Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell, Pastor
Morgan Park
Baptist Church
11024 S. Bell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60643
773-445-9443
Reflections
To read the pastor's column from the church's weekly newsletter "The Advance" please select from the following list:
August 30, 2020 "AND FINALLY: GOD" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 23, 2020 "AND FINALLY: LIFE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 16, 2020 "AND FINALLY: LOVE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 9, 2020 "AND FINALLY: HOPE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 2, 2020 "AND FINALLY: FAITH" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 26, 2020 "GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD: PONDERING CREATION" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 19, 2020 "A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD FISH STORY" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 12,2020 "CLOTHING OURSELVES WITH LOVE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 5, 2020 "REST FOR OUR SOULS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 28, 2020 "ON THE POTTERS WHEEL" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 21, 2020 "TO STRENGTHEN OUR HEARTS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 14, 2020 " THE TRINITY OF GOD" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 7, 2020 "A TIME TO MOURN" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 31, 2020 "EARTH BLOOMS!" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 24, 2020 "AN ELEGY FOR TRUST AND TRUTH" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 17, 2020 "THIS & ONLY THIS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 10, 2020 "PRECIOUS TEARS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 3, 2020 "BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 26, 2020 "THOMAS, THE DOUBTING TWIN" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 19, 2020 "A FINAL EASTER SERMON" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 12,2020 "EASTER AMAZEMENT" - REV. DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 5, 2020 "HOSANNA!" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 29, 2020 "HAVING OUR HEARTS COMFORTED" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 22, 2020 'WHERE MIGHT WE FIND JUSTICE?" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 8, 2020 "ONCE MORE INTO THE WILDERNESS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 1,2020 "LIFE IS WHAT IT IS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 16, 2020 "COURAGE IS CRITICAL" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 9, 2020 "MY EYES HAVE SEEN!" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 2,2020 "OUR CHURCH & IT'S FUTURE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 26, 2020 "WORRY AND THE ART OF GIVING THANKS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 19, 2020 "HEAVEN WAS OPENED (THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD)" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 12, 2020 "BE STRONG! ME, TOO" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 29, 2019 "NEW YEAR HOPE 2020" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 22, 2019 "AND ON EARTH PEACE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 15, 2019 "TIME TO LISTEN TO ANGELS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 1, 2019 "ESTIMATE OF GIVING 2020"
November 24, 2019 "PAIN IS A PART OF LIFE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 17,2019 "THE RESUME OF REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH"
November 10, 2019 "SCAPEGOATERS ABOUND" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 3, 2019 "THINGS DO NOT ALWAYS GO ACCORDING TO PLAN" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 20, 2019 "THE LANGUAGE OF LOSS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 13, 2019 "LEARNING TO LISTEN" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 22, 2019 "CALMING OUR FRANTIC SOULS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 15, 2019 "THE GREATEST COMMANDMENTS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 8, 2019 "GOD'S AUNDANT LOVE:MARANATHA!" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 1, 2019 "A TIME FOR PEACE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 25, 2019 "A DESERTED PLACE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 18, 2019 "A TORRENT OF TEARS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 11, 2019 "WE ARE NOT "FIXABLE" - REV.DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 5, 2019 "CONTINUING COSMOLOGY" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 28, 2019 "MORE ON PRAYER" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 21, 2019 "WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW?" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 14, 2019 "KNOCK- KNOCK : WHO'S THERE?" - REV. DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 7, 2019 "THE WAY OF THE WOUNDED HEART" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 30, 2019 "HEARTS STRENGTHENED IN HOLINESS" REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 16, 2019 PASTOR'S REPORT TO THE FAITH FAMILY OF MORGAN PARK AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCH
June 9, 2019 "TO HEAVEN" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 2, 2019 "LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 26, 2019 "JONAH'S JOB" - BYREV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 19, 2019 "RECALLING DR. KING'S ASSASSINATION" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 12, 2019 "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 5, 2019 "BECOMING EASTER PEOPLE" - BY REV. DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 21,2019 "AMAZED!!!" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDORTH
