All Recordings from The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Aug 06, 2017 |
Can You Imagine?
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Can You Imagine?
"Can we look at the world as God sees it and imagine it?
Imagine injustice transfigured into justice. Imagine hatred transfigured into
love. Imagine our greatest enemies transfigured into friends. Can we join Jesus
in imagining this kingdom, the kingdom of God"
Luke 9:28-36
Luke 9:28-36
Aug 06, 2017 |
Jesus, Wonder Woman, and Friendship
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Jesus, Wonder Woman, and Friendship
“But the beauty of this story and the good news of this
gospel is that when we allow ourselves to love and be loved
fully, and to love others fully … to allow them to tell
their story and live their lives, and listen to them for
who they are… we will not be
turned off, we will not be pushed away. When we
really get to see someone for who they are in love,
we see them as beautiful sons and daughters of God.”
Luke 9:28-36
Luke 9:28-36
Jul 30, 2017 |
Starstruck
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Starstruck
“God is love. God is love and you may be start struck by
that love and you may not know how to deal with that love and you may not know
how to deal with yourself but God knows what it means to be love and God knows
what it means to be in relationship and love with you.”
Matthew 13:31-33,44-52
Matthew 13:31-33,44-52
Jul 23, 2017 |
Judge Not
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Judge Not
We are called to love God, and our neighbor as ourselves. We are called to spread the good news. We are called to use the gifts we have been given, whatever they might be, in service to God and those in need. We are not called to judge. We are not called to judge. We are not called to be the ones who sort the week from the grain. That falls to a much higher court."
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Jul 23, 2017 |
Nirvana, Foot Loose, and the Reality of Evil
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Nirvana, Foot Loose, and the Reality of Evil
"In this story, good and evil are not always obvious in terms of how they take root in the lives of people. And so Jesus says wait, reserve judgment. In fact, don’t even judge the other people. Leave that to the angels, they’ll have work to do later. In the mean time grow amongst one another, grow with each other, grow towards each other, in love."
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Jul 16, 2017 |
Living Into Abundance
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Living Into Abundance
“So often in our lives, and often in our children’s lives we
are in such a world of competition as if there were limited love, as if there
were limited opportunity and space and we need to run to get it first, to hold
onto it. There are no winners or losers in God’s economy. God keeps sowing the
seed.”
Genesis 25:19-34
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Genesis 25:19-34
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Jul 16, 2017 |
You Are What You Are
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
You Are What You Are
“So often we are left with the question, or presented with
the question, ‘What kind of soil are you?’ I’ve decided it’s a dumb question.
I’m done with it. Or, maybe it’s a good question for a little while but its
only gonna get me so far. Because here’s what I’ve figured out about soil… soil
doesn’t have a lot of say about what kind of soil it is, right?”
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Jul 09, 2017 |
Glimpses of Grace
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Glimpses of Grace
“We don’t get to choose how God comes into our world. If we
spend too much time figuring out what God should look like, we might miss the
very presence of God in our midst.”
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Jul 09, 2017 |
Expectations
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Expectations
“We have high hopes for the next generation and yet each
generation has its burdens, its challenges, its growing edges. We look for
greater wisdom, greater justice, greater altruism or enlightenment, greater
faith… and we find some of these things among the human struggles that we seem
to continue to have and that can overwhelm our access to wisdom.”
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Jul 02, 2017 |
You Can't Pick and Choose
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
You Can't Pick and Choose
“But we live in the tension of these things and we can’t pick and choose which kind of God we want to have. We can’t pick the God of endless mercy and love and forgiveness, and somehow ignore the God who asks us to amend our lives, to change in light of that mercy and forgiveness.”
Genesis 22:1-14
Matthew 10:40-42
Genesis 22:1-14
Matthew 10:40-42
Jul 02, 2017 |
God's Steadfast Love
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
God's Steadfast Love
“We can find ourselves in terrible straights. We can find
ourselves in difficult circumstances that are so far beyond our control we just
can’t even imagine what to do. We can find ourselves in the midst of glorious
gifts, or in the midst of despair… but God’s love is steadfast.”
Genesis 22:1-14
Genesis 22:1-14
Jun 18, 2017 |
Under the Oaks of the Mamre
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Under the Oaks of the Mamre
"Each of us has a seat at the table, a place in God's purpose for the world ... and Jesus continues to call us out, call us out into the world in our own barrenness and brokenness not because we have it all together but to serve those who are empty, those who are hopeless, whose lives are barren and broken in the world..."
Jun 11, 2017 |
Continual Discipleship
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Continual Discipleship
“God, our creator, redeemer, and sanctifier, continues to
move, continues to call us to action, continues to bless us. Let us continue to
listen, to watch, to respond to God’s call.”
Genesis 1:1-2:4a
2 Corinthians 13:11-13
Matthew 28:16-20
Genesis 1:1-2:4a
2 Corinthians 13:11-13
Matthew 28:16-20
Jun 11, 2017 |
Inconceivable Friendship
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Inconceivable Friendship
“So when he says go
and make disciples of all nations, Jesus is not saying go and fix, go and win,
go and conquer, go and make everyone think like you. He is literally telling
you to go out and share the love life of God that you have experienced with the
people you meet out there of any nation, any color, any tribe, any language,
any gender, any sexuality… go out there and share yourself, of yourself, of
your life, and commit to life with the people around you…”
Matthew 28:16-20
Matthew 28:16-20
Jun 04, 2017 |
Coming In and Going Out
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Coming In and Going Out
“The
inward breath here is to encourage and support this next generation… this next
generation of followers of Christ. The outward breath is the ministry that this
next generation will do in the world… will do in Christ’s name in the world.”
Acts 2:1-21
Acts 2:1-21
Jun 04, 2017 |
This Big, Holy 'Now What'
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
This Big, Holy 'Now What'
“This Easter season is wrapping up. This time where we
formally observe the resurrection of Jesus, and that is our reason for being,
and now we have this Pentecost day and its like a big, holy ‘now what.’”
Acts 2:1-21
Acts 2:1-21
May 28, 2017 |
Getting the Point
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Getting the Point
“…But of course when we wonder what happened that day, when
we question what really happened we are totally missing the point. Because this
point of the story, its said in a prayer that is said on Ascension Day if we
gather as a community, that Christ ascended above the Heavens so that he might
fill all things…”
1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11