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Love is All Around
May 07, 2023 17:00 - 19 minutes - 11.1 MBThe message of Resurrection, remembered in this Easter season, is a message of apocalyptic proportions. The Good News of the community of Love springs to life and begins to spread as Dustin begins to say goodbye. Sermon begins at minute marker 6:03 John 5:25-29; Acts 5:12–16; 2 Corinthians 4:13–15 Hymn: 478, I Come with Joy. Music: American traditional (USA), Southern Harmony, 1854, alt. Text: Brian Wren (England), 1968, rev. 1993, © 1971, rev. 1995 Hope Publishing Company Permission to p...
It's You I Like
March 19, 2023 17:00 - 28 minutes - 15.5 MBJohn 3:16 is much loved by many & much detested by many others. This Laetare Sunday, Dustin looks beyond verse 16 to find a way to rejoice it. Sermon begins at minute marker 7:20 Song of Solomon 4.7-16; Psalm 135.1-16; 1 John 4.7-12; John 3.11-17 Resources A Woman’s Lectionary for the Whole Church (Year W): A Multi-Gospel Single-Year Lectionary, Wilda C. Gafney, Church Publishing Incorporated, 2021. Finding Fred Podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-finding-fred-91432380/ Baker,...
There's A Place for Us
February 12, 2023 18:00 - 26 minutes - 15.7 MBIn this scripture, we come to the “ending credits” of the story of Mary that we have been following for the past several months. Using the musical West Side Story, Dustin urges us to ensure that we give credit to everyone who contributed to the story. Sermon begins at minute marker 8:00 Luke 3: 21-23; 31-38 Resources A Woman’s Lectionary for the Whole Church (Year W): A Multi-Gospel Single-Year Lectionary, Wilda C. Gafney, Church Publishing Incorporated, 2021. Gospel of Musical Theatre ...
They Spoke Not a Word, but, Got Straight to Work
January 08, 2023 18:00 - 32 minutes - 18.4 MBMagi from the East, travel (for two years) guided by a significant astrological event. Along the way (in the opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors)they stop at the home of a poor widow and her son; before finding their way to the chaotic home of Mary, the harried mother of toddler Jesus in Dustin’s dramatic interpretation of the familiar tale. Paralleling that energetic telling of the journey of the Magi with the somber story of the small French town of Dieulefit, who sheltered and saved its ...
Blessed Are You Among Women!
December 04, 2022 18:00 - 28 minutes - 15.3 MBElizabeth exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.” Who was the blessed woman, and what does it mean to be blessed in the first place? Dustin is an emerging Mariologist, and he walks us through the unfamiliar early life of Mary before Jesus as he explores what it means to be beloved and blessed by God, and the way he sees the SMC community fulfilling that blessing. Sermon begins at minute marker 4:53 Genesis 17.15-22; Luke 1.39-45 Pho...
I Will Never Leave You
October 30, 2022 17:00 - 20 minutes - 12.1 MBAll Saints Sunday was a wonderful chance to eat together and share stories of our saints. We even got to make icons and hear part of the story of Ruth read out loud by four voices. Listen as Dustin reflects on the stories of his saints, his icons, and one of his favorite books of the bible, Ruth. Sermon begins at minute 7:02 Ruth 1:14-18 and 3:1-1 Photo by Kampus Production on pexels VT 209, We Dream of a Turning, Music - ©2019 MennoMedia Inc. Contributor: Kathryn Harsha Support the Show.
Horns of Every Shape and Size!
October 16, 2022 17:00 - 27 minutes - 15.6 MBThe Bible has taught us well to allegorize stories by substituting God for the male figure in a story, and Jerusalem or Humanity for the female figure. However, Hebrew poetry lends itself to double entendres and multiple meanings. With the help of the 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man, we will examine the well-established structure of this poem with curiosity; asking, “Can this song be sung a different way?” Sermon begins at minute 6:36 Song of Songs 5:2-9 and 8:5-10 Resources: See the ...
How the Elephant Got His Trunk
February 13, 2022 19:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBJohn 6:22-59 is an etiological story - a "Just So Story" - a story about the way things came to be the way they are. Sermon begins at minute marker 3:54 John 6:22-59 This sermon was written for Woodland Park Presbyterian Church. Support the Show.
Sunday
December 12, 2021 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBThis Gaudete Sunday we are reminded to rejoice for the moments of rose. Sermon begins at minute marker 2:25 Isaiah 55.1-13 This sermon was written for Woodland Park Presbyterian Church as part of their Advent Series: Seek the Welfare of the City exploring the ways in which we are called into community and solidarity with those around us. Support the Show.
Election Series: More Perfect
October 04, 2020 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBEvery Sunday in October I will be releasing a sermon that speaks to some aspect of the upcoming election. This sermon was originally delivered on July 14, 2019, at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church as the beginning of a series on Hebrews. Scripture reading: Hebrews 1:1-4: Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. He is the re...
Joseph and the Amazing Long Robe with Sleeves
September 27, 2020 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBDelivered on September 27, 2020, at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church in Seattle, WA as part of regular worship (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time). Scripture reading, Genesis 37:3-8, 17b-22, 26-34; 50:15-21 If you liked this sermon, you might be interested in reading these source materials: Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century 1969 Support the show (https://pod.fan/lets-begin-with-prayer)
The Kingdom of God
August 30, 2020 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBDelivered on August 30, 2020, at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church in Seattle, WA as part of a 4-week sermon series on The Lord's Prayer. Scripture reading, Luke 11:2-4: He said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial." Support the show (https://pod.fan/lets-begin-with-prayer)
The Lord's Prayer
August 23, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBDelivered on August 23, 2020, at Faith United Methodist Church in Arcanum, OH as part of 3-week sermon series on prayer. Scripture Reading, Luke 11:1-13: He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted...
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
July 19, 2020 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBDelivered on July 19, 2020 at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church in Seattle, WA as part of a 5-week sermon series on 2 Corinthians. Scripture Reading, 2 Corinthians 2:1-10: So I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came, I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice; for I am confident about all of you, that my joy would be the joy ...
The Long Middle
June 14, 2020 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBDelivered on June 14, 2020, at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church as part of a 5-week sermon series on Job. Scripture reading, Job 3:1-10; 4:1-9; 7:11-21: After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. He said: “May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’ That day—may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine on it. May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness ov...
Life is a Cabaret
May 03, 2020 17:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBDelivered on May 3, 2020, at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church as part of the regular worship service (4th Sunday in Eastertide). Scripture Reading, Acts 17:1-9 & 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10: After Paul and Silas had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer an...
Finding the Strength to Stand
August 06, 2017 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBDelivered on August 6, 2017, at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church as part of 4-week sermon series on Ephesians. Scripture Reading, Ephesians 6:10-20: Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual f...