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 Second Sunday of Advent  | Isaiah 11:1-10 | Psalm 72 | Romans 15:4-13 | Matthew 3:1-12 | December 4th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Readings and Resources: Finite and Infinite Games - James Carse | Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman | Reaching Out - Henri Nouwen |  Romans for Normal People - J.R. Daniel Kirk

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