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The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslNot Always EasyIn this episode - Bill’s message reminds us that it is not always easy to focus on the Divine – even Peter was called “Satan” by Jesus. In his message today, grounded in the gospel Mark, Chapter 8, verses 27-38, Bill explores why Jesus called Peter “Satan” through theological and historical foundations such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. This message was originally presented on Sunday, September 15, 2024 with the community of St. Peter United Church of Christ in Lake Zurich, Illinois. Come explore the possibilities.
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2025-04-2524 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslThinking HatsIn this episode Bill shares a Time for All God’s Children with the community of St Peters United Church of Christ in Lake Zurich, IL. Bill was initially perplexed trying to weave the Sunday scripture with the Sunday School teaching. The question kept playing in his head: What does Peter and Joseph have in common? Then the answer became clearly visible – a thinking hat can help! Listen and hear as Bill shares his answer presented during a time for all of God’s children. Grounded in the gospel of Mark, Chapter 8, verses 27-38 and the story of Joseph in the...
2025-04-2512 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslGuided by the SpiritIn this episode Penny explores the reality of being guided by the Spirit, listening for God’s Spirit, and being driven to do amazing things through Divine Love. Penny unpacks meeting Spirit guided people in a sacred space through the stories of Simeon and Anna as Joseph and Mary took baby Jesus to the temple to dedicate him to God. In this episode Penny shares a message grounded in the gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, verses 22-40 with the community of Westchester Community Church, United Church of Christ in Westchester, Illinois on Sunday, December 31, 2023. Come explore the possibilities.
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2025-04-2520 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslTalk is CheapIn this episode Bill asks if you know the type… What type? Those type… the type Jesus talks about in today’s scripture. One that says yes – but does nothing. And the other type that Jesus talks about – the one who says “no way” but actually does what they have been asked. Bill also explores the space, functions, and people within the Temple in Jesus’ time as well as our God talk and God walk in today’s world. In this episode Bill shares a message grounded in the gospel of Matthew, Chapter 21, verses 23-32 with the community of Westchester Commun...
2025-01-3028 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslA Prayer-filled LifeIn this episode Penny and Bill examine being human and the challenge of being bothered by others and the realities of the persistence of asking and prayer. Think about living a prayer-filled life each and every day as well as each and every moment. Penny and Bill share a message grounded in Psalm 138 and the gospel of Luke, Chapter 11, verses 1-13 with the community of St Peter’s United Church of Christ in Skokie, Illinois on Sunday, July 24, 2022. Come explore the possibilities.
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2025-01-3021 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslWhat Is Your AgendaIn this episode - Penny helps to see the time is now. Imagine a world filled with love – a love that fills people physically and spiritually. Penny looks at Jesus’ agenda – grounded in the movement of social justice and love. Yes, Jesus’ ministry was one of social justice, sharing love, and empowering people to stop social oppression while joining together to grow in love and justice. In this episode Penny shares a message grounded in the gospel of Matthew, Chapter 14, verses 13-21 originally presented during online Sunday worship. Come explore the possibilities.
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2025-01-3008 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslWhat Do We ValueIn this episode - Bill examines the dynamics and forms of life leading to growth or destruction – which do we value? Today we meet Mary, Martha, Lazarus, and Judas who questions Mary’s actions of “wasting” expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet. Mary had an intentionality to her actions – focused on love and Jesus that at times can seem a bit strange to the forms of society then and now. Bill shares a message grounded in the gospel of John, Chapter 12, verses 1-8 originally presented during online Sunday worship. Come, let us explore the potentials of vitality and growth as well as all...
2025-01-1613 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslBe Filled with God’s GraceIn this episode - Penny and Bill delve deep into wine – Jesus’ first miracle changing water into wine at the wedding at Cana. Concerns can often arise at a wedding – and it did at a wedding at Cana that Jesus was at when the wine ran out. At first, he simply wanted to continue enjoying the wedding, but his mother encouraged him to create some wine. Jesus made the finest wine out of water. Feeling a little low – and who doesn’t once in a while? Be filled with God’s grace. Know that God can fill you with grace – acce...
2025-01-1608 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslMake a Difference Share LoveIn this episode - Penny explores the sacred reality of God’s profound love. Share love and be an instrument of God’s peace and love – or share violence and anger? It’s a choice here and now. Experience something new – experience profound love… the sacred reality of God’s love that is very real and alive here and now. Share the power of love made visible in Jesus’ baptism. Share love. It’s not hard to do. It is possible. Start today. In this episode Penny shares a message grounded in the gospel of Mark, Chapter 1, verses 4-11 originally present...
2025-01-1610 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslLift Your Spirits Today and Every Day - A Christmas Story Concert 2024 with DaRevsUSAWelcome. In this episode, Penny and Bill share together the reality that Christmas is much more than one day – it can be a lived reality of hope, peace, love, and joy every day. Our podcast today is a story set to music. A story that encourages each of us to prepare the way of the Lord in our life, today, here and now. To begin to live the love that is Christ’s message, a love that is capable of being made visible in each of our lives, if we so wish.
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2024-12-2523 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslCourage to Break FreeIn this episode - Bill talks about the choices we make in life - how we are an individual in life and how we participate with others. Bill unpacks understandings of individuation and participation through the Parable of the Prodigal and His Brother. Courage from deep within opens possibilities of new life. Love offers a path of understanding through the most difficult moments. Renewal is possible. Come let us explore how even the smallest amount of courage can be life changing. Bill shares a message grounded in the gospel of Luke, Chapter 15, verses 1-3 and 11b-32 originally presented during...
2024-12-2415 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslBelieve ItIn this episode, join Penny as she explores Jesus as the Good Shepherd - our Ultimate Concern, who knows us by name. Who is Jesus? Jesus is the Good Shepherd who knows us. Jesus knows us by name, by voice… he knows each of us intimately. He knows our struggles and joys. Jesus knows the flock and each of us is already part of the flock – all we need do is accept it. Believe it! Let’s be more loving and focused on having a relationship with the Good Shepherd. In this episode Penny shares a message grounded in the go...
