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Bethany UCC — 308 episodes
26.08.30. Sermon. Show & Tell: Good News in the Shadow of the Empire
26.08.23. Sermons. Show & Tell: Lost and Found
26.08.16. Sermon. Show & Tell: Something Amazing
26.08.09. Sermon. Show & Tell: something that matters
26.08.02. Sermon. Bless This Mess: Mudpies with Souls
26.07.19. Sermon. Bless this Mess: Prayer that Uses Your Whole Body
26.07.12. Sermon. Bless This Mess: Easier Not to Get Involved
26.07.05. Sermon. Themeless: All the Time in the World
26.06.21. Sermon. Theme Songs: Family Ties
26.06.14. Sermon. Theme Songs and other signs something good’s about to happen: just wait
26.06.07. Sermon. Theme Songs: Advice columnists don’t want you to know this one trick: share your despair
26.05.31. Sermon. Samuel: Opening Credits
26.05.24. Sermon. Spring Migration: Pentecost, parts II, III, IV, V… What am I missing?
26.05.17. Sermon. Spring Migration: From Glottophobia to Glossolalia
26.05.10. Sermon. Spring Migration: Water from Flint Rock
26.05.03. Sermon. Spring Migration: Grace for the Wren
26.04.19. Sermon. Take Root: Rebecca (Finally) Does Improv 🐧
26.04.19. Sermon. Take Root: Love Over the Long Term
26.04.12. Sermon. Take Root: Black and White Thinking
26.04.05. Sermon. Easter: The Strong, Silent Type
26.03.29. Sermon. Come Away With Me: Comfort, Comfort
26.03.22. Sermon. Come Away With Me: I've Prepared a Place for You
26.03.15. Sermon. Come Away With Me: Maybe Jesus Draws a Seahorse
26.03.08. Sermon. Come Away With Me: Permission Slips
26.03.01. Sermon. Come Away With Me: Citizens of Another Country
26.02.22. Sermon. Come Away With Me: What Did You Go Into the Wilderness to See
26.02.15. Sermon. Unspeakable: The Most Beautiful Story I Know
26.02.08. Sermon. Unspeakable: A Cross and a Question
26.02.01. Sermon. Unspeakable: Anger
26.01.25. Sermon. Beginner’s Mind: Practice
26.01.18. Sermon. Beginner's Mind: Awe
26.01.11. Sermon. Beginner's Mind: Uncertainty
26.01.04. Sermon. Beginner's Mind: Humility
25.12.24. Sermon. Christmas Eve: Fiddly Little Things
25.12.21. Sermon. Keep Watch: Those Who Watch For Morning
25.12.14. Sermon. Keep Watch: Let It Be
25.12.07. Sermon. Keep Watch: Now You're On The Hook
25.11.30. Sermon. Keep Watch: The Vigilance that Saves
25.11.23. Sermon. Free For All: More than Enough 🎉
25.11.09. Sermon. Free For All: Choose Your Own Adventure
25.11.02. Sermon. Tune My Heart: Defying Gravity
25.10.26. Sermon. Tune My Heart: Everything is Relative
25.10.19. Sermon. Tune My Heart: Burst into a Song
25.10.05. Sermon. Belongings: The One About Oxen
25.09.28. Sermon. Belongings: The One About the Lily
25.09.21. Sermon. Belongings: The One About the Shakers
25.09.14. Sermon. Belongings: The One About My Butt
25.08.31. Sermon. Red Flags: We’ve got the joy, joy, joy…
25.08.24. Sermon. Rev Dr. Katie Hays: We Have Been Warned
25.08.17. Sermon. Red Flags: Should've Seen It Coming
25.08.10. Sermon. Red Flags: Take Comfort, the Writing’s on the Wall
