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The Word Made Fresh — 224 episodes
How Does Our Garden Grow?
Just As I Am: What Pride Month Means for Everyone (ft. Rev. Brandan Robertson)
The Spirit Doesn’t Ask Permission (Acts 2)
Learning to Move Like Jesus // The Word Made Fresh (Philippians 2)
Imperfect Faith, Real Community // The Word Made Fresh (Philippians 1)
What If Faith Started with Curiosity Instead of Certainty? // The Word Made Fresh (Acts 17:16-31)
Paul, the Slave Girl, and the Cost of “Freedom” // The Word Made Fresh (Acts 16:16-34)
Ecological Conversion: Is the Church Missing the Point? // The Word Made Fresh (Acts 2)
We’re Still Here: Finding Hope After Easter // The Word Made Fresh (John 20:19-31)
Easter Isn’t the Finish Line. It’s a New Beginning. // The Word Made Fresh (John 20)
Love Made Public: Finding God in Suffering // The Word Made Fresh: John 19
Pride Sunday! (Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-31)
Get Out of the Boat with Rev. Dr. Paula Stone Williams (Matthew 14:22-33)
Immigration & Apocalypse ft. Dr. Yii-Jan Lin (Revelation 21:22-27)
Are You In Step With the Spirit? (Galatians 4:1-7, 5:16-26)
A Theological Deep Dive (Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-21)
The Solution for Church Conflict (Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-21)
How to Preach a Sermon (Acts 15:1-18 )
It's All About Trust (Acts 8:26-39)
What Can We Learn From Older Adults? (Acts 11:19-30)
Holy Humor Sunday (Luke 24:13-35)
What's So Special About Easter? (Luke 24:1-12)
Palm Sunday: Join the Protest (Luke 19:29-44)
It's About Restoration (Luke 18:31—19:10)
The Distance Between the Rich and the Poor (Luke 16:19-31)
Lost and Found (Luke 15:13-35)
Everything Happens For A Reason Is Not Good Theology! (Luke 13:1-9, 31-35)
The Good Samaritan: Justice Is More Than Kindness (Luke 10:25-42)
Free Throws for Jesus (Luke 9:28-45)
Caressing the Divine (Luke 7:36-50)
Jesus Thinks This Is Amazing (Luke 7:1-17)
Jesus Breaks the Rules (Luke 6:1-16)
What It Means to Be a Disciple (Luke 5:1-11)
MLK Weekend at Riverside (Luke 4:14-30)
Jesus Gets Baptized! (Luke 3:1-22)
Where is Jesus?! (Luke 2:41-52)
Unexpected Prophets (Luke 2:21-38)
Blessed Is She Who Believed (Luke 1:26-45)
Everyone is a Minister! (Isaiah 61:1-11)
Shepherds, Magi, and Kids -- Oh My! (Matthew 2:1-12 & Luke 2:4-16)
What Are You Waiting For? (Daniel 6:6-27)
Furious Dancing (Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-28; 31:31-34)
Hearing God When The World Erupts (Isaiah 6:1-8)
Jonah: The Most Human Prophet (Jonah 1:1-17; 3:1-10)
Hey there, Elijah! (1 Kings 17:1-16)
Politics, Faith, and Life in General: An Invitation to Wrestle
What Is Children's Sabbath? (Mark 10:13-16)
The Things Prayed For and Not Received (1 Samuel 1:9-11, 19-20; 2:1-10)
Faith Over Fear (Exodus 32:1-14)
What Is Happening to the Children?! // Exodus 12:1-13; 13:1-8
Let's Talk About Joseph (
🎉 HOMECOMING SUNDAY (Genesis 15:1-6)
🏳️🌈 Pride Sunday (1 John 3:1-7)
The "S" Word (1 John 1:1-2:2)
Juneteenth
What Is God's Name? (Luke 11:2-4)
Preaching After Palestine: Do not repay anyone evil for evil (Romans 12:9-17)
The Revolutionary Prayer of Jesus (Luke 11:2-4)
Pentecost and Spiritual Gifts (Acts 2:1-4; 1 Corinthians 12:1-13)
Let's Talk About the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1-26, 51-58)
All You Need Is Love (1 Corinthians 13)
Can Churches Ever Avoid Conflict? (Acts 18:1-4; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18)
The Spirituality of Earth Day (Acts 17:1-9; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10)
Solving Problems vs. Treating Symptoms (Acts 3:1-10)
Holy Humor Sunday with Rev. Jane Ann Groom (Acts 1:1-16)
Easter Sunday: Terror and Amazement (Mark 16:1-8)
Palms in the Street, Perfume on the Feet (Mark 11:1-11; 14:3-9)
Stay Woke: Life Goes On (Mark 13:1-8, 24-37)
What Question Are You Asking? (Mark 12:28-44)
Death and Taxes (Mark 12:1-17)
Do You Want to be Famous? (Mark 10:32-52)
What Does Jesus Want You to Give Up? (Mark 10:17-31)
Can Jesus Heal Them Both?
