Lent

Welcome to Bible Banter with Barb and Jarrett, a Lenten podcast for 2020.
Today’s podcast is for the first Sunday in Lent, Year A, focusing on the Old Testament reading, Genesis 2:15-17, 3: 1-7.

The Rev. Barbara Ballenger preaches on texts for the Feast of Absalom Jones, on this Sunday following his feast day of February 13. Absalom Jones was the first Black priest ordained in the Episcopal Church, but in our remembering of him, we should not dis-member him. Listen in to Rev. Ballenger's sermon to understand more.

The Rev. Anne Thatcher offers the sermon for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, focusing on the Gospel of Matthew 5:13-20.

Sermon by The Rev. Carol Duncan on the First Sunday of Advent.

Text in image: "Today is the first Sunday of Advent it is a new beginning, a day to rededicate ourselves to fulfilling the utmost goal of our lives, living into our eternal lives until we are fully immersed in the holy. ...We must stay awake and aware that as we live our ordinary lives, we are living in God's realm, at this present moment. In ordinary life we're living in the not yet, until we enter the greater life."

What examples do our readings this morning hold for us on what it means to become a beloved community? How does a beloved community act? What should we watch for? And how does our Becoming Beloved Community plan address these lessons? Rev. Carol Duncan guides us through these questions and reminds us that, "Whoever is not against us is for us."

Sermon based on the lectionary readings from the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, with the Gospel text from Mark 9:38-50.