Oakhurst Baptist Church

Sometimes our resistance looks like marching, singing, preaching, or dancing in the face of oppression. Sometimes, our greatest act of resistance is to have the audacity to exist. Listen as Ashley Robinson encourages us to do just that.

We all have a name, and many of us several nicknames. We have names for God too that take all different shapes and forms. What happens when those names meet? What is in God’s name? What is in yours? Listen as Minister of Music Karen Bryant Shipp talks about what’s behind God’s name and when God calls yours.

Rev. Brandon Maxwell joined us on Pentecost Sunday. Listen as he encourages us to embrace the creativity of the Spirit.

Captivity takes all different forms. Sometimes it looks like high walls, sometimes like overwhelming circumstances, and sometimes it is not detectable at all. Listen as Rev. Bob Duvall reflects on how we can be “Buddha in a ten-foot cell” and indeed be released.

Listen as Minister of Music Karen Bryant Shipp reflects on the ways we experience God. While they are varied and the many expressions speak to who we are, we can find commonality in God’s encompassing love.

Hear Rev. Brandon T. Maxwell as he considers how not to be a zealot and explores religious practice in the age of authenticity.

So many things exist in the world that cause us to ask, “Why is this happening? How do we let this happen?” That happened in Jesus’ world as well, and is a large part of the Easter story. Listen as Pastor Lauren Colwell searches for answers to the why and the how. How can we respond to a hurting world? And why should we?

As Jesus parades into Jerusalem we shout hosanna, but we know a storm is looming as Jesus’ enemies begin to grumble. Life can be like that – one day a parade, the next day a violent storm. Listen as Pastor Melanie Vaughn-West ponders how the storm sometimes surprises us in the midst of the parade and hear the response by Cindy Clark, Laura Johnson, Ashley Robinson, and Marjorie Hall Snook as they sing a rendition of the Walin’ Jennys’ “Storm Comin'”.

Does God ever want to throw a party in our honor? The story of the prodigal son in Luke 15 says yes, God’s boundless and joyful love yearns to throw a party for us just because God missed us so much while we were away. Pastor Melanie Vaughn-West asks if we will allow ourselves to be celebrated by God’s love. And how will we love and celebrate others as God’s children? Let the partying begin!

“Get a life!” You hear it from poets, punk rock artists, and even Jesus. Listen as Pastor Melanie Vaughn-West suggests that all it might take is a little more manure.