Brent Levy

Brent Levy

Pittsboro, NC
Rev. Brent Levy is convener, curator, and pastor of The Local Church in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
May
08
On Tabitha (And What Those Things You Can't Get Rid of Say About You)

On Tabitha (And What Those Things You Can't Get Rid of Say About You)

What we discover here in this tender blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment is all that Tabitha had meant to this community. And we see that it’s a profound and significant loss — because Tabitha’s life mirrored that of Jesus. Because this detail reveals just how much she blessed these women.
10 min read
Apr
24
How Trust and Belief Are Two Different Things (And Why It Matters)

How Trust and Belief Are Two Different Things (And Why It Matters)

Belief implies that the action is limited to the mind. To the head. About what you can assent to conceptually. You can believe someone or something without trusting it. But trust is so much more than that.
10 min read
Apr
17
There’s A Chance

There’s A Chance

He hears it, and as he rises to his feet, you can almost imagine a smile breaking across his face as he exclaims, “So you’re telling me there’s a chance…”
7 min read
Apr
10
There’s Always a Voice Trying to Silence Our Praise

There’s Always a Voice Trying to Silence Our Praise

But when the crowd gets too raucous, when the parade is bumping, when the praise gets to be too much and too risky, what happens?
10 min read
Mar
27
A Spelling Bee Second Chance?

A Spelling Bee Second Chance?

It’s lavish. It’s illogical. It’s unearned — and that’s precisely the point.
9 min read
Mar
20
So... What Are Your Hobbies?

So... What Are Your Hobbies?

Even when it seems like the tree is doing nothing at all, the gardener still understands the tree to be worthy of care, of nourishment, of tending, of love.
8 min read
Mar
13
Like A Mother

Like A Mother

He’s essentially saying, “I will care for you with the ferocity and strength of a mother."
9 min read
Mar
06
Full

Full

So I wonder — like those tortilla chips at the start of a meal that leave you full but still so empty, as we begin this season of Lent — I wonder what for you could be filling you up but still leaving you empty?
10 min read
Mar
03
I'm Not Here

I'm Not Here

Reflection Delivered at Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church as part of a joint Ash Wednesday service March 2, 2022
2 min read
Feb
27
Turning Point

Turning Point

Pack up your tents, my friends — because we can’t stay here. Love is on the move.
9 min read