St. Mary of Bethany Parish Podcast

The Second Sunday of Advent  | Isaiah 11:1-10 | Psalm 72 | Romans 15:4-13 | Matthew 3:1-12 | December 4th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Finite and Infinite Games - James Carse | Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman | Reaching Out - Henri Nouwen |  Romans for Normal People - J.R. Daniel Kirk

Direct download: Faithful_Play.m4a
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The First Sunday of Advent  | Isaiah 2:1-5 | Psalm 122 | Romans 13:11-14 | Matthew 24:36-44 | November 27th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: The New Testament and the People of God - N.T. Wright | The Christian Imagination - Willie James Jennings | Riverside Church speech - Martin Luther King, Jr.  

Direct download: Located_within_Salvation.m4a
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This week, instead of a homily, Rev. Mary Brown and Fr. Danny Bryant have a conversation with St. Mary’s and one another about how Christ the Shepherd has been caring for and loving her each day.

Psalm 46 | Colossians 1:11-20| Luke 23:33-43 | November 20th, 2022 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

 

Direct download: Christ_the_Shepherd.m4a
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Liturgy of Lament  | Psalm 64 | Matthew 11:20-30 | November 13th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: "What Are People For" and "Healing" - Wendell Berry | "On Being Asked to Write a Poem About the War in Vietnam" - Hayden Carruth | Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman 

Direct download: Lament_Non-Violence_and_Protest.m4a
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Hear Dr. Layla Bonner, Dr. Deandrea Witherspoon Nash, and Fr. Danny talking about the Equitable Healing Reparations Initiative moving into its new life as the Black Mental Health Counselor Reparations Foundation. We are nearing the launch of the foundation and want to share the news and story with St. Mary’s before it is officially on its own.

Direct download: Common_Conversation.m4a
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Proper 25 - the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost  | Joel 2:23-32 | Psalm 65 | 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 18:9-14 | October 23rd, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman | The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky 

Direct download: Playing_in_Gods_Dream.m4a
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Proper 24 - the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost  | Genesis 32:22-31 | Psalm 121 | 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 18:1-8 | October 16th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: A Passion for God - Johann Baptist Metz | "When the Dreams Run Dry" - the Killers | The Awakened Heart - Gerald May | After Whiteness - Willie James Jennings | CAC Email - Richard Rohr

Direct download: Love_Wants_to_Play.m4a
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Proper 23 - the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost  | Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 | Psalm 66 | 2 Timothy 2:8-15 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 17:11-19 | October 9th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman

Direct download: Freedom_in_Exile.m4a
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Proper 21 - the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost  | Amos 6:1a, 4-7 | Psalm 146 | 1 Timothy 6:6-19 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 16:19-31 | September 26th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: The Grace that Shaped My Life - Nicholas Wolterstorff | Quote from David Bentley Hart from a podcast | The Prophetic Imagination - Walter Brueggemann | Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman | "They Laid Jesus Christ in His Grave" - Woody Guthrie | "Amos" block print - Rev. Lauren Plummer 

Direct download: Following_Jesus.m4a
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Proper 19 - the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost  | Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 | Psalm 14 | 1 Timothy 1:12-17 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 15:1-10 | September 11th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: | Telling Secrets - Frederick Buechner | After Whiteness - Willie James Jennings 

Direct download: In_Christ_Together.m4a
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Proper 18 - the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost  | Jeremiah 18:1-11 | Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 | Philemon 1:1-21 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 14:25-33 | September 4th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: | Theology of Failure - Marika Rose | The Crucified God - Jürgen Moltmann | True to Our Native Land and Stony the Road We Trod - Lloyd A. Lewis | Children of Divorce - Andrew Root | Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible - Willie James Jennings 

Direct download: Failure_Hope_and_Love.m4a
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Proper 17 - the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost | Taizé and Contemplation | Psalm 112 | Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 14:1, 7-14 | August 28th, 2022 | Pace Verner | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Prayer of St. Aelred of Reivaulx | The Whole Language - The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Gregory Boyle | "Everything" - Taylor Leonhardt | "Jesus as Shepherd Carrying Lamb on Shoulders Through Water" - painting by Melani Pyke | Blessing by Alistair Maclean (from Hebridean Altars

Direct download: Carrying.m4a
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Proper 16 - the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | Jeremiah 1:4-10 | Psalm 71 | Hebrews 12:18-29 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 13:10-17 | August 14th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming - Walter Brueggemann | Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson | Tweet by Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne | Faith After Doubt - Brian McLaren | A Burning in My Bones - Winn Collier | The God Who Gave You Birth - Cyprian Consiglio | "The Mad Farmer Flying the Flag of Rough Branch Seceded from the Union" - Wendell Berry 

