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The Table Church DC — 471 episodes
Imagination Is a Battleground, Not a Hobby
Fear Is Not How You Steward Anything
Everyone Wants a Village, Nobody Wants the Bill
Losing Your Grip to Find Your Life
The Gifts at the Bottom of the Bag
The Version of Power Nobody Taught You
The River's Edge: Seeing What You Could Ignore
You Can't Rebuild What You Won't Grieve
47 Seconds Is All We Give Anything
Your Ordinary Life Is Not Too Small
Jesus Didn't Come to Keep the Peace
The Third Option Nobody Talks About
Buy the Field Anyway: A Case for Stubborn Hope
The Case for Crying in Public
When God Asks "What Did I Do Wrong?"
When Things Shatter and Don't Go Back
Hearts of Stone Don't Have to Stay That Way
Stop Pretending When You Pray
Planting Trees You'll Never See Grow
Beyond Resistance: Learning to Say Yes
The Clay Is Still Wet: Refusing Despair
The Dangerous Comfort of Showing Up
Surviving Saturday: When Everything You Believed Collapses
They Asked the King Where's the King
Scrubbing Off What American Christianity Got Wrong
Saying Yes While Trembling: Mary, Jeremiah, and Inadequacy
Small Acts Matter When You Can't See Results
Learning to Hope in the Dark
The Oppressed Will Win: Rereading Revelation
When Death Itself Dies
The Book That Won't Let You Stay Comfortable
Justice, Mercy, and the Collapse of Empire
You're Fighting Systems, Not Just People
The Price Tag on Standing Up
When the Bible Gets Weird and Wonderful
The Four Horsemen and Finding Hope in Apocalyptic Times
When the Lion Turns Out to Be a Lamb
Revelation Wasn't Written for Conspiracy Theorists
When Death Feels Like Victory
Ancient Resistance Manual for Modern Times
When Your Faith Feels Like a Lie
Why Good People Burn Out Fighting Injustice
Your Limits Are Actually Your Compass
Stop Being the Messiah of Your Relationships
When Change-Makers Hit the Wall
Why One-Size-Fits-All Therapy Doesn't Work
"How to Stay Calm When Others Panic"
"Why Your Family Still Controls You"
When Life Takes the Long Way Around (Pastor Heidi Mills)
When You Have No Idea What You're Doing (Daniel Dixon)
Who Am I Really Beneath the Surface? (Shae Washington)
Why Busy People Need Boring Moments (Bekki Fahrer)
How Busyness Became a Tool of Oppression (Trevor Wentt)
Beyond Bible Roulette: Actually Hearing the Divine
When Faith Feels Empty (That's Normal)
Why Self-Optimization Is Sabotaging Your Soul (Pastor Heidi Mills)
From Straight Assumptions to Queer Freedom
Chosen Family: Where Pride Meets Faith
The Banquet Where Everyone Belongs
Matt Collinson: Limping Toward Liberation: Rethinking Disability
Panel Conversation: Beyond Brokenness—Reimagining Disability Through a Sacred Lens
Dr. Amy Kenny - Divine Wheelchairs: Reimagining Disability in Faith and Community
Cast Yourself Into the Sea: Faith When the World Is Burning
More Than a Piece in Their Games: Refusing Empire in DC
The Inner Critic Trap: Self-Compassion as Sacred Care
Your Emotions Are a Compass, Not Your Enemy
Feelings Aren't the Enemy: Honoring Your Emotions as Self-Care
You Are Your Best Thing: Embodiment as Radical Self-Love (Tonetta Landis-Aina)
Ancient Meditation Practices for Modern Anxiety
Sacred Self-Care: Why Rest Comes Before Work (Not After)
The Bubble Bath Rebellion: Finding Joy When the World is on Fire
