Into The Mystic With John Dorhauer

What do you do to quiet your soul and spirit? We all need something that differentiates work from play and lets the whole body come alive. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

Can the healing that is to come from repairing the damage caused by racism and white privilege inspire us all to see with new eyes what God envisions? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

Finding hope and joy in a broken world often means seeing the light through the cracks. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

A connection to a child on the Mayflower, a call to walk in love and peace. John Dorhauer reflects his ties to this ancestor, one among those who established the church he’s been called to lead. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

Who do you miss? Take time to embrace the joy of the experiences you once shared when they come back to you in your memories. (Listen in) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

Honor the sacred by taking the time to enjoy the gifts that God gave us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

A gift in Bethlehem. Two people from very different places have a chance encounter on a crowded street –– and the child of occupation welcomes the stranger. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

What makes a land Holy? Is it the spirit of the place, that the place is made sacred by memory or something else? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

A life-changing experience can be as simple as sitting on a rock with a child and just touching hands, or accepting a kindness from a stranger-turned-friend. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

Shaped by a visit to the Holy Land, seeing alliances forged across national and religious boundaries across the Middle East, the Rev. John Dorhauer reflects on the presence of people who often stand as the last hope of a peaceful coexistence in the region, and on the sacred presence that seeks to heal the human spirit and reshape human community. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

Learning to pause, to stop, to breathe and to think before taking action can often be a way to preserve things that are important. In today's podcast, the Rev. John Dorhauer reflects on how a pause makes him a more effective agent for change and transformation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

What turns the sanctuary into a sacred place for you? As the Rev. John Dorhauer reminds us in today's podcast, God comes to us all in different ways, at different times, with different expressive and artistic techniques. Be ready. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

A sure signal of the coming spring for baseball fans across the country -- the call that 'pitchers and catchers have reported.' It's a sign, as the Rev John Dorhauer notes in today's podcast, that marks yet another cycle of life, a start to a new season. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

The Rev. John Dorhauer shares his father's last moments in a moving reflection about family and the power of love, reminded that God is with us in all moments of our lives. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

Find power in the simple surrender to the divine Creator, and see the beauty in everything. In today's podcast, Rev. John Dorhauer reflects on how his favorite hymn helps keep him inspired along his journey of faith. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

We all have moments when our fears threaten to overcome us. In this week's podcast, Into the Mystic, the Rev. John Dorhauer reflects on how God’s gift of shalom can help us conquer all our fears. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

Today's podcast is a meditation on the word "Go." In it, John Dorhauer speaks of "the church on the move"—the church in mission—recalling Jesus' words: "God has given me all authority in heaven and on the earth: therefore, Go!." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

Martin Luther King once said 'Our lives begin to end when we become silent about the things that matter.' In this week's podcast 'Into the Mystic' the Rev. John Dorhauer urges all of us to look inside ourselves and find the courage to speak up in the face of injustice, to find our voice about things that matter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

In a world bombarded with sound, the Rev. John Dorhauer is resolving to create more space for intentional silence. In this week's podcast, Into the Mystic, he reflects on why it's something all followers of the Still Speaking God should attempt. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message

We all have moments when love and beauty connect to capture our attention. In this week's podcast, Into the Mystic, the Rev John Dorhauer reflects on how God moments like this can be triggered by something simple, like a song. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unitedchurchofchrist/message