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Curiosity. Faith. Questions.

by Kate Drefke

Living in faith with curiosity, asking questions.Mostly my Sunday sermons, occasional other recordings of my writings.

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  1. Confusing Parable, Confusing Sermon?

    Matthew 22:1-14. Recycled and shorted sermon from 6 years ago.

  2. That's Not How This Works

    Matthew 21.33-46

  3. Who do you say Jesus is?

    The Greek "you" is actually a plural- like y'all- but stoic old Lutherans don't want to upset others, so tried to make it more personal.

  4. Faith on Water

    Matthew 14:22-33

  5. Feed as You Have Been Fed

    Matthew 14:13-21

  6. Esther, Our Neighbor

    Esther 7:1-10; 9:20-22. Quoted article: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-necropolitics

  7. Esther the Fawn(er)

    Esther 5:1-8. Book referenced: https://www.cokesbury.com/9780334066866-Esther-Keeps-the-Score Look up Fight/Flight/Freeze/F[...] models for more information on fawning.

  8. Trafficked for the Insecure King

    Esther 2:1-18 Not discussed but also important is the rest of the chapter. Mordecai has to save the king.

  9. Vashti: Queen of Courage

    Esther 1.

  10. Welcome & Baptismal Promises

    Full of children noises because we actually had a baptism today, too!! Matthew 10:40-42

  11. Harvest the Green ($$$) v. Harvest the People

    No one should be that fucking rich. Full lectionary Matthew 9:35-10:8 [9-23]

  12. Bloody Salvation

    Matthew 9:9;13, 18-26. The blood is about the hemorrhaging woman and HIV/AIDS.

  13. Multiplicity of Trinity

    We are divine.

  14. Our Spirit Divinity

    John 20:19-23

  15. Paul the Storyteller

    Acts 17:22-31

  16. Stephen Stephen Stephen

    Whoops! noticed partway through reading the gospel I hadn't hit record. (We don't talk about it today anyway; come to a funeral to hear it discussed.) Read Acts, esp. 6:1-8:2 for the Stephen stuff. (Assigned lectionary: 7:55-60.)

  17. Held in Common

    Forgot to hit record before reading the gospel. But I didn't talk about it anyway. Read Acts 2:42-47.

  18. Why Women Stay

    My latest wondering.

  19. Palm Sunday Politics

    Matthew 21:1-11 read to open worship, not in the recording.

  20. Lent 5 Prayer (Being the Answer)

    Read Paul's letter to Philemon. It's short.

  21. Lent 3 Prayer

    1 Kings 3:1-15 (I forgot to flip my insert and read v.15)

  22. Lent 2 Prayer

    1 Samuel 1:9-19

  23. Lent 1 Prayer

    Matthew 6:5-15

  24. salt melts ice

    Matthew 5:13-20

  25. Blessed are the Peacemakers

    Jesus is a liberator of the oppressed, not a mascot of the oppressed. #AbolishICE

  26. Baptized to Do the Work of Justice

    Read Matthew 2-3. See the parallels in our world today. Jesus was a refugee. Jesus was oppressed in his own homeland.

  27. Xmas 2: Daughters Who Prophesy

    Acts 21:7-15

  28. Christmas Eve 2025

    It's about singing. In the midst of joy or heartbreak, hope or despair. For life, for death. The prophetesses sang. Alanis Morrisette sings. There's a popular and awful song about Mary. Jesus sang.

  29. Advent 4: Anna

    Luke 2:22-38

  30. Advent 3: Huldah

    2 Kings 22:3-20

  31. Advent 2: Deborah

    Judges 4:1-7 "O General" by Girls in Trouble: https://www.girlsintroublemusic.com/o-general "Faith of My Fathers" by The World In Lights: https://theworldinlights.hearnow.com/faith-of-my-fathers

  32. Advent 1: Miriam

    Exodus 15:1-11, 20-21 "Esther, Ruth, and Rahab" by Flamy Grant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc66GURaiLM

  33. Reign of Christ 2025

    The Feast of Christ the King is not a particularly political feast…but it is a peculiarly political feast.

  34. Mind Your Own Business

    Enjoy the congregational engagement picked up by this one.

  35. All Saints 2025

    Whom do you remember?

  36. Reformation 2025

    What is truth?

  37. Money isn't Evil; Loving Money above God and People...

    Luke 16:19-31 Amos 6:1a, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:6-19

  38. Entangled Branches

    Holy Cross Sunday. I don't like decorative crosses. Read James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree.

  39. Welcome Table

    Luke 14.1, 7-14

  40. Healed Too Soon

    Whoops! I forgot to hit record for the first verse or two. Luke 13:10-17.

  41. Truth in Faith and Grace

    Today's readings referenced: Gen. 15.1-6; Heb. 11.1-3, 8-16. YA book referenced: Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King. HIGHLY recommend!!

  42. Rich Toward God (Feed Gaza!)

    Luke 12:13-21

  43. Longing in Prayer

    Luke 11.1-13

  44. Go, and Do Mercy

    Luke 10:25-37 Translation by Amy-Jill Levine from her text Short Stories By Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi (2014).

  45. Called to Go and Receive

    Luke 10:1-20

  46. Our Discipleship

    Mary was the first apostle.

  47. United in Baptism

    Galatians 3:23-29

  48. Pentecost 2025

    I ripped off my 2022 sermon.

  49. Body United

    Preacher's block. It's short.

  50. Easter 6: Jesus means say hope and reassurance

    In case it's not clear, Jesus is meaning to speak words of hope and reassurance, and affirm that we are safe and loved with him and the Holy Spirit. AND, if you are in or ever in a relationship where someone who is supposed to be loving and caring and safe, but isn't, PLEASE tell someone. Ask for...

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Living in faith with curiosity, asking questions.Mostly my Sunday sermons, occasional other recordings of my writings.

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Kate Drefke

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