Divine Gravity: Rethinking God's House, God's Way, and God's Nature
The Art of Holy Departure: When Staying Isn't the Answer (Tonetta Landis-Aina)
Chaos or Community? Building Life-Giving Spaces in Hard Times with Daniel Dixon
Living Water in Exhausting Times | John 4
Shame, Fear, and Showing Up: A Fresh Take on Being 'Born Again
That Girl, That Boy, That God: Disruption as a Spiritual Practice
When the Wine Runs Out: Finding Abundance in Crisis (Bekki Fahrer)
Beyond New Beginnings: Finding Life in the Gospel of John
The Most Dangerous Words (Anthony Parrott)
Finding Joy When Everything Feels Terrible (Heidi Mills)
Pain as Portal to Joy: Reading Mary's Magnificat with Nikki Giovanni | The Poetry of Advent
Poetry, Peace & Wild Prophets: Finding Beauty in Life's Contrasts | Rev. Tonetta Landis-Aina
The Art of Paying Attention: Finding Hope in Dark Times | Pastor Anthony Parrott
Don't Be Afraid: Rethinking Church Economics
LOAM 001 Bring Your Chickens (A New Podcast with Tonetta and Anthony)
When God's Plans Don't Look Like We Expected | A Future With Hope (Part 1)
Monsters, Dreams, and Human Revolution
When Grief and Hope Collide | Pastor Anthony Parrott
The Evolution of Satan: From Divine Prosecutor to Enemy of God
Shadowboxing: Jacob and Jekyll: Navigating Identity and Fear
Shadowboxing - Becoming the Living Dead
Trusting in the Slow Work of God: Becoming a North Star Community
All God's Children Got Shoes
Unspeakable Joy
Greenhouse | Stage 1 | Week 1 | Radical Friendship Foundations
The Hymn for Liberation: Unmasking the Old Time Religion
The Coordinates of Liberation: From Cain and Abel to Ubuntu
Practical Redemption: Romans 8
Freedom from Death and Resurrection: Romans 6
Atonement as the Foundation of Peace - Part I
Living the Jesus Story as the Way to Peace
The Disruption of Peace and the Faith of God
A Community In Need of Peace
Deliver Us From Evil
Forgive Us Our Trepasses/Debts
Give Us This Day
Your Kingdom, Your Will
Our Father in Heaven
"Moving Across: The Trangressing God Queer Theology Reveals"
Mission as Prophecy
"All the Best Disciples Are Eunuchs"
Witness: Externalizing the Mission
The Complexity of Mission
The Divine Feminine
Revolutionary Mothering
Mission and the Creation of Systems of Life
Easter Sunday 2024 - Invited To...Resurrection (Reprise)
Invited To...Death (Reprise)
Forgive Us: Christian Nationalism
Forgive Us: Anti-Semitism
Forgive Us: Zionism
Forgive Us: Christian Supremacy
Forgive Us: Repentance and Repair - Making Amends
Marks of A Liberating Church: Sankofa, Stay Woke
Tonetta Landis-Aina: Marks of a Liberating Church - Steal Away
Heidi Mills: Invited to Liturgy (PM Service)
Matt Collinson: Invited To...Liturgy (AM Service)
Invited To...Worship
Invited To...Discipleship
A Weary World Rejoices - Part 4
A Weary World Rejoices - Part 3
Joy in Connection
A Weary World Rejoices: Hope
Anthony Parrott: Joy in Connection (Advent Week 2)
Go Swimming While in Exile
Topher Anderson: Growing as An Empathetic Church
Stewardship
Our Holy Habits: Restorative Play
Our Holy Habits: Rooted Improvisation
Our Holy Habits: Relentless Curiosity
Our Holy Habits: Revolutionary Justice
The Annoyingly Lavish Mercy of God Pt. 2
Tonetta Landis-Aina: The Annoyingly Lavish Mercy of God
We’re Not Successful Unless...
