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Piercing the Clouds

Piercing the Clouds

Episode 12 · · 10:49

Father Bill reflects on gratitude: "When we are grateful, we are no longer the center of the story. We become part of a larger mercy already moving through the world."The texts for t...

Turning Toward Healing

Turning Toward Healing

Episode 11 · · 10:27

Father Bill reflects on the true nature of healing: "Our world is full of dis-ease -- not only in our bodies, but in our body politic.... We long for a cure, but what God offers is s...

Windows Into God's Joy

Windows Into God's Joy

Episode 10 · · 03:07

Father Bill reflects on the blessing of animals at the outdoor service concluding our celebration of Season of Creation: "It is as not as if our companion animals are outside God's b...

The Life That Is Really Life

The Life That Is Really Life

Episode 9 · · 10:09

Father Bill reflects on the link between creation and justice: "The poor man Lazarus is the earth itself, lying at our gate."The texts for this week are Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 ...

The Defective Manager and the "Sun"day Gifts

The Defective Manager and the "Sun"day Gifts

Episode 8 · · 18:20

Ched Myers and Rose Berger reflect on a challenging parable and, on the fall equinox, the gifts of the sun, as part of our ongoing celebration of Season of Creation. The texts for th...

The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

Episode 7 · · 11:36

Father Bill reflects on the Cross: “Redemption is not only a past event. It is a living rhythm, God’s pulse moving in all things.”The texts for this Sunday are drawn from the Revised...

Choose Life

Choose Life

Episode 6 · · 08:27

Father Bill reflects on discipleship in the Season of Creation: "Our life in God cannot be separated form our life with the soil, the waters, and the generations yet to come."Preache...

The Dignity of Labor, The Banquet of God

The Dignity of Labor, The Banquet of God

Episode 5 · · 06:43

Father Bill reflects on the place of those who labor in Jesus' vision of God's Reign as "a banquet where the overlooked and overworked are at the center, not the margins."Preached at...

Standing Tall on the Sabbath

Standing Tall on the Sabbath

Episode 4 · · 09:38

Father Bill reflects on the healing gift of sabbath: "Sabbath is God's weekly revolution..."The texts for this Sunday are drawn from the Revised Common Lectionary for Proper 15, Year...

The Word That Burns

The Word That Burns

Episode 3 · · 10:37

Father Bill reflects on God's purifying fire that brings new life: "The presence of God exposes the landscape of our hearts..."The texts for this Sunday are drawn from the Revised Co...

Faith That Walks

Faith That Walks

Episode 2 · · 10:07

Father Bill reflects on faith: "Fear freezes us, but faith moves us."The texts for this Sunday are drawn from the Revised Common Lectionary for Proper 14, Year C, Track 2: Genesis 15...

The Fullness of a Life

The Fullness of a Life

Episode 1 · · 05:41

Father Bill reflects on this week’s readings from the Revised Common Lectionary (Proper 13, Year C, Track 2): Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23; Psalm 49:1-11; Colossians 3:1-11; and ...