25.08.03. Sermon. Red Flags: get curious, together.
25.07.27. Sermon. Faith Is Elemental: Bedrock
25.07.20. Sermon. Faith Is Elemental: Open Water
25.07.06. Sermon. Faith Is Elemental: Catch Fire
25.06.29. Sermon. ACT UP: Rude, Rash, Demanding, Effective
25.06.22. Sermon. Act Up: Meaningless Right Action
25.06.08. Sermon. Act Up: Get Swept Up
25.06.01. Sermon. Act Up: A Lateral Move
25.05.25. Sermon. Sanctuary: Abundance Abounds
25.05.18. Sermon. Sanctuary: Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door
25.05.11. Sermon. Sanctuary: Dream Bigger
25.05.04. Sermon: Sanctuary in the Wilderness
25.04.27. Sermon. Sanctuarying: How Space Comes Alive
25.04.20. Sermon. Less: More Than You Know
25.04.13. Sermon. Taking Sides: The Way Of Love Is Not Neutral
25.04.06. Sermon. Less: A Human Amount
25.03.30. Sermon. Less: A Prayer Not By Thomas Keating
25.03.23. Sermon. Less: Drop Everything
25.03.16. Sermon. Less: Letting Go
25.03.09. Sermon. Less: Of God
25.03.05. Sermon. Less: Más Simple
25.02.09. Sermon. Playing With Fire: Get Your Hands Dirty
25.02.02. Sermon. Playing With Fire: Breaking Stuff
25.01.26. Sermon. Prophetic Imagination: Prophetic Hope
25.01.19. Sermon. Prophetic Imagination: Grief
25.01.12. Sermon. Prophetic Imagination: Otherwise
25.01.05. Sermon. Breaking Point: This Is The Beloved
24.12.29. Sermon. Breaking Point: Jesus In The Temple
24.12.24. Sermon. Breaking Point: Christmas Eve
24.12.22. Sermon. Breaking Point: Patterns
24.12.15. Sermon. Breaking Point: Practicing Precarity
24.12.08. Sermon. Breaking Point: Hospitality In A Time Of Breaking News
24.12.01. Sermon. Breaking Point: Learning To See In The Dark
24.11.24.Sermon. Help, Thanks, Wow: Thanks Anyways
24.11.17. Sermon. Help, Thanks, Wow: The Why And The Wow
24.11.10. Sermon. Help, Thanks, Wow: Is There Life After Wreckage?
24.11.03. Sermon. Safe and Sound: A Cloud Never Dies
24.10.27. Sermon. Safe and Sound: Crazy Wisdom
24.10.20. Sermon. Safe and Sound: Are You Listening?
24.10.13. Sermon. Safe and Sound: Open Door Policy
24.10.06. Sermon. Safe and Sound: Let God Be God
24.09.29. Sermon. Reboot: Touch Grass
24.09.22. Sermon. Reboot: Pet Blessing Sunday
24.09.15. Sermon. Rebooted: Work On A Human Scale
24.09.08. Sermon. Reboot: Old Clocks, New Wine
24.09.01. Sermon. unCONVENTIONal: King Me
24.08.25. Sermon. unCONVENTIONal: Swim Toward The Shark
24.08.11. Sermon. unCONVENTIONal: Loving Your Enemies
24.08.04. Sermon. unCONVENTIONal: Baptism Sunday
24.07.28. Sermons. VS: Creator vs. Christ vs. Holy Spirit!
24.07.21. Sermon. Vs: Cup Of Blessing vs. Bread Of Life
24.07.15. Sermons. VS: Hope vs. Faith
24.07.07. Sermon. VS: Green Pastures vs. Still Waters
24.06.30. Sermon. Setting The Table: I Am Somebody
24.06.16. Sermon. Setting The Table: Divine HodgePodge
24.06.09. Testimonials. Setting The Table: Stories From Biloxi
24.06.02. Sermon. Setting The Table: Hospitality- Coming and Going
24.05.19. Sermon. Hand To God: Unshakeable
24.05.12. Sermon. Hand To God: Continuous, Enthusiastic Covenant.
