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Trinity Grace Church is a family of neighborhood churches in New York City committed to joining God in the renewal of all things. These sermons from our Tribeca parish explore what it means to follow Christ within the cultural context of New York City. Visit tgctribeca.com for more information.

Trinity Grace TriBeCa


    • Jun 1, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 122 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Trinity Grace TriBeCa Podcast

    Born

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021


    On Trinity Sunday, Sean Palmer of Ecclesia Houston, preaches on John 3:1-17

    Our Comfort and Guide

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021


    On Pentecost Sunday we reflect on the last conversation between Jesus and his disciples where he promises that help will be available once he is gone. What does that help look like in our lives?

    GSNY Sermon 5.16.21 - Shauna Niequist

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021


    The sermon audio from May 16th, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 5.9.21 - Michael Rudzena

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021


    The sermon audio from May 9th, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 5.2.21 - Rev. Michael Battle Ph.D.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021


    The sermon audio from May 2nd, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 4.25.21 - Michael Rudzena

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021


    The sermon audio from April 25th, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 4.18.21 - Michael Rudzena

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021


    The sermon audio from April 18th, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 4.11.21 - Michael Rudzena

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021


    The sermon audio from April 4th, 2021.

    GSNY Easter Sunday Sermon 4.4.21 - Michael Rudzena

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021


    The sermon audio from Easter Sunday, April 4th, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 3.28.21 - Michael Rudzena

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021


    The sermon audio from March 28th, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 3.21.21 - Michael Rudzena

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021


    The sermon audio from March 21st, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 3.14.21 - Michael Rudzena

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021


    The sermon audio from March 14, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 3.7.21 - Father Michael Sparough

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021


    The sermon audio from March 7th, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 2.28.21 - Michael Rudzena

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021


    The sermon audio from February 28th, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 2.21.21 - Michael Rudzena

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021


    The sermon audio from February 21st, 2021.

    GSNY Sermon 2.14.21 - Stephanie Spellers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021


    The sermon audio from February 14th, 2021.

    God Works in the Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021


    The Jesus Mark’s Gospel gives us is not the Jesus we would’ve asked for. But he is the Jesus we need. And he reveals that God works in the dark, and that we therefore do not have be afraid when we are out of our depth. We can befriend our limits and welcome the mystery.

    Demons

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021


    This week Pastor Michael explores Jesus first exorcism in Mark’s gospel and invited us to suspend assumptions and enter into the world of the text in order to build a meaningful bridge for today.

    Fishers of People

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021


    This week, Pastor Michael explores the oft misunderstood phrase Jesus uses when calling his first disciples which takes us down an unexpected path.

    A Light Will Guide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021


    In this sermon, pastor Michael offers a profile of the Magi and Herod that helps us let the light of God’s love and wisdom guide us in the presence of grandiose egos and dangerous political power.

    Speaking of Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021


    On the last Sunday of Christmas pastor Michael reflects on the role John played in bearing witness to the Light he beheld. How can we avoid scapegoating the year 2020 or inflating expectations for 2021? What if it all hinges on seeing and speaking of Light?

    Christmastide: God With Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021


    In this message we take a peek at how God comes to us in the everyday-ness of our lives.

    Making Space For Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020


    On the 3rd Sunday of Advent Pastor Michael invites us to consider the surprising conditions of joy in Mary’s story and how we can make space to experience joy despite challenging circumstances.

    Practices of Peacemaking

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020


    In advent we dive deep into the practices of peacemaking. Greg Khalil, co-founder and President of the Telos Group, uses his history of peacemaking in this talk to help others gain perspective and skills on how to work for true peace across lines of difference, including those with whom we agree on little.

    Preparing for the Most Important Event in History

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020


    Business owner and close-up magician, Tyler Schwartz takes us through Mark 13. Jesus ends Mark 13 with a puzzling, apocalyptic , prophecy. What is Jesus talking about? And what can this verse mean for christians in 2020?

    The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020


    This week Shauna Niequist explores Jesus’ beautiful & radical vision for what it means to be a nation that sees, cares for, & welcomes all of us.

    Jesus' Most Misunderstood Parable?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020


    What happens when 21st century Americans hear the stories Jesus told to first century Jewish peasants? We often hear it through the filter of our own cultural assumptions, values, beliefs, and ideas. Imagine that you are a 1st century Galilean peasant farmer sitting on the side of the Mount of Beatitudes when the Parable of the Talents was told. Would Jesus’s parable sound different than it does when you listen with 21st century American ears?Spoiler alert: Yes.

    A Window Of Opportunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020


    This week Michael looks at an obscure parable of Jesus and finds a revolutionary and urgent call to stay awake for opportunities to experience God in the other.

