Posts by T. C. Moore
Sparking Peace Book Launch & Live Blacksmith Demonstration
Join other misfits and friends for a Children’s Book Launch event for Sparking Peace by Teresa Kim Pecinovsky & Hannah Rose Martin and a Live RAWtools Blacksmith Demonstration! Sparking Peace provides a springboard for those seeking to discuss gun violence and trauma with children in a safe way that highlights help rather than harm. This picture book helps children learn about conflict while also carefully addressing gun violence and peacemaking.” RAWtools is an organization committed to proliferating peacemaking. We are…
Interview with Dr. Reggie Williams
Interview with Bonhoeffer Scholar, Dr. Reggie Williams On Sunday, March 9th, the kick-off of our new teaching series on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s classic, The Cost of Discipleship, will feature a video recorded interview of Dr. Reggie Williams by Pastor TC. Dr. Reggie Williams is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University, with research interests in: Black Theology, African American Studies, Black Arts, The Harlem Renaissance, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Studies, and Christian Ethics. He is the author of Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus:…
The Cost of Discipleship – Lent 2025
In a time of rising authoritarianism, deep division, and political corruption, what does it mean to truly follow Jesus? This Lent, we invite you on a journey of faith, resistance, and costly grace through our sermon series on The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer, a pastor and theologian who stood against the Nazi regime, challenges us to reject “cheap grace”—a faith without sacrifice—and instead embrace the radical, transformative call of Jesus. In a world where justice is often…
Comfort Ye: Longing for Consolation – Advent 2024
Comfort Ye: Longing for Consolation This Advent, you’re invited to join other misfits as we explore the themes of hopeful waiting, prophetic comfort, and fulfillment in Christ, using the story of Simeon in Luke 2 and the beloved hymn, “Comfort, Comfort Ye My People.” In a season marked by anticipation, this series will delve into the ache of longing and the assurance of God’s promised consolation, offering hope and peace amid personal and communal suffering and challenges. This series will…
Center of Gravity – The Sermon on the Mount
“…the weightier matters of the law are justice, mercy, and faithfulness.” – Jesus (Matthew 23:23) Christian traditions often have primary books and passages they emphasize in their teaching and ministry. For example, Dispensationalist traditions gravitates toward apocalyptic books and passages, which they believe are coded with predictions about the future. They center books and passages like Revelation, Daniel, and Matthew chapter 24. Another example is the Pentecostal tradition, which gravitates toward the book of Acts and to passages about spiritual…