Day1 Weekly Podcast

Join us for "Day1 Classics," Episode 4242 with Rev. Dr. Marshall F. Mauney, Lutheran pastor and longtime leader at First Lutheran Church in Norfolk, Virginia. His sermon, “Sensing the Revolution,” is based on Romans 5:6-11 and speaks to Proper 10, the 7th Sunday after Pentecost. Preached in 1981, Mauney reflects on America’s revolutionary story in light of God’s deeper revolutionary love, a love t...

Join us for another episode of or series "Day1 Classics," featuring Rev. William F. Henning Jr., a Presbyterian pastor and denominational leader connected with the Presbytery of Arkansas. His 1976 sermon, “Did the Bicentennial Come Too Late?” is based on Mark 1:40-45 and reflects on alienation, national failure, repentance, and Christ’s healing grace. Airing on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, Year...

Join us for Day1 Episode #4240 with Rev. Dr. Janiece Renee Williams, Visiting Lecturer in Homiletics at Virginia Theological Seminary, preaching “Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing” on Acts 19:11-20. For the 5th Sunday after Pentecost, Dr. Williams reflects on the danger of using Jesus’ name for power, status, or self-interest without truly knowing and embodying Christ. Her message calls us fro...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4239 with Rev. Dr. Joe Evans, senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Marietta, Georgia, as he shares his sermon “12 Square Miles of Clay,” based on 2 Timothy 2:8-15. For the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Evans invites us to remember Jesus Christ by noticing the people closest to us, practicing everyday kindness, and trusting that faithful presence can shape the w...

Join us for Day1 Episode #4238 with Rev. Dr. Casey Sigmon, Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship at Saint Paul School of Theology. Her sermon, “Why Did Sarah Laugh? Embracing God’s Holy Absurdity,” is based on Genesis 18:1-15 and 21:1-7. On the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, Year A, Sigmon reflects on Sarah’s laughter, God’s unexpected promises, and the holy possibility that stories we thought...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4237 with Bishop Robert C. Wright, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, as he preaches “God is Our Portion” on Genesis 12:1-9. For the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, Year A, Bishop Wright reflects on God’s call to Abram and Sarai, the promise of blessing, and the faithful journey of discovering that God is enough. With warmth and clarity, he invites us to trust God’s c...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4236 with Rev. Dr. Katie Hays, founder and lead evangelist of Galileo Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Her sermon, “Creator Creates Creation,” is based on Genesis 1:1-2:4a and explores the deep connection between God, creation, and all that God has made. For Trinity Sunday, Rev. Dr. Hays invites us to consider creation not as a science lesson, but as a faith claim: that God is...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4235 with the Rev. Dr. Michael DeLashmutt, Dean of the Chapel and Associate Professor of Theology at General Theological Seminary in New York City. His sermon, “This is Not an A.I. Sermon,” is based on Genesis 11:1-9. For the Day of Pentecost, Dr. DeLashmutt reflects on Babel, artificial intelligence, productivity, human worth, and the Spirit’s gift of communion.

Join us for Episode 4234 of Day1 with Rev. Dr. Chris Holmes, Senior Pastor and Head of Staff at North Avenue Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. His sermon, “Jubilant with Joy,” is based on Psalm 68:1–10, 32–35. For the 7th Sunday of Easter and Ascension of the Lord, Rev. Dr. Holmes reflects on joy that endures, God’s power and nearness, and the humility of trusting God in a troubled world. L...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4233 as Rev. Dr. Scott Rennie, Minister of St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, brings a message titled The Unknown God, based on Acts 17:22-31. Preaching for the 6th Sunday of Easter, he reflects on faith, mystery, humility, and the risen Christ who makes God known without removing wonder. This thoughtful sermon speaks to spiritual searching in a world hungry for c...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4232 as Rev. Dr. Brian Coulter, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, Texas, preaches Jesus Standing from Acts 7:55-60. On the Fifth Sunday of Easter, he reflects on the challenge of knowing when to sit, stand, or kneel in faithful response to the world around us. With humor, honesty, and theological depth, this sermon points to the Christ who does not remain...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4231 featuring Rev. Jim Keat, Minister of Digital Worship & Education at The Riverside Church in New York City. In his sermon, “We Have To Read It Both Ways,” based on John 10:1-10, Jim reflects on abundant life, restored community, and the call to resist systems of death. In this Eastertide message for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, he invites us to practice resurrectio...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4230 with Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers, Episcopal priest and preacher in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. In her sermon, What Are You Talking About?, based on Luke 24:13-35, she reflects on the road to Emmaus, resurrection hope, failure, attention, and the surprising ways Christ meets us in ordinary life. Set in the Easter season, this message invites listeners to bear wit...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4229 as Rev. Canon Louis C. “Skip” Schueddig, former Executive Director of the Alliance for Christian Media, offers the sermon “The Resurrection: Love After Alleluia!” on John 20:19-31. On this Second Sunday of Easter, he reflects on Jesus breathing the Holy Spirit upon the disciples and calling the church into a life shaped by love, peace, and hope. This thoughtful Easter...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4228 with Fr. Ronald Rolheiser of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas, preaching The Resurrection: The Ultimate Meta-Narrative on Matthew 28:1-10. In this Easter Sunday message, Father Ron reflects on resurrection as the foundation of Christian hope, inviting us to become midwives of hope in a fearful and uncertain world. With wisdom, clarity, and spiritual...

Join us for Day1 Episode #4227 with Rev. Enid Almanzar of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition in West Orange, New Jersey. In “Carriers of Destiny,” based on Matthew 21:1-11, she reflects on Palm Sunday through the humble donkey that carried Christ into Jerusalem. This sermon explores surrender, liberation, purpose, and the upside-down power of God’s kingdom as Holy Week begins. It is a thoug...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4226 as Rev. Mary Anona Stoops of North Decatur Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Georgia, brings a thoughtful message titled “Loving Life Without Rejecting Death,” based on John 11. In this Fifth Sunday in Lent sermon, she reflects on grief, truth-telling, and the kind of love that comes close to what hurts. Listen for Jesus’ tears, the call to “unbind,” and a hope that abi...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4225 as Rev. Dr. Chelsea Yarborough of the Association of Theological Schools (Durham, NC) proclaims “Are You Ready to Witness a Miracle?” on Psalm 23:1-6. Listening to this familiar psalm in a fresh register, she invites us to ask who we’re following, where we find restoration in the valley, and how we learn to notice everyday grace. For the 4th Sunday in Lent (Year A), t...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4224 as Rev. Dr. Karoline Lewis of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, proclaims the sermon “Leaving Your Water Jar,” based on John 4:25–30. Set on the Third Sunday in Lent, this sermon revisits Jesus’ transformative encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well, exploring themes of truth-telling, liberation, and God’s relentless pursuit of relationship. With theologi...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4223 with Rev. Dr. Jake Myers of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. In his sermon “Make Me a Blessing” on Genesis 12:1–4, Jake explores God’s call to Abram as a summons into movement—away from sameness and toward a life that becomes blessing for others. In this Second Sunday in Lent message, he invites us to consider how faith is formed through going, disorienta...