A Word from The Park
by Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church
Latest episode
"Dressed in Grief: All Saints"
"Dressed in Grief: All Saints"
About this podcast
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 newest 20 of 195 episodes
- "Dressed in Grief: All Saints" · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 35Grief has a way of covering everything. But God is still reaching for you beneath it all. ❤️ The memories. The empty spaces. The moments when pretending you're fine takes…
- "Not On My Watch" · 21 min · Season 5 Episode 34The king had power. The grieving mother had a purpose. And guess who changed the story? 🔥 Rizpah had no throne. No army. No earthly power. But she had a fierce love that refused…
- Haters Gonna Hate · 24 min · Season 5 Episode 33Your haters have opinions. But who gave them authority over your calling? 👀🔥 Some people want you small. They'll question your growth, challenge your truth, and keep you busy…
- "Consider This Your Introduction" · 15 min · Season 5 Episode 32Some versions of us were built to survive. Some layers kept us safe. 💛 But beloved, you don’t have to live buried beneath who the world told you to be. Take your time. Dig…
- "Your Heart is Showing" · 17 min · Season 5 Episode 31Your mouth might be telling on your heart! 👀❤️ Because whatever you’ve been storing up? Sooner or later, it’s coming out. 🗣️ The grudges. The goodness. The love. The little…
- "Wait: Why?" · 22 min · Season 5 Episode 30What if the most dangerous place to be lost…is where you’ve learned to feel at home? 🐑💭 You can get used to the loneliness. Make peace with the detour. Forget there’s a way back…
- "Yes Responder" · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 29We’ve gotten very good at calling the having blessed. 💰✨ The house. The title. The success. The more. But Jesus flips the list. 👀 Blessed isn’t about what fills your hands—it’s…
- Five Refusals: Refusal 5 - I refuse to postpone my joy · 4 min · Season 5 Episode 28🌿 Joy isn't waiting for you on the other side of your to-do list. It isn't the reward for surviving. It isn't what you earn after you've carried everyone else. 🤍 Later keeps…
- Five Refusals: Refusal 4 - I refuse to confuse labor with love · 4 min · Season 5 Episode 27⏰ Maybe you're not tired because you've loved too much... Maybe you're tired because you've been trying to earn what was never for sale. 🤍 Somewhere along the way, love became a…
- Five Refusals: Refusal 3 - I refuse to be my own afterthought · 4 min · Season 5 Episode 26The one thing you keep scheduling for later... is you. Your healing. 🌿 Your rest. 🤍 Your wholeness. Everyone else gets your best. You live on what's left. 🍂 But Jesus invites you…
- Five Refusals: Refusal 2 - I refuse to mistake noise for instruction · 5 min · Season 5 Episode 25🌊 Not everything demanding your attention deserves your obedience. Some pressures sound like purpose. 🌪️ Some urgency is just noise. 📣 But God is not the author of confusion. 🤍…
- Five Refusals: Refusal 1 - I refuse to be a stranger to myself · 5 min · Season 5 Episode 24🌾 There comes a moment when the soul grows tired of pretending. Tired of carrying names that were never yours. 🪨 Tired of wearing armor that was only meant for survival. 🛡️ Tired…
- "Return to Sender" · 12 min · Season 5 Episode 23Some prayers bloom into blessings. 🌱✨ But blessings were never meant to stay in your hands. 🤲🏾 Don't keep living in yesterday's question when God has already opened tomorrow's…
- "Objection! Asked & Answered" · 16 min · Season 5 Episode 22The world looked at Hannah and saw emptiness 💔 A dead end. A closed door. A prayer unanswered. But God has always made a home in the margins 🕊️✨ With the overlooked. The…
- "No Pain, No Grain" · 23 min · Season 5 Episode 21Some seasons feel like a threshing floor 🌾 The pressure is relentless. 💔 The doubts are loud. 🌪️ The losses are real. But God is still at work ✨ What feels like breaking may be…
- "The Yeast of These" · 14 min · Season 5 Episode 20Hidden doesn’t mean gone 🌱✨ Some growth happens where no one can see it 🌙 Some strength is formed after the pressing 💪🏾 Some prayers are still rising 🙏🏾 Some stories are still…
- "The Lies That Bind" · 25 min · Season 5 Episode 19Fear tells you to hold on tighter 🤲🏾 God invites you to open your hands ✨ What you own can never save you. What you hide will never heal you. What owns you can never free you. 🕊️…
- "Holy Ghostwriter" · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 18God never called us into sameness 🏗️ Forced sameness kills beauty for the sake of order. But Pentecost? 🕊️🔥 Pentecost sounds like people keeping their own voice… and still being…
- "Ascension" · 24 min · Season 5 Episode 17Trauma makes the body flinch 💔 Even when heaven is doing something holy ✨ But Ascension is not God leaving ☁️ It’s mercy growing wider 🕊️ Closer than you think 🤍 #AscensionSunday…
- "Pour No More" · 20 min · Season 5 Episode 16You’ve been pouring and pouring 💧 Trying to fill yourself with achievement, control, and survival 🏆 But some cups were never meant to hold your soul. God did not create you for…
