Advent 2025

Before listening to this 25 minute conversation, read and/or listen to the Revised Common Lectionary texts for this second week in Advent: Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25. Which text is most hopeful or encouraging to you? Which text is the most challenging or raises the most concerns? Engage your curiosity. Ask yourself: What don’t I know about our community or c...

Before listening to this 28 minute conversation, read and/or listen to the Revised Common Lectionary texts for this third week in Advent: Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146:5-10; Luke 1:46b-55 (alternate); James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11. What text is most recognizable or memorable to you? Which text is the most challenging or raises the most concerns? Engage your curiosity. Ask yourself: What don’t I know a...

Before listening to this 20 minute conversation, read and/or listen to the Revised Common Lectionary texts for this first week in Advent: Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12. What text is most recognizable or memorable to you? Which text is the most challenging or raises the most concerns? Engage your curiosity. Ask yourself: What don’t I know about my own tradition...

Before listening to this 20 minute conversation, read and/or listen to the Revised Common Lectionary texts for this first week in Advent: Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; and Matthew 24:36-44. What text is most recognizable or memorable to you? Which text is the most challenging or raises the most concerns? Engage your curiosity about the writers and original hearers of these texts. Ask y...

In this 20 minute conversation between Anna and Joel we hear a bit about Anna's history in South Dakota and the history of the Revised Common Lectionary. Anna addresses some of the differences between the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew. And they set the framework for the upcoming four conversations in these questions: What don't I know about this text? What don't I know about my traditio...