Walking in the Way of Jesus, our podcast on the gospel of Mark has returned! Each week Pastor Jay Voorhees reads a passage from Mark’s gospel and offers a short reflection on that passage. Throughout Lent, we will be finishing up our read through the gospel focusing on the story of Jesus’s arrest, trial, crucifixion, … Read more
Yesterday we finished up our series on the Fruit of the Spirit. We finished by looking at the last fruit — self control, but then I tried to wrap up the series talking about harvesting. I’m not sure I really did that justice, so here are some thoughts about the harvest when you have some … Read more
This is the scripture and sermon from the Celebrate Service on April 1, 2018 (Easter Sunday) at the City Road Chapel United Methodist Church in Madison, TN. Rev. Jay Voorhees offers the message, titled “Punked By Jesus.” Ms. Suzanne Wheeler is the liturgist. For more information on this sermon and services at City Road Chapel … Read more
Episode 5 In this episode, Jay Voorhees looks at another Greek word for love, Eros, and thinks about the place of passion in the life of faith.
Episode 4 Jay Voorhees continues with the Summer of Love podcast, talking about Storge, the Greek word for familial love used in the New Testament. What does it mean to be “kin” together? How do we understand ourselves as part of God’s family? What can Ruth teach us about being a family?
Episode 3 In this episode Jay Voorhees considers the example of the friendship between Jonathan and David, suggesting that friendship is the practice field for where we learn how to love God and neighbor.
Episode 2 In this episode of the Summer of Love series, Jay Voorhees unpacks the Greek word Xenia, which is the form of love found in hospitality. Hospitality is the first step toward embracing a holistic understanding of love.
Episode 1 The church talks a lot about love but do we really know what love means? Today we start on a journey to explore love in God’s kingdom.
Sr. Pastor Jay Voorhees preaches from Colossians 1:1-4 and talks about bearing fruit. Are you asking if you are bearing fruit? What might some of the reasons be that you aren’t bearing fruit as an individual, or we as a congregation? Note: Due to music licensing restrictions we do not share the full worship service.