Direct download: Sabbath_Rest_from_Manufactured_Desire.m4a
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Proper 15 - the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | Jeremiah 23:23-29 | Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 | Hebrews 11:29-12:2(all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 12:49-56 | August 14th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: 1 Corinthians 13 (First Nations Version) | A Swim in a Pond in the Rain - George Saunders | 
The Essential Writings of Bernard Cooke: A Narrative Theology of Church, Sacrament, and Ministry - Cooke and Morrill

Direct download: Gods_Word_Gods_Freedom_and_Our_Love.m4a
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Proper 14 - the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 | Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24 | Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 12:32-40 | August 7th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: The Prophets - Abraham Joshua Heschel | Hearing the Call - Liturgy, Justice, and the World - Nicholas Wolterstorff | The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck | Disney's Robin Hood 

Direct download: There_Will_Be_Peace_Again_on_Earth._Youll_See..m4a
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Proper 13 - the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 | Psalm 49 | Colossians 3:1-11 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 12:13-21 | July 31st, 2022 | Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Sharing the Word through the Liturgical Year - Gustavo Gutiérrez |  Love Heals - Becca Stevens 

Direct download: July_31_service.mp3
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Proper 12 - the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 138 | Psalm 85 | Colossians 2:6-15 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 11:1-13 | July 24th, 2022 | Flo Paris Oakes | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Spiritual Conversations with Children - Lacy Finn Borgo |  Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery | "Maybe There's A Loving God" - Sara Groves | "Wild Geese" - Mary Oliver

Direct download: Awake_to_Prayer.m4a
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Proper 11 - the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | Amos 8:1-12 | Psalm 52 | Colossians 1:15-28 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 10:38-42 | July 24th, 2022 | Rev. Preston Sharpe | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire - Brian J. Walsh and Syvia C. Keesmaat |  The Gospel of Luke - Amy Jill Levine | Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ - Dallas Willard

Direct download: All_the_Things.m4a
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Proper 9 - the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Kings 5:1-14 | Psalm 30 | Galatians 6:1-16 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 | July 3rd, 2022 | Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: "Hospitality as the Ground for the Good" - Jayme R. Reaves |  "The Table" - Lauren Plummer (art)

Direct download: On_Packing_Light_and_Bringing_Trust.m4a
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Proper 8 - the Third Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 | Galatians 5:1, 13-25 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 9:51-62 | June 26th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Being Christian - Rowan Williams | "Building Community on God's Love - Thomas Merton

Direct download: Freed_to_Love.m4a
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Trinity Sunday | Proverbs 8:1-4,22-31 | Psalm 8 | Romans 5:1-5 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | John 16:12-15 | June 12th, 2022 | Flo Oakes and Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of Pain and Memory - Frederick Buechner | Symbol and Sacrament - Louis-Marie Chauvet | The Violence of Love - Óscar Romero | "Poured into our Hearts: A Blessing for Trinity Sunday" - Jan Richardson

Direct download: Trinity_Sunday_Homilies.m4a
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Pentecost | Genesis 11:1-9 | Psalm 104:24-34, 35b | Acts 2:1-21 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | John 14:8-17; 25-27 | June 5th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Wild Dancing with Spring Flowers - Alma Thomas | "When You Open Your Mouth" - Taylor Leonhardt 

 

Direct download: Untamed_Grace.m4a
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The Sixth Sunday of Easter | Acts 16:9-15 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Psalm 67 | Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 | John 5:1-9 | May 22, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings & Resources: Why We Live in Community - Eberhard Arnold

Direct download: Healed_for_Communion.m4a
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The Fifth Sunday of Easter | Acts 11:1-18 | Psalm 148 | Revelation 21:1-6 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | John 13:3135 | May 15, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings & Resources: Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible - Willie James Jennings | Israel: An Echo of Eternity - Abraham Joshua Heschel | The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin | "Via Chicago" - Wilco

Direct download: Detaching_from_Control.m4a
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The Fourth Sunday of Easter | Acts 9:36-43 | Psalm 23 | Revelation 7:9-17 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | John 10:22-30 | May 8, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings & Resources: Becoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship - John Swinton