2024-12-2308 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslTake Time to Smell the FlowersIn this episode - Penny and Bill explore taking time to smell the flowers – taking time to be with God. Do we take time for God? Jesus did. Take Time to smell the flowers, aka sabbath time. Explore the amazing story of Jesus taking some time to be with God and reading from the scroll of Isaiah. Learn how God’s grace is all around if we open our eyes. Let’s take some time for God. Penny and Bill share a message grounded in the gospel of Luke, Chapter 4, verses 12-21 originally presented online. Come explore the possibilities.
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2024-12-1910 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslThe Time is Now for RenewalIn this episode - Bill dives deep into renewal in this season of Eastertide. Why now? It’s Eastertide! Let's explore… A new reality has begun – it is here. How do we live into this new time? What does it look like? Do we doubt like Doubting Thomas? Do we simply return to what we did in the past – or do we look beyond and live into today’s new possibility? Celebrate the new reality in front of us – and remember, yes it can be hard… but great things can become visible in new ways and it can be very good. In...
2024-12-1809 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslI Can SeeIn this episode - Penny examines blindness as Jesus heals a man born blind with mud made from his spit. Imagine seeing the world for the first time by breaking the barriers of blindness. The local community questions what is happening – who did it – why? They knew the blind man as a beggar, not part of their community - although he knew them. He lived with them, heard their stories, and had always been very present in the community. The community responded and drove him out. Jesus found him and asked: “Do you believe?” He said: “Lord, I believe.” The blind ma...
2024-12-1712 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslShare the StoryIn this episode – Penny talks about a special guest. The crowd is wild. Jesus is walking by. Let us share the story. It is time to celebrate our relationship with God. We are in a time of turmoil – and like the days of old we are invited to tell the story so each generation can hear it, share it, and live Christ’s love. Come, let your light shine! In this episode Penny shares a message grounded in the gospel of Matthew, Chapter 21, verses 1-11 originally presented during online Sunday worship. Come explore the possibilities.
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2024-12-1608 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslAnd the Sky OpenedIn this episode - Penny and Bill look at the dramatic story of God opening the sky. Imagine ~ the sky opened! Why did God open the sky? Was God happy or mad? Did God say anything? Explore the amazing story of Jesus’ baptism when the sky opened, a dove appeared, and a voice spoke from the heavens saying: “I am well pleased.” Why was God pleased? Is God pleased with us today? Join Penny and Bill as they reflect on what God said at Jesus’ baptism and what it may mean for life today. Penny and Bill share a message...
2024-12-1407 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslMix It Up By Sharing Peace and LoveIn this episode - Penny examines inviting God to be present as we mix it up sharing simple gifts of peace and love. It’s about gratefulness - believing and sharing it forward. Discover God’s peace through sharing simple gifts with one another, such as sharing peace and love in unity together. Share the gifts God has given for the glory of God in all the diversity of life. We are each unique, with unique gifts to share and to use for the common good. Use all your gifts – talents, skills, and capacities – here and now. Be a blessing...
2024-12-1409 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslBe Bad… or Good – It Is A ChoiceIn this episode - Penny delves into life’s reality – it’s a choice… be bad or good. Each of us can do either. What would a Good Shepherd do? What does civility look like? What type of world do we wish to live in… to create… to leave to a future generation? Do we follow the model of the Good Shepherd or who else? Come – let’s explore. Let your life shine as an example of the Good Shepherd. Be present with Christ here and how – let your light, your love, the radical power of Jesus Christ deep within shine in yo...
2024-12-1414 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslA New Day to Corrupt or HealIn this episode - Bill focuses on the painful daily struggle… do we corrupt another day or work toward healing? Every day every person has a choice… do we continue to expand the ills of otherness made visible in the world through oppression, disenfranchisement, and disempowerment - or do we spend the next 24 hours working toward loving one another – our self, our family and friends, and our enemies. A new day is possible here and now – if we desire. Bill shares a message grounded in the gospel of John, Chapter 10, verses 1-10 originally presented online. Come explore… are we a thief st...
2024-12-1412 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslThe Gifts You ShareIn this episode - Penny and Bill explore how following the star, God’s call for your life, invites sharing your treasures with the world. Examine the story of the Magi, the 3 Kings, the Wise Ones, who followed their star and shared their gifts. What if they had given up or not shared their gifts? What star do you follow? What treasures do you share? Penny and Bill share a message grounded in the gospel of Matthew, Chapter 2, verses 1-12 originally presented online. Come explore the possibilities.
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2024-12-1309 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslGratefulness in Uncertain TimesIn this episode - Penny explores Mary’s gratefulness at the empty tomb of Jesus. …It was a dark morning. Jesus was dead. Mary visits the tomb and discovers it empty. Jesus’ body is gone! Who took it? Mary runs back to tell the other disciples. They run to the tomb. Upon entering the tomb, indeed Jesus’ body is gone. The disciples return home. Mary stays at the tomb. Weeps. Two angels and a gardener appear… Penny shares a message grounded in the gospel of John, Chapter 20, verses 1-18 originally presented during online Sunday worship. Come explore the possibilities.
2024-12-1309 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslLoneliness or Solitude – A ChoiceIn this episode – Bill explores that Loneliness is very real. It can strip us of our humanness. Bill shares his thoughts on changing loneliness into solitude – a choice? Is it possible? Is there a difference? Expanding upon the theological thought of systematic theologian Paul Tillich, Bill looks at the difference between these two experiences and looks back to a story of an old Christian Brother from high school. Loneliness can take us down into places that destroy our humanness – the other, solitude the cousin of loneliness, can turn loneliness into something else that holds us through the hardest of times...
