Six Sermons by Rev. Traci deVon Blackmon
Forces Unseen: What Shapes Our Daily Lives • 05-Jul-2020
This series of six sermons by Rev. Traci deVon Blackmon originally aired during week two of the 2020 summer assembly.
Sunday: "WE, TOO, SING OF FREEDOM" Luke 1:46-55 NRSV
Monday: "WHERE ARE THE DREAMERS" Joel 2:28 NRSV
Tuesday: "STORY MATTERS" Joshua 4:1-7 NRSV
Wednesday: "FAITHFUL WITHOUT FANFARE" Acts 1:26 NRSV
Thursday: "IN DEFENSE OF THE RAVENS" 1 Kings 17:1-7
Friday: "YOU MIGHT AS WELL THROW THE ROCK" 1 Samuel 17:32-37 NRSV
This program was made possible by The Mr. and Mrs. William Uhler Follansbee Memorial Chaplaincy & The Robert D. Campbell Memorial Chaplaincy Fund.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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