    As Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020


    We often think of Jesus as a teacher and model of love. But we often gloss over his invitation to love ourselves. In fact, we often think of self-love as antithetical to loving God or neighbor. In this sermon, Michael shares three insights into self-love that have helped him take up this invitation of Christ.

    Hope In Our No-Future World

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020


    How do we respond when our circumstances don’t seem to point toward a good future? What does hope look like that transcends optimism and yet is founded in reality, not wishful thinking? Miroslav Volf reflects on Romans 8 for insight into the mystery of hope.

    Resisting the Voice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020


    In this sermon Michael looks at another parable Jesus tells in a showdown with religious and political leaders on his final week. Will we listen to the divine voice that invites us to wake up and change our violent ways or will we continue to resist?

    True Authority

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020


    Michael examines a showdown in the Temple between Jesus and the Jerusalem leaders, drawing out how this battle of wits reveals the nature of true authority and the danger of hypocrisy.

    Generous Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020


    This week Michael reflects on a puzzling parable that offends the sensibilities of the Market World. The story invites us to reconsider how we approach justice in light of God’s commitment to forgiveness and reconciliation.

    Another World Is Possible

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020


    On a weekend where we remember 9/11, we are confronted by a difficult teaching from Jesus to extend forgiveness beyond the calculations and limits with which our world is accustomed. Instead we are invited to take a step, daily into this new world.

    A Vulnerable Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020


    Jesus invites us into a holy process of uncomfortable conversations that help us sustain loving community.

    Walking on Water

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020


    What if the miracles of Jesus aren’t simply raw demonstrations of power but signals with deep meaning for our world?

    Abundance in Scarcity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020


    Michael explores the story of Jesus feeding the multitudes and finds a profound axiom for all of life.

    Parables and Polarization

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020


    How do the series of parables in Matthew 13 speak to our polarizing moment? Michael explores the power of Jesus’ stories for patient and courageous faith.

    The Upside and Downside

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020


    A look at Jesus’ parable of the Wheat and the Tares and how one should respond to a life that contains both the good and the not so.

    The Sower

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020


    How do we move away from an obsessive self evaluation to an open hearted surrender? Michael explores how this parable can harden us or soften us depending on how we imagine it.

    Reflections from a Cemetery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020


    Parishioner, storyteller, and professional magician Tyler Schwartz remarks on the way in which Christ upended the idea of sin management.

    Purity or Justice?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020


    In this sermon, Michael explores how Jesus resolves rival conceptions of sin. The priests emphasized purity and the prophets emphasized justice. These conceptions are firing on all cylinders today. But Jesus doesn’t appear to call for balance. He takes a side.

    Don't Memorialize, Movementalize

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020


    In this sermon by Drew Jackson we are challenged to unlearn a faith that clings to nostalgia and comfort and instead embrace faith as the uncomfortable preparation for a powerful movement of God’s love in the world. Check out the podcast for the full sermon!

    Drive + Process

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020


    On the third Sunday after Pentecost, Michael reengages a key distinctive of our church and asks: what does it mean to be missional? We see in Jesus’ sending of the twelve a powerful combination of compassion and receptivity —much needed in this moment.

    The Great Omission

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020


    On Trinity Sunday we examine what Dallas Willard called the “Great Omission” of American Christian spirituality which results in a refusal to acknowledge or dismantle white supremacy.

    Creating Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020


    What does the story of Pentecost teach us about living in this crisis? It reaches us that God has endowed us with his own creativity so that we can work to bring about justice and peace and unity in the world.

    All Be One

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020


    Michael looks at how the last prayer of Jesus that we be “one” is not simply an aside but the central theme of his life and mission. How can we learn to embrace a spirituality that gets us to that oneness when our egos, empires and religions continue to create false unities?

    I Need Help

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020


    Jesus promised help for the life of love in the form of God’s Spirit but what holds us back from this help? Michael explores the “unholy trinity” of the world, the flesh and the devil and what this language points to today.

    Finding God When the World Falls Apart

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020


    In this sermon Jonathan Merritt asks “where is God when the world falls apart?” and wonders if the answer can be found on a seven mile stretch of road between Jerusalem and Emmaus.

    God Our Mother

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020


    On the 5th Sunday of Easter we celebrated Mother’s Day with a reflection on Jesus as mother hen and the power of his lament and invitation in light of Ahmaud Arbery’s story.

    Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020


    On the 4th Sunday of Easter, Savannah Guthrie offers a reflection on Jesus’ words from John 14 in light of the worry, anxiety and stress of life in quarantine.

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