2024-12-0612 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslWe Are Not Alone in SolitudeIn this episode - Bill delves deep into solitude, the cousin of loneliness, recognizing that we are never alone. Loneliness can destroy us – solitude holds us together. For where two or three are gathered Christ is present – but how can that be if we are all alone? Bill looks to scripture for an answer… the Advocate is ever present with us. So what? Bill unpacks the Good News – in solitude Christ is present. Bill shares a message grounded in the gospel of Matthew Chapter 18 verse 20, the gospel of John Chapter 14 verses 15-16 and from Romans Chapter 8, verses 31, 35, and 37-39. Be lonel...
2024-12-0612 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslDeath, Strength, and SupportIn this episode - Penny focuses on where to find strength and support in difficult times, especially in the painful experience of the death of a friend. Penny reflects on how Jesus shared time, had empathy, and consoled his friends – Mary and Martha. All were distraught at Lazarus’ death. Jesus reminds his friends that if you believe you need not worry about anything – then Jesus tells Lazarus: “Come out!” Lazarus rises from the dead and many believed for the first time in their life. Penny shares a message grounded in the Gospel of John, Chapter 11, verses 17-45. Come explore the possib...
2024-12-0608 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslDoubt and Fear or PeaceIn this episode - Penny explores the peace that healed the disciples who were in lock down, paralyzed by doubt and fear. Have you ever experienced that type of fear and the peace that heals? The disciples were hiding in fear. Jesus had died on the cross. Doubt and fear filled their hearts - so they hid. Jesus appeared to them and said: “Peace be with you.” He was not angry. He was not filled with hatred that he had been betrayed by some, dismissed by others, and that all were paralyzed in fear not living in the love he h...
2024-12-0615 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslFrozen in Fear or TransformedIn this episode Penny explores what can be done when we are frozen in fear. How do we discover a new mission? How can we begin Transformation? Penny reflects on the angel, the woman, and the tomb. What did the angel tell the women who went to visit Jesus’ body at the tomb? Did they remain frozen in fear or did awareness, freedom, and courage take hold? Listen and see how God provides in the most unusual ways. Be transformed. Penny shares a message grounded in the gospel of Mark, Chapter 16, verses 1-8 originally presented online during Sunday worship. Co...
2024-12-0610 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslThe Light WithinIn this episode Penny and Bill dive deep exploring the light within that overcomes life’s anxieties. Discover God’s grace and see the light of Christ’s love alive in the world. Discover that darkness can seem to be all around, but light overtakes darkness ~ and that light is God’s grace that is deep within each of us. Penny and Bill share a message grounded in the gospel of John, Chapter 1, verses 1-18 originally presented online. Come explore the possibilities.
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2024-10-1107 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslWhat We Leave BehindIn this episode Bill looks at free will, the choices we make that become our destiny, the legacy we leave behind. What we do or don’t do has consequences. What impact do our actions have for our life and those around us – destroy or nurture? Today we look at the story of a barren fig tree, the gardener, and the landowner. The landowner wants the barren fig tree cut down - the gardener suggests giving it one more year, one more chance. What happens? Do we make informed choices or do not? What does it mean to have free...
2024-10-1115 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslEasy and PeacefulIn this episode Bill explores every generation has a choice ~ continue or stand against abuse, violence, oppression, and disenfranchisement. Do we wish to remain weary, carrying heavy burdens with no rest? There is another way. Bill looks at Christ’s yoke of love that encourages individual and social responsibility in relation to the world in Jesus’ time, at the time of the American Revolution, and today with police brutality, domestic violence, and the realities of a variety of different issues. Bill shares a message grounded in the gospel of Matthew, chapter 11, verses 16-19 and 25-30 originally presented during online Sund...
2024-10-1122 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslShare the StoriesIn this episode Penny highlights the mysterious role that we are all called to be ambassadors of God’s divine love. Each of us is called to do great things like the great architects that built Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France. Built in honor of God and named for Our Lady, Mary the Mother of Jesus, the builders used all their talents and skills to build a magnificent building – a space others have celebrated through the centuries. In this episode Penny explores how each of us is called to do great things. Penny shares from the gospel of John, Chap...
2024-10-1109 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslSomething New Is Here - The RebrandingWelcome! The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA with your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl – IS HERE! A number of new and upgraded episodes are in process and we will continue to add new content as we preach at different locations through time. Come join the journey!
The original Awaken Kindness by DaRevsUSA has been rebranded into The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny L. Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl - and it is a continuing work in progress! This new rebranding is now part of...
2024-10-0308 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: What’s Your Agenda? (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Original DaRevsUSA: Take action today – reach out, share love, invite people to be part of the great social movement that started over 2,000 years ago, a movement of compassion, empathy, healing, peace, and love to everyone. The time is now. Imagine a world filled with love – a love that fills people physically and spiritually. Penny looks at Jesus’ agenda – grounded in the movement of social justice and love. Yes...
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Awaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAWhat’s Your Agenda? (with Penny)Take action today – reach out, share love, invite people to be part of the great social movement that started over 2,000 years ago, a movement of compassion, empathy, healing, peace, and love to everyone. The time is now. Imagine a world filled with love – a love that fills people physically and spiritually. Penny looks at Jesus’ agenda – grounded in the movement of social justice and love. Yes, Jesus’ ministry was one of social justice, sharing love, and empowering people to stop social oppression while joining together to grow in love and justice. Come explore the possibilities.
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2022-06-2917 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAMake a Difference – Share Love (with Penny)Share Love? For sure! We have a choice. Penny explores the sacred reality of God’s profound love. Share love and be an instrument of God’s peace and love – or share violence and anger? It’s a choice here and now. Experience something new – experience profound love… the sacred reality of God’s love that is very real and alive here and now. Share the power of love made visible in Jesus’ baptism. Share love. It’s not hard to do. It is possible. Start today. Come explore the possibilities.
