perspective: Hygge offers space for both reverie and relatedness. The heat of an open fire…
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Episode 1085 “A Box Of Darkness”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Genesis in The Old Testament and from the writings of Mary Oliver, with music by Cloud Wave. Passage: In the beginning God made the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was everywhere; and the Spirit of God was brooding over…
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Episode 1084 “Sayyadina”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Exodus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Stanley Hauerwas, with music by Kurtis Parks. Passage: The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. —Exodus 33:11 Perspective: Friendship, if it is the friendship of God, is to...
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Episode 1083 “Setting The Mind”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Stephen Keech. Passage: To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. —Romans 8:6 Perspective: Unless we train it, the very...
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Episode 1082 “Mother God”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Julian of Norwich, with music by Wes Taylor. Passage: “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you” says the Lord. —Isaiah 42:14 Perspective: God showed me this truth in all things, saying…
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Episode 1081 “Suffering On Purpose”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Peter in The New Testament and from the writings of Dean Koontz, with music by Lincoln Davis. Passage: If Christ suffered, so will we. This has a purpose. For in our suffering, we learn to live for God’s will rather than for our own. —1 Peter 4:1-2...
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Episode 1080 “In The Heart Of God”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Kahlil Gibran, with music by Outside The Sky. Passage: Suffering brings perseverance, which brings character, which brings hope. There is no shame in this, because the love of God has been poured into…
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Episode 1079 “A Busy Heart”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Brittin Oakman, with music by Kurtis Parks. Passage: Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. —Proverbs 4:23 Perspective: I lied and said I was busy. I was busy; but not…
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Episode 1078 “Paralyzed”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rumi, with music by Falls. Passage: The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning…
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Episode 1077 “Kintsugi”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Leah Raeder, with music by Dreamware. Passage: The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. —Psalm 34:18 Perspective: Kintsugi is a pottery technique. When something...
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Episode 1076 “Smelting”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Zechariah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Steve Maraboli, with music by Acreage. Passage: God says, “I will refine people like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them.” I will say, “These are my...
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Episode 1075 “Precious Loneliness”
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of John Steinbeck, with music by Outside The Sky. Passage: News about Jesus spread, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew from them, going...
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Episode 1074 “Heart To Mouth”
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of St. Augustine, with music by Falls. Passage: The mouth reveals what the heart is full of. —Matthew 12:34 Perspective: Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? I am a great depth, O…
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Episode 1073 “Expecting Perfection”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First John in The New Testament and from the writings of Donald Miller, with music by Hale. Passage: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. —1 John 1:8 Perspective: When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can...
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Episode 1072 “Resistance Is Futile”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Lao Tzu, with music by Outside The Sky. Passage: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but…
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Episode 1071 “Getting Honest”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, with music by Makenna Susan. Passage: Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of of the One to whom we must answer....
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Episode 1070 “The Little Things”
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Christian Wiman, with music by A Thousand Words. Passage: Those who humble themselves like a little child will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. —Matthew 18:4 Perspective: So long as your...
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Episode 1069 “Lights”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Shannon L. Alder, with music by Moments. Passage: Do everything without grumbling and complaining so that you may be like pure, innocent children, shining like lights in the darkness. —Philippians...
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Episode 1068 “A Part Of Everything”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Colossians in The New Testament and from the writings of Peter Gabriel, with music by TAYME. Passage: For in him all things were made: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. All things have were made through him and for him. He is before…
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Meditations For The Metro is a daily, five-minute episode of passages and perspectives set to music, and is useful for those who desire an ongoing spiritual practice but have very little time to spare.
New episodes post Monday through Friday.
Meditations For The Metro is produced by Church In Bethesda— a multi-denominational, multicultural, open & inclusive community in Bethesda, MD.
For more information, or to become a part of what we’re up to, visit churchinbethesda.org.
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