Do We Really Want Them To Be Healed? (Mark 5:1-20)
Why Did Jesus Tell Parables? (Mark 4:1-34)
Making Space for Justice with Rev. Karlos Nichols (Mark 2:1-12)
From the Bell Tower! (Mark 1:21-45)
Baptism & Epiphany
Heavy Love (Luke 1:5-25, 57-80)
Let's Talk About Joy! (Ezra 1:1-4; 3:1-4, 10-13)
HOPE IN THE WILD PLACES (Isaiah 40:1-11)
Finding Hope When It Seems Hopeless (Jeremiah 33:14-18)
Radical Inclusivity (Acts 10:1-16)
Sour Grapes? (Isaiah 5:1-7)
Hosea! (Hosea 11:1-9)
Whose God Is Bigger? (1 Kings 18:20-39)
Power, Conflict, Division, Oh My! (1 Kings 12:1-17, 25-29)
Let's Talk About Church Music (2 Samuel 5:1-5; 6:1-5; Psalm 150)
Children's Sabbath (Ruth 1:1-17)
Thou Shalt Sabbath (Deuteronomy 5:1-21; 6:4-9)
Wrestling With God (Genesis 32:22-30)
At the Opening of the Tent (Genesis 18:1-15)
We're Back! (well, almost) | Genesis 2:4-24
The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Pride Sunday (Isaiah 61:1-11)
Juneteenth (Isaiah 40:1-11)
It's All About Context (Isaiah 9:1-7)
Holy Holy Holy Pride Month (Isaiah 6:1-8)
Are You Ready for Pentecost? (Romans 8:13-39)
A Theology of Baptism: Part of Your World (Romans 6:1-14)
What Do We Do With Romans? (Romans 5:1-11)
I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel (Romans 1:1-17)
Paul, Barnabas, and the Black Manifesto (Acts 13:1-3; 14:8-18)
Every Day Is Earth Day (Acts 10:1-17, 34-48)
Holy Humor Sunday (Matthew 28:16-20)
A Sensational Easter (Matthew 28:1-10)
Do We Hear the Children (Matthew 21:1-17)
The Problem with Social Justice (Matthew 25:31-46)
Here We Go Again (Matthew 25:1-13)
Is God Like That? (Matthew 22:1-14)
Hey Jeff Bezos, This One Is For You (Matthew 20:1-16)
It All Starts With Forgiveness (Matthew 18:15-35)
Let's Talk About Transfiguration (ft. Alisa Castilla) | Matthew 16:24-17:8
The Wheat and the Weeds (Matthew 13:24-43)
Jesus' Greatest Hits (ft. Rev. Rob Lee IV) | Matthew 7:1-14, 24-29
"Our Father" - the 2 most revolutionary words in the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:7-21)
The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-20)
MLK Sunday
What Is Baptism? (Matthew 3:1-17)
Preach Like a Girl / No Day But Today (Luke 2:8-20)
Let's Talk About Joseph (Matthew 1:18-25)
A Light to the Nations (Isaiah 42:1-9)
For Such a Time as This: Esther 4:1-17
Habakkuk, Advent, and Questions for God (Habakkuk 1:1-7; 2:1-4; 3:17-19)
In Your Head and Into Plowshares (Isaiah36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; 2:1-4)
A Minor Prophet With a Major Message (Micah 6:8)
Naaman, Elisha, and the Unnamed Women (2 Kings 5:1-15)
Solomon: Wise or Wicked? (1 Kings 3:16-28)
David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:1-5, 26-27; 12:1-9; Psalm 51:1-9)
Looking Back, Moving Forward (Joshua 24:1-15)
What Is the Narrative Lectionary?
Is There No Balm In Gilead? (Jeremiah 8:18-9:1)
What Are We Waiting For? (Luke 12:32-40)
A Theology of Stuff (Luke 12:13-21)
Mary vs. Martha (Luke 17:38-42)
What the Bible Says About Homosexuality
Juneteenth vs. Father's Day
The Story Behind Holy, Holy, Holy (Trinity Sunday)
All Who Are Led By the Spirit of God(Romans 8:14)
Jesus and Judge Judy (John 6:1-9)
Everybody Makes It To the Pool (John 5:1-9)
A Theology of Running (Acts 1:11-18)
So Many Strands (Acts 936-43)
Everyday Is Earth Day (Psalm 24)
What Is Maundy Thursday?