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2022-06-2217 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Make a Difference – Share Love (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Original DaRevsUSA: Share Love? For sure! We have a choice. Penny explores the sacred reality of God’s profound love. Share love and be an instrument of God’s peace and love – or share violence and anger? It’s a choice here and now. Experience something new – experience profound love… the sacred reality of God’s love that is very real and alive here and now. Share the power o...
2022-06-2217 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSABelieve It (with Penny)Believe it! Join Penny and explore Jesus as the Good Shepherd - our Ultimate Concern, who knows us by name. Who is Jesus? Jesus is the Good Shepherd who knows us. Jesus knows us by name, by voice… he knows each of us intimately. He knows our struggles and joys. Jesus knows the flock and each of us is already part of the flock – all we need do is accept it. Believe it! We are encouraged to have our ultimate concern as Jesus Christ. Believe and know that Jesus the Good Shepherd knows each of us by name and is p...
2022-06-1516 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Believe It (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Believe it! Join Penny and explore Jesus as the Good Shepherd - our Ultimate Concern, who knows us by name. Who is Jesus? Jesus is the Good Shepherd who knows us. Jesus knows us by name, by voice… he knows each of us intimately. He knows our struggles and joys. Jesus knows the flock and each of us is already part of the floc...
2022-06-1516 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSACourage to Do It Differently (with Penny)Penny delves into courage to do it differently. Do we dare to be and do life differently? Penny suggests the church is more than a building. It is us and it is being reborn here and now in each of us. Pentecost Sunday is known as the birth of the church. It is the day in the church calendar where we remember when the disciples were given the gift of the Holy Spirit. That gift of the Holy Spirit is still alive deep within each of us. Penny delves deep into the birth of the church challenging us to...
2022-06-0821 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Courage to Do It Differently (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny delves into courage to do it differently. Do we dare to be and do life differently? Penny suggests the church is more than a building. It is us and it is being reborn here and now in each of us. Pentecost Sunday is known as the birth of the church. It is the day in the church calendar where we remember when th...
2022-06-0821 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAMix It Up - Share Peace and Love (with Penny)Penny examines inviting God to be present as we mix it up sharing simple gifts of peace and love. It’s about gratefulness - believing and sharing it forward. Discover God’s peace through sharing simple gifts with one another, such as sharing peace and love in unity together. Share the gifts God has given for the glory of God in all the diversity of life. We are each unique, with unique gifts to share and to use for the common good. Use all your gifts – talents, skills, and capacities – here and now. Be a blessing today and in every wa...
2022-06-0118 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Mix It Up - Share Peace and Love (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny examines inviting God to be present as we mix it up sharing simple gifts of peace and love. It’s about gratefulness - believing and sharing it forward. Discover God’s peace through sharing simple gifts with one another, such as sharing peace and love in unity together. Share the gifts God has given for the glory of God in all the divers...
2022-06-0118 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAThe Time is Now for Renewal (with Bill)Bill dives deep into renewal in this season of Eastertide. Why now? It’s Eastertide! Let's explore… A new reality has begun – it is here. How do we live into this new time? What does it look like? Do we doubt like Doubting Thomas? Do we simply return to what we did in the past – or do we look beyond and live into today’s new possibility? Enjoy this most unique moment in time and make this new moment a life changing experience filled with Christ’s love. Then share it forward each day. Celebrate the new reality in front of us...
2022-05-2517 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: The Time is Now for Renewal (with Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Bill dives deep into renewal in this season of Eastertide. Why now? It’s Eastertide! Let's explore… A new reality has begun – it is here. How do we live into this new time? What does it look like? Do we doubt like Doubting Thomas? Do we simply return to what we did in the past – or do we look beyond and live into today’s ne...
2022-05-2517 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAShare the Story (with Penny)Penny talks about a special guest. The crowd is wild. Jesus is walking by. Let us share the story. It is time to celebrate our relationship with God. We are in a time of turmoil – and like the days of old we are invited to tell the story so each generation can hear it, share it, and live Christ’s love. Come, let your light shine!
Join DaRevsUSA, Penny and Bill, as they explore and reflect on the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 21, verses 1-11, share in the Lord’s prayer, and join in singing Tell Me The Storie...
2022-05-1817 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Share the Story (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny talks about a special guest. The crowd is wild. Jesus is walking by. Let us share the story. It is time to celebrate our relationship with God. We are in a time of turmoil – and like the days of old we are invited to tell the story so each generation can hear it, share it, and live Christ’s love. Come, let your li...
2022-05-1817 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Be Bad… or Good? It’s A Choice (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny delves into life’s reality – it’s a choice… be bad or good. Each of us can do either. What would a Good Shepherd do? What does civility look like? What type of world do we wish to live in… to create… to leave to a future generation? Do we follow the model of the Good Shepherd or ??? Come – let’s explore. Let your life shin...
2022-05-1121 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSABe Bad… or Good? It’s A Choice (with Penny)Penny delves into life’s reality – it’s a choice… be bad or good. Each of us can do either. What would a Good Shepherd do? What does civility look like? What type of world do we wish to live in… to create… to leave to a future generation? Do we follow the model of the Good Shepherd or ??? Come – let’s explore. Let your life shine as an example of the Good Shepherd. Be present with Christ here and how – let your light, your love, the radical power of Jesus Christ deep within shine in your life… and share it.
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2022-05-1121 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAI Can See (with Penny)Do you see? Penny examines blindness as Jesus heals a man born blind with mud made from his spit. Imagine seeing the world for the first time by breaking the barriers of blindness. The local community questions what is happening – who did it – why? They knew the blind man as a beggar, not part of their community - although he knew them. He lived with them, heard their stories, and had always been very present in the community. The community responded and drove him out. Jesus found him and asked: “Do you believe?” He said: “Lord, I believe.” The blind man ha...
2022-05-0421 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: I Can See (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Do you see? Penny examines blindness as Jesus heals a man born blind with mud made from his spit. Imagine seeing the world for the first time by breaking the barriers of blindness. The local community questions what is happening – who did it – why? They knew the blind man as a beggar, not part of their community - although he knew them. He lived...
