NEWSPAPER ARTICLES BY THE REVEREND MICHAEL J. MAGEE, MD:
Cherish Each Moment Daily, The Tennessean, December 27, 2008
God's Shining Peace Intrudes Upon Us, The Tennessean, December 13, 2008
Wheat and Tares, The Tennessean, July 26,2008
Humanity is Shared in Missions, The Tennessean, July 13,2008
New Year's Resolutions, The Tennessean, December 29, 2007
Advent, The Tennessean, December 8, 2007
Brentwood First's Most Recent Trip to the Mayan Peten, The Tennessean October 5, 2007
Suffering, The Tennessean, July 28, 2007
Newspaper interview with our pastor, The Tennessean, March 30, 2007
Prayer, The Tennessean, January 6, 2007

RADIO SPOTS BY THE REVEREND MICHAEL J. MAGEE, MD:
What if there is no God?  92.9 FM, The Mix
I stopped going to church. 94.1 FM, The Fish

MEDITATIONS BY THE REVEREND MICHAEL J. MAGEE, MD:

• January 11, 2009: "Several Sagacious Persons from Persia"
  • "We three kings of orient are!” We do not know really how many there were. We think there were three only because there were three gifts. And no where does scripture call them kings. We do not know precisely where they are from, but we know they are not from Judea, maybe Persia in present day Iran. ...read more
• December 28, 2008: "God Wraps Himself in Human Flesh"
  • Today’s text reflects on the meaning of Jesus' coming into the world. Half of the New Testament is letters written by Paul. Paul writes today’s letter to a particular community, an oppressed people waiting for their liberation. Those of us who call Middle TN home might not understand Paul’s audience. ...read more
• December 21, 2008: "God’s Love Comes Down From Heaven"
  • Today’s Gospel, today’s good news, is a story of impossibilities. Consider the impossibilities Mary faced in this story: She is a virgin and pregnant—she is having a child while she is a virgin? Impossible! No way! Won't happen! Joseph has to follow through on the marriage after he discovers Mary is pregnant? Impossible! ...read more
• December 14, 2008: "God’s Joy Comes Down From Heaven"
  • Scott Peck, in his book The Road Less Traveled, begins with the statement, "Life is difficult." In a sequel to that book, he begins by saying: "Life is complex." Some of us grieve over an illness. Some of us grieve the loss of a loved one. Some of us grieve unreconciled friendships or marital relationships. Some of us grieve our loneliness. ...read more
• December 7, 2008: "God’s Peace Come Down From Heaven"
  • I have a friend who took his son to Minnesota to see the headwaters of the Mississippi. In Minnesota he and his son stepped across those headwaters of the Mississippi River. It was no more than a tiny stream. It is amazing that a river so mighty can begin in such an inconspicuous way. Perhaps we have a similar experience as we read the first chapter to the Gospel of Mark. ...read more
• November 30, 2008: "Hope Comes Down From Heaven"
  • Some tell us we are in the midst of a religious crisis. They cite as warrants that the secular world has changed its definition of a civil marriage, and favors a mother’s rights over her unborn child’s rights. But when it comes to providing for the poor and welcoming immigrants and beating swords into plowshares, they invoke the words “separation of church and state.” ...read more
• November 23, 2008: "Don’t Lose Your Head"
  • The New Testament is full of the analogy of kings and kingdoms and yet, that isn’t very relevant to us in the United States who has never known anything except a congress and an elected president. ...read more
• November 16, 2008: "Toad Kissing"
  • We gather together, God, as your faithful people, secure in salvation, drawn to our destiny. You are the light. You are love. Come, Lord Jesus. Wrath is not your intended destiny for our lives. You want to find us, rescue us, save us. ...read more
• November 9, 2008: "Out of Extravagance"
  • We have all invited a friend to coffee or a meal. At first he said yes. Then, as the appointment date gets closer, your friend seems to have a better offer. You feel snubbed. One of your friends is angry with you. She stops returning your phone calls and your e-mails. You feel snubbed. ...read more
  October 26, 2008: "There Really is Enough"
  • Compassion fatigue. We all suffer from it. Whenever we turn the news off because we cannot bear to see the devastation of hurricanes or war. Whenever we walk away from someone who is crying. Whenever we say, "I understand," not because we empathize, but to get someone to quit complaining. Whenever we look away from a homeless person under the bridge. Compassion fatigue. ...read more
  October 19, 2008: "For You Always Have the Poor With You, and"
