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...
A32: The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2017)
June 25, 2017
Rev. Rachel May takes on that difficult saying of Jesus, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me” (Matthew 10:40-42), and especially the idea that those who welcome his disciples will be “rewarded.” What? Does Jesus have a...
C10: The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C (2016)
January 31, 2016
“Don’t you dare leave! Sometimes love looks like this!” Michael Renninger’s grandmother told him, as his paralyzed grandfather lay in bed covered in “green goop” from his feeding tube. This scene taught Renninger a lesson...
B43: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2015)
September 20, 2015
Brian McLaren, speaker, activist, and bestselling author of More Ready Than You Realize, We Make the Road by Walking, The Great Spiritual Migration, and, most recently, Faith After Doubt, preaches from Mark 9:30-37. He starts...