Yes! We're Open: Living Faith with Needham UCC
Rev. John MacIver Gage uses insight, humor, hard truth and amazing grace to help us make sense of our Christian faith in our daily life and vice-versa. The Congregational Church of Needham is a radically inclusive, justice-seeking Christian community, a member congregation of the United Church of Christ denominational family. Join us for worship LIVE! via Zoom Sundays @ 10am. Connection info and more at www.NeedhamUCC.org.
Podcasting since 2020 • 93 episodes
Yes! We're Open: Living Faith with Needham UCC
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There Is God (September 7, 2025)
Somewhere along the way, Christianity become professionalized. All too often these days we look to clergy to tell us all about God--most particularly, about where and how God is allowed to show up in our lives. And those "allowed appearances" h...
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Season 5
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Learn to Rest, Not to Quit (Rev. John MacIver Gage: August 17, 2025)
We're pivoting this Sunday to address what's shaped up to be a pretty stressful and painful week (in the midst of a stressful and painful season) for a lot of folks, what with the occupation of Washington, DC by federal law enforcement, a forma...
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Season 4
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Episode 42
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The Very Real Challenges of Uniting in Christ (Rev. John MacIver Gage: August 10, 2025)
"How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity," sings the Psalmist (Psalm 133:1). Sure, it can be, but it's also really hard. In fact, sometimes the closer we are with our family, the harder it can be to "live together."...
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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Just Stop It (Rev. John MacIver Gage: August 3, 2025)
The political conflict between the state of Israel and Hamas is complicated by history, religion, anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim hatred, the entangling alliances with both parties, and, not least, the special place the state of Israel holds in the...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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We're All Sodomites Now* *Just Not the Way You Think (Rev. John MacIver Gage: July 27, 2025)
The ancient city of Sodom has been synonymous with sin and the consequences of sin for thousands of years. These days it’s sexual sin they’re most associated with and infamous for, specifically homosexuality. But that’s a modern development and...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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