Glimpses of Grace
by Grace Episcopal Church, Gainesville, Georgia, USA
Glimpses of Grace is the podcast of Grace Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Georgia, USA. We are passionate about supporting the spiritual growth of souls, and we hope these sermons and conversations challenge you to be curious and pay attention to the work of the Spirit in your life. In uncertain days, we are called to explore images, stories, and prayers that can help us stay grounded and compassionate. You can learn more about Grace Episcopal Church, and find transcripts to these podcasts at our website, gracechurchgainesville.org.
Episodes
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Nov. 1, 2026 - Knit Together
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. We are never entirely self-made. Our lives are continually shaped by the people, stories, and experiences we encounter. On All Saints Sunday, we remember those whose lives are a part of ours, trusting that God is always knitting together what might otherwise remain...
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Oct. 25, 2026 - Frameworks, hope and a bell to ring
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin In difficult times we go to church to feel good – to get answers. But what happens when we don't like the answers? The Pharisees didn't like Jesus' answers because it challenged their framework. It would force them to surrender their power, control, and certainty.…
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Oct. 18, 2026 - God Who Calls Us By Name
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. In a world where names and labels shape how we see ourselves and others, Isaiah and Matthew’s Gospel invite us to consider who has the power to define our worth and imagine our future. Through the naming of Cyrus as God’s anointed and Jesus’ challenge to the…
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Oct. 11, 2026 - A Banquet in a Perilous Realm
Rev. Beau Farr In today's Gospel, Jesus tells a parable about a banquet at which everything seems to go wrong. Like many deftly crafted stories, it subverts our expectations and encourages new perspectives. All of us are invited to attend. But take care... it could be a dangerous party. Reading...
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Midday - October 2026: Day Five
The Holy Spirit as a Dove Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. and Sister Genevieve Lynn, OSB In this episode, we will consider the metaphor of a dove to describe the Holy Spirit. Liturgy: An of Order of Service for Noonday Available on bcponline.org's Noonday Service page or on flippingbook.com....
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Midday - October 2026: Day Four
The Metaphor of Water Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. and Sister Genevieve Lynn, OSB In this episode, we will consider what it means to use the metaphor of water to describe the Holy Spirit. Liturgy: An of Order of Service for Noonday Available on bcponline.org's Noonday Service page or on...
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Midday - October 2026: Day Three
The Metaphor of Flame Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. and Sister Genevieve Lynn, OSB In this episode, we will look at what it means to think of the Holy Spirit as a flame. Liturgy: An of Order of Service for Noonday Available on bcponline.org's Noonday Service page or on flippingbook.com.…
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Midday - October 2026: Day Two
The Metaphor of Breath Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. and Sister Genevieve Lynn, OSB In this episode, we will discuss the metaphor of the Holy Spirit being breath. Liturgy: An of Order of Service for Noonday Available on bcponline.org's Noonday Service page or on flippingbook.com. Psalm 121...
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Midday - October 2026: Day One
The Holy Spirit Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. and Sister Genevieve Lynn, OSB In this episode, we will explore the Mystery of the Holy Spirit. Liturgy: An of Order of Service for Noonday Available on bcponline.org's Noonday Service page or on flippingbook.com. Psalm 121 (BCP 104) Little Chapter:...
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Oct. 4, 2026 - Knowing your motivations and being like the dead
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin In this week's Gospel, St. Paul asks us to examine our motivations. Where do we come from and what are our expectations? Regardless of your roots or what you expect to gain, the answer should be "to follow Christ". Following Christ doesn't bring prestige or status –...
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Sept. 27, 2026 - The Story Cannot Be the Whole Story
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. Ezekiel and Jesus challenge us to notice the stories we tell about ourselves, about others, and about the world—and to recognize when those stories might be excuses, blinders, or barriers to God’s work. Rather than remaining trapped in blame, defensiveness, or our...
