Day1 Weekly Program Archive

Rebekah LeMon: Circle Up

The Rev. Rebekah LeMon
Organization: Trinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

In her sermon for Trinity Sunday, Rebekah LeMon says Paul offers us a Trinity blessing: the love of a God who covenants with us anyway, the grace of a Lord who saves us anyway, the fellowship of a Spirit that dwells with us anyway.

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Rebekah LeMon: We Hear!

The Rev. Rebekah LeMon
Organization: Trinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

This Pentecost, asks Rebekah LeMon, what message is the Spirit calling us to hear? And what is the Spirit calling us to say?

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Rob Lee: Waiting on the World to Change

The Rev. Robert W. Lee IV
Organization: n/a
Denomination: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Rob Lee says the Acts account of the Ascension reminds us--as the whole of scripture has told us--that we cannot escape destiny, but we can face it with courage because we know the Author of the story.

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Dock Hollingsworth: Because God Is Not in Favor of Ignorance

The Rev. Dr. Dock Hollingsworth
Organization: Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA
Denomination: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Knowledge is good, Dock Hollingsworth says, but wisdom is better. Wisdom is the recognition that the groping for life's meaning is over only when we trust in the risen Christ, not in the gods the world is worshipping now.

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John Odegard: Making Room

The Rev. John Odegard
Organization: Grace Lutheran Church, Mankato, MN
Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

John Odegard says the work of Jesus invites us into his kingdom here and now. Whenever the opportunity to love arises, that is the place Jesus has prepared for us, so that we might be closer to him as we love our neighbor.

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Susan Sparks: Just Keep Walking

The Rev. Susan Sparks
Organization: Madison Avenue Baptist Church, New York, NY
Denomination: American Baptist Churches USA

Even in great loss, Susan says, love still surrounds us. So just keep walking. Walking from pain into purpose. Walking from frustration into faith. Walking from longing and lament into love--the deep and constant love of God.

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Russell Levenson: Hold On to Jesus

The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr.
Organization: St. Martin's Episcopal Church - Houston, TX
Denomination: The Episcopal Church

Russell Levenson invites us to let Jesus out of whatever box we've tried to put him in, and take hold of him. That will be a ride of a lifetime--and a life beyond this life that lasts for all eternity.

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Scott Black Johnston: The Loser Edit

The Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston
Organization: Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Scott Black Johnston suggests Jesus says to Simon Peter, and to us, "You are not the sum of your mistakes. Your identity is grounded in my love for you and your love for me. As you lean into that love, I have a task for you: feed my sheep."

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Scott Black Johnston: Empty

The Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston
Organization: Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

In his Easter sermon, Dr. Scott Black Johnston says fear marks the start of our most sacred story, but then our anxiety comes face to face with history's most famous vacancy. On Easter we cheer an empty tomb. Jesus is on the loose!

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Jonathan Hemphill: The Passion Pandemic

The Rev. Jonathan Hemphill
Organization: ELCA Southeastern Synod
Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

In his Palm Sunday sermon, Jonathan Hemphill says that by riding on a donkey, Jesus shows us that the very thing that will drive out hate is love, the thing that will drive out division is humility, and the thing that will dispel fear is service.

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David Hodges: We Begin at the End

The Rev. David Hodges
Organization: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, St. Louis, MO
Denomination: The Episcopal Church

David Hodges says the raising of Lazarus teaches us that, in our life with God, we can be assured that in every end there is a beginning -- even in death, there is the promise of resurrection, of experiencing the fullness of the glory of God.

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Jeremy Shoulta: The (Re)Born Identity

The Rev. Dr. Jeremy Shoulta
Organization: First Baptist Church of Gainesville, GA
Denomination: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

In his sermon for the 4th Sunday in Lent, Jeremy Shoulta says, as the man born blind celebrates his new life in Christ, so too must we welcome his loving presence each day. For God has "turned our mourning into dancing...and clothed us with gladness."

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Winston Arthur: Drinking Water Never Felt So Good

The Rev. R. Winston Arthur
Organization: St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Stone Mountain, GA
Denomination: The Episcopal Church

Winston Arthur says at the well, Jesus offers the Samaritan woman the water of knowledge, purification, completeness, and salvation. It is an unconditional offer of a new start in Christ--and it is an offer to each one of us today.

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Peter Wallace: A Whole and Lasting Life

The Rev. Peter M. Wallace
Organization: Alliance for Christian Media
Denomination: The Episcopal Church

In his sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Lent, Day1 host Peter Wallace says Jesus is the way to a whole and lasting life, and we'll either run toward him, into the light, or we'll run away into darkness.

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Michael Livingston: The Gift in Grace

The Rev. Michael Livingston
Organization: n/a
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

The Rev. Michael Livingston says here is the gift in grace in three parts: grace is free, grace is stronger than the sin that binds us, and since grace is in Jesus, who wore our very humanity, it is in us, kin to Christ, God our Creator, Spirit our Guide.

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J. Peter Holmes: Listen to Jesus

The Rev. Dr. J. Peter Holmes
Organization: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, ON
Denomination: Other

In his sermon on the Transfiguration, Dr. J. Peter Holmes says when we listen to Jesus, we will find ourselves looking at ourselves, others, and the world as Jesus does--with the eyes of faith, hope, and love--never giving up on his transforming power.

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Randy Harris: Fully Human

The Rev. Dr. Randy Harris
Organization: Highland Presbyterian Church, Winston-Salem, NC
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Randy Harris says ours is a meddlesome God who is not content to leave us as we are, but who is forever at work to draw us together, and to heal not only the brokenness within us, but the brokenness between us.

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Susan Pendleton Jones: Salt and Light

The Rev. Susan Pendleton Jones
Organization: Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Denomination: United Methodist Church

Being blessed is a gift of God, Susan Pendleton Jones says. Being a blessing to others is our most appropriate response to this gift. And we do that by being Salt in a world of decay and Light in a world of darkness.

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Raj Nadella: When Comfort Alone Won't Cut It

Dr. Raj Nadella
Organization: Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA
Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Raj Nadella says Jesus teaches us that words of comfort for those who grieve or suffer should become catalysts for action. We are all blessed when we work to create the kind of community Jesus envisioned.

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Kevin Strickland: Fishing in Unusual Places, Finding Faithful Fish

Bishop Kevin Strickland
Organization: ELCA Southeastern Synod
Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Bishop Kevin Strickland says we are called to fish for people as Jesus' disciples were--called to remind everyone that the prodigal, lavish, expansive call of God is for all people.

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