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Lectionary Mixtape
by Daniel & Ben
A Revised Common Lectionary preaching podcast. Each week we discuss the texts and offer a thematic musical track for the mixtape.Ben is a country mouse/pastor.Daniel is a city mouse/pastor.
Episodes
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Reign of Christ (Year A)
It's the end everybody. Year A is concluding and we're moving on to the wonders of Year B. This is also the last episode for Ben and Dan. We want to thank everyone for your support, prayers, and all that good stuff. We had a lot of fun working on this for a little over a year now. For our final...
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24th Sunday after Pentecost (Year A)
Oh geez! The parable of the talents... just invest what God gave you and God want throw you into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Some story, huh? It just inspires joy, right? (That was sarcasm in case that wasn't clear) So what do we make of this "do it or...
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23rd Sunday after Pentecost (Year A)
Got enough oil? We're talking about the parable of the wedding guests who didn't bring enough oil and some of them got locked out of a party that they were invited to. A nice, simple thing. Mixtape tracks brought to you by Aha and Regina Spektor.
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All Saints Sunday (Year A)
FOR ALL THE SAINTS!!! All Saints feels strange this year when we know that 225,000 saints have died and left their pilgrimage on earth. Let's talk about that. And the connection between saints are on the other side of their pilgrimage and those who are still journeying. Mixtape tracks brought to...
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Reformation/Remix Sunday
This is the remix!!!! Hey. Reformation can get kind of weird, but Ben and Dan are talking about what makes a reformation and reformation. Jeremiah's got us asking about what needs to be torn down in our churches and our world for a reformation to take place. Jesus' got us asking about what we...
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A)
Ben and Daniel need to confess something. We spend a lot of time talking about Cyrus of Persia... but we neither of us chose a Miley Cyrus track for the mixtape. Shame, shame, and more shame. Anyway, God does what God wants and that goes for saving actions too. Also, what's the deal with taxes?…
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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Strange and troubling dinner parties! God is eating death itself and Jesus tells a parable about a dinner party where wearing the wrong kind of robe puts you in a very bad place. So it is pretty important to figure out what the robe symbolizes, huh? Mixtape tracks brought to you by Laura Marling...
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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
God sings the worst love song ever about rotten grapes and God is going to find a way to make a good thing grow! Mixtape tracks brought to you by LeAnn Rimes and LCD Soundsystem.
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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A)
Do you wish you were a baller? Perhaps a little bit taller? Or that you had a rabbit in a hat with a bat? Maybe we should accept who we are rather than constantly strive for a "better" version of ourselves. God empowers us by allowing us to take responsibility for our own actions (and not simply...
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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A)
Happy (Biblical) Labor Day! Jesus teaches us that what is "fair" isn't necessarily what is good. Jonah is acting like a big baby and it is waaaay too relatable. Also in other news, all the earth is God's treasured possession- Ninevah, "wages," our lives, our enemies' lives, etc. So that changes...
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15th Sunday after Pentecost (Year A)
Forgiveness. We've got a problem with it. Is it because we overcomplicate it or because we oversimplify it? It gets kind of funky when you start to throw in some considerations in power dynamics, repentance, and the like. Mixtape tracks brought to you by Jewel and The Postal Service
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A)
We're back you cool babies! And what a doozie to come back to. Jesus lays out the blueprint for excommunication! Fun! We're spending some time talking about the tough decisions when a "toxic" person in your life/your church refuses to make things right and the pain of having to cut them out. How…
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 19A)
This is the one where the disciples are suddenly guests on Scooby Doo. What does God's voice sound like? How near is God? How to tell the difference between your Savior and a spooky spooky ghost. Mixtape tracks brought to you by Adam Lambert and Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong.
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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 18A)
People all over the world, join hands! It's God's big blowout sale! Everything must go! God has too much blessing, so it's all being given out without price... and there are leftovers too! Plus we've got a little bit of an antisemitism lesson. Children's sermon ideas inspired by Office Space and…
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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 17A)
We've got (another) new format! Thank you for your patience. I think this one is here stay. Solomon's impostor syndrome! All the small things that God loves, values, and makes wonderful! Mixtape tracks brought to you by Gogol Bordello and Blink 182.
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New Format Announcement!
Hey! We are landing on a new format! Thanks for your patience while Ben and Daniel were working out what this show would look like. So here it is! Jazz Odyssey: We look at the texts as a whole. Talk about themes, textual notes, etc. Kidz Bop: Children's sermon ideas! Turn it to 11: Ben and Daniel...