Conversation - Tonetta & Anthony Talk About Revolutionary Justice
Our Holy Habits: Radical Friendship
Conversation - Tonetta & Anthony Talk About Rooted Friendship
How to Be Human: A Jubilee Spirituality for All of Us - Sabbath Rest
Jubilee Spirituality: Be Like the Worst Tax Collector - On Generosity and Repair
How to Be Human: A Jubilee Spirituality for All of Us - Hospitality and Humility
How to Be Human: A Jubilee Spirituality for All of Us - Spread the Love
How to Be Human: A Jubilee Spirituality for All of Us - Learning Abundance
How to Be Human: A Jubilee Spirituality for All of Us - Becoming Jubilee
How to Be Human: A Jubilee Spirituality for the Rest of Us Pt. 1
I Kissed Waiting Goodbye Pt. 5
I Kissed Waiting Goodbye Pt. 4
I Kissed Waiting Goodbye Pt. 3
Tonetta Landis-Aina - I Kissed Waiting Goodbye: A Real Talk Series on Faith, Sexuality and the Erotic
Anthony Parrott & Tonetta Landis-Aina - One Big Sunday
Tonetta Landis-Aina - Friendship with God
Tonetta Landis-Aina - Reclaiming Prayer
Grace Ji-Sun Kim - Why Asian American Woman’s Theology Matters
Bekki Fahrer - From Certainty to Possibility
Anthony Parrott - Recovering from Spiritual Trauma
Anthony Parrott - Lament, the Prelude to Resurrection - Easter 2023
Tonetta Landis-Aina - Lamentations 5 and Palm Sunday
Meg Clark - Composing Your Own Lament (Lamentations 4)
Anthony Parrott - Your Theology Is Unfinished (Lamentations 3)
Heidi Mills - Lament As Bearing Witness (Lamentations 2)
Anthony Parrott - It’s Okay to Feel Things
Anthony Parrott - From Centrism to Solidarity
Christopher Anderson - Shift from Thought to Action
Theology Cafe: Black Theology with Dr. Adam Clark
Erin Byrne - Shift to Intergenerational Community
Anthony Parrott: From Compulsion to Change to Freedom to Grow
Tonetta Landis-Aina: From Cynicism to Enchantment
Tonetta Landis-Aina and Anthony Parrott: Shifting from Power to Kenosis
Anthony Parrott: 4 Questions from the Magi (Matthew 2:1-10)
Heidi Mills: New Years 2023
Tonetta Landis-Aina and Anthony Parrott: Christmas Eve 2022
Tonetta and Anthony: What Does It Mean to Be a Multi Church?
Richard Kelley: Those Who Dream Are Not Alone
Erin Byrne: Those Who Dream of Joy
Tonetta Landis-Aina: Those Who Dream of Peace
Meg Clark: Those Who Dream of Hope
Tonetta Landis-Aina: Divest and Reinvest
Anthony Parrott: We Don’t Want Your Ten Percent: 2 Myths and 3 Truths About Giving in the Church
Sermon - Generosity and Communal Economics - Sabbath and Shalom
Learning Cohort 001: Place, Race, and Democracy in Washington, D.C.
Sermon - Generosity and Communal Economics - Squandering
Sermon - Who Devoured the Widow’s Mite?
Sermon - Generosity and Communal Economics - Introduction
Sermon - Faithful Presence - Indigenous Land
Class - Christ-Centered Universalism Session 3
Sermon - Faithful Presence - God In THIS City
Sermon - Faithful Presence - Place in the City
Class - Christ-Centered Universalism Session 2
Sermon - Faithful Presence - Place and Creation
Class - Christ-Centered Universalism Session 1
Sermon - Faithful Presence - Theology of Place
Bonus - God and the Divine Feminine
Sermon - A More Beautiful Gospel - Universalism
Sermon - A More Beautiful Gospel - Death and Rising
Sermon - A More Beautiful Gospel - Incarnation
Sermon - A More Beautiful Gospel - Creation and New Creation
Sermon - A More Beautiful Gospel - The Character of God
Sermon - A More Beautiful Gospel - The Trinity
Sermon - A More Beautiful Gospel - How Do We Know?