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Sept. 20, 2026 - Grounded in our common life
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin Following the wisdom of Phillippians 2, we must empty ourselves and look past superficial narratives and our own projections. The foundations of our parish are incredibly strong, and that basic grounding supports us as we do the real spiritual work – Grown-up…
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Outreach Ministry: Martha's Mustard Seed
The Thanksgiving Feed: Serving Community in Gainesville-Hall County In this episode, host Bruce Leyton sits down with Martha Randolph, local business owner and community organizer, and Angela Middleton, president of the North Georgia Black Business Alliance, at the historic Harper Smith House in...
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Sept. 13, 2026 - The songs of our hearts
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin In Exodus, when the prophet Miriam helped lead the people across the Red Sea she was inspired to sing the song in her heart of praise. What is that song of our heart? What flows out of us in those unguarded, joyful, anxious, or fearful moments? In our private…
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Midday - September 2026: Day Five
I confess, I offer, I need. Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. and Sister Genevieve Lynn, OSB In this episode, we will consider types of prayer: penitence, oblation, intercession, and petition. Liturgy: An of Order of Service for Noonday Available on bcponline.org's Noonday Service page or on...
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Midday - September 2026: Day Four
I lift my heart to you, I praise you, I thank you. Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. and Sister Genevieve Lynn, OSB In this episode, we will consider types of prayer: adoration, praise, and thanksgiving. Liturgy: An of Order of Service for Noonday Available on bcponline.org's Noonday Service page or...
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Midday - September 2026: Day Three
Why the Psalms? Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. and Sister Genevieve Lynn, OSB In this episode, we will look at why the Psalms are included in prayer, worship, and the Daily Office. Liturgy: An of Order of Service for Noonday Available on bcponline.org's Noonday Service page or on…
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Midday - September 2026: Day Two
Ordo and the Daily Office. Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. and Sister Genevieve Lynn, OSB In this episode, we will define Ordo and the Daily Office. Liturgy: An of Order of Service for Noonday Available on bcponline.org's Noonday Service page or on flippingbook.com. Psalm 119: 105-112 (BCP 103)...
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Midday - September 2026: Day One
Prayer and Worship. Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. and Sister Genevieve Lynn, OSB In this episode, we will explore prayer and worship. Liturgy: An of Order of Service for Noonday Available on bcponline.org's Noonday Service page or on flippingbook.com. Psalm 119: 105-112 (BCP 103) Little Chapter…
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Midday: Introduction
Need a moment to center and come back into your body with a midday reset? Midday will help you build those moments. Using the structure of Noonday prayer, this podcast will guide the listener in creating a deep pattern of prayer and meditation in the middle of a busy day. Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker,...
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Sept. 6, 2026 - Something Is Happening
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. What if faith asks us not to expect a particular future, but to anticipate that God is still at work? In creation something is always happening—and Scripture invites us to pay attention with curiosity and wonder. Rather than deciding in advance what God should do…
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Aug. 30, 2026 - Seeds
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin As Jesus likens the Kingdom of Heaven to a mustard seed, we are called to watch what is growing in our lives. What are we consciously planting and what grew while we weren't paying attention? How do we cultivate what we've inherited and how do we pass it on?…
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Aug. 23, 2026 - All Things Hold Together
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. When our lives break into pieces, our wounds can become the whole horizon, making it difficult to see the life and light still surrounding us. Scripture reminds us that we are not self-contained or alone: in Christ, all things hold together, and the fountain of life...
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Outreach Ministry: Beyond Dementia Coalition
The Measurable Power of Connection in Dementia Care Dementia care is often framed as a medical problem. Kila Acey argues the deeper crisis is isolation, and her work is showing communities how to turn connection into real quality of life for adults living with dementia. Bruce Leyton sits down…
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Aug. 16, 2026 - Once upon a time there was a wounded person lying in a ditch
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin How do we engage the well-known parable of the Good Samaritan beyond our familiar moral categories? What if the wounded person lying in the ditch wasn't just a neighbor in need, but a deep wound within our own lives that we are challenged to attend to? What if we...
