We Will Not Be Silent: LGBTQIA+ | Rev. Josh RaderLee

Rev. Josh makes a connection between the man beaten, robbed, and ignored by the religious elite in Luke 10 and the senseless violence, silencing, and marginalization of the LGBTQ+ community. However, the Samaritan had compassion. How might we use our empathy to advocate and care for those harmed or overlooked or how might we go about reclaiming our voices after being silenced in our closets?

Josh RaderLeeForefront ChurchNovember 19, 2023culture, care, love, lgbtq, queer, trans, compassion, empathy, justice, advocacy, lgtbqia

Sacraments of the Church: Anointing of the Sick | Rev. Josh RaderLee

Rev. Josh explores the history, theology, and modern-day implications of the sacrament of anointing the sick. This sacrament started as a counter-cultural practice of extending love and grace to hurting and forgotten people in a Roman culture where the sick or sinners were isolated from the community. What if we embodied the spirit of this sacrament by showing up and acknowledging we often can’t take someones suffering away but we sit with them in their divorce, diagnosis, depression…

Josh RaderLeeForefront ChurchAugust 13, 2023care, community, healing, sacraments

Coming Home: Finding God For Yourself in Every Season | Rev. Venida Rodman Jenkins

Rev. Venida Rodman Jenkins continues our Coming Home Series by talking about the importance of adjusting one's life to the rhythms of the seasons in your life, and finding God for yourself in the midst of it all.