The Gospel in Chairs
Sermon - Pastors Tonetta and Anthony - Revelation 7 and The Proactive Table Church
Sermon - Heidi Mills - Paul and Lydia - Acts 16
Sermon - Raimon Jackson - The Wild Card - Acts 10 and 13
(Sermon) Called Together - The Ethiopian Eunuch and Phillip (Acts 8)
Sermon - Called Together - The Calling of The Seven (Acts 6)
Sermon - Ananias and Sapphira - Acts 5
Sermon - Peter and John Heal A Beggar (Acts 3)
Sermon: Called Together - Acts 2
Sermon - Called Together - Pentecost - Acts 2:1-13
Sermon - Called Together - Ascension and Promise of the Spirit
(Sermon) Easter 2022: A Tangible Kind of Faith
(Sermon) Palm Sunday 2022
(Sermon) Delivered From Sin
Sermon - Delivered Into Celebration (Exodus 15)
Sermon - Delivered from False Narratives About Ourselves (Exodus 7-8)
Class - Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 8 - Contemplative Methods
Class - Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 7 - Tools of the Trade
Class - Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 6 - Disarming Bible Bombs
Sermon - Thus Says the Lord; Thus Says the Lord (Exodus 5)
Sermon - If Your god is not God, Fire Him
(Sermon) Bringing Life in a Culture of Death (Exodus 1:15-22)
Sermon - The Origin of Hope and Possibility (Exodus 1:1-14)
(Class) Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 5 - Cruciform and Liberation Lenses
(Sermon) Let My People Go - Sabbath
(Class) Reading the Bible For Liberation - Session 4 - Everyone Has A Lens
(Sermon) Jesus Confronts the Powers of Legion Part 2 (Mark 5:1-20)
(Class) Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 3 - Dead People Do It Better
(Sermon) Jesus Confronts the Powers of Legion (Mark 5:1-20)
(Class) Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 2 - Bible: The Origin Story
(Sermon) Chosen Family (Mark 3:31-35)
(Class) Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 1 - Love and Struggle
(Sermon) Allyship to Solidarity - MLK Jr Day 2022 Teach-In
Jesus and Beelzebub (Mark 3:20-3)
Jesus and Sabbath (Mark 2:23-28)
The Incarnation Continues
Hope Incarnate, Hope Redefined
Advent 2021—In This Here Place, We Flesh
Advent 2021 — Incarnation
Mark 2:18-22 — New Wineskins
Mark 2:13-17 — The Call of Levi
Mark 2:1-12—Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man (Downtown)
Mark 2:1-12—Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man (Columbia Heights)
Mark 1:40-45—Get Angry More; Invest In People Less
Mark 1:35-39—Resistance, Reactivity, Rhythms
Mark 1:29-34 Jesus at Simon and Andrew‘s House
Mark 1:21-28—Exorcisms and Healings
Mark 1:14-20—The Calling of the Disciples (Downtown)
Mark 1:14-20—The Calling of the Disciples (Columbia Heights)
The Heavens Are Opened (Mark 1:9-13)
Something Old, Something New (Mark 1:2-8)
The Reign of the Gospel (Mark 1:1)
Race & Justice: Reproduction
(Mis)Understanding Paul: Ephesians 5 and Marriage
(Mis)Understanding Paul: Paul and Slavery
(Mis)Understanding Paul: 1 Timothy 2 and Female Leadership
(Mis)Understanding Paul: Romans 1 and LGBTQ Inclusion
(Mis)Understanding Paul: The Bible Is Meant to Be Twisted
Everybody Gets to Play: Pentecost
Everybody Gets to Play: But HOW Do We Play?
Everybody Gets to Play: Jerusalem Council
Everybody Gets to Play: Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Everybody Gets to Play: Expand Your Vision
Everybody Gets to Play: Jesus Is Alive! Now What?
Passion Week 2021: Easter
Passion Week 2021: The Cross Is About God's Love
Losing On Purpose: The Blind Man and Zacchaeus
Bonus Teaching: Losing On Purpose: Hell But Longer
Losing On Purpose: The Rich Man, Lazarus, and Hell
Losing On Purpose: Lost Sheep, Coin, Son
Losing On Purpose: Lament Over Jerusalem
Losing On Purpose: From Religion to Relationship
The Healing Love of Jesus: Healing Will Be Fought
The Healing Love of Jesus: Holiness Is Meant to Be Shared
The Healing Love of Jesus: UP IN OUT
The Healing Love of Jesus: The Great Invitation
Why Bother: It Seems Like It Makes A Difference
Why Bother: Bother How?
