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Day1 Weekly Podcast episodes

October 27 A Little Easter Before Winter - Episode #4258
Join us for Episode 4258 with Bishop J. Neil Alexander, Dean's Professor of Anglican Studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology and Custodian of the Book of Common Prayer. In his sermon, "A Little Easter Before Winter," based on Matthew 5:1-12, Bishop Alexander reads the Beatitudes as Jesus' great reversals, blessings bound to promises made possible by the resurrection. On this All Saints Sunday, he invites us to face death honestly, remember those who have gone before us, and trust that the way things have always been need not be the way they always will be.
43 min
October 20 We Can Do Hard Things - Episode #4257
Join us for Episode 4257 of Day1 as Rev. Dr. John H. Vaughn, executive pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Rabbi Lydia Medwin of The Temple, both in Atlanta, co-preach "We Can Do Hard Things" from Exodus 3:1-15. Through God's call to a reluctant Moses at the burning bush, they show how God partners with flawed people and surrounds them with human companions for the work of liberation. In this season after Pentecost, their message offers steady encouragement: we are not asked to do it all, only our part. Tune in for Christian and Jewish wisdom on courage and calling.
52 min
October 13 Pray for THEM?! - Episode #4256
Join us for Day1 Episode 4256 with Rear Admiral Rev. Dr. Margaret Grun Kibben, the 62nd Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., as she preaches "Pray for THEM?!" from Matthew 22:15-22. Drawing on her unique calling, Dr. Kibben explores Jesus' answer to a political trap: the coin bears Caesar's image, but we bear God's. On this 21st Sunday after Pentecost, she calls us to civic responsibility and to pray for the leaders we like and the ones we don't. Tune in for a hopeful word on faith, citizenship, and prayer.
57 min
October 06 The Firetruck in the Ditch - Episode #4255
Join us for Episode 4255 as we welcome the Rev. Dr. Jason Byassee, Senior Pastor of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto, for his sermon "The Firetruck in the Ditch," based on Exodus 32:1-4, 7-11, 14. Marking the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, Byassee explores Israel's golden calf catastrophe, contrasting Aaron's passive complicity with Moses' zealous overreach, and reminding us that idols are often good things we mistakenly worship. Ultimately, he points to a God who repairs what we ruin.
46 min
September 29 Riding Into the Storm - Episode #4254
Join us for Episode 4254 of Day1, as Rev. Susan Sparks, Senior Minister of Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City, brings her sermon "Riding Into the Storm" from St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, drawn from Psalm 46:1-11. On this nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Sparks turns a South Dakota motorcycle ride through a violent storm into a meditation on stillness, refuge, and courage, reminding us that God's presence, not the absence of storms, is the promise we are given.
42 min
September 22 A Message, A Memory, A Mystery - Episode #4253
Join us for Episode 4253 of Day1, featuring Rev. Matthew Fleming, teaching pastor at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and founder of Church Anew. In his sermon "A Message, A Memory, A Mystery," drawn from Psalm 78:1-8, Fleming reflects on the wonder of children's questions and the psalmist's call to pass faith from one generation to the next. As we move through the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, he invites us to hold scripture as message, memory, and mystery alike.
42 min
September 15 Subverting Expectations - Episode #4252
Join us for Episode 4252 as Rev. Dr. Aimee Moiso, an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) minister and manager of social policy witness for the denomination, brings us "Subverting Expectations" from Luke 14:1-14. As we move through the season after Pentecost, Aimee unpacks a familiar dinner party story, showing how Jesus quietly upends assumptions about status, humility, and who deserves a seat at the table. Drawing on her background in ecumenical work and conflict transformation, she offers a thoughtful challenge to how easily we dehumanize those we disagree with.
45 min
September 08 Unlimited Forgiveness - Episode #4251
Join us for Episode 4251 of Day1, as Rev. Dr. Will Willimon, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School and retired United Methodist Bishop, preaches "Unlimited Forgiveness" from Matthew 18:21-33. As the church moves through the season after Pentecost, Willimon confronts our appetite for limits on mercy, tracing Jesus' parable of the unforgiving servant with humor and honesty about debts we'd rather not forgive. With his extensive experience in both ministry and the academy, he reflects on vocation, aging, and reconciliation.
52 min
September 01 A New Earth and a New Heaven - Episode #4250
Join us for episode 4250 of Day1, featuring Rev. Paul Roberts, President of the Justice Center for Sacred Theological Studies in Atlanta, preaching "A New Earth and a New Heaven" on Exodus 12:1-14. As the season after Pentecost continues, Roberts moves between the earthy and the cosmic, tracing how a formerly enslaved people learned to hope again on the eve of their liberation. Drawing on his own story of leading a seminary back from the brink, he explores how energy, formation, and hope are bound together in the human search for justice.
47 min
August 25 Holy Ground, Ordinary Shoes - Episode #4249
Join us for Episode #4249 as Rev. Carla Jones Brown, Designated Pastor of Oxford Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, brings us "Holy Ground, Ordinary Shoes," a sermon on Exodus 3:1-15. Preaching on Moses and the burning bush, Rev. Jones Brown explores what it means to turn aside and notice the sacred breaking into an ordinary day, and how God calls people with no standing to carry extraordinary purpose. As the church moves through the season after Pentecost, this sermon invites us to ask where holy ground might be waiting, right where we are.
46 min

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