A Word from The Park
Sermons from Pastor Kaji Douša, Senior Pastor of the Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City. Park Avenue Christian Church, called "The Park" by its members and friends is an inclusive community of Christians who follow the example of radical welcome set by Jesus. www.parkavenuechristian.com
Episodes
The woman stood where they left her. She was surrounded by silence, not stones.
And Jesus asked: “Where are your accusers?”
This Sunday, Pastor Kaji leads us deeper into Answer Me This with a question that undoes shame and makes room for mercy.
The accusers may have walked away…but grace stayed.
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Jesus isn’t about lip service.
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord’ and not do what I say?”
It’s a hard question. Real faith requires real follow-through.
This Sunday in Answer Me This, we’re reckoning with the gap between what we say and how we live.
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Healing is holy. Are you ready to be healed?
Jesus looked at a man who’d been stuck for 38 years and asked: “Do you want to be made well?”
It’s a soul check.
This Sunday, we continue our summer series Answer Me This with a question that challenges every place in us that resists change…even the good kind.
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What are you really searching for?
That’s the very first thing Jesus asks. “What are you looking for?”
Desire is holy ground. This Sunday, we start our new series Answer Me This: Jesus’ Questions Still Matter with the question that starts everything.
Let’s get honest about what we’re chasing…and what’s chasing us.
Join us at The Park, in person or online.
We’re starting something deep.
#AnswerMeThis #JesusQuestions #FaithThatSearches #Su...
Anxiety abounds, watching your moves, whispering worst-case scenarios, trying to convince you that you’re not enough.
Did you know that Jesus isn't scolding you for feeling anxious?
Instead, Jesus reminds you: Even the ravens are fed. Even the lilies are clothed. Aren’t you worth more than these?
This sermon launched our summer series, Answer Me This: Jesus’ Questions Still Matter. Come with your ac...
We came. We slayed. We praised. 🌈🏳️⚧️🖤🤎💛🤍💜💗💜💙
This Pride Sunday, we said:
💥 No to shame
🧱 Yes to building each other up
🙅🏽♀️ No to church as a weapon
🔥 Yes to prayer as protection
💖 No to being prey
🌟 Yes to being precious
If you missed today’s powerful Pride worship, don’t worry. You can still experience it online. The sermon, Prey No More, is a word for anyone who’...
This sermon is for every woman who’s been told to wait for a man to claim her. For every person watching their rights unravel while someone shouts “God said so.”
We’re not going back to Ruth’s rules.
We’re moving forward with Ruth’s courage.
Ruth wasn’t just a survivor—she was an ancestor to liberation.
#RuthlessSystems #RighteousWomen #RuthsRules #FaithThatFrees #ProgressiveChurch
“At Pentecost, Spirit didn’t show up with a manual or a manifesto. Spirit came as wind. As breath. As presence.”
The Holy Spirit doesn’t wait for perfection. She shows up where there’s confusion, hunger, and hope — not to destroy, but to dislodge what no longer serves.
She doesn’t gatekeep.
She guides.
She doesn’t silence.
She speaks.
✨ So catch your breath.
Just breathe. Let that be enough.
And let the dream begin...
Ever feel like you’re stuck in a ditch?
Can’t climb out?
Know this: God doesn’t leave us stuck.
Not in shame. Not in fear. Not in comfort disguised as calling.
This Ascension Sunday, Pastor Kaji reminds us:
Faith isn’t just about staying put. It’s about rising.
Again and again and again.
Watch Knock It Off now.
#AscensionSunday #FaithInMotion #HolySpiritPower #ParkAvenueChr...
🗑️ “TRASH TALK”
Not everything you’re carrying was meant to come with you.
This week, Pastor Kaji invites us to name what needs to go—and make room for the resurrection power of Christ.
This message might just be the permission your soul has been waiting for.
🎧 Watch the recorded sermon now.📍Only at The Park.
#TrashTalk #LetItGo #SpiritualClarity #ResurrectionLiving #ProgressiveChurch #FaithTha...
“Joy in the Key of Grace” is a way of life. This week, we remembered that real joy isn’t passive. It’s practiced. Protected. It sings when there are no words. And it refuses to let fire burn.
See Pastor Kaji ‘s message and carry this joy with you.
🕊️✨ #JoyInTheKeyOfGrace #RefinedNotDestroyed #EasterSeason
"We bear burdens. We bear with one another. And sometimes we’re called to bear the unbearable. But beloved: even when you are the one doing the bearing…look around! You are in good company."
#CalledToLove #GodWithUs #SacredSupport #LoveThatHolds #SpiritualMothering
A Christ-like love doesn’t shut you down in avoidance of being hurt again. It doesn’t push love away bc you don’t know how to be needed. No, no no no no no. Jesus’ love is: secure. It’s a love that holds you, frees you, opens you up to show up for someone else without being afraid you’ll lose yourself.
#ProgressiveChristianity #GospelLove #Matthew25 #SecureLove
From Jesus’ perspective, your scars aren’t signs of shame. They are *survival emblems.* Proof that life - your life - won out.
#FaithWithoutMasks #ShowYourWounds #GraceInTheScars #SurvivalEmblems
Resurrection never came from the palace or the chariot, it came from a place people avoid: the tomb. But that tomb was empty and it is still. That story is unfolding, the doors they are open, and you better go ahead and walk into your resurrection.
#ResurrectionIsTransformation #EmptyTombRevolution #ChristIsRisen #GodIsStillAtWork #WalkingInResurrection
God's vision of triumph isn’t about dominance. It’s exactly what Jesus was about to continue in doing. Giving. Of himself. Showing the solidarity that sticks around, even when it gets scary. God’s triumph is so unexpected that…it looks like love on a donkey.
This week’s sermon lifts up the sacred exchange between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon—not just a romance, but a revelation.
Sheba showed up with brilliance, questions, and the weight of a people.
Solomon showed up with wisdom, presence, and the willingness to be seen.
Neither waited to be chosen. Both gave. Both listened. And through that kind of love—mutual, brave, generational—something holy happened.
If it doesn’t stretch...
The gospel only spread because people moved. Because others welcomed. Because borders didn’t block the Spirit. Migration is not a side note in scripture. It is the story. And that story isn’t just ancient—it’s ours. You may not have crossed seas or borders. But you’ve moved through heartbreak, through change, through fear. And God met you there. The question is: Will we meet others the same way? God’s still showing up in the crossi...
We’ve all been there: standing in the desert wilderness, looking at what we have, and thinking, This just isn’t enough. But the miracle doesn’t always start in the plan. It starts when we hand over whatever we have.
That’s where faith lives. Not in our version of the fix. In the surrender.
#FishyBusiness #LoavesAndLetGo #ModernFaith #ProgressiveChurch #UCC #SundaySermon #LentenJourney #WhenGodIntervenes #FaithNotFear #SpiritualPracti...
At your lowest point, when you have nothing left, reach out to God. Just touch the hem of God’s garment. Just the hem. And know that God is close enough for you to do just that.
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