Why Bother: It Seems to Be True
Christmas With the Prophets: The Song of Mary
Christmas With the Prophets: Isaiah and Freedom
Christmas With the Prophets: Joel and the Coming Spirit
Christmas With the Prophets: Daniel and the Lion's Den
Apocalypse: A How-To Guide: Hope Isn't Magic. It's Work.
Apocalypse: A How-To Guide: The World Is Not Disposable
The Church of Us vs. Them: Using the Church to Make Enemies
The Church of Us vs. Them: Using Conversion to Make Enemies
The Church of Us vs. Them: Using the Bible to Make Enemies
The Church of Us vs. Them: The Enemy Making Machine
5 Things We Need When Everything Sucks
Thoughtfully and Authentically: Having Fun (Ludus Dei)
Thoughtfully and Authentically: Living Generously (Gratia Dei)
Thoughtfully and Authentically: Pursuing Excellence (Gloria Dei)
Thoughtfully and Authentically: Loving People (Imago Dei)
Thoughtfully and Authentically: Loving God (Missio Dei)
Rebuilding a Broken Faith: Prayer
Rebuilding a Broken Faith: Eucharist
Rebuilding a Broken Faith: Scripture
Rebuilding a Broken Faith: Baptism
Pastor Raimon: Testimony
Why We Gather: Show Up. Repeatedly. On Purpose.
Why We Gather: The All-Together Gathering
Why We Gather: The Public and the Personal
(Don't) Be A Jerk: How to Change the World
(Don't) Be A Jerk: How to Make the Right Kind of Trouble
(Don't) Be A Jerk: How to Make Friends
(Don't) Be A Jerk: How to Make Sure Nothing Ever Changes
I Am Weak, But I Am Hopeful
Out of Control: God Needs
Out of Control: God Redeems
Out of Control: Who's at Fault
Out of Control: God Feels
Out of Control: God Can't
My Father Was A Wandering Aramean
The Week After Easter
Easter 2020: Breakfast with Jesus
Into the Wilderness: Transfiguration and the Cross
Into the Wilderness: The Transfiguration, Part II
Into the Wilderness: The Transfiguration
Into the Wilderness: Ambition
Into the Wilderness: Affirmation
Into the Wilderness: Appetite
First Things First: Make the Commitment
First Things First: Recognize the Challenge
First Things First: Identify The Competition
Prepare the Way: John the Baptist Leads the Way
Prepare the Way: Question, Listen, Learn, Repeat
Prepare the Way: Jesus is Presented at The Temple
Christmas Eve: Saying Yes to God
Elizabeth: God With Us In Celebration
Joseph: God With Us In Confusion
Shepherds: God With Us In Rejection
Zechariah: God With Us in Disbelief
Ezra: Strength in Numbers
Ezra: The Prophets and the Promise
Ezra: Preparing for Opposition
Ezra: Beginning at the Altar
Ezra: God’s Promises Revealed
Silent Sermons: Shame
Silent Sermons: Low Self-Worth
Silent Sermons: Fear
Silent Sermons: Jealous and Envy
Incarnating the Love of Jesus: Loving like Jesus Loved
Habits of Grace: Openness: Open to a God You Can't Control
Habits of Grace: Hearing: Practices that Form the Mind of Christ in Us
Habits of Grace: Relinquishment: Releasing Control to God
Habits of Grace: Worship
James: Faith Results in Prayer
James: Faith Trusts in God
James: Faith is Practical
James: Faith Produces Works
James: Faith Makes Us Whole
Our Mission: Join God in the Renewal of All Things
Our Mission: Being Authentic Followers of Jesus
Our Mission: Being Thoughtful Followers of Jesus
Journey With Jesus - UnConundrum
Journey With Jesus - Leading Great
Journey With Jesus: Caught
Journey With Jesus: Jesus After Dark
Journey With Jesus: The First Followers
Journey With Jesus: The Temptation of Jesus
Advent: Week 3 (Joy)
Advent: Week 2 (Peace)
Advent: Week 1 (Hope)
Blank Slate: The Jesus Movement
Blank Slate: Just Believe
Blank Slate: Rediscovering Grace
Blank Slate: What Can Wash Away My Sin?
