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"My identity as a person of faith supersedes any other identity. We are one. I want the hermeneutic that Jesus offers us: love. Love is my starting line and love is my finish line." #LovePeriod

In this episode of That'll Preach Jim Kast-Keat talks with Jacqui Lewis about the sermon she is preaching at Middle Collegiate Church on Sunday, June 19, 2016 for the third Sunday in Pride month.

"Jesus is a rule breaking rabble rousing son of a...God."

In this bonus episode of That'll Preach Jim Kast-Keat talks with Jacqui Lewis about her thoughts on the Luke 7:36-50, the lectionary passage for Sunday, June 12, 2016. After recording this episode we made a change to the preaching schedule, inviting Rev. Bob Chase, the director of Intersections International, to preach at Middle Collegiate Church as a part of our Pride Month preaching series. This conversation reflections the sermon Jacqui would have preached, offers a inspiring challenge to everyone, and provides an idea or two to other faith leaders preaching this text.

"It is important for us to be reminded of the challenge God puts before us to be instruments of grace and justice in this world. It is not just that we believe these things of love and justice for LGBTQ people. But we must believe them out loud."

In this episode of That'll Preach Jim Kast-Keat talks with Bob Chase about the sermon heis preaching at Middle Collegiate Church on Sunday, June 12, 2016. Rev. Bob Chase is the director of Intersections International. You can find out more about Intersections at www.Intersections.org and their work for LGBTQ justice at www.BelieveOutLoud.com.

"Too often 'resurrection' means 'escape' and your 'good' spirit leaving the 'bad' flesh. I'm a big fan of leaning into your humanity to find something divine. Resurrection is not just an event that did or did not happen in history but it is an ongoing practice today."

In this episode of That'll Preach Jacqui Lewis talks with Jim Kast-Keat about the sermon heis preaching at Middle Collegiate Church on Sunday, June 5, 2016.

Practice Resurrection: http://thirtysecondsorless.net/resurrection-4/

Made Whole: http://thirtysecondsorless.net/whole-2/

"God isn’t necessarily going to take us from the desert to the mountain top. But God will give us streams or rivers in our desert."

In this episode of That'll Preach Jacqui Lewis talks with Christina Fleming about the sermon she is preaching at Middle Collegiate Church on Sunday, May 29, 2016.

"'Really God?' That is my prophetic prayer these days: 'Really God?!' And I think that is God's answer for me: 'peace.'"

In this episode of That'll Preach Jacqui Lewis talks with Lynn Min about the sermon she is preaching at Middle Collegiate Church on Sunday, May 2, 2016. At least she does until Jim Kast-Keat attempts to troubleshoot a problem with the audio recording. And sadly and ultimately fails. (Just listen to the podcast, he explains it all towards the end.)

You can watch the missing portion of this conversation on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jimatmiddle/videos/2047214785502895.

"I want people open their imaginations to look for, listen for God talking in these different spaces but also to see themselves cast in the role of translators. We're called to fresh theological imagination. Listen to the fresh word in your own heart. What if you are the one that God is calling to preach the good news to someone in their language? You are the one that is called to do this work."

In this episode of That'll Preach Jim Kast-Keat talks with Jacqui Lewis about the sermon she is preaching at Middle Collegiate Church on Sunday, May 15, 2016 for the Pentecost/Vision Sunday worship celebration.

Listen to "Who May Abide the Day of His Coming" by Patti Austin: https://youtu.be/TewE8cH4vHc.

“For me it’s so much about being Jesus to somebody else, so that they can see an example. The times that I’ve encountered Jesus wasn’t because someone prayed a nice prayer or preached an awesome sermon. But it because someone gave me an extra hamburger because I was hungry or gave me a hug on a bad day."

In this episode of That'll Preach Jim Kast-Keat talks with Argenys Taveras about the sermon he is preaching at Middle Collegiate Church on Sunday, May 8, 2016.

"Revelation is not a book for the future. Revelation is a book for now. It's a vision for a healed and whole world will be one in which all of the voices are praising God. And one in which the diversity of the people is absolutely celebrated and affirmed."

In this episode of That'll Preach Jim Kast-Keat talks with Jacqui Lewis about the sermon she is preaching at Middle Collegiate Church on Sunday, May 1, 2016.

"What is inside is getting wider and bigger and more complex and God's blessings are for all the people and not just some of the people."

In this episode of That'll Preach Jacqui Lewis talks with Rob Stephens about the sermon he is preaching at Middle Collegiate Church on Sunday, April 24, 2016.