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North Decatur Presbyterian Church — 339 episodes
A Heart with God: Emotions and Our Faith. 8.16.26.
How Can Science and Religion Co-Exist? 8.9.26.
What to Say When a Five-Year-Old Asks: Is God Real? 8.2.26.
Closer to Fine? 7.26.26.
Did Jesus Have a Sense of Humor? 7.19.26.
Faith in the Depths. 7.12.26.
Christian and American. 6.28.26.
The Difficulty of Loving God and Neighbor (Part 2). 6.21.26.
The Difficulty of Loving God and Neighbor (Part 1). 6.14.26.
Good, Evil, and Digital Technology. 5.31.26.
Pentecost. 5.24.26.
Rejoice Always. 5.17.26.
The Faith of Christ. 5.10.26.
Self-Emptying. 5.3.26.
Sowing Seeds for a New Creation. 4.26.26.
If You Love Me, Feed My Sheep. 4.19.26.
Peace (John 20). 4.12.26.
Easter Sunday. 4.5.26.
Palm Sunday. 3.29.26.
The End of Violence (John 19). 3.22.26.
Truth and Power (John 18). 3.15.26.
I Am (Not). 3.8.26.
Resurrection Among Us. 2.22.26.
John 9. 2.15.26.
Living Water (John 4). 2.8.26.
Michah 6. 2.1.26.
The Light Suffers the Darkness. 1.25.26.
Honoring MLK, Jr. 1.18.25.
The Miracle Begins with What's Empty. 1.11.26.
Epiphany. 1.4.26.
December 28, 2025.
Advent 4: Earth. 12.21.25.
Advent 3: Water. 12.14.25.
Advent 2: Air. 12.7.25.
Advent 1: Fire. 11.30.25.
A Plan. 11.23.25.
Prophets. 11.16.25.
Do You See the Children? 11.9.25.
Birth and Death: All Saints Day. 11.2.25.
NDPC's 70th Anniversary! 10.26.25.
What Is a Leader? 10.19.25.
Hineni. 10.12.25.
Guest Preacher Rev. Sarah Lane. 10.5.25.
Abraham and Isaac. 9.28.25.
Hagar. 9.21.25.
Faith. 9.14.25.
Beginnings. 9.7.25.
Healing. 8.31.25.
Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse (4 of 4). 8.24.25.
Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse (3 of 4). 8.17.25.
Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse (2 of 4). 8.10.25.
Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse (1 of 4). 8.3.25.
Prayer for People Who Have Trouble Praying (4 of 4). 7.27.25.
Prayer for People Who Have Trouble Praying (3 of 4). 7.20.25.
Divine Justice. 7.13.25.
Brunch Church. 7.6.25.
Prayer for People Who Have Trouble Praying (2 of 4). 6.29.25.
Prayer for People Who Have Trouble Praying (1 of 4). 6.22.25.
Explosions of Joy. 6.15.25.
Pentecost Sunday. 6.8.25.
Time. 5.25.25.
Fools. 5.18.25.
The Same Mind. 5.11.25.
Youth Sunday. 5.4.25.
Refugia Faith. 4.27.25.
Christ is Risen Indeed! 4.20.25.
Palm Sunday Meditations. 4.13.25.
Zacchaeus. 4.6.25.
A Chasm. 3.30.25.
The Good Shepherd. 3.23.25.
Bearing Witness: Guest Preacher Dr. Lamma Mansour. 3.16.25.
What is a Body for? Mercy. 3.9.25.
Transfiguration. 3.2.25.
Forgiveness. 2.23.25.
What Makes Us Follow? 2.16.25.
What Are These Gifts? 2.9.25.
What Laws Does God Make (and Break)? 2.2.25.
Caught Alive. 1.26.25.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail. 1.19.25.
Baptism of the Lord. 1.12.25.
Poetry Readings. 1.5.25.
Luke: The Musical. 12.29.24.
Mary and Gabriel. 12.22.24.
What Will God Do With This? 12.8.24.
The Hopes and Fears of All the Years. 12.1.24.
Will We Listen? 11.24.24.