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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 16A)
Creation in birthing pangs! Weeds all mixed up in our nice wheat! God is God! What does it look like to possess a spirit of fear versus possessing a spirit of faith? Are you the wheat or the weeds? And why is that the wrong question to ask? Also, you just need to let some folks go sometime. We…
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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Lection 15A)
Rain is pretty great huh? It makes things grow, which we can make into food, which keeps us alive. Isaiah reminds us that God's Word isn't something that we can control, but is a gift that does some pretty great life-making things. When faced with the tough decision of living in the "Spirit" or...
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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 15A)
Ben and Dan are trying out a different format for the show this week. Rather than go through the texts one-by-one, we are talking about them together and more thematically. Let us know what you think of the format. Thank you for your patience. We're going to try a couple of different things to…
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 14A)
Jeremiah's prophesy says that things are going to be difficult and frankly, not great. Hananiah says everything is going to be peachy keen in two shakes of a lamb's tail. How does this story relate to today's struggle for racial justice? Romans tells us that everyone is a tool... a tool for God's...
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Third Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 12A)
This is a bit heavy. Sometimes doing the right thing for the sake of the Good News sucks. Speak truth to power and those in power just might not like it. Sometimes we are left with a choice between doing what's right and holding on to what we love the most. Hey preachers, we see what you are…
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Second Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 11A)
We're talking treasured possessions. We're talking Christian stuffering. We're talking how wild it is to proclaim that "the Kingdom of Heaven has come near." Mixtape tracks brought to you by The New Pornographers and Florence and the Machine.
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Trinity Sunday (Year A)
Be careful not to do a Modalism because it's Trinity Sunday! It is that festival day when we play "Where's Waldo?" to find the three persons of the Trinity hiding in Scripture. Is there more to preaching this day than avoiding heresy landmines? Come find out! We're talking God creating with a…
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Day of Pentecost (Year A)
Happy Pentecost everyone! We can definitely do more than sing Happy Birthday to the church, yes? We're talking the miracle of understanding each other... for once. We're talking what the heck faith looks like anyway. We're talking retaining and letting go of the sins of others and ourselves. This...
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Ascension Day (Year A)
Onward and upward, preachers! It's Ascension Day (if you transfer that festival from Thursday to Sunday... otherwise it is 7 Easter A)! We're talking Christ's above-it-all authority. We're talking praise and adoration for Jesus and his church. We're talking the footprint Jesus left on earth. This...
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Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A)
Welcome to our guest, Pastor Axel Kaegler who serves as pastor of Saint John's Lutheran Church in Spinnerstown, PA. Axel is a cool dude who likes TTRPGs, Troll lore, and Greenlandic Prog Rock. @ATKaegler We're talking interfaith tensions and opportunities. We're talking good suffering and bad...
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Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A)
We're talking echoes of the people we love. We're talking Peter's metaphor overload and being part of God's building. We're talking being under-equipped and faithful. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by The Rapture and Styx. The Lectionary Mixtape: Year A 2019-2020
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Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year A)
Welcome to our guest host this week, Tim Ness! Tim serves as the pastor of Saint Mark Lutheran Church in Clifton Heights, PA. He used to play trombone in a ska band too. We're talking out of control idealism. We're talking a problematic text. We're talking receiving life abundant. This week's...
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Third Sunday of Easter (Year A)
We're talking being shot through the heart when you're too late. We're talking why God isn't a gangster with a tommy gun. We're talking seeing Jesus with blessed hindsight. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by Bjork and Bon Jovi The Lectionary Mixtape: Year A 2019-2020
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Resurrection of Our Lord (Year A)
Happy Easter! Alleluia! Christ gets knocked down but gets up again! Our guest host this week is Pastor Joey Klinger. Joey serves at Redemption Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. We're talking the pain and hurt that resurrection answers. We're talking macro-level preaching with Peter and his...
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Maundy Thursday/Good Friday
We're talking self-giving love even for jerks like Judas and Peter. We're talking Christ breaking the sin machine. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by The Talking Heads and Jesus Christ Superstar. The Lectionary Mixtape: Year A 2019-2020
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Palm/Passion Sunday (Year A)
We're talking parody parades. We're talking God emptied. We welcome our special guest host, Gary Woodruff. Gary serves as pastor of Atonement Lutheran Church in Asbury Park, NJ. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by Alanis Morissette, The Polyphonic Spree, and My Chemical Romance. The...
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Fifth Sunday in Lent (Year A)
We're talking believe more than you thought was possible and then some more on top of that. We're talking "Flesh and Spirit" and Resignation and Hope. We're talking about a dead man with a verb. This week's 80's-tastic mixtape tracks are brought to you by Oingo Boingo and Crowded House. The...