24.05.05. Sermon. Hand To God: What's (Not) Yours To Promise
24.04.28. Sermon. Everything That Has Breath: Just Because
24.04.21. Sermon. Everything That Has Breath: Hope For A Slow-Growth Species"
24.04.14. Sermon. Everything That Has Breath: A Little Goes A Long Way
24.04.07. Sermon. Everything That Has Breath: The Last Word About Breath
24.03.31. Sermon. Disenchanted: An Idle Tale
24.03.24. Sermon. Disenchanted: Sacred Spaces
24.03.17. Sermon. Disenchanted: Bone Deep
24.03.03. Sermon. Disenchanted: God's Beauty Standard
24.02.25. Sermon. Disenchanted: Action and Miracles
24.02.18. Sermon. Disenchanted: Hawthorn Tree
24.02.11. Sermon. Misstakes Were Made: Corrections
24.02.04. Sermon. Misstakes Were Made: Good Things
24.01.28. Sermon. Misstakes Were Made: Confession
24.01.22. Sermon. Leap Of Faith: Déjà Vu
24.01.14. Sermon. Leap of Faith: Jumping With Purpose
24.01.07. Sermon. Leap Of Faith: Ready, Set, Go.
23.12.17. Sermon. All That Glitters: Catching Butterflies
23.12.10. Sermon. Hollow Ways and Desire Paths
23.12.3. Sermon. All That Glitters: Our Lady Of the O
23.11.26. Sermon. Mixed Feelings: Choices
2023.11.19. Sermon. Mixed Feelings: Re-threading The Beads
2023.11.12. Sermon. Mixed Feelings: The World Is Bad
2023.11.5. Sermon: What's In A Name?
The Dead Rising From The Grave?: Daniel & Halloween
2023.10.22. Sermon. Apocalypse Now. Revelations.
2023.10.15. Sermon. Apocalypse Now. Awe.
2023.10.8. Sermon. Apocalypse Now.
2023.10.1. Sermon. Pet Blessing Sunday. Wild Goose Chased.
2023.9.24. Sermon. Make Believe. God's Eye View
2023.9.10. Sermon. Make Believe. Eye Contact
2023.9.17 Sermon. Make Believe. Guided Through Imagery
2023.9.3. Sermon. Make Believe
2023.8.27. Sermon. Family Recipes. Desperation Pie
2023.8.20: Sermon. Family Recipes. Comfort Food
2023.8.13. Sermon: Family Recipes - Marinating on Tradition
2023.8.6. Sermon: Family Recipes. Tastes like Love
2023.7.30: Sermon: Living in Harmony. Singing Together
2023.7.23 Sermon: Living in Harmony. Conflict
2023.7.16 Sermon: Living in Harmony. Learning
2023.7.9 Sermon: Living in Harmony. Sing Out!
2023.6.25 Sermon: Beyond the Binary. Coat of Blessing
2023.7.2 Sermon: Creation Care. Brimstone
2023.6.18 Sermon: Beyond the Binary. Good in the Inbetween
2023.6.11 Sermon: Beyond the Binary. Rainbows and Rain
2023.6.4 Sermon: Beyond the Binary. Bread and Roses
2023.5.21 Sermon: Streakers, Shipwrecks, and She-Bears. Love Battle
2023.5.14 Sermon: Streakers, Shipwrecks, and She-Bears. Ablesim
2023.5.7 Sermon: Streakers, Shipwrecks, and She-Bears. Weird stories
2023.4.30 Sermon: Feast Days. Never a Good Time
2023.4.24 Sermon: Feast Days. Remembering
2023.4.17 Sermon: Feast Days. Spring Feasts
2023.4.9 Sermon: Easter Sunday
2023.4.2 Sermon: Sacred Sketchbook. God as Ordinary
2023.3.26 Sermon: Sacred Sketchbook. God as Parent
2023.3.19 Sermon: Sacred Sketchbook. The image-smasher
2023.3.5 Sermon: Sacred Sketchbook. God as Cryptid
2023.2.26 Sermon: Sacred Sketchbook. Dark Night
2023.2.19 Sermon: Bleeding Hearts. Pancakes and Serving
