By the Well

Sally and Fran discuss Proverbs 8:1-4;22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15

We mention Sally's book Jesus Sophia: Returning to Woman Wisdom in the Bible;

the Nomad podcast interview with Sally;

Martin Scott's Sophia and the Johanine Jesus

Ben Myers Tweeting the trinity: because heresy is meh

Robyn Whitaker is joined by theologian, Daniel Sihombing, to talk about the Spirit and Pentecost. We look at the various snapshots of the Holy Spirit in all the readings this week - Acts 2:1-21, Genesis 11:1-9, Psalm 104:24-35, Romans 8:14-17, and John 14:8-17 - discussing the range of activities of the Spirit and the centrality of her for Christian life. 

Fran and Robyn discuss John 17:20-26, Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21, and Acts 16:16-34 with brief mention of Psalm 97.

We mentioned Willy James Jennings' Acts Commentary and Dorothy Lee's The Gospels Speak. 

Robyn is joined by Rev. Brendan Byrne to discuss John 5:1-9, John 14:23-29 and Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5, with a brief mention of Psalm 67. We talk about the social justice dimensions of the healing in John 5 and the way Jesus' healing undermines moral assessments. We also noted the way John 14 and Revelation 22 talk about the movement of God towards God's people and creation to recreate a vision of an end where all the nations stream to God and God's dwelling place is with us.

Those wanting to preach about Lydia in Acts 16 can tune in to our episode from 2022.

"A man may share in his prayer his concern for peace in the world and yet, in his own little world, be unwiliing to change his private attitude of antagoism or prejudice towards his fellows" Howard Thurman, Meditations of the Heart. 

In this episode Sally and Robyn discuss the "new commandment" to love one another (John 13:31-35) as a mark of Christian community. We also look at the visions of God's expansive kingdom in Revelation 21:1-6, Acts 11:1-18, and the way the whole cosmos praises God in Psalm 148.

We mention Willie Jennings' Acts Commentary. 

This Sunday is Good Shepherd Sunday in some traditions and Dorothy Lee and Robyn Whitaker explore images of both lamb and shepherd for Jesus in John 10:22-30, Psalm 23, and Revelation 7:9-17. Acts 9:36-43 continues the story of God's activity in the early church, this time through the resurrection of Tabitha, a female disciple of Jesus. 

You can read more about Tabitha and the background to Acts 9 at Marg Mowczko's blog. We also mention CS Lewis's The Last Battle. 

Dorothy Lee and Robyn Whitaker discuss John 21:1-19, Psalm 30, Acts 9:1-20, and Revelation 5:11-14 (or 1-14). We explore themes of call / recall, transformation, and commissioning into resurrection life.

Robyn Whitaker and Adrian Jackson give an overview of The Book of Revelation and the particular themes in the lectionary passages throughout the Easter season. 

We recommend the following resources:

 - Unveiling Apocalypse podcast by U-wen Low

- Robyn Whitaker's Revelation for Normal People

- Scott McKnight's Revelation for the Rest of Us

- Lynn Huber, Revelation commentary

- Eugen Boring's Revelation Commentary

- Bible for Normal People podcast on Revelation (with Robyn Whitaker)

Robyn Whitaker and Dorothy Lee discuss John 20:19-31, Revelation 1:4-8, and Acts 5:27-32.

We mention the work of Candida Moss on the scars of Jesus as well as Lynn Huber's Revelation commentary.

For those wanting to listen to the special episode introducing the Book of Revelation, it was published as C219. 

Robyn Whitaker and Dorothy Lee discuss Luke 24:1-12, John 20:1-18, and Acts 10:34-43 to explore the different ways early Christians talked about the resurrection of Jesus.