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You would expect Psalm 66 to invite Israel, God’s chosen people, to praise the Lord. However, in a surprisingly magnanimous gesture, the psalmist invites the whole earth to praise the God of Israel. Listen as...
C31: The Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
June 30, 2019
“A little girl once asked her mother if the Bible story of Elijah flying to heaven on a chariot of fire was real or pretend. How would you have answered her question?” asks Brian McLaren....
“We’ve all had experiences where something disrupts the norm and somebody does something that is inappropriate,” says Brian McLaren, a famous speaker, activist, and bestselling author. This naked man running around in a graveyard in...
B52: The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2018)
November 18, 2018
Will Willimon has long been recognized as one of America’s most prolific preachers, speakers, and authors. In this sermon from Mark 13:1-8 he finds Jesus in “an apocalyptic mood,” talking about the destruction of the...
B51: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2018)
November 11, 2018
The Rev. Lisa Cressman, Episcopal priest and founder of Backstory Preaching, takes a closer look at the story most of us know as “The Widow’s Mite” from Mark 12:38-44. Cressman uses lyrics from the musical...