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A Single Word of Truth

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany (Year B)
January 17th, 2021

Dark and tumultuous times are reflected in today’s reading from 1 Samuel, when the corruption of the Temple is at its apex, and God comes to speak to the young prophet.

Duration: 12:21

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Beginning Again

The First Sunday after the Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Savior Jesus Christ
January 10th, 2021

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

After a harrowing week in our national life, we meet Jesus and John the Baptist at the Jordan, and are reminded of the critical importance in our life as a people to learn how to always begin again.

Duration: 11:33

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A Vulnerable Christmas

The Second Sunday after Christmas Day
January 3rd, 2021

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Matthew reveals an incarnation that is profoundly vulnerable to the powers and principalities of the world. God’s project of salvation has always been vulnerable this way, and remains so in a time of pandemic, political upheaval, and economic uncertainty.

Duration: 14:29

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Christmas Training

Christmas
December 25th, 2020

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

The Christmas story draws us in to teach us, train us, and prepare us for the divine life disclosed in this tiny, fragile, new life born among us.

Duration: 19:34

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A House for God

The Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year B)
December 20th, 2020

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

As the darkness gathers near the solstice and in the news, we see signs in the heavens, and an angel visits a young peasant woman in Nazareth. God is about to make a home...

Duration: 14:50

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Oh, Its You

The Third Sunday of Advent (Year B)
December 13th, 2020

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

The Third Sunday of Advent offers us an audacious command: Rejoice! Even in the face of growing gloom and the gathered powers of this world confronting us.

Duration: 13:21

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Back to the Future with Breathless Excitement

The Second Sunday of Advent (Year B)
December 6th, 2020

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Mark plunges us into the breathless excitement of the Gospel, and a special guest makes a visit...

Duration: 8:36

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Prayers in the Darkness

The First Sunday of Advent (Year B)
November 29th, 2020

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Advent compounds the disciplines of waiting and patience that the pandemic has already brought to our doorstep. How do we sustain this in a season that is already dark on almost every front?

Duration: 16:10

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