2023.2.12 Sermon: Bleeding Hearts. Be Tender
2023.2.5 Sermon: Bleeding Hearts. Earnestness vs Irony
2023.1.15 Sermon: Let 'er Rip. During the Journey
2022.11.20 Sermon: Bethany Speaks. Thanksgiving
2023.1.8 Sermon: Let 'er Rip. Something New
2023.1.1 Sermon: The Turning of the Year
2022.12.24 Sermon: Holy Darkness. Christmas Eve
2022.12.4 Sermon: Holy Darkness. Stories in Shadow
2022.12.18 Sermon: Holy Darkness. Dreams.
2022.12.11 Sermon: Holy Darkness. Beginning with Night
2022.11.27 Sermon: Holy Darkness. Protection of the Dark
2022.11.13 Sermon: Bethany Speaks. Witnessing, Listening, Pentacost
2022.11.6 Sermon: Bethany Speaks. Four Preachers
2022.10.30 Sermon: Be Not Afraid. The Catch-22 of Hope
2022.10.23 Sermon: Be Not Afraid. The Fear of God
2022.10.16 Sermon: Be Not Afraid. Dying Alone
2022.10.9 Sermon: Do Not Be Afraid. Stand Firm
2022.10.2 Sermon: Pet Blessing Stories
2022.9.11 Sermon: Mirror, Mirror. Orange You Glad
2022.9.18 Sermon: Mirror, Mirror. Ugly Duckling
2022.8.28 Sermon: Wildflowers. Investing in Roots
2022.8.14 Sermon: Wildflowers. Good Fire
2022.8.7 Sermon: Wildflowers. To Just Be
2022.7.31 Sermon: Do-Overs. Christmas in July
2022.7.25 Sermon: Do-Overs. Rewritten
2022.7.17 Sermon: Do-Overs. Second Chances.
2022.7.10 Sermon: Do-Overs. Never Too Late
2022.7.5 Sermon: Do-Overs. Redemption
2022.6.26 Sermon: Say Anything. Say PRIDE
2022.6.19 Sermon: Say Anything. Say Racism
2022.6.12 Sermon: Say Anything. Say "Trans"
2022.6.5 Sermon: Say Anything. The Body
2022.5.29 Sermon: Four Ways to God: Putting it All Together
2022.5.22 Sermon: Four Ways to God. Heart
2022.5.15 Sermon: Four Ways to God. Hands
2022.5.8 Sermon: Four Ways to God. Spirit
Four Ways to God: Head
2022.4.24 Sermon: We Ask...Now What?
2022.4.17 Sermon: Come Back to Life. Easter Sunday
2022.4.10 Sermon: I Shall Be Released. Palm Sunday
2022.4.3 Sermon: I Shall Be Released. To Have Without Holding
2022.3.27 Sermon: I Shall Be Released. Prayer of Commendation
2022.3.20 I Shall Be Released. Breaking the Rules
2022.3.6 Sermon: I Shall Be Released. Not Too Soon
2022.2.27 Sermon: Hollier Than Thou. We The Saints
2022.2.20 Sermon: Holier Than Thou. St Francis is for the birds.
2022.2.13 Sermon: Holier Than Thou. St George slays the dragon — and you can too.
2022.2.6 Sermon: Holier Than Thou. St Brigid gives away the good stuff willy-nilly
22.1.30 Sermon: Lions, and Giants, and Whales: Miracles and Magic
22.1.23 Sermon: Lions, and Giants, and Whales: David and Goliath
22.1.16 Sermon: Lions, and Giants, and Whales: Daniel and the Lion's Den
Lions, and Giants, and Whales: Jonah and the Big Fish
22.1.2 Sermon: Drop Into Your Heart
21.12.24 Sermon: Christmas Future
21.12.12 Sermon: Imagine A Hero
21.12.5 Sermon: Origin Stories
11-28-21 Sermon - Help Is On The Way: Happy New Year!
11-21-21 Sermon - Foundational: dependence
11-14-21 Episode - Foundational: closing the gaps
11-7-21 Sermon - Foundational: rebuilding
10-31-21 Sermon - Unorthodox: universal salvation
10-17-21 Sermon - Unorthodox: what do you believe?