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Social Distancing and Sharing the Good News
Hi friends. Lots of churches have suspended worship services in response to the spread of COVID-19. Thank you for making the tough decisions to keep everyone safe. Many church leaders have been puzzling out how to still offer a worshipful experience and proclaimed word even when we can't…
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Fourth Sunday in Lent (Year A)
We're talking God's choice of under-seasoned and under-prepared leaders. We're talking exposing the bad deeds and sin of the world but not being a jerk about it. We're talking God calling us to treat people like people instead of object lessons. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by...
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Third Sunday in Lent (Year A)
A little bit of a warning. Daniel was a little under the weather so he sounds a little stuffy. He sounds weird and hopefully not too gross. Sorry! We're talking God's grace to understandable despair. We're talking God's presence and healing in the midst of suffering that produces endurance and...
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Second Sunday in Lent
We're talking new journeys. We're talking dying and rising in baptism and in life. We're talking Nick at Nite. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by 30 Seconds to Mars and Idina Menzel. The Lectionary Mixtape: Year A 2019-2020
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First Sunday in Lent (Year A)
We're talking original insecurity and shame. We're talking the blame game. We're talking tempting doubts. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by Linkin Park and Cohhed & Cambira. The Lectionary Mixtape: Year A 2019-2020
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Ash Wednesday (Year A)
We're talking turning around... together. We're talking truth-telling. We're talking letting go of our shame. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by Bonnie Tyler and Arcade Fire. The Lectionary Mixtape: Year A 2019-2020
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Transfiguration of our Lord (Year A)
Happy Shiny Day everyone! We're talking mountaintop experiences that are good and bad. We're talking discernment that is holy. We're talking the words to which we need to listen. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by The Sweet and Sufjan Stevens. The Lectionary Mixtape: Year A 2019-2020
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Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (Year A)
We're talking toasting to life! We're talking being the field of God. We're talking using the question "Does this give life?" to challenge our interpretations. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by The Fiddler on the Roof Cast and The Cranberries. The Lectionary Mixtape: Year A 2019-2020
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Year A)
Hey! We've got a guest this week filling in for Daniel while he was down in Ecuador. This week, we welcome Brad Siebert to the mic. We're talking true worship. We're talking the Spirit of God and the mind of Christ. We're talking being worth your salt because God says so. This week's mixtape…
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
We're talking not forgetting the point of worship. We're talking the foolishness that we think is wisdom and the wisdom that we think is foolishness. We're talking Jesus just saying outrageous blessed things without qualifiers. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by Justice and...
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Second Sunday after Epiphany
We're talking being light and not taking it lightly. We're talking giving thanks and meaning it. We're talking telling what you've seen and heard. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by Justice and OneRepublic. The Lectionary Mixtape: Year A 2019-2020
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Baptism of Our Lord
Ben was out of town for this recording, so we have a special guest host... Emily Eisenberg! Emily is an horticulturalist, a cool lady, and the spouse of Daniel. We're talking being sent out to be Jesus and share justice. We're talking why God uses us to witness when could have done it alone.…
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Second Sunday after Christmas (Year A)
In the beginning was the Word Up and the Word Up was with God and the Word Up was God... We're talking what makes a home a home. We're talking being marked with love and not being picked last for dodgeball. We're talking what to do when you receive more than your "fair share" of grace upon grace....
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First Sunday after Christmas
These are tough texts. We are exploring themes of God's judgment and mercy. We're mourning the loss of life in all tragedies. We're holding fast to the promises that Christ is not ashamed to call us kin. This week's mixtape tracks are brought to you by 16 Horsepower and Skillet. The Lectionary...
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Christmas Eve!
Merry Christmas ya'll! Welcome to our special guest, Colleen Montgomery. We're talking burning away war and death. We're talking the manger meeting the cross. We're talking good news to you and ya'll. This week's mixtape tracks brought to you by Adele, Ella Fitzgerald, and Matt Redman. The...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year A)
Names! Joseph's got one, you've got at least one, and Jesus has about 500. Get ready for the last week of Advent as we talk about God-with-us, hopes beyond what we can see, and the faithfulness of us to each other as a response to God's faithfulness to us. This week's mixtape tracks brought to…
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Third Sunday of Advent (Year A)
We're talking joy-filled hope. We're talking farm wisdom about patience. We're talking needing encouragement when things are very disappointing. This week's mixtape tracks feature REO Speedwagon and Joy Electric. The Lectionary Mixtape: Year A 2019-2020
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A Revised Common Lectionary preaching podcast. Each week we discuss the texts and offer a thematic musical track for the mixtape.Ben is a country mouse/pastor.Daniel is a city mouse/pastor.
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A Revised Common Lectionary preaching podcast. Each week we discuss the texts and offer a thematic musical track for the mixtape.Ben is a country mouse/pastor.Daniel is a city mouse/pastor.
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