This week Dave McEachron explores John's telling of the Feeding of the 5,000 and Jesus walking on the waters. See the "bigness" of God in Jesus' power and abundant providing.

Readings for this week:

Mark's version of the Feeding of the 5000 has a unique context. This week Maggie's sermon explores how Mark's particular portrayal of this well-known miracle tells us something about what kind of leader God is.

In this podcast Blair Pogue reflects on the contrast between Jesus’ table fellowship and the table fellowship of the ruler and Roman puppet Herod Antipas. While Herod’s hospitality is all about Herod, maintaining  power and not losing face, Jesus’ gives himself in love to nourish others. Over the course of the meals Jesus hosts and participates in, people discover good news, healing, freedom, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

This week's podcast explores the account of Jesus returning to his home village and sending his followers out with instructions to travel  lightly and rely on the hospitality of others (Mark 6:1-3).

This week, Maggie's sermon explores one of the more curious healing  stories in the gospel of Mark. A leader approaches Jesus asking for  healing for his dying daughter, but another desperate woman interrupts  them on the way. What can we learn about God's promise to us through  this story?

Thanks to Jeff Kidder for the music.

This week, the St. Matt's podcast explores the account of Jesus calming the Sea of Galilee from Mark 4:35-41. 

Thanks to Jeff Kidder for the music.

This week, the podcast explores a strange and complicated conversation between Jesus and some scribes from the Gospel of Mark. At the heart of this text is a question that many don't want to ask ourselves about forgiveness: Is there something we can do that is so bad that God couldn't forgive us for it?

Thanks to Jeff Kidder for the music.

Blair Pogue discusses the Trinity and what it means for unity and diversity to be part of God's own life.

The music is by Jeff Kidder. "Soup of nothingness" is taken from Eugene Peterson's translation of Genesis 1:1 in The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (2002). The Holy Spirit working as "a powerful public presence" is taken from Michael Welker's God the Spirit (2004). The "need to unlearn speed, innocence, and distance," is taken from Emmanuel Katangole and Chris Rice's book Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace, and Healing (2008).

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church is a faith community in St. Paul, Minnesota. This weekly worship podcast provides listeners with a scripture reading, a sermon, and prayers each week. You can find out more about St. Matthew's at stmatthewsmn.org