Bible Study + sermons podcast//Trinity Episcopal Church in Lynchburg, Virginia//an LGBTQ+ affirming liturgical church
3 ways the story of Pentecost is good news to spiritual burnout + resources + a personal story + early church vision for our shared life together // read along in Acts 2
Has anyone told you “that's your cross to bear”? + Jesus as divine co-sufferer
“All things are lawful, not all things are beneficial” + Paul on exploitation + who's on Jesus's family tree
First Sunday after Christmas! What does Jesus change for us? Why is ‘the law' a theme in the readings? And what does that have to do with New Year's resolutions?
Fleabag + Albert Raboteau on antebellum White Christianity + communal vs. individual understandings of this passage //5th Sunday of Easter, 5/7/23
Psalm 23 + a womanist look at shepherding// the 4th Sunday of Easter, 4/30/23
The Road to Emmaus + hope after trauma. Third Sunday of Easter, 4/23/23.
Refining silver as a metaphor for Christian life + how God takes us seriously
This metal psalm talks about Cities of Refuge, the Avenger of the Blood, Purity of Doctrine!
This is an audio party for our University of Lynchburg graduate, Chris Nusbaum. we recorded this at coffee hour—this is not a going away party, but a commissioning for his ministry in the world!
The psalmist is pretty depressed this time, but God's on it
On cursing, Bonhoeffer, Johnny Cash, and parish ministry
“Return to me with all your heart” + the Book of Joel + enemies
A psalm about anxiety and appointed sacrifices
Sermon from Sunday, 2/7 on how Jesus' ministry of casting out demons helps us love our neighbor
Pray along with Psalm 3, hear more of the David story, and think about the emotional experience of estrangement
How are the Psalms like disco? + Three interpretations for an intense psalm
Psalm 1: psalms as the Bible's prayer book, Charles Swindoll on moral compromise, John Calvin on delight, and a little bit on how a sea shanty is like a psalm