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The Reign of Love

Christ the King - Proper 29 (Year C)
November 24th, 2019

The image of Christ ruling from something as outrageous as a cross is meant to remind us that the kingdom is not about a power that this world trades in, but in an entirely different divine order of things, based on love.

Duration: 20:52

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Gaining Our Souls

Proper 28, Year C
November 17th, 2019

by Rev. Gerald Caprio

As the Church Year draws to a close, we are reminded of our time also coming towards an end. In a life filled with reminders of our transience, our mortality, Jesus exhorts us to endure and, in doing so, gain our souls.

Duration: 10:00

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Torah for the Age of Anxiety

Proper 27, Year C
November 10th, 2019

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Our anxieties always give us tunnel vision, and worse, often lie and cheat us out of a full life with God. Jesus reminds us that we are loved beyond our wildest fears and our greatest joys, and not even death is an obstacle to the life that we have been promised.

Duration: 16:46

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The Power of Persistence

Proper 24 (Year C - Track 1)
October 22nd, 2019

by Patricia Rose

The parable of the widow and the unjust judge reveals to us a powerful spiritual lesson.

Duration: 19:39

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Managing a Thank You

Proper 23 (Year C - Track 1)
October 13th, 2019

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

God’s abundant love is poured out over all the earth. So what makes us different? It may boil down to a simple, profound practice: Gratitude.

Duration: 22:01

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Everything at Risk

Proper 18 - Year C
September 8th, 2019

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

When Jesus lays out the cost of discipleship, it is in the starkest possible terms. Everything is on the line, including our most intimate and hallowed relationships, and perhaps even those things we so often take for granted: our sense of individual autonomy and control. The cost of discipleship means putting everything at risk for the sake of God’s love and so we can only expect one thing: that everything in our lives will be changed.

Duration: 22:47

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Wear Your Hard Hats

Proper 16 (Year C - Track 1)
August 25th, 2019

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Jeremiah opens the door to the prophetic life, and Jesus breaks through the complacency that religious traditions too easily harbor. Get ready. The world is about to change.

Duration: 13:56

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Speaking to the Edge

Proper 14 (Year C - Track 1)
August 11th, 2019

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

In a world overwhelmed with lies and conspiracy theories, we are invited to remember that keeping faith has always been a marginal project. But it is here at the edge that God is prepared to build a new way and a new life for the world.

Duration: 18:32

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