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West End UMC Podcast Audio PodcastA Psalm for Our Worst DaysA Psalm for Our Worst Days – In our summer look at psalms, today we are considering Psalm 22, and tenor, Scott Brons, chants the reading of the psalm with the congregation singing a response, and the Rev. Stacey Harwell-Dye, our Pastor of Mercy and Justice Ministries, delivers the sermon. Sometimes the words of scripture are desperate, expressed by someone being utterly alone, misunderstood, surrounded by enemies, and this psalm is a prime example. According to two of the Gospels, lines from this psalm were quoted by Jesus from the cross, which makes it very familiar for us. Stacey preached a sermon on...2025-07-2043 minWest End UMC Podcast Audio PodcastLenten Meditation for the Tuesday of Holy WeekRev Stacey Harwell-Dye and Beth Bernard lead us thru a liturgy and prayer for the Tuesday of Holy Week.2025-04-1505 minWest End UMC Podcast Audio PodcastTurning Toward One AnotherToday is All Saints Sunday when we remember those who have gone before us, and, specifically, those members of our church who have died in the past year for each of whom we light a candle during the service. It is a communion service using the old Cranmer liturgy, and Rev. Stacey Harwell-Dye delivers the Communion Meditation based on the first part of the Book of Ruth which begins in tragedy, with famine prompting Naomi’s family to move from their home in Judah to Moab, which was somewhat enemy territory. There Naomi’s husband dies, and her two sons marr...2024-11-0326 minWest End UMC Podcast Audio PodcastCommon GroundCommon Ground – Today is World Communion Sunday. Rev. Stacey Harwell-Dye, our Pastor of Mercy and Justice Ministries, delivers the Communion Meditation, based on the Genesis 2 creation story where God creates the first human from the dirt of the earth. She reminds us that although so many things tend to divide us (politics, ball teams, etc.), humans are identical through our DNA, and we share much of our DNA identity with animals and, actually, with soil. Tom Turnbull, a West End member and potter, created the communion vessels we are using today, and when asked told Stacey that the clay potters us...2024-10-0630 min
ML Soul of DetroitSign o' The Times - April 16, 2024Eli Zaret zooms in to talk about a major league wife swap, Caitlin Clark, the Tigers, Red Wings, Pistons and whatever the hell else he wants. (Hey, he's Eli!)STRAIGHT DOPE: Marc creates another outstanding intro with matching video starring ML and Shawn in a trailer originally featuring Roger Moore and Stacey Keach, which you can only see if you’re a Patreon supporter donating $5 a month. ML wonders whether he is Moore or Keach. Shawn offers his answer.Eli barely says hello before Shawn takes over the show, turning it into a...2024-04-161h 42West End UMC Podcast Audio PodcastWhat Is and What Can Be: Aligning our Hearts and Heads with God'sWhat Is and What Can Be: Aligning our Hearts and Heads with God’s – Through Lent we are considering what we can do to “act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly,” and this is the second week our focus is on justice. The reading for today is a passage from Isaiah (10:1-4) that is clearly from a God angry at those who “pronounce wicked decrees” that deprive the needy. Stacey Harwell-Dye, our Pastor of Mercy and Justice Ministries is preaching, and she traces the idea of broken relationships back to the Genesis creation story and the delivery of the people from slavery...2024-02-2528 minWest End UMC Podcast Audio PodcastLooking Backward, Moving ForwardWe have now celebrated the birth of Christ and are at the brink of a new year. The scripture for today is from Joshua, the account of the people crossing the Jordan River into the Promised Land, and God tells them to set up a pile of 12 stones, one for each tribe, as a memorial. Rev. Stacey Harwell-Dye, our Pastor of Mercy and Justice ministries is preaching and says that on New Year’s Eve we often look back on memories while looking ahead to the new year. And that is something that the scriptures frequently prompt both the ancient be...2023-12-3136 min
Get Your Spirit in Shape - United Methodist PodcastPersonal discipleship: The move from passive to activePersonal discipleship is more than attending Sunday School and reading the Bible. The Rev. Stacey Harwell-Dye shares her thoughts on how following Jesus can move us into action in our churches and our communities.
Today’s episode, which marks the 150th episode for “Get Your Spirit in Shape,” was recorded as part of the 2023 United Methodist Podcast-a-thon sponsored by ResourceUMC.org.
More information and a full transcript of this conversation are available here.
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Get Your Spirit in ShapePersonal discipleship: The move from passive to activePersonal discipleship is more than attending Sunday School and reading the Bible. The Rev. Stacey Harwell-Dye shares her thoughts on how following Jesus can move us into action in our churches and our communities. Today’s episode, which marks the 150th episode for “Get Your Spirit in Shape,” was recorded as part of the 2023 United […]2023-10-0629 min
With Grit(s) & Grace - Love, Molly KateSeason 3, Episode 6: Called to be Yolked to This?In this episode I speak with my dear friend Rev. Stacey Harwell-Dye about her own calling to the church and how one has to discern being tied -or yolked- to institutions that have also caused harm... and the grace that can also come from that.
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Compass Podcast: Finding the spirituality in the day-to-dayFaith in Action: Examining the Moral Monday Protest in NashvilleSpecial release.
On the morning of March 27, 2023, a gunman entered Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, and shot 6 people to death. This event was a catalyst in Nashville, leading to protests, political intrigue and division, and the organization of a wide base of religious leaders. In this episode of Compass, Michelle Maldonado and Ryan Dunn share their experiences in response to the shootings, the political climate and their first-hand participation in some of the demonstrations and protests that have happened since March 27–including the April 17, 2023, Moral Monday demonstration in Nashville.
This episode provides insight from leaders an...2023-05-0255 minWest End UMC Podcast Audio PodcastJoy in a Time with No Fig PreservesThis is our annual Shrove Tuesday Jazz Mass, a celebration through worship on the eve of Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. As a story in the contrasts of the joy of Shrove Tuesday and the introspection of Ash Wednesday and Lent, in her meditation, Rev. Stacey Harwell-Dye uses a passage from Habakkuk to illustrate the severe trauma and ills the ancients faced contrasted with the sheer joy of the presence of God in their lives. She also uses some joys from her own live to lift our spirits in Shrove Tuesday. We all face “downs,” and we all also...2023-02-2117 minWest End UMC Podcast Audio PodcastWho's the Boss?This is the second Sunday in Lent, and our theme for Lent is “I Will: Living Our Baptismal Vows.” Today’s reading is Luke’s account of Jesus throwing the money lenders out of the temple, and then, later, the authorities questioning his authority to do such things as teaching and preaching. Rev. Stacey Harwell-Dye, preaching today, says that Jesus was not against Judaism or temple worship at all, or against selling animals for sacrifices because many people who came to the temple had travelled very long distances and could not have brought the proper unblemished animals for sacrificing. What he was a...2022-03-1331 min