The Ordination of Flo Paris Oakes | Isaiah 6:1-8 | Psalm 121 | Philippians 4:4-9 | John 10:11-18 | November 12th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

This is part of a series of follow-up talks from our Common Conversation back in August about Faith in Nashville. You can listen to that here.

In this podcast, Danny Bryant and Anna Caudill discuss questions around salvation and politics, particularly as they relate to disability theology. 

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost | Deuteronomy 23:1-12 | Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 | Matthew 22:34-46 | October 29th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Crisis Contemplation - Barbara Holmes | Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age - Bruce Rogers Vaughn | Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community - Pádraig Ó Tuama | The Books of Moses - Robert Alter

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 33:12-23 | Psalm 96 | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 | Matthew 22:15-22 | October 22nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Crisis Contemplation - Barbara Holmes | The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | In the Shelter - Padraig O'Tuama | Remembering - Wendell Berry

The Eigtheenth Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 17:1-17 | Psalm 25:1-9 | Philippians 2:1-13 | Matthew 21:23-32 | October 1st, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 16:2-15 | Psalm 145:1-8 | Philippians 1:21-30 | Matthew 20:1-16 | September 24th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Christian Life: An Adventure in Love - Ilia Delio | Addiction and Grace - Gerald May | Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community - Padraig O'Tuama | Beloved - Toni Morrison

 

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 14:19-31 | Psalm 95 | Romans 14:1-12 | Matthew 18:21-35 | September 17th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Romans for Normal People - Daniel Kirk | The Book of Psalms - Robert Alter

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

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 

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) 

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. 

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

 

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 

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 

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) 

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

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

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

 

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 

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

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 

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

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 

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

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 podcast | After Whiteness - Willie James Jennings

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

 

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

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 

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

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 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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) 

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) 

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.  

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) 

 

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 

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.

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 

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

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

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 

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 

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 

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) 

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 

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 

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)

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

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

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

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

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) 

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) 

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

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

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

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) 

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 

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 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

First Sunday after Christmas | 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 | Psalm 148 | Colossians 3:12-17 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 2:41-52 | December 26, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Fourth Sunday of Advent | Micah 5:2-5a | Luke 1:46-55 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Hebrews 5:5-10 | Luke 1:39-55 | December 19, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Third Sunday of Advent | Zephaniah 3:14-20 | Isaiah 12:2-6 | Philippians 4:4-7 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 3:7-18 | December 12, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Informational meeting about The Order of Bethany | December 8th, 2021 | To read more about The Order, please visit https://stmarysnashville.com/the-order-of-bethany 

Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 146 | Ruth 1:1-18 | Mark 12:28-34 | October 31, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 91:9-16 | Hebrews 5:1-10 | Mark 10:35-45 | October 17, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 124 | James 5:13-20 | Mark 9:38-50 | September 26, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 62 | Matthew 11:25-30 | August 29, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 34:15-22 | Ephesians 6:10-20 | John 6:56-69 | August 22, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish | Anglican (Nashville, TN)

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost | Proverbs 9:1-6 | Psalm 34:9-14 | Ephesians 5:15-20 | John 6:51-58 | August 15, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish | Anglican (Nashville, TN)

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 78:23-39 | Ephesians 4:1-16 | John 6:24-35 | August 1, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish | Anglican (Nashville, TN)

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Samuel 7:1-14a | Psalm 23 | Ephesians 2:11-22 | Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 | July 18, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish | Anglican (Nashville, TN)

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 | Psalm 123 | 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 | Mark 6:1-13 | July 4, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish | Anglican (Nashville, TN)

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | 1 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 | Lamentations 3:22-33 | 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 | Mark 5:21-43 | June 27, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish | Anglican (Nashville, TN)

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost | 1 Samuel 17:57-18:5, 10-16 | Psalm 133 | 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 | Mark 4:35-41 | June 20, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish | Anglican (Nashville, TN)

Third Sunday after Pentecost | 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 | Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15 | 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17 | Mark 4:26-34 | June 13, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish | Anglican (Nashville, TN)

Second Sunday after Pentecost | 1 Samuel 8:4-20, 11:14-15 | Psalm 130 | 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 | Mark 3:20-35 | June 6, 2021 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish | Anglican (Nashville, TN)