West Hill Podcast

March 7, 2010.

With Gretta away, Scott Kearns reflects on the movie Precious and the value inherent in each person.

Precious

Trailer for Precious, Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

February 28, 2010. Gretta continues her sermon series on the Academy Award nominees by exploring the spiritual – an not so spiritual – implications of Inglourious Basterds.

Inglourious Basterds

Trailer for Inglourious Basterds, directed by Quenton Tarantino

February 21, 2010.

Gretta continues her series looking at Academy Award nominees by exploring the implications of The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker

Trailer for The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow

February 14, 2010.

On Valentine’s Day Gretta explores love, isolation, and connection as she reflects on the Oscar-nominated movie Up in the Air.

Up in the Air Movie Trailer

Official trailer for "Up in the Air" directed by Jason Reitman

February 7, 2010

Gretta begins her reflections on the 2010 Academy Award nominees with Avatar. She considers how good movies—important movies—break our hearts and call us to new awareness. Awareness that asks for us to think differently, respond differently, and act.

Avatar Movie Trailer

The official trailer of the movie Avatar, directed by James Cameron

January 31, 2010

On the Sunday of the annual budget meeting of the congregation, Gretta considers why we might gather in community together and explores the point of church in a progressive community of faith.

January 24, 2010

Gretta discusses the idea of birth order and connects it to spirituality and moreover, how it may call us to be spiritual leaders. She offers a challenge: that we may find the tools to be spiritual leaders, building right relationship in all the connections we make in our life.

January 17, 2010

In a very personal meditation, Gretta speaks about her week in a rural setting with her sister Martha’s family, coping with the sudden death of Martha`s husband. She reflects on Ron’s life, his impact on that small community and what community and family mean during times of loss and grief.

January 10, 2010

Today, Gretta talks about what we leave behind. She reflects on how we might examine ourselves and our lives in the building of that legacy.

January 3, 2010. We begin 2010 by looking back at some of 2009’s remarkable people as Gretta reads an article from Johann Hari. Each of these remarkable people give us glimmers of hope for the future.

Caution: the reading contains graphic descriptions and language that some may find disturbing or offensive

As a dark year ends, remember the inspirational lights of 2009

Johann Hari is an award winning journalist who writes for several publications including the NY Times and Independent.