10-10-21 Sermon - Unorthodox: 4 ways to not read the bible literally
9-19-21 Sermon - everything doesn't happen for a reason
9-12-21 Sermon - Stone Soup
9-5-21 Sermon - Rest Awhile
8-22-21 Sermon - Life Is a Cabaret: Oz
8-8-21 Sermon - Life Is a Cabaret: tilting at windmills
8-1-21 Sermon - Life Is a Cabaret: this wasn't supposed to happen
7-25-21 Sermon - Fun and Games: why so serious?
7-18-21 Sermon - Fun and Games: win-win
7-13-21 Sermon - Fun and Games: what's good about it?
6-27-21 Sermon - Are We There Yet?
6-20-21 Sermon - Are We There Yet? Climbing Mountains and Running with Horses
6-13-2021 Sermon - Are We There Yet? Part 2
6-6-2021 Sermon - Are We There Yet?
5-30-21 Sermon - System Failure: food
5-23-21 Sermon - System Failure: church at the end of the world
5-16-21 Sermon - System Failure: the human cosmos
5-9-21 Sermon - System Failure: family systems
5-2-21 Sermon - System Failure: just mercy
4-18-21 Sermon - Pay Attention: Be Amazed.
4-11-21 Sermon - Pay Attention: Fresh Start
4-4-21 Sermon - Loving What Death Has Touched
3-28-21 Sermon - The End is Near
3-21-21 Sermon - Party as Dissent
3-14-21 Sermon - Rules for a New World
3-7-21 Sermon - Made-Up Holidays
2-28-21 Sermon - Turn Up the Heat
2-21-20 Sermon - Party Planning
2-14-21 Sermon - New Skin
2-7-21 Sermon - This is 40
1-31-21 Sermon - Money Matters
1-24-21 Sermon - Mental Maps
1-17-21 Sermon - Drawing Lines
1-10-21 Sermon - Whole Love
1-3-21 Sermon - Getting Lost
12-27-20 Sermon - Ugly Jesus
12-13-20 Sermon - Gaudete, Rejoice
12-6-20 Sermon - Beautiful Things
11-22-20 Sermon - Remain Movable
11-15-20 Sermon - Worshipping in Public
11-8-20 Sermon - Cracks in the House
11-1-20 Sermon - A Place for God... and Others
10-18-20 Sermon - Winter is Coming
10-11-20 Sermon - What Story Are You Tending?
9-27-20 Sermon - Get a Life
9-20-20 Sermon - Compelled by the Story
9-13-20 Sermon - Nothing Matters. Be Kind.
3-22-20 Sermon - Journaling
3-8-20 Sermon - Outer Space
3-1-20 Sermon - Where My Help Comes From
2-23-20 Sermon - Into the Unknown
2-16-20 Sermon - The Next Right Thing
2-20-20 Sermon - Some Things Never Change
2-9-20 Sermon - Let It Go
1-19-20 Sermon - Changing Perspectives
1-12-20 Sermon - Empty Rocks
1-5-20 Sermon - Holy Name of Jesus
12-29-19 Sermon - Convivial
12-22-19 Sermon - Provoking Wonder
12-15-19 Sermon - Home
12-8-19 Sermon - A Breath of Fresh Air
12-1-19 Sermon - Breathtaking
11-17-19 Sermon - Believe in the Good News
11-3-19 Sermon - Longing and Delight
10-27-19 Sermon - Evil Is Something Real
9-29-19 Sermon - Becoming Our True Selves
9-22-19 Sermon - What to Do When Everything Has Changed
10-13-19 Sermon - Overcoming Evil
9-15-19 Sermon - Why We Tell Stories
9-8-19 Sermon - A Single, Bright Thread
9-1-19 Sermon - Home
7-21-19 Sermon - A Beautiful Song
7-28-19 Sermon - The Invisible Conspiracy of Love
6-23-19 Sermon
6-16-19 Sermon
5-26-19 Sermon - It Happened In Bethany
5-19-19 Sermon - One Of Those Places