2022-05-0421 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Paralyzed by Doubt and Fear (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: “Peace be with you.” Penny explores the peace that healed the disciples who were in lockdown, paralyzed by doubt and fear. Have you ever experienced that type of fear and the peace that heals? The disciples were hiding in fear. Jesus had died on the cross. Doubt and fear filled their hearts - so they hid. Jesus appeared to them and said: “Peace be with...
2022-04-2724 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAParalyzed by Doubt and Fear (with Penny)“Peace be with you.” Penny explores the peace that healed the disciples who were in lockdown, paralyzed by doubt and fear. Have you ever experienced that type of fear and the peace that heals? The disciples were hiding in fear. Jesus had died on the cross. Doubt and fear filled their hearts - so they hid. Jesus appeared to them and said: “Peace be with you.” He was not angry. He was not filled with hatred that he had been betrayed by some, dismissed by others, and that all were paralyzed in fear not living in the love he had enco...
2022-04-2724 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Gratefulness in Uncertain Times (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Jesus is dead. His body is gone! At times gratefulness can be hard. Penny explores Mary’s gratefulness at the empty tomb of Jesus. …It was a dark morning. Jesus was dead. Mary visits the tomb and discovers it empty. Jesus’ body is gone! Who took it? Mary runs back to tell the other disciples. They run to the tomb. Upon entering the tomb, in...
2022-04-2018 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAGratefulness in Uncertain Times (with Penny)Jesus is dead. His body is gone! At times gratefulness can be hard. Penny explores Mary’s gratefulness at the empty tomb of Jesus. …It was a dark morning. Jesus was dead. Mary visits the tomb and discovers it empty. Jesus’ body is gone! Who took it? Mary runs back to tell the other disciples. They run to the tomb. Upon entering the tomb, indeed Jesus’ body is gone. The disciples return home. Mary stays at the tomb. Weeps. Two angels and a gardener appear – then Jesus makes himself known and says: “Mary!” Mary responds… come, listen, discover the rest of the stor...
2022-04-2018 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSABONUS: Breaking News from DRVS - Jesus is Alive (with Penny and Bill)DRVS newscasters Penny and Bill report Breaking News, Jesus is alive after having been crucified. Not the traditional Easter/Resurrection Sunday story, this story examines the struggle that Jesus’ resurrection created for those who knew him personally including Doubting Thomas. Join the journey as Penny and Bill share the story of Jesus appearing after his death as told through the gospel of John and our reporter on the street Pastor Penny. Pastor Penny interviews eyewitness Ellie, that is Ellie the elephant from the Zoo (yes, our hometown Brookfield, IL has the world famous Zoo). Join in singing one verse of...
2022-04-1718 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: BONUS: Breaking News from DRVS - Jesus is Alive (with Penny and Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: DRVS newscasters Penny and Bill report Breaking News, Jesus is alive after having been crucified. Not the traditional Easter/Resurrection Sunday story, this story examines the struggle that Jesus’ resurrection created for those who knew him personally including Doubting Thomas. Join the journey as Penny and Bill share the story of Jesus appearing after his death as told through the gospel of John and...
2022-04-1718 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSABONUS: Breaking News from DRVS – Jesus is Dead (with Penny and Bill)DRVS newscasters Penny and Bill report Breaking News, the story of Good Friday, Jesus is dead. Delve deep into the story of Good Friday through reports from four reporters who are on the street reporting the events as they unfold… Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Jesus is dead. It is finished. Or is it? Come see what God has planned. We’ll hear the stories of Good Friday from the four gospels, pray, and sing On that Same Day to the tune of Amazing Grace written by Bill Ressl. Come join the journey and see what God has planned.
2022-04-1530 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: BONUS: Breaking News from DRVS – Jesus is Dead (with Penny and Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: DRVS newscasters Penny and Bill report Breaking News, the story of Good Friday, Jesus is dead. Delve deep into the story of Good Friday through reports from four reporters who are on the street reporting the events as they unfold… Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Jesus is dead. It is finished. Or is it? Come see what God has planned. We’ll hear the st...
2022-04-1530 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAGood Friday Special (with Penny and Bill)Penny and Bill share the story of Good Friday through prayer, singing, and scripture. Good Friday commemorates the day Jesus died. It is a time to reflect as well as imagine the complexities of that moment in time for those who unlike us did not yet know the rest of the story… that Jesus would raise from the dead a few days later. Join the journey as Penny and Bill share the story of Jesus’ last hours as told through the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Pray and enjoy listening to new lyrics for the hymn Amazing Grac...
2022-04-1330 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Good Friday Special (with Penny and Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny and Bill share the story of Good Friday through prayer, singing, and scripture. Good Friday commemorates the day Jesus died. It is a time to reflect as well as imagine the complexities of that moment in time for those who unlike us did not yet know the rest of the story… that Jesus would raise from the dead a few days later. Join...
2022-04-1330 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSADo We Destroy… or Nurture? (with Bill)Bill looks at free will, the choices we make that become our destiny, the legacy we leave behind. What we do or don’t do has consequences. What impact do our actions have for our life and those around us – destroy or nurture? Today we look at the story of a barren fig tree, the gardener, and the landowner. The landowner wants the barren fig tree cut down - the gardener suggests giving it one more year, one more chance. What happens? Do we make informed choices or do not? What does it mean to have freedom? What does it m...
2022-04-0624 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Do We Destroy… or Nurture? (with Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Bill looks at free will, the choices we make that become our destiny, the legacy we leave behind. What we do or don’t do has consequences. What impact do our actions have for our life and those around us – destroy or nurture? Today we look at the story of a barren fig tree, the gardener, and the landowner. The landowner wants the barren...