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Aug. 9, 2026 - Becoming
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. What does it mean to remain yourself while everything around you—and within you—is changing? This sermon reflects on the mystery of becoming through childhood memory, the rhythms of creation, the parable of the fig tree, and God’s promise to make all things new.…
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Aug. 2, 2026 - What the river teaches...
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin In times of uncertainty, our human impulse is to grasp for control. Part of us yearns for a firmer grounding, yet there is also the Spirit's call to dive into the deep waters and be saturated by a grace that we can trust. How do we nurture a deeper awareness that...
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July 26, 2026 - Listening Hearts
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. We spend much of our lives becoming who we think the world needs us to be, often hiding the beloved self God delighted in from the beginning. Drawing on Solomon’s prayer for a listening heart and Jesus’ parables of the mustard seed and hidden treasure, this sermon...
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July 19, 2026 - The Gate of Heaven
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. Jacob wasn’t searching for God—he was running. Yet in an ordinary place in the desert, with nothing but a stone for a pillow, he awakened to an awesome truth that heaven was already near. This sermon invites us to see God’s kingdom not as a distant place, but as the...
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July 12, 2026 - Understanding the Good Soil of God's Promises
Rev. Andrea Corso Johnson, M.Div. Scripture texts from all of today’s readings proclaim an idea that great joy is beheld when the fullness of God’s goodness is brought forth unto flourishing throughout all creation. This sermon focuses on today’s Gospel text—The Parable of the Sower (Matthew...
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Outreach Mission: Unity Project Gainesville
Bridging the Gap: How Gainesville's Unity Project Is Bridging the Gap Between Homelessness and Hope Unity Project is bridging the critical gap between the need for and - availability of - services for our unhoused neighbors in Gainesville. Michael Fisher of Ninth District Opportunity shares how...
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July 5, 2026 - What We Carry
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. As the United States marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this sermon reflects on the stories we tell and the truths we often forget. Through Rebekah’s courageous “yes” and Jesus’ invitation to rest, it explores a freedom rooted not…
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June 28, 2026 - Here I am
Rev. David B. Powell Throughout scripture, figures like Abraham, Moses, Samuel, and Isaiah answered God's call with three simple words: "Here I am." A consideration of possibilities for which we might be present before God and how Christ might become present in us. For episode transcripts and…
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June 21, 2026 - A Deeper Belonging
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. Looking at Hagar’s exile in the wilderness and Jesus’ difficult words of division, this sermon explores how God’s deeper work of belonging often begins when familiar structures of identity fall apart. Rather than preserving our false unities, God invites us into the...
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June 14, 2026 - Roads go ever on and on
Rev. Beau Farr Whether in the transition between Matthew 9 and 10, or on the road to Bucklebury Ferry without Gandalf, striking out without your mentor is transformational. We are forced to the center of the narrative and asked to assume responsibility for the mission. These moments teach us how…
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Outreach Mission: Street Medicine with Nina Wright
Street Medicine with Nina Wright: Caring for Gainesville's Most Vulnerable Neighbors What does it look like when a community refuses to look away from its most vulnerable neighbors? In this episode, Bruce Leyton sits down with Nina Wright, registered nurse and clinical operations director at Good...
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June 7, 2026 - Being Made One
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. In this sermon, we explore how Jesus continually makes room for those others overlook, reject, or keep at a distance. From Matthew’s table to a grieving father and a suffering woman, Matthew’s Gospel reveals a Jesus who stops, notices, and restores people to...
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May 31, 2026 - Humming the Tune of Grace and Compassion
Rev. Dr. Bill Harkins The Trinity defies description, but the Spirit surrounds us and shows itself to us when we are authentically present. Sometimes the best you can do is to offer a cold glass of water, and that's enough. For episode transcripts and more about Grace Episcopal Church, visit…
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May 24, 2026 - Wind and Fire
Rev. Beau Farr This week we draw on a story from the Talmud to bring together the Pentecost story in Acts with the "Feast of Weeks," the Jewish festival which celebrates God's gift of the Torah to Israel. For episode transcripts and more about Grace Episcopal Church, visit online at...