The Call of Isaiah. 11.17.24.
Come Back to the Basics. 11.10.24.
Celebrating Saints. 11.3.24.
Home Is a Community. 10.27.24.
The House that Endures Forever. 10.20.24.
Hannah's Prayer. 10.13.24.
Ephesians 2. 10.6.24.
The Power of Ritual. 9.29.24.
The Story of Joseph. 9.22.24.
Seeing Stars. 9.15.24.
What Happened in the Garden? 9.8.24.
Love Beyond Duality: Embracing the Sacred Balance. 9.1.24.
What Do We Mean by Heaven and Hell? 8.25.24.
What Do We Mean by Sin and Salvation? 8.18.24.
What Are We Doing When We Baptize? 8.11.24.
What Do We Mean When We Share Communion? 8.4.24.
Let Your Light Shine. 7.28.24.
The Coming Election. 7.21.24.
What Do We Mean When We Say Jesus? 7.14.24.
Designing My Own Religion. 7.7.24.
Bridge Over Deep Water. 6.30.24.
Re-Wilding. 10.15.23.
Making Room in the Boat. 10.8.23.
Creation Makes Room for Us. 10.1.23.
Keeping Promises. 9.24.23.
A (Shared) Promised Land. 9.17.23.
Making Room. 9.10.23.
God Lives in the Congregation. 8.27.23.
Building a Temple for God. 8.20.23.
God Lives in a Tent. 8.13.23.
God Is from the Wilderness. 8.6.23.
Essential Wisdom. 7.30.23.
Responding to God's Gifts. 7.23.23.
Hope. 7.16.23.
You Find Rest For Your Soul. 7.9.23.
Terrifying and Joyous News. 7.2.23.
Sabbath. 6.25.23.
Making Disciples. 6.18.23.
The End of History. 6.11.23.
Mending. 6.4.23.
Pentecost. 5.28.23.
Dogs. 5.21.23.
Get Up and Eat. 5.14.23.
Deeds of Power. 5.7.23.
Youth Sunday. 4.30.23.
What Did He Say? 4.23.23.
We Have Only One Planet. 4.16.23.
Easter Sunday. 4.9.23.
Hosanna! Palm Sunday. 4.2.23.
You Matter. 3.26.23.
Judge Not. 3.19.23.
God and Wealth. 3.12.23.
Love Your Enemies. 3.5.23.
Blessed. 2.26.23.
Fish Paste. 2.19.23.
Choose Life. 2.12.23.
The Devil Would Like a Word with You. 2.5.23.
A Walk (not a War) Story. 1.29.23.
Welcome to Matthew. 1.22.23.
MLK Sunday. 1.15.23.
Beloved. 1.8.23.
Christmas Day. 12.25.22.
Advent 4: Let It Be. 12.18.22.
Advent 3: Let There Be Joy. 12.11.22.
Advent 2: Let There Be Peace. 12.4.22.
Advent 1: Let There be Hope. 11.27.22.
The Whole Bible in 30 Minutes (as Seen by its Women). 11.20.22.
Be Still. 11.13.22.
All Saints Day. 11.6.22.
Jacob's Ladder. 10.30.22.
You Are There. 10.23.22.
Rizpah and Bearing Witness. 10.16.22.
Pride Sunday. 10.9.22.
Live and Move and Have Our Being. 10.2.22.
A Way, Not an Endpoint. 9.25.22.
I Am. 9.18.22.
Loved into Being. 9.11.22.
Hope. 8.28.22.
Losing Your Other Gods. 8.21.22.
Faith. 8.14.22.
How Perfect Love Casts Out Fear. 8.7.22.
God and the Politics of Fear. 7.31.22.
For Those Who Suffer . . . Repent? 7.24.22.
A Prayer for Unity. 7.17.22.
The Unnamed Woman of Shiloh. 7.10.22.
Theology for Democracy. 7.3.22.
Give to Everyone Who Asks. 6.26.22.
My Name is "Legion." 6.19.22.
Trinity Sunday. 6.12.22.
Pentecost 6.5.22.