2022-04-0624 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAWhat Do We Value (with Bill)Bill examines the dynamics and forms of life leading to growth or destruction – which do we value? Today we meet Mary, Martha, Lazarus, and Judas who questions Mary’s actions of “wasting” expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet. Mary had an intentionality to her actions – focused on love and Jesus that at times can seem a bit strange to the forms of society then and now. Together we’ll share and reflect on scripture John 12:1-8, pray, and join in the song singing Take My Life. Come, let us explore the potentials of vitality and growth as well as all the possibilit...
2022-03-2921 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: What Do We Value (with Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Bill examines the dynamics and forms of life leading to growth or destruction – which do we value? Today we meet Mary, Martha, Lazarus, and Judas who questions Mary’s actions of “wasting” expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet. Mary had an intentionality to her actions – focused on love and Jesus that at times can seem a bit strange to the forms of society then and now. Toget...
2022-03-2921 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSACourage to Break Free (with Bill)Bill talks about the choices we make in life - how we are an individual in life and how we participate with others. Bill unpacks understandings of individuation and participation through the Parable of the Prodigal and His Brother offered by Jesus in Luke 15:1-3 and 11b-32. Courage from deep within opens possibilities of new life. Love offers a path of understanding through the most difficult moments. Renewal is possible. Come let us explore how even the smallest amount of courage can be life changing. Together we’ll share and reflect on scripture Luke 15:1-3 and 11b-32, pray, and jo...
2022-03-2326 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Courage to Break Free (with Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Bill talks about the choices we make in life - how we are an individual in life and how we participate with others. Bill unpacks understandings of individuation and participation through the Parable of the Prodigal and His Brother offered by Jesus in Luke 15:1-3 and 11b-32. Courage from deep within opens possibilities of new life. Love offers a path of understanding through th...
2022-03-2326 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAWalking on the Wild Side (with Penny)Penny takes a trip on the wild side exploring life’s wild adventures and how God is always with us – we are not alone. Penny enjoys hiking and having adventures. It can be pretty wild out there when walking in nature. Like the time at Glacier National Park when Penny and Bill went off the pathway to see the snow field that was still melting down the mountain. What did Bill see? Tan in color… a mountain lion? Hear Penny explain how when fear sets in you can get lost in the wilderness of life and how the pathways of lif...
2022-03-1627 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Walking on the Wild Side (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny takes a trip on the wild side exploring life’s wild adventures and how God is always with us – we are not alone. Penny enjoys hiking and having adventures. It can be pretty wild out there when walking in nature. Like the time at Glacier National Park when Penny and Bill went off the pathway to see the snow field that was still...
2022-03-1627 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSATake Time to Smell the Flowers (with Penny and Bill)Penny and Bill explore taking time to smell the flowers – taking time to be with God. Do we take time for God? Jesus did. Take Time to smell the flowers, aka sabbath time. Explore the amazing story of Jesus taking some time to be with God and reading from the scroll of Isaiah. Learn how God’s grace is all around if we open our eyes. Let’s take some time for God. Together we’ll share and reflect on scripture Luke 4:14-21, pray, and sing the hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus.
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2022-03-0919 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Take Time to Smell the Flowers (with Penny and Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny and Bill explore taking time to smell the flowers – taking time to be with God. Do we take time for God? Jesus did. Take Time to smell the flowers, aka sabbath time. Explore the amazing story of Jesus taking some time to be with God and reading from the scroll of Isaiah. Learn how God’s grace is all around if we open o...
2022-03-0919 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Be Filled with God’s Grace (with Penny and Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny and Bill delve deep into wine – Jesus’ first miracle changing water into wine at the wedding at Cana. Concerns can often arise at a wedding – and it did at a wedding at Cana that Jesus was at when the wine ran out. At first, he simply wanted to continue enjoying the wedding, but his mother encouraged him to create some wine. Jesus made the...
2022-03-0217 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSABe Filled with God’s Grace (with Penny and Bill)Penny and Bill delve deep into wine – Jesus’ first miracle changing water into wine at the wedding at Cana. Concerns can often arise at a wedding – and it did at a wedding at Cana that Jesus was at when the wine ran out. At first, he simply wanted to continue enjoying the wedding, but his mother encouraged him to create some wine. Jesus made the finest wine out of water. Feeling a little low – and who doesn’t once in a while? Be filled with God’s grace. Know that God can fill you with grace – accept it – believe it and enjoy the...
2022-03-0217 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: A New Day to Corrupt or Heal (with Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Bill focuses on the painful daily struggle… do we corrupt another day or work toward healing? Every day every person has a choice… do we continue to expand the ills of otherness made visible in the world through oppression, disenfranchisement, and disempowerment - or do we spend the next 24 hours working toward loving one another – our self, our family and friends, and our enemies...
2022-02-2320 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAA New Day to Corrupt or Heal (with Bill)Bill focuses on the painful daily struggle… do we corrupt another day or work toward healing? Every day every person has a choice… do we continue to expand the ills of otherness made visible in the world through oppression, disenfranchisement, and disempowerment - or do we spend the next 24 hours working toward loving one another – our self, our family and friends, and our enemies. A new day is possible here and now – if we desire. We’ll take a look at John 10:1-10 that warns us to be aware of the thief who comes to steal and kill and destroy… a...
2022-02-2320 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAWe Are Not Alone – Loneliness And Solitude Part 2 (with Bill)Bill delves deep into solitude, the cousin of loneliness, recognizing that we are never alone. Loneliness can destroy us – solitude holds us together. For where two or three are gathered Christ is present – but how can that be if we are all alone? Bill looks to scripture for an answer… the Advocate is ever present with us. So what? Bill unpacks the Good News – in solitude Christ is present. Come join the journey exploring scripture… Matthew 18:20, Verses from John 14:15-16 and 26, and Romans 8:31, 35, 37-39. We’ll join in prayer and in singing Take My Life. Simple, fun, yet profound. Begin to see...