What Do Angels Look Like? (Isaiah 6:1-8)
Noisy Gongs & Clanging Cymbals (1 Corinthians 13)
Reading Between the Lines (Luke 4:14-21)
Let's Get Political (John 18:33-37)
Beware (Mark 13:1-8)
Stop Colonizing the Oppressed (Mark 10:46-52)
Certainty vs. Curiosity (Job 38:1-7)
Can Christians Get Divorced? (Mark 10:2-16)
Stop Staring at the Clouds
Who Do You Welcome? (Mark 9:30-37)
Wash Your Hands (Mark 7)
The Powers that Be (Ephesians 6:12)
The Myth (and Reality) of Original Sin [part 2] (Psalm 51:5)
The Myth (and Reality) of Original Sin [part 1] (Psalm 51:5)
God Is Not Up There (Psalm 123)
Happy Pride Month 🏳️_🌈🎶 (Psalm 139:14)
Condemned By Whom? (John 3:18)
World (John 3:17)
Saved (John 3:17)
What You Say vs. What They Hear (Acts 2:1-21)
No Love, No God (1 John 4:7-8)
Piece Be With You (Luke 24:36)
What Is Lent?
We Are All Baby Yoda (2 Kings 2:1-12)
Fire, Soap, and Anti-Racism (Malachi 3:1-4)
The Truth About Jonah [and God] (Jonah 3:1-5, 10)
Speak Lord, For Your Servant Is Listening (1 Samuel 3:1-10)
Tohu va Bohu (Genesis 1:1-5)
Joy to the World: Is vs. Has
His Law is Love and His Gospel Is Peace
The Hopes and Fears of All The Years
What the Hell? (Matthew 25:31-46)
The Parable of White Privilege (Matthew 25:14-30)
Wake Up + Vote + Stay Awake (Matthew 25:1-13)
Five Ways to be More Anti-Racist (Matthew 23:1-12)
The Greatest Commandment (Matthew 22:34-40)
What Belongs to Caesar? (Matthew 22:15-22)
Now That's a Miracle! (Matthew 14:13-21)
All Things Work Together for Good(Romans 8:26-39)
Building a Bookshelf (28:10-19)
Flesh vs. Spirit (Romans 8:1-11)
Taste and See (Psalm 3:48)
Black Lives Matter (Matthew 9:36)
Adventures in Missing the Point (Acts 1:6-14)
A Theology of Trees and Evangelism (Acts 17:22-31)
The Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:1-6)
Abundant Life (John 10:1-10)
A Radically Immanent Non-ontotheologically Sacramental Communion (Luke 24:13-35)
The First Preacher ft. Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber
Hosanna
Shuv Your Nephesh (Psalm 23)
Running Through Lent
God's Beautiful Balanced Garden ft. Brian McLaren (Genesis 2:15-17, 31-37)
Are We There Yet? (Exodus 35)
Boxed Up Spirituality (Matthew 17:1-9)
Seriously vs. Literally (Matthew 5:21-37)
Salt, Light, Bell Tower (Matthew 5:13-16)
Blessed Are Who? (Matthew 5:1-12)
Immediately (Matthew 4:12-23)
My Name Is (John 12:9-42)
Mermaids & Baptism (Matthew 3:13-17)
Jesus is a Moonwalking Bear (John 1:1-18)
A Theology of Star Wars (Matthew 2:13-23)
A Hebrew Lesson on the Beach (Isaiah 7:10-15)
Joy to the World (Isaiah 35:1-10)
Goats, Snakes, Violence, and Peace (Isaiah 11:1-10)
Advent Jokes, Prophetic Hope, and Jimmy Fallon (Isaiah 2:1-5)
John Copied Colossians & Mimetic Desire (Colossians 1:11-20)
Jesus and the Jedi (Luke 21:5-19)
Bikes, Drones, Bibles, Oh My! (Luke 20:27-38)
Hey Zacchaeus! (Luke 19:1-10)
The Parable of the Shattered Stereotype (Luke 18:9-14)
Grant Me Justice! (Luke 18:1-8)
Running Through Creation (Psalm 66:1-12)
Lament (Lamentations 1:1-6)
For the Love! (1 Timothy 6:6-19)
Faith & Truth (1 Timothy 2:1-7)
Metaphorically Speaking (1 Timothy 2:1-7)
Pray For Him?! (1 Timothy 21-7)
Jesus and the Super Snake (John 3:13-17)