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May 17, 2026 - Lifted. Carried. Here.
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. Ascension is not a story of departure but of transformation—of Christ moving beyond limits into a deeper, more expansive presence. This sermon explores the paradox of a God who is both lifted beyond us and more fully presence within the fabric of our lives. In a…
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May 10, 2026 - Through Glass
Aidan Voyles This sermon considers the human inclination to gravitate towards a location of familiarity. In examining the Holy Spirit through the lens of Paul's teachings to the Athenians in Acts, it questions how our mental confinement of Biblical understanding affects the potential of our...
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May 3, 2026 - Place
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. This sermon reflects on the quiet, disorienting moments when life feels unstable and what it means to trust in that uncertainty. Drawing from John 14, it reframes Jesus’ promise not as an explanation or map, but as the assurance of belonging—a place prepared in God,...
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Outreach Mission: Bloom Enterprises
Welcome to the first episode of the Grace Episcopal Outreach Mission Spotlight, a new series on the Glimpses of Grace podcast highlighting community partners supported by the Grace Episcopal Outreach Ministry in Gainesville and Hall County, Georgia. Each episode features local organizations…
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Apr. 26, 2026 - Is your gate open or closed?
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin We may feel we know the story of the shepherd, the sheep, and the gate very well, but in this Gospel reading, Jesus offers a powerful teaching that invites us to use our imagination in a new way. How can we use our spiritual muscles and explore the profound insights...
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Apr. 19, 2026 - Stay With Us
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. This sermon invites listeners into the Emmaus story not as observers, but as companions on the road. Inspired by the Ignatian Examen, it explores how Christ meets us not in certainty but in brokenness and quiet recognition. In the breaking of bread and turning back...
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Apr. 12, 2026 - Now what?
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin Christ has risen, Alleluia! Now comes the hard part. The disciples are left in confusion. When Jesus returns the disciples struggle to recognize him. Christ has been raised from the dead, but we do not receive a quick fix to our daily struggles. How do we take...
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Apr. 5, 2026 - Become all flame; Become Easter
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin The resurrection of Christ marks a time of celebration and joy, a welcome rebirth, but overly relying on familiar customs lets us bypass the deep soul work that the resurrection of Christ calls for. How can we, as Fr. Brandon said during the Great Vigil, "set the...
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Apr. 4, 2026 - The Great Vigil - Returning to the Fire
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. "Returning to the Fire" invites us into the mystery at the heart of the Easter Vigil, where light emerges not by avoiding darkness but by entering it. Tracing the journey through soil, water, and breath, this sermon centers on the fire that has always marked God’s...
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Apr. 3, 2026 - A reflection for Good Friday
Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, DMin So much in our modern world is obsessed with personal desires and power, and a spirit of greed and ambition saturates all aspects of our lives. Good Friday challenges us to become aware of the deep power of Jesus Christ: that in self-emptying and compassion, we are...
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Apr. 2, 2026 - Maundy Thursday - Love to the End
Rev. Brandon Nonnemaker, Ed.D. This sermon reflects on the disorienting tenderness of Jesus’ final night with his disciples, where love takes the unexpected shape of kneeling to wash feet. In a moment that confuses and unsettles, Jesus invites his followers—not to understand everything—but to…
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Glimpses of Grace is the podcast of Grace Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Georgia, USA. We are passionate about supporting the spiritual growth of souls, and we hope these sermons and conversations challenge you to be curious and pay attention to the work of the Spirit in your life. In uncertain days, we are called to explore images, stories, and prayers that can help us stay grounded and compassionate. You can learn more about Grace Episcopal Church, and find transcripts to these podcasts at our website, gracechurchgainesville.org.
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