2022-02-1719 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: We Are Not Alone – Loneliness And Solitude Part 2 (with Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Bill delves deep into solitude, the cousin of loneliness, recognizing that we are never alone. Loneliness can destroy us – solitude holds us together. For where two or three are gathered Christ is present – but how can that be if we are all alone? Bill looks to scripture for an answer… the Advocate is ever present with us. So what? Bill unpacks the Good News – i...
2022-02-1719 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAChange Doubt to Peace – Doubting Thomas Did! (with Penny)Penny highlights that doubt and anxiety messes with us. Don’t let it stand in the way of experiencing God’s peace and love. Today Penny looks at living in fear being filled with profound doubt and anxiety through the story of Doubting Thomas from the Gospel of John 20:19-31. Thomas, one of the disciples, was in deep doubt and filled with fear. See how peace and doubt inner connect and how God’s divine reassurance that is deep inside can become peace known as shalom. Our hope is that this podcast begins to refresh and renew you with peace...
2022-02-1522 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Change Doubt to Peace – Doubting Thomas Did! (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny highlights that doubt and anxiety messes with us. Don’t let it stand in the way of experiencing God’s peace and love. Today Penny looks at living in fear being filled with profound doubt and anxiety through the story of Doubting Thomas from the Gospel of John 20:19-31. Thomas, one of the disciples, was in deep doubt and filled with fear. See ho...
2022-02-1522 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Your Choice - Loneliness or Solitude (with Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Loneliness is very real. It can strip us of our humanness. Bill shares his thoughts on changing loneliness into solitude – a choice? Is it possible? Is there a difference? Expanding upon the theological thought of systematic theologian Paul Tillich, Bill looks at the difference between these two experiences and looks back to a story of an old Christian Brother from high school. Loneliness can...
2022-02-1020 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAYour Choice - Loneliness or Solitude (with Bill)Loneliness is very real. It can strip us of our humanness. Bill shares his thoughts on changing loneliness into solitude – a choice? Is it possible? Is there a difference? Expanding upon the theological thought of systematic theologian Paul Tillich, Bill looks at the difference between these two experiences and looks back to a story of an old Christian Brother from high school. Loneliness can take us down into places that destroy our humanness – the other, solitude the cousin of loneliness, can turn loneliness into something else that holds us through the hardest of times. Come join the journey expanding upon...
2022-02-1020 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Death Is Painful (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Death is painful. Penny focuses on where to find strength and support in difficult times, especially in the painful experience of the death of a bestie. Penny reflects on how Jesus shared time, had empathy, and consoled his besties – Mary and Martha. All were distraught at Lazarus’ death. Jesus reminds his besties that if you believe you need not worry about anything – then Jesus te...
2022-02-1017 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSADeath Is Painful (with Penny)Death is painful. Penny focuses on where to find strength and support in difficult times, especially in the painful experience of the death of a bestie. Penny reflects on how Jesus shared time, had empathy, and consoled his besties – Mary and Martha. All were distraught at Lazarus’ death. Jesus reminds his besties that if you believe you need not worry about anything – then Jesus tells Lazarus: “Come out!” Lazarus rises from the dead and many believed for the first time in their life. Join Penny as she reflects on the story of Lazarus rising from the dead in John 11:17-45. Join...
2022-02-1017 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: I Need A Drink (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny asks: “Have you ever asked someone you don’t know for a drink?” Jesus did. Faith blossomed. Jesus was thirsty and asked a Samaritan woman for a drink of water, breaking the cultural codes of his day. Jesus’ conversation with the woman about “living water” opened her eyes and the eyes of those in her community. “Living water” minimizes thirst and has the capacity to pl...
2022-02-0519 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAI Need A Drink (with Penny)Penny asks: “Have you ever asked someone you don’t know for a drink?” Jesus did. Faith blossomed. Jesus was thirsty and asked a Samaritan woman for a drink of water, breaking the cultural codes of his day. Jesus’ conversation with the woman about “living water” opened her eyes and the eyes of those in her community. “Living water” minimizes thirst and has the capacity to plant seeds of faith and create relationships across differences.
Join Penny as she reflects on the story of the Samaritan woman at the well from John 4:5-15; 25-26. Join DaRevsUSA in pray...
2022-02-0519 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Sharing The Gifts (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny highlights the mystery of doing extraordinary things, growing in faith, and believing in miracles. Fear can stop us from sharing or it can compel us to do extraordinary things, to grow in faith, and believe. Don’t let fear win. Penny reflects on John 6:1-21 and the extraordinary things that can occur especially when fear is overcome. We’ll read a scripture story...
2022-02-0523 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSASharing The Gifts (with Penny)Penny highlights the mystery of doing extraordinary things, growing in faith, and believing in miracles. Fear can stop us from sharing or it can compel us to do extraordinary things, to grow in faith, and believe. Don’t let fear win. Penny reflects on John 6:1-21 and the extraordinary things that can occur especially when fear is overcome. We’ll read a scripture story, share some reflections, pray, and sing a song ~ Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. Simple, fun, yet profound. Begin to see the sacramental reality of life. Come join the journey!
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2022-02-0523 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Be Transformed (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Frozen in fear? Give them a mission? Transformation? What? Today Penny reflects on the angel, the woman, and the tomb. What did the angel tell the women who went to visit Jesus at the tomb? Will they remain frozen in fear? Will awareness, freedom and courage take hold? Listen and see how God provides in the most unusual ways. Be transformed. We’ll read...
2022-02-0218 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSABe Transformed (with Penny)Frozen in fear? Give them a mission? Transformation? What? Today Penny reflects on the angel, the woman, and the tomb. What did the angel tell the women who went to visit Jesus at the tomb? Will they remain frozen in fear? Will awareness, freedom and courage take hold? Listen and see how God provides in the most unusual ways. Be transformed. We’ll read from Mark 16:1-8, share some reflections, pray, and sing a song ~ Crown Him With Many Crowns. Simple, fun, yet profound. Begin to see the sacramental reality of life. Come join the journey!