  • Jesus tells his disciples: "For you always have the poor with you.” I went to a Sunday School class at another church a few years ago. On my way to church, a homeless man was standing at the corner stoplight. ...read more
• October 12, 2008: "Out of Her Poverty"
  • I was talking to one of my fellow physicians this week in the dining room, one who hoped to retire soon. I asked, "Does what happened in Wall Street this week bother you?"  "Who me?" he replied, "I sleep like a baby! Every two hours I wake up and cry!" ...read more
• October 5, 2008: "The Pharisees and Herodians plotted"
• Who are the Pharisees and the Herodians? The Pharisees are policy wonks. For them, all of life is a book of rules. They cannot see the meaning behind the rules....read more
• September 28, 2008: "Investment"
• September 21, 2008: "Music is the language of worship"
• September 14, 2008: "Matthew 18: 23-25"
• September 7, 2008: "The Eleventh Hour"
• August 31, 2008: "Yes, but it is not I"
• August 24, 2008: "The pebble that became a Rock"
• August 17, 2008: "How do you know a religious person when you see one?"
• August 10, 2008: "The church's gender minority"
• August 3, 2008: "Stone soup, moving fences and God's time"
• July 27, 2008: " Wheat and Tares: A Parable of Both Judgment and Grace"
• July 13, 2008: "The parable of the sewer"
• July 6, 2008" "Trying to please everyone"
• June 29, 2008:"The ram in the thicket"
• June 15, 2008: "Father's Day"
• June 8, 2008: "They laughed"
• June 1, 2008: "Building codes"
• May 25, 2008: "Worried?"
• May 18, 2008: "Who is God?"
• May 11,2008:" Energized by God’s Spirit"
• May 4, 2008: "The clothes of Christ"
• April 27, 2008: "Groping for God"
• April 20, 2008: "Led by the Spirit"
• April 13, 2008: "Front porch fellowship"
• April 6, 2008: "Cut to the Heart"
• March 30, 2008: " Vulnerability and the Power of Love"
• March 23, 2008 (Easter Sunday): "Things Worse Than Death"
• March 16, 2008 (Palm Sunday): "Opening Gates"
• March 9, 2008: " Dem dry bones"
• March 2, 2008: "Jesus is the Light of the World"
• February 24, 2008: "Thirsty?"
• February 10, 2008: "The Devil Made Me Do It!"
• February 3, 2008: "Listen to Jesus "
• January 20, 2008: "Come and See"
• January 13, 2008: "Spirit filled"
• January 6, 2008: "What is an epiphany anyway?”
• December 30, 2007: "New Year's Resolutions"
• December 24, 2007: "God lights up our darkness"
• December 16, 2007: "All creation smiles and jumps for joy”
• December 9, 2007: "From the stump will come a shoot"
• December 2, 2007: "God's Teachable Kingdom"
• November 18, 2007: "God's Holy Mountain"
• November 11, 2007: "God is Constant"
• November 4, 2007: "Little Big Man"
• October 28, 2007: " The Pharisee and the Tax Collector”
• October 21, 2007: " Persistence in Faith"
• October 14, 2007: "The Saved Samaritan”
• October 7, 2007: "What are we waiting for?”
• September 30, 2007: "Let the Children"
• September 23, 2007: "Saved from what?"
• September 16, 2007: "The Found Sheep and Coin"
• September 9, 2007: "God is the Potter, we are the clay"
• September 2, 2007: "Mind Your Manners"
• August 26, 2007: "Anointed and Sealed"
• August 19, 2007: "Running the Race"
• August 12, 2007: "The healing power of prayer."
• August 5, 2007: "Where do you make your deposit?”
• July 29, 2007:" Listening"
• July 22, 2007: "Priceless Grace"
• July 15, 2007: "Where is God When We Suffer?"
• July 1, 2007: "Fruit of the Spirit"
• June 24, 2007: "From Terror to Wholeness"
• June 17, 2007: "A Tale of Two Sinners"
• June 3, 2007: "What has the Trinity got to do with me?”
• May 27, 2007: "Come Holy Spirit Come, The Day of Pentecost"
• May 20, 2007: "Jail House Rock"
• May 13, 2007: "Mother Lydia"
• May 6, 2007: "Jesus gives us a new commandment”
• April 29, 2007: "He said, ‘The Father and I are one’”
• April 22, 2007: "He asks, ‘Do you love me?"
• April 15, 2007: "Jesus is known in Word and bread”
• April 8, 2007: "Easter Prepositions"
• April 1, 2007: "Donkey"
• March 25, 2007: "Social Healing"
• March 18, 2007: "What paralyzes us?”
• March 4, 2007: "Your Trust Has Made You Whole"
• February 25, 2007: "The Sick are Always With Us"
• February 18, 2007: "Jesus Prays"
• February 11, 2007: "Just be Happy Attitudes?"
• February 4, 2007: "Try the Other Side of the Boat"
• January 28, 2007: "Rejected"
• January 21, 2007: "how does Jesus Worship?"
• January 14, 2007: "There are More Things in Heaven and Earth"
• January 7, 2007: "Profiling"
• December 24, 2006: "The Gift"
• December 17, 2006: " Old Testament Prophets and Sandals"
• December 10, 2006: "Prepare ye the way of the Lord"
• December 3, 2006: "Jesus is Coming"
• November 26, 2006: "Christ the King"
• November 19, 2006: "Our Response to God's Favor"
• October 19, 2006: Candidate sermon before the Presbytery of Middle Tenn.