St. Mary of Bethany Parish Podcast

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 12:1-14 | Psalm 149 | Romans 13:8-14 | Matthew 18:15-20 | September 10th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Jesus' Alternative Plan - Richard Rohr | The Meal Jesus Gave Us - N.T. Wright | Two Economies - Wendell Berry | The Bible Made Impossible - Christian Smith | The Art of Reading Scripture - various authors

Direct download: Blessed_Are_Those_Without_Connections.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 10:27am CDT

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 3:1-15 | Psalm 105 | Romans 12:9-21 | Matthew 16:21-28 | September 3rd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Romans for Normal People - Daniel Kirk | The Books of Moses: Commentary & Translation - Robert Alter | Remembering and Resisting - Johann Baptiste Metz | Into the Silent Land - Martin Larid | Joy Unspeakable - Barbara Holmes 

Direct download: Love_without_Pretending.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 3:56pm CDT

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Annual Meeting | Psalm 23 | Acts 2:42-47  | August 27th, 2023 | The St. Mary's Staff | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: 2023_Annual_Meeting.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 12:42pm CDT

Common Conversation: Faith in Nashville 
Thursday, August 17th at Glendale Baptist Church 

Listen to Danny Bryant, Anna Caudill, and David Dark discuss the challenges & promises of Christianity in Nashville. In a city where celebrity, profits, politics, and faith are so deeply enmeshed, how do we create and sustain beloved community? 

This was recorded live in a recent Common Conversation, a series hosted by St. Mary's. 

Direct download: Common_Conversation_-_Faith_in_Nashville.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 11:50am CDT

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 139 | Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 | August 20th, 2023 | Rev. Flo Oakes | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: "Sometimes" - Mary Oliver | The Religious Potential of the Child - Sofia Cavalletti | Midrash: Reading the Bible with Question Marks - Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

 

Direct download: A_Community_of_Wonder.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 6:00pm CDT

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 133 | John 12:1-11 | August 13th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Parable of the Mustard Seed Icon by Kelly Latimore | An Invitation to Kenotic Generosity in the Religiously Pluralistic Situation - Dr. Lauren Smelser White | The God Who Gave You Birth - Cyprian Consiglio | Bethany Near the Mount of Olives - Brian Capper 

Direct download: Powerless_Communion.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 2:12pm CDT

The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 128 | Matthew 14:13-21 | August 8th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now - Walter Brueggemann 

Direct download: Sabbath_Rest_Resistance_and_Alternative.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 3:07pm CDT

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 127 | Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 | July 30th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: Celebrating_the_Humble_Love_of_God.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 3:58pm CDT

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 126 | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 | July 23rd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman | Kingdom, Grace, Judgement: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus - Robert Capon | Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible - Willie James Jennings

Direct download: Healing_for_Imprisoned_Imaginations.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 9:14am CDT

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 125 | Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 | July 16th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: The Art of the Commonplace - Wendell Berry | Kingdom, Grace, Judgement: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus - Robert Capon

Direct download: Seeds_Soil_and_New_Life.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 9:01am CDT

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 123 | Matthew 10:40-42 | July 2nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community - Pádraig Ó Tuama

 

Direct download: Hospitalitys_Reward.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 6:09pm CDT

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 121 | Matthew 9:35-10:8 | June 18th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources (art): "Pacifist" - Shaun Tan | "Trinity" - Andrei Rublev 

Direct download: Fearless_Hospitality.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:10pm CDT

The Third Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 120 | Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 | June 11th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Christian Life: An Adventure in Love - Ilia Delio | "Breathe" - U2 | "Tiny Cup" - Sandra McCracken 

Direct download: Gods_Ecstatic_Love.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 9:46am CDT

The Sixth Sunday of Easter | Acts 17:22-31 | Psalm 66:8-20 | 1 Peter 3:13-22 | John 14:15-21 | May 14th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky | "Love is Everywhere (Beware) - Wilco | 1 Corinthians 13 - The Message translation

Direct download: Loves_Gentle_Urgency.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 12:38pm CDT

The Fifth Sunday of Easter | Acts 7:55-60 | Psalm 31 | 1 Peter 2:2-10 | John 14:1-14 | May 7th, 2023 | Rev. Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: "After Her Death" - Mary Oliver | "Fifth Sunday of Easter: A Collective People with a Singular Heart" - Dr. Angela Parker | Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence - Diana Butler Bass 

Direct download: Easter_People_.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 9:05am CDT

The Fourth Sunday of Easter | Acts 2:42-47 | Psalm 23 | 1 Peter 2:19-25 | John 10:1-10 | April 30th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible - Willie James Jennings | "Two Economies" - Wendell Berry

Direct download: The_Economy_of_Baptism.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:46pm CDT

The Second Sunday of Easter | Acts 2:14a, 22-32 | Psalm 16 | 1 Peter 1:3-9 | John 20:19-31 | April 16th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age - Bruce Rogers Vaughn | Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious - David Dark | The Whole Heart - Gregory Boyle | The Wounded Healer - Henri Nouwen

Direct download: Soulful_Listening.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 12:19pm CDT

