Pastors Tim and Tuhina sit down with relationship and intimacy coach Wendy B to talk about this unique year when Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine's Day. We talk about love and death, intimacy and mortality: topics too often shunned in Christian communities.

Lent begins in love – and death.

Ash Wednesday

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

The Anam Cara team (Pastors Tim, Tuhina, and Jason) discuss the fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, why a good sermon title might be "Telling the Truth Sucks," and how we keep hunting Jesus.

Pastors Tim and Jason sit down with the effervescent Rev. Lori Ruge-Jones to talk about agency, powerful role reversals, and how sometimes sermons hooks can hurt ya.

Advent 4

Luke 1:26-38

We sit down with the seriously funny (and seriously brilliant) Rev. Elise Pokel to talk about doomsday prepping for others and not just yourself, what it means to grapple with Matthew's intense Gospel, and how you're blessed if you go to sleep.

24th Sunday after the Pentecost

Matthew 25:1-13

The Anam Cara Three discuss the powerful nature (and wide array of liturgical possibilities!) of All Saints' Day.

All Saints' Day

Matthew 5:1-12

The Anam Cara Three are back for a mini-episode on Reformation Day – we're on location and discussing the mixed bag nature of this particularly Lutheran holy day.

Reformation Day

John 8:31-36

We sit down with writer, speaker, and all-around fantastic human Karen González to probe another one of Jesus' strange parables – and talk about how those parables are more like an episode of Black Mirror than we'd care to admit.

20th Sunday after the Pentecost

Matthew 22:1-14

We sit down with the multifaceted, multitalented Rev. John Tirro to talk about interstates of violence, looking at things sideways, and how Jesus is a walking parable. We feature Pastor John's own work as well! Find out more of what he does at johntirro.com.

19th Sunday after the Pentecost

Matthew 21:33-46

Isaiah 5:1-7

Psalm 80

The in-house Anam Cara team – Pastors Tuhina, Tim, and Jason – talk about the worst enemy of meritocracy, how a parable is like a labyrinth, and what it means to take forgiveness seriously.

16th Sunday after the Pentecost

Matthew 18:21-35

The in-house Anam Cara team (the Revs. Tuhina, Tim, and Jason) go off-lectionary and talk about the rich and varied Season of Creation – which runs September 1 to October 4 – and what it means to be human and hopeful in an age of climate catastrophe.