Direct download: A_Healed_Imagination.m4a
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The Third Sunday of Easter | Acts 9:1-6 | Psalm 30 | Revelation 5:11-14 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | John 21:1-19 | May 1, 2022 | Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings & Resources: "The Great Catch" - John August Swanson | Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating - Norman Wirzba | "Don't Hesitate" - Mary Oliver | The Nashville Food Project - https://www.thenashvillefoodproject.org/ 

Direct download: Called_and_Loved_Wanted_and_Fed.m4a
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The Second Sunday of Easter | Acts 5:27-32 | Psalm 150 | Revelation 1:4-8 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | John 20:19-31 | April 24, 2022 | Bishop Ed Gungor | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: The_Empty_Tomb.m4a
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Easter Sunday | Isaiah 65:17-25 | Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24| Acts 10:34-43 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 24:1-12| April 17, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: Listening_for_Promised_Rest.m4a
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The Liturgy of the Palms and the Liturgy of the Passion | Isaiah 50:4-9a | Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 | Philippians 2:5-11 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 23:1-49 | April 10, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings & Resources: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" - Martin Luther King, Jr. | Sacred Fire - Ronald Rolheiser | Lecture at Georgetown College (Feb 19, 2013) - Wendell Berry | Another Country - James Baldwin | Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman

Direct download: Mobs_Scapegoats_and_the_Lie_1.m4a
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The Fifth Sunday in Lent | Isaiah 43:16-21 | Psalm 126 | Philippians 3:4b-14 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | John 12:1-8 | April 3, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings & Resources: "The Resurrection of Lazarus" - Henry Ossawa Tanner | Jesus Christ for Today's World - Jürgen Moltmann | "War on War" - Wilco

Direct download: Freedom_Communion_and_Facing_an_End.m4a
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The Fourth Sunday in Lent | Joshua 5:9-12 | Psalm 32 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 | March 27, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings & Resources: Let Your Life Speak - Parker Palmer | The Spirit of Life - Jurgen Moltmann | Crisis Contemplation - Barbara Holmes | The Body Keeps the Score - Dr. Bassel van der Kolk

Direct download: Mercy_and_Creative_Righteousness.m4a
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The Third Sunday in Lent | Isaiah 66:1-9 | Psalm 63:1-8 | 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 13:1-9 | March 20, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings & Resources: Addiction and Grace - Gerald May | The Divine Milieu - Teilhard de Chardin | The Essential Writings of Bernard Cooke - Bernard Cooke & Bruce Morrill 

Direct download: Made_and_Remade_by_Love.m4a
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The Second Sunday in Lent | Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 | Psalm 27 | Philippians 3:17-4:1 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 13:31-35 | March 13, 2022 | Rev. Preston Sharpe | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: The_Mothering_Heart_of_Jesus.m4a
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The First Sunday in Lent | Deuteronomy 26:1-11 | Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, 39-40 | Romans 10:8b-13 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 4:1-13 | March 6, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings & Resources: The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann, Volume 2  - Walter Brueggemann | "...From Patriarchy and Purity Culture: The Problem of Patriarchy w/ Willie James Jennings " - the Reclaiming My Theology podcast | A Hidden Wholeness - Parker Palmer | Being Christian - Rowan Williams | Now and Then - Fredrick Buechner 

Direct download: Merciful_Together.m4a
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Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany | Genesis 45:3-11, 15 | Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 | 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 6:27-38 | February 20, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings & Resources: The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis | "Address at the Conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | How to Be an Anti-Racist - Ibram X. Kendi | "Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" - Wendell Berry | After Whiteness - Willie James Jennings 

Direct download: The_Power_Limit_and_Imagination_of_Seeds.m4a
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Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany | Jeremiah 17:5-10 | Psalm 1 | 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 6:17-26 | February 13, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: Life_and_Death_Together.m4a
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Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 6:1-13 | Psalm 138 | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 5:1-11 | February 6, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: The_Threshold_of_Solidarity.m4a
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Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany | Jeremiah 1:4-10 | Psalm 71:1-6 | 1 Cor. 13:1-13 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 4:21-30 | January 30, 2022 | Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: Stories_on_the_Road_of_Love.m4a
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Third Sunday after the Epiphany | Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 | Psalm 19 | 1 Cor. 13:12-31a (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 4:14-21 | January 23, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 
Direct download: Crowd_Body_and_Table.m4a
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First Sunday after the Epiphany | The Baptism of Our Lord | Isaiah 43:1-7 | Psalm 29 | Acts 8:14-17 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 | January 9, 2022 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: Baptism_and_Gods_Desire.m4a
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