Caring Relationships. 5.29.22.
Spirit-Inspired Worship. 5.22.22.
Servant Leadership. 5.15.22.
Incarnational. 5.8.22.
Practice Resurrection. 4.24.22.
Easter Sunday. 4.17.22.
Palm Sunday. 4.10.22.
Do We Need Jesus? 4.3.22.
How Does Grace Deal with Sin? 3.27.22.
What is Grace? 3.20.22.
Original Blessing. 3.13.22.
What is Sin? 3.6.22.
A Vital Congregation. 2.27.22.
What It Means to Be a Family. 2.20.22.
The Widow of Zarephath. 2.13.22.
What's the Catch? 2.6.22.
I Love/Hate Your Sermon. 1.30.22.
Read the Book. 1.23.22.
MLK Sunday. 1.16.22.
Baptism of the Lord. 1.9.22.
Epiphany Sunday. 1.2.22.
The First Sunday of Christmas. 12.26.21.
Advent 4: Darkness. 12.19.21.
Advent 3: Silence. 12.12.21.
Advent 2: Stillness. 12.5.21.
Advent 1: Slowness. 11.28.21.
The Whole Bible in Twenty Minutes. 11.21.21.
I'm Overwhelmed. 11.14.21.
Critical Race Theory and Other Divine Offenses. 11.7.21.
All Saints Day. 10.31.21.
Children's Sabbath. 10.24.21.
There Is Enough. 10.17.21.
Pride Sunday 2021. 10.10.21.
I've Been Meaning to Ask: Where Do We Go From Here? 10.3.21.
I've Been Meaning to Ask: What Do You Need? 9.26.21.
I've Been Meaning to Ask: Where Does It Hurt? 9.19.21.
9.12.21. I've Been Meaning to Ask: Where are You From?
A Psalm for Every Season. 9.5.21.
An Embodied Faith: The Mystical Body. 8.29.21.
An Embodied Faith: The Body of Christ. 8.22.21.
An Embodied Faith: The Earth as the Body of God. 8.15.21.
An Embodied Faith: The Individual Body. 8.8.21.
Celebration. 8.1.21.
Re-Boot: Appreciating Beauty. 7.25.21.
Ashley Wilcox. 7.11.21.
Ministry Fellow Zeena Regis. 7.4.21.
I Love to Tell the Story. 6.27.21.
Re-Boot: Prayer. 6.20.21.
Re-Boot: Sabbath. 6.13.21.
Re-Boot: Ritual. 6.6.21.
Re-Boot Your Faith. 5.30.21.
Practicing the Power of Three. 5.23.21.
Can Jesus Teach Us Anything Useful about Love? 5.9.21.
5.2.21. God is Love.
The Power to Lay It Down and the Power to Take It Up. 4.25.21.
Scripture: John 20:19-29 | Rob Schoonover Preaching. 4.18.21.
Unity in the Resurrection. 4.11.21.
Christ is Risen! 4.4.21.
John 12:1-9. 3.28.21.
Sacrifice. 3.21.21.
John 3:16. 3.14.21.
Building. 3.7.21.
"Who do you say that I am?" 2.28.21.
Journey Into the Wilderness. 2.21.21.
Transformation. 2.14.21.
And He Cured Many Who Were Sick. 2.7.21.
Gentle Authority. 1.31.21.
Calling Disciples. 1.24.21.
God and Politics. 1.17.21.
Down to the River with Wild John. 1.10.21.
Epiphany. 1.3.21.
New Beginnings. 12.27.20.
The Glorifying Soul. 12.20.20.
Rejoice Always? 12.13.20.
The Greatest Kiss. 12.6.20.
Not Simply Waiting. 11.29.20.
November 22, 2020.
Social Justice Christians. 11.22.20.
Stay Awake. 11.8.20.
All Saint's Day: Who is a Saint? 11.1.20.
10.25.20. The Greatest Commandment.
Taxes (and Other Matters of Life & Death). 10.18.20.
Freedom through Consecration. 10.11.20.
Freedom is Found in Relationship. 10.4.20.