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2022-02-0218 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Do Life Differently (with Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Bill explores every generation has a choice ~ continue or stand against abuse, violence, oppression, and disenfranchisement. Do we wish to remain weary, carrying heavy burdens with no rest? There is another way. Bill looks at Christ’s yoke of love that encourages individual and social responsibility in relation to the world in Jesus’ time, at the time of the American Revolution, and today with p...
2022-02-0232 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSADo Life Differently (with Bill)Bill explores every generation has a choice ~ continue or stand against abuse, violence, oppression, and disenfranchisement. Do we wish to remain weary, carrying heavy burdens with no rest? There is another way. Bill looks at Christ’s yoke of love that encourages individual and social responsibility in relation to the world in Jesus’ time, at the time of the American Revolution, and today with police brutality, domestic violence, and the realities of Covid-19. Bill reflects on Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 suggesting Jesus encourages us to come to him, take his yoke, and learn from him ~ stand against abuse, violence, oppression, and...
2022-02-0232 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSADo Great Things (with Penny)Penny highlights the mysterious role that we are all called to be ambassadors of God’s divine love. Each of us is called to do great things like the great architects that built Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France. Built in honor of God and named for Our Lady, Mary the Mother of Jesus, the builders used all their talents and skills to build a magnificent building – a space others have celebrated through the centuries. In this episode Penny explores how each of us is called to do great things. We’ll read from scripture John 14:1-14, share some reflections, pray...
2022-02-0219 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: Do Great Things (with Penny)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny highlights the mysterious role that we are all called to be ambassadors of God’s divine love. Each of us is called to do great things like the great architects that built Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France. Built in honor of God and named for Our Lady, Mary the Mother of Jesus, the builders used all their talents and skills to build a ma...
2022-02-0219 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAAnd The Sky Opened (with Penny + Bill)Penny and Bill look at the dramatic story of God opening the sky. Imagine ~ the sky opened! Why did God open the sky? Was God happy or mad? Did God say anything? Explore the amazing story of Jesus’ baptism when the sky opened, a dove appeared, and a voice spoke from the heavens saying: “I am well pleased.” Why was God pleased? Is God pleased with us today? Join Penny and Bill as they reflect on what God said at Jesus’ baptism and what it may mean for life today. We’ll take time to read scripture, Luke 3:15-17 & 21-22, share...
2022-02-0217 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: And The Sky Opened (with Penny + Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny and Bill look at the dramatic story of God opening the sky. Imagine ~ the sky opened! Why did God open the sky? Was God happy or mad? Did God say anything? Explore the amazing story of Jesus’ baptism when the sky opened, a dove appeared, and a voice spoke from the heavens saying: “I am well pleased.” Why was God pleased? Is God plea...
2022-02-0217 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: The Gifts You Give (with Penny + Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: What star do you follow? What treasures do you share? Penny and Bill explore how following the star, God’s call for your life, invites sharing your treasures with the world. Examine the story of the Magi, the 3 Kings, the Wise Ones, who followed their star and shared their gifts. What if they had given up or not shared their gifts? We’ll read M...
2022-02-0120 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAThe Gifts You Give (with Penny + Bill)What star do you follow? What treasures do you share? Penny and Bill explore how following the star, God’s call for your life, invites sharing your treasures with the world. Examine the story of the Magi, the 3 Kings, the Wise Ones, who followed their star and shared their gifts. What if they had given up or not shared their gifts? We’ll read Matthew 2:1-12, share some reflections, pray, and sing ~ you guessed it, join along singing We Three Kings. Simple, fun, yet profound. Begin to see the sacramental reality of life. Come join the journey!
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2022-02-0120 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: The Light Deep Within (with Penny + Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: Penny and Bill dive deep exploring the light within that overcomes life’s anxieties. Discover God’s grace and see the light of Christ’s love alive in the world. Reflect on John 1:1-18 and discover that darkness can seem to be all around, but light overtakes darkness ~ and that light is God’s grace that is deep within each of us. Join in the pra...
2022-02-0115 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAThe Light Deep Within (with Penny + Bill)Penny and Bill dive deep exploring the light within that overcomes life’s anxieties. Discover God’s grace and see the light of Christ’s love alive in the world. Reflect on John 1:1-18 and discover that darkness can seem to be all around, but light overtakes darkness ~ and that light is God’s grace that is deep within each of us. Join in the prayer Jesus taught us to pray and then sing-a-long ~ you guessed it, the first verse of Amazing Grace. Come join the journey!
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2022-02-0115 minAwaken Kindness by DaRevsUSAThe First Podcast ~ What’s It All About (with Penny + Bill)This first podcast begins the journey. Discover more about DaRevsUSA, the Rev Dr Penny Taylor LCSW and the Rev Dr Bill Ressl LCSW, as they map out who they are and what they offer. Today, Penny and Bill share what’s behind the name DaRevsUSA. Discover what to expect by exploring a brief introduction to The Gifts You Give episode that looks at Matthew 2:1-12 through commentary, prayer, and song (you guessed it, join along singing We Three Kings). Simple, fun, yet profound. Begin to see the sacramental reality of life.
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2022-02-0117 minThe New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA, your hosts the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and/or Rev. Dr. Bill ResslArchived Original DaRevsUSA: The First Podcast ~ What’s It All About (with Penny + Bill)This is an archived past edition. Please be sure to also try our rebranded The New Awaken Kindness with DaRevsUSA – your hosts Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor and Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl.
Archived Original DaRevsUSA: This first podcast begins the journey. Discover more about DaRevsUSA, the Rev Dr Penny Taylor LCSW and the Rev Dr Bill Ressl LCSW, as they map out who they are and what they offer. Today, Penny and Bill share what’s behind the name DaRevsUSA. Discover what to expect by exploring a brief introduction to The Gifts You Give episode that looks at Matt...
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