Sabbath Rest: Wendell Berry and the Sabbath Poetry of Lent
How Will We Bear It?
Our Lenten worship series is rooted in scripture and the Sabbath poetry of Wendell Berry; today’s worship focusing on John 18:1-19:30 & Wendell Berry Poem: II, 1988, “It is the destruction of the world” Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
What we stand for Is what we stand on
Our Lenten worship series is rooted in scripture and the Sabbath poetry of Wendell Berry; today’s Palm Sunday worship invites reflection on Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem from Matthew 21:1-11 & Wendell Berry’s Poem I, 1986, “Slowly, slowly, they return” (This Day, 71). Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
God Rests in Rising
Our Lenten worship series is rooted in scripture and the Sabbath poetry of Wendell Berry; today’s worship focusing on John 11.1-44 & Wendell Berry’s poem I, 1980, “What hard travail God does in death!” (This Day, p. 25). Message by guest Rev. Odette Lockwood-Stewart. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Stuck in the Mud
Our Lenten worship series is rooted in scripture and the Sabbath poetry of Wendell Berry; today’s worship focusing on John 9 & Wendell Berry’s poem VI, 1987, “Remembering that it happened once.” (This Day, p. 80). Message by guest Rev. Linda Loessberg-Zahl. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
What had happened was.
Our Lenten worship series is rooted in scripture and the Sabbath poetry of Wendell Berry; today’s worship focusing on John 4:5-42 & Wendell Berry’s poem V, 1985, “How long does it take to make the woods?” (This Day, p. 67). Message by guest Rev. Debbie Weatherspoon. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Again I resume the long lesson
Our Lenten worship series is rooted in scripture and the Sabbath poetry of Wendell Berry; today’s worship focusing on John 3:1-17 & Wendell Berry’s poem VII, 1999, “Again I resume the long” (This Day, 201). Matt’s message invites our community to debunk exploiter’s exclusive and transactional readings of John 3.16 and to celebrate an inclusive and grace-inspired non-transactional way of hearing John 3.16 within its broader context. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Go Among Trees and Sit Still.
Our Lenten worship series is rooted in scripture and the Sabbath poetry of Wendell Berry. Pastor Matt’s message on this first Sunday in the season of Lent invites reflection on Matthew 4:1-11 & Wendell Berry’s Poem: I, 1979, “I go among trees and sit still” (This Day, p. 7). Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Ash Wednesday
We begin our Lenten worship series, Sabbath Rest: Wendell Berry and the Sabbath Poetry of Lent, on this Ash Wednesday. Jesus challenges us to give, pray, fast, and value in ways that aren’t paraded out in public for all to see, but rather take place “in secret” – hidden even from ourselves (“do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing”). Jesus’ repeated emphasis here points to something essential about genuine love: it bubbles up from…