Yes! We're Open: Living Faith with Needham UCC

About 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.

Publisher

The Congregational Church of Needham

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Dec 2020

Latest episode

12 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

102 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Apr 2026

   Laughing in the Face of Death (Holy Humor Sunday: April 12, 2026)

   "Holy Humor Sunday" sounds like a modern invention, but actually it’s a practice with deep roots, particularly in the Eastern Churches. In those traditions, the joy of Easter is extended to the Sunday after Easter Sunday with a celebration called “Bright Sunday” or “Smile Sunday" or Holy Humor” Sunday. It’s a way of understanding Christ’s Easter resurrection as God’s own last laugh, a kind of practical joke on sin and death and the powers that be, when the world goes knock-knocking on the tom...

2. 

   5 Apr 2026

   I've Got Good News* *or Bad News, Depending (Easter Sunday: April 5, 2026)

   We’re taught that Jesus’ Easter resurrection is a good thing–that, in fact, it’s the very best thing: the death of death, the springtime of souls, the divine affirmation of Jesus’ Gospel ministry of justice, peace, and compassion. But the guards who witnessed it firsthand were so frightened they “shook and became like dead men.” That doesn’t sound good. How do we let go of whatever may be keeping us from embracing the resurrection as truly Good News, and not just for us but for the whole worl...

3. 

   31 Mar 2026

   Just No (March 29, 2026)

   The first Palm Sunday wasn't just a parade. It was a protest. The crowds that took to the streets with Jesus were there to lift their "Just no!" against the life-stealing, death-dealing powers of imperial politics and religion. And when their frightened leaders told them to quiet down, they only became more unruly. Now it's our turn to become unruly and lift up our own just no against the same forces in our world today. (Matthew 21:1-11) Join us for worship Sundays @ 10am Eastern Time, ...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Contact Yes! We're Open: Living Faith with Needham UCC

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.