Easter | Isaiah 25:6-9  | Psalm 118 |  1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 | Luke 24:13-49 | April 9th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: My Bright Abyss - Christian Wiman | The Awakened Heart - Gerald May | Lent with St. Francis: Daily Reflections - St. Francis 

Direct download: Seeing_Receiving_and_Playing.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 9:34am CDT

The Fifth Sunday in Lent | Ezekiel 37:1-14 | Psalm 130 | Romans 8:6-11 | John 11:1-45 | March 26th, 2023 | Rev. Colin Fagan | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Jesus as Friend in the Gospel of John - Gail O'Day | The Call of Discernment in Troubled Times - Fr. Dean Brackley SJ |  Eucharistic Participation - Hans Boersma | Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels - ed. Joel Green, Jeannine Brown, Nicholas Perrin | John: NIV Application Commentary - John Burge

Direct download: Jesus_our_friend_our_grief-sharer_and_guide_into_hope.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:09pm CDT

The Sixth Sunday in Lent | John 19:25-27  | John 10:11-18 (First Nations Version) | April 2nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Dr. Brad Jersack podcastAfter Whiteness - Willie James Jennings

Direct download: Desire_Greater_than_Death.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 12:35pm CDT

The Fourth Sunday in Lent | 1 Samuel 16:1-13 | Psalm 23 |  Ephesians 5:8-14 | John 9:1-41 | March 19th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: John for Everyone: Part One - N.T. Wright | The Collected Sermons - Walter Brueggemann |  Joy Unspeakable - Barbara Holmes

 

Direct download: Assimilation_s_Violence_vs_the_Light_of_Salvation.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 2:58pm CDT

The Third Sunday in Lent | Exodus 17:1-7 | Psalm 95 | Romans 5:1-11 | John 4:5-42 | March 12th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: The Spirit of Life: A Universal Affirmation - Jürgen Moltmann | Footprint of a Dream - Howard Thurman |  Christian Life: An Adventure in Love - Ilia Delio

Direct download: No_Condescension_in_Christ.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 3:22pm CDT

The Second Sunday in Lent | Genesis 12:1-4 | Psalm 121 | Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 | John 3:1-17 | March 5th, 2023 | Rev. Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: The Jewish Annotated New Testament - ed. Amy-Jill Levine, Marc Zvi Brettler | "The First Verb" - St. Hildegard of Bingen | Genesis Rabbah 1 

Direct download: Spirited_Discussions.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 3:07pm CDT

The First Sunday in Lent | Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 | Psalm 32 | Romans 5:12-19 | Matthew 4:1-11 | February 26th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Finite and Infinite Games - James P. Carse | "Vacation" - Wendell Berry

Direct download: Belonging_as_Resistance.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 10:12am CDT

Ash Wednesday | Isaiah 58:1-12 | Psalm 51:1-17 | 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 | Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 | February 22nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: "Pedagogy of Conflict" - Pádraig Ó'Tuama 

Direct download: Lives_Bound_Together___Ash_Wednesday.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 10:08am CDT

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany | Deuteronomy 30:15-20 | Psalm 119 | 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 | Matthew 5:21-37 | February 12th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Joy Unspeakable Tenderness - Barbara Holmes | Jesus’ Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount - Richard Rohr | Martin & Malcom & America: Dream or Nightmare - James Cone | The New Jerusalem Bible

 

Direct download: Fidelity_as_Resistance.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:51pm CDT

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 58:1-12 | Psalm 112 | 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 | Matthew 5:13-20 | February 5th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Fr. Gregory Boyle | Jesus’ Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount - Richard Rohr

Direct download: The_Mercy_is_the_Might.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 8:51am CDT

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany | Micah 6:1-8 | Psalm 15 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | Matthew 5:1-12 | January 29th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Fr. Gregory Boyle | Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age - Bruce Rogers-Vaughn | The Message - Eugene Peterson

Direct download: Shelter_for_the_Expelled_1.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 6:38pm CDT

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 9:1-4 | Psalm 27:1, 4-9 | 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 | Matthew 4:12-23 | January 22nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Jesus Christ for Today’s World - Jurgen Moltmann | The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Fr. Gregory Boyle

Direct download: Learning_Loves_Language.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 10:05am CDT

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 49:1-7 | Psalm 40:1-11 | 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 | John 1:29-32 | January 15th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: The Sabbath - Abraham Joshua Heschel | Walking in Wonder - John O'Donohue | The Gospels - Sarah Ruden | Schalom Ben-Chorin as quoted in Jesus Christ for Today’s World - Jurgen Moltmann | Collected Sermons - Walter Brueggemann | The Christian Imagination - Willie James Jennings

Direct download: And_the_One_Next_to_You.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 2:27pm CDT

Baptism of the Lord - the First Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 42:1-9 | Psalm 29 | Acts 10:34-43 | Matthew 3:13-17 | January 8th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: Loved_and_Free.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 12:39pm CDT

The First Sunday after Christmas  | Isaiah 63:7-9 | Psalm 148 | Hebrews 2:10-18| Matthew 2:13-23 | January 1st, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Direct download: Praying_Christmas.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 4:30pm CDT

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