Remembering the Wilderness. 9.27.20.
Manna in the Wilderness. 9.20.20.
What Do We Make of Our Differences? 9.13.20.
How Can I Keep from Singing. 9.6.20.
The Ending. 8.30.20.
Two-Thousand-Year-Old Mail Fraud. 8.23.20.
The Mustard Seed. 8.16.20.
Called Together. 8.9.20.
The Best. Story. Ever. Daniel in the lion's den. 8.2.20.
The Best. Story. Ever. David and Goliath. 7.26.20.
The Best. Story. Ever. Joshua. 6.19.20.
The Best. Story. Ever. Joseph and his brothers. 7.12.20.
Notes from Goat Island. 7.5.20.
Memorial Drive Ministries. 6.28.20.
"The one who struggles with God." 6.21.20.
Anger. Violence. 6.14.20.
Adam and Eve. 6.7.20.
Special Edition: What feeds you?
Beloved Community (Part 3). 5.17.20.
Beloved Community (Part 2). 5.10.20.
Beloved Community (Part 1). 5.3.20.
Don't Grow Weary. 4.26.20.
Easter. 4.12.20.
Our Need for Salvation. 4.5.20.
Mercy (Part 5). 3.29.20.
Mercy (Part 4). 3.22.20.
Mercy (Part 3). 3.15.20.
Mercy (Part 2). 3.8.20.
Mercy (Part 1). 3.1.20.
Power (Part 4). 2.23.20.
Power (Part 3). 2.16.20.
Power (Part 2). 2.9.20.
Power (Part 1). 2.2.20.
Wonder (Part 3). 1.26.19.
Wonder (Part 2). 1.19.20.
The Wonders of the Holy Spirit (Part 1). 1.12.20.
Liberation (Part 4). 12.22.19.
Liberation (Part 3). 12.15.19.
Liberation (Part 2). 12.8.19.
Liberation (Part 1). 12.1.19.
Prophecy (Part 4). 11.24.19.
Prophecy (Part 3). 11.17.19.
Prophecy (Part 2). 11.10.19.
Prophecy (Part 1). 11.3.19.
Covenant: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 4). 10.27.19.
Retreat Sunday (no sermon). 10.20.19.
Covenant: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 2). 10.13.19.
Covenant: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 1). 10.6.19.
God's Creative Story: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 4). 9.29.19.
God's Creative Story: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 3). 9.22.19.
God's Creative Story: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 2). 9.15.19.
God's Creative Story: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas. 9.8.19.
What do we do when we worship? (Part 4) 8.25.19.
What do we do when we worship? (Part 3) 8.18.19.
What do we do when we worship? (Part 2). 8.11.19.
What do we do when we worship? (Part 1) 8.4.19.
Worship Unplugged. 7.28.19.
Worship Unplugged. 7.7.19.
(Ir)religious Freedom. 6.30.19.
Hope in the weirdness of the Bible. 6.23.19.
Shannon Ball preaches on Exodus 1:8-22. 6.16.19.
It Could Always Be Worse! 6.9.19.
Surprise, surprise, surprise! Things you would not expect to find in the Bible. 6.2.19.
Easter 6. Mary and Martha. 5.26.19.
Easter 5. The Power of Change. 5.19.19.
Easter 4. Faith for a Lifetime: Senescence. 5.12.19.
Easter 3. Why does Jesus keep showing up? 5.5.19.
Easter 2. "I believe in the resurrection of the body...." 4.28.19.
Easter Sunday. 4.21.19.
Palm Sunday. 4.14.19.
Lent 5: Giving Ourselves Away. 4.7.19.
Lent 4: Hearing the Voice of the Deeper Self. 3.31.19.
Lent 3: Coming to Terms with the Past. 3.24.19.
Lent 2: Necessary Losses. 3.17.19.
Lent 1: Waking Up. 3.10.19.
Religion and Politics. 2.24.19.
Faith for a Lifetime: Early Adulthood. 2.3.19.
Faith for a Lifetime: Vocation. 1.27.19.
Strange Fruit. 1.20.19.