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
179 episodes
"The Lies That Bind"
Fear 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. 🕊️#Acts5 #BeRichInCharacter #FaithOverFear ...
"Holy Ghostwriter"
God 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 understood.Difference is holy ✨#P...
"Ascension"
Trauma 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 #MercyGrowingWider #thepark1010
"Pour No More"
You’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 depletion 🌿Your cup was made to overflow ✨
"Read the Room"
Empires fade 🏛️Strongholds crumble 🍂But what God placed in you remains ✨Incorruptible.Undefiled.Unfading.So don’t bow where your soul cannot 🕊️#ReadTheRoom #LivingHope #thepark1010
"No Room in the Bin"
You can’t carry fear-built systems into a God-sized life 🧳✨If you can’t imagine love without control…you’ll miss what God is doing 👀“Did you forget whose God this is?”Let it go 🙌🏽There’s more life waiting 🌿
"Face Value"
Tell yourself the truth—early 🗣️Before the image becomes an idolBefore success starts shaping your soul 🏆Wisdom pays attention 👀Wisdom discerns 🧠Wisdom knows when to let go 🍃It learns 📖—and it unlearns 🔓That...
"Ground Control"
Fear was still there… but it didn’t win 😳“I know,” the angel says 🤍And then: He got up 🙌🏽So they did too 🕊️Resurrection doesn’t erase fear—it lifts you through it 🌅✨#ResurrectionSunday #HeGotUp #Fait...
"Low Rider"
Not the war you expected.Not the power you imagined.Jesus didn’t come with force—He came close.Stepping between you and what harms you.Taking it on Himself.That’s what salvation looks like.#PalmSunday #LowRi...
"Flock, Stock and Two Stolen Idols"
The story isn’t as simple as who’s right and who’s wrong.We see a moment 👀God sees the whole terrain 🌍This Lent, loosen your grip on the story that keeps you feeling righteous.Let God hold the truth. Let it go.#...
"Check Before You Wreck…Yourself"
Sometimes the holiest moment isn’t at the altar — it’s the pause before it.That quiet interruption from your conscience?That’s God saying: face it.Repair what you can. Do your part.Because the blessing begins when yo...
"Shift Happens"
“I was afraid.”Fear tells the feeling.Confession names the choice.When we can’t stand in our truth, we start shifting the blame.But confession is survivable. Healing begins when we stop deflecting and start owning.N...
"Axis Granted."
Pressure is real.But falling doesn’t mean you weren’t prepared.Sometimes it just means something pulled you off your axis.When a skater is aligned — centered — they can spin, jump, and land strong.What winners do is stop f...
"Shine & Rise: Transfiguration"
We love activation. Push through. Get up. Keep going. 💪✨But activation only works to a point.Sometimes your body makes a different choice.Sometimes you collapse. 🫠Not because you’re weak.Because it’s too much.
"From Hem to Him"
Sometimes the hardest part isn’t action—it’s the space in between. ⏳We call it paralysis.Scripture calls it an invitation. ✨Jesus was busy—and still stopped.For the urgent. For the long-suffering.For spoken praye...
"When the Call Interrupts the Plan"
I don’t think God’s interested in your plans. I think God is interested in who you’re becoming.
"Yoked Up"
The work you’ve been assigned is *holy*. It carries God’s anointing. And anointing brings…provision. You don’t have to collapse under a weight you were never assigned.
"Lifted: Gifted" Feast of the Epiphany
What are you already carrying that you’ve never considered sacred before? So many of you don’t offer what you have because you’re waiting for just the right conditions. Of you’re waiting for some more perfect version of yourself to emerge first...
"Better Recognize: The Anna Fast"
I stand before you today saying: this is a new day. A Turning Point. I’m ready to do my part in making some changes to live a little differently. Steadier and readier than ever. Prepared. Because I’m channeling Anna. I’m fasting and I’m praying...
"Room Enough: A Christmas Reflection"
When God chose that manger, in a crowded home, God was keeping the Holy Family safe. No one would look for a king there. Heaven moves first in the margins. Angels skip the courts and councils of kings, choosing instead to go straigh...
Christmas Eve Homily
Beloved in Christ, on this holy night, we mark our time together in the stillness that gives us the distinct experience of wrapping ourselves in God's glory.
"Angels Apparent"
As you reflect on the Christmas story and your own experience of it this year, I ask, what are you facing that feels impossible or unthinkable? Where are your angels? Think honestly - have you already heard from the angel you need? Have they al...
"Name Dropping"
He entered this world as a little babe, no crib for a bed. But with a name the world would learn so that his followers to come would always, always have a name close enough to be spoken to.Say his name. Jesus!