April 14, 2019 "GOOD FRIDAY REFLECTIONS" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 7, 2019 "A SPIRIT OF DISCIPLINE" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 31, 2019 "WHY SO MUCH HATRED?" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 17, 2019 "LENTEN THOUGHTS" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 10, 2019 "UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE WITHOUT RANCOR" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 3, 2019 "CLOTHING OURSELVES WITH LOVE" - BY REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 24, 2019 "BECOMING PASTORS AND PRIESTS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 17, 2019 "JESUS, THE COUNTRY BUMPKIN" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 10, 2019 "BE STRONG" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 3, 2019 "A SPIRIT OF DISCIPLINE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 27, 2019 "SEPARATING SHEEP FROM GOATS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 20,2019 "WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW FROM THE BIBLE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 13, 2019 "AT THE JORDAN" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 30, 2018 "ETERNITY & THE HUMAN HEART!"- REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 9, 2018 "AN ABUNDANCE OF DIVINE LOVE" - REV.DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 2, 2018 "JESUS IS COMING AGAIN" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 25, 2018 "THE PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 18, 2018 "LOOK AT THE BIRDS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 11, 2018 "STEWARDSHIP LETTER" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 28, 2018 "JOHN,THE FIRST BAPTIST" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 21, 2018 "FRIENDLY OR UNFRIENDLY" - REV. DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 14, 2018 "ALL WE NEED TO KNOW FROM THE BIBLE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 7,2018 "WHY BOTHER WITH CHURCH" - REV.DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 30, 2018 "MORE LOVE" - REV.DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 23, 2018 "ON HAPPINESS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 16, 2018 "ON ROCK" - REV. DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 9, 2018 "THE HAPPINESS PROJECT" - REV. DR.THOMAS ALWORTH
September 2, 2018 "EMBRACING A PEACEABLE LIFE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 26, 2018 "NO END OF CONTEMPT" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 12, 2018 "LISTENING TO THE BELOVED" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 29, 2018 "REFLECTION ON SOUL" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 22, 2018 "THE GIFT OF BEING" - REV. DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 15, 2018 "LOST AND FOUND IN THE COSMOS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 8, 2018 "FRIENDSHIP AND LONELINESS" - REV. DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 1, 2018 " THEOLOGY 101: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD" - REV. DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 24, 2018 "MINDFULNESS AND STRESS REDUCTION" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 17,2018 "TO DAPHNE AS YOU TURN FOUR" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 10, 2018 "TENTH ANNIVERSARY THOUGHTS? - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 27,2018 "UNDERSTAND THE TRINITY?" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 20, 2018 "PENTECOST PONDERINGS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 13, 2018 "REFLECTIONS ON LIFE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 6, 2018 "MINDING THE SOUL" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 30,2018 "REFLECTIONS ON BAPTISM" - REV.DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 22, 2018 "FURTHER EASTER REFLECTIONS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 15, 2018 "STILL DREAMING DREAMS!" - REV. DR THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 8, 2018 "A GOD OF WAR OR A GOD OF PEACE? WE MUST CHOOSE!" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 1, 2018 "EASTER JOY" - REV .DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 25, 2018 " A PALM SUNDAY REFLECTION: ON BEING LOST AND FOUND" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 18, 2018 " THE INCIDENT IN THE TEMPLE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 11, 2018 "FAREWELL EULOGY FOR MATTHEW MARK BROWNLEE" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 4, 2018 "WHY ARE WE A CHURCH IN THE FIRST PLACE?" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 25, 2018 "TO CLARK: AS YOU TURN TWO " - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 18, 2018 "DUST TO DUST" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 11, 2018 "DON'T COME TO OUR CHURCH!" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 4, 2018 "UNRAVELING REVELATION" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 28,2018 - "ON THIS AND THAT" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 21, 2018 - "LOOKING A BIT AT RACE" - REV. DR THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 14, 2018 - " A STAR STILL SHINES" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 7, 2018 - "EPIPHANY REFLECTIONS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 24, 2017 CHRISTMAS: DO NOT BE AFRAID TO BE HAPPY - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 17, 2017 - "REFLECTIONS ON THE VISITATION" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 10,2017- " THE FIRST CHRISTMAS " - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 3,2017 -" THE NECESSITY of CHRISTIAN COSMOLOGY" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 26, 2017 - NOW IS THE TIME: 2018 ESTIMATE OF GIVING CARDS - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 19, 2017 - "WHO CARES ABOUT CHURCH?" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 12, 2017 - "ON DREAMING DREAMS" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 5,2017 - "PERCHANCE TO DREAM: HELPING HEAL INSOMNIA" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 29,2017 - "SERMON SNIPPETS"- REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 22, 2017- "BELOVED BETH" - REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 15, 2017-'DOING THEOLOGY" - REV. DR.THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 1, 2017- "SAVED BY FAITH IN JESUS OR SAVED BY THE FAITH OF JESUS?" -REV. DR. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 24, 2017-"HEALING UNHEALTHY GOD-IMAGES" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 17, 2017- "WHO CAN KILL IN JESUS' NAME?" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 3,2017 - "THE HARDEST WORK THERE IS: SPEAKING ABOUT GOD" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 27, 2017 - "THE HEART OF DEMOCRACY" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 20, 2017 - "NO ONE SHALL SEE GOD AND LIVE" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 13, 2017 - "THE ATTACK" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 6, 2017 - "LOVING THE BIBLE WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND PART TWO" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 30, 2017 - "LOVING THE BIBLE WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 23, 2017 - "ARE YOU INSANE 2?" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 16, 2017 - "ARE YOU INSANE?" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 9, 2017 - "BRAIN HEALTH: PART THREE/CONCLUSION" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 2, 2017 - "BRAIN HEALTH: A HAPPY AND HEALTHY BRAIN - PART 2" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 25, 2017 - "BRAIN HEALTH: A HAPPY AND HEALTHY BRAIN" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 18, 2017 - "TRINITY THOUGHTS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 11, 2017 - "PONDERING PENTECOST" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 21, 2017 - "FOR DAPHNE: WHO WILL SOON BE THREE" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 14, 2017 - "TO ALL ASPIRING MINISTERS: A LETTER OF AFFECTIONS AND AFFIRMATION" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 7, 2017 - POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 30, 2017 - "BEING MORTAL" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 23, 2017 - "THE DAFFODILS STILL BLOOM!" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 16, 2017 - "GOOD FRIDAY REFLECTIONS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 9, 2017 - "LAZARUS, COME OUT!" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April, 2, 2017 - "BORN BLIND" - Dr. THOMAS ADLWORTH
March 19, 2017 - FORGETFULNESS AND THE BRAIN (Part Two)" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 12, 2017 - "FORGETFULNESS AND THE BRAIN (Part One)" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 5, 2017 - "SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER FOR LENT" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 26, 2017 - "SO WHERE IS KATIE NOW?" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 19, 2017 - "REFLECTIONS FROM OUR BROTHER ART MYREN'S MEMORIAL" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 12, 2016 - "WITH LOVE TO CLARK KENNETH AS YOU TURN ONE" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 5, 2017 - "SERMON SNIPPETS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 29, 2017 - "A YEAR OF DISCERNMENT" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 15, 2017 - "HOPEFUL SANITY" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 25, 2016 - "CHRISTMAS: A FEAST OF HOPE" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 18, 2016 - "HUMOR AND HUMILITY" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 11, 2016 - "THE BEAUTY OF THE CHRISTIAN STORY" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
December 4, 2016 - "NOW IS THE TIME: 2017 ESTIMATE OF GIVING CARDS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 27, 2016 - "DID PAUL REALLY WRITE THIS?" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 20, 2016 - "BETH ALDWORTH'S EULOGY" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
November 6, 2016 - "SERMON THOUGHTS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 30, 2016 - "DARK NIGHTS AND THE SILENCE OF GOD (CONCLUSION)" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 16, 2016 - "DARK NIGHTS AND THE SILENCE OF GOD (PART TWO)" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 9, 2016 - "DARK NIGHTS AND THE SILENCE OF GOD (PART ONE)" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
October 2, 2016 - "THE NEED FOR COURAGE" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 25, 2016 - "WORSHIP & SURRENDER" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 18, 2016 - "WRAPPING UP OUR SUMMER OF WISDOM" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
September 11, 2016 - "A FALL FULL OF PAUL" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 28, 2016 - "WORTH PONDERING" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 21, 2016 - "SOME OF WHAT I BELIEVE" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 14, 2016 - "PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
August 7, 2016 - "BIBLE TRANSLATIONS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 31, 2016 - "A FLAME OF YAHWEH" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 24, 2016 - "THE SUMMER OF WISDOM: KISS ME" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 17, 2016 - "EMBRACING ECCLESIASTES PART 2 - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 10, 2016 - "EMBRACING ECCLESIASTES" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
July 3, 2016 - "MORE PROVERBS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 26, 2016 - "PROVERBS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
June 19, 2016 - THE SUMMER OF WISDOM - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 29, 2016 - "A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 22, 2016 - "DAPHNE LOU AS YOU TURN TWO" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 8, 2016 - "REFLECTIONS ON SPOTLIGHT" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
May 1, 2016 - "SEE, I'M MAKING ALL THINGS NEW - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 24, 2016 - "UNDERSTANDING HEARTS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 17, 2016 - "CAN WE REALLY UNDERSTAND GOD?" PART 2 - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 10, 2016 - "CAN WE REALLY UNDERSTAND GOD?" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
April 3, 2016 - "WHAT ABOUT BAPTISM" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 27, 2016 - "EASTER FAITH" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 20, 2016 - "REFLECTIONS ON THE CROSS OF CHRIST" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March13, 2016 - "LOVE AND LUST ARE NOT THE SAME" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
March 6, 2016 - "DUST TO DUST" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 28, 2016 - "POWER CORRUPTS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 21, 2016 - "THOUGHTS ON TIME" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 14, 2016 - "FROM THE HEART, FOR THE HEART" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
February 7, 2016 - "FINDING GOD" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 31, 2016 - "TRAUMA & STRESS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 24, 2016 - "CHRISTMAS PAST" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 17, 2016 - "SEVEN DEADLY SINS" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
January 10, 2016 - "LOVING THE BIBLE" - Dr. THOMAS ALDWORTH
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