Blank Slate: What's With All The Rules?
Blank Slate: It All Began With Trust
Blank Slate: Rethinking Sin
Blank Slate: The Beginning
Inherent Worth
Why Worry? The Big Question
Why Worry? Thy Kingdom Come
Why Worry?: Evaluate Your Worry
Revelation: Neither Hot Nor Cold
Revelation: Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
Making Faith Public
Reflections on Romans 13
David: When Dreams Don't Come True
David: A Better Way to Exercise Power
David: A Better Way to Respond
David: What Set David Apart
Holy Spirit: Your Own Pentecost
Holy Spirit: Baptism
Holy Spirit: Gifts of the Spirit
Holy Spirit: The Wind of God
Scars to Wholeness
Easter 2018
Practicing the Way of Jesus: Teaching and Practice
Practicing the Way of Jesus: Do What Jesus Did
Practicing the Way of Jesus: Be Like Jesus
Practicing the Way of Jesus: Be With Jesus
Practicing the Way of Jesus: Race and the Gospel
Swipe Right: Confronting Shame
Swipe Right: You'll Marry the Wrong Person
Moving Forward Sunday
Swipe Right: Kingdom Identity
Swipe Right: Lies About Sex
Waiting for the Light: Week 3
Waiting for the Light: Week 2
Waiting on the Light: Week 1
Rediscovering Paul: Part 2
Rediscovering Paul: Part 1
Weird Like Us: Redirecting Our Priorities
Weird Like Us: The Myth of Consumption
Weird Like Us: Moving from Giving to Generosity
Character of Christ: Jesus Loves Me
Character of Christ: The Scandal of Zacchaeus
Character of Christ: Jesus Reveals
Character of Christ -- Jesus Our Healer
Character of Christ: Jesus Our Rabbi
Pray First
The Art of Neighboring: Loving Well
The Art of Neighboring: The Greatest Command
Jonathan Martin: Race, Charlottesville, & A Man Called Legion
Creative Minority: Philosophers, Artists and Citizens
Creative Minority: Soft Influence
Creative Minority: Resisting Civil Religion
Creative Minority: Age of Authenticity
School of Life (Book of Lamentations)
School of Life (Ecclesiastes)
School of Life (Psalms)
School of Life: Proverbs
Anakephalaiosasthai
Forgotten Voices: Privilege or Perish (The Story and Choices of Esther)
Forgotten Voices: Showing Up Faithful (The Story of Deborah)
Prophets: Micah's Vision of Judgement and A New Hope
Prophets: Seeing the Message
Prophets: What Manner of Person is the Prophet?
Symbols of Christ: Practicing Resurrection
Symbols of Christ: Is Everyone Really Invited?
Symbols of Christ: Baptism
Judges: The Big Question
Judges: Hello Mighty Warrior
Judges: There Was No King
Story of God: The Kingdom Expands
The Story of God: Jesus as the Coming King
The Story of God: Israel's Promise
The Story of God: The Fall (Jonathan Martin)
The Story of God: Creation
Problems With the Bible
A Seat at The Table
Firing God
A Wild Man in the Desert
Sleeper, Wake up!
Going Beyond Gratitude
Be Rich
Calendars are a Moral Document
Scarcity in the Midst of Abundance
Redefining the Rules
The Question With The Power to Transform
A Version of Religion
Letting Go Is Hard to Do
The End of the Temple Model
Following Jesus in Community
Soong-Chan Rah
Living Waters
Allen Close
Jonathan Martin
Ken Wilson: Disagreeing in Love