Day1 Weekly Podcast

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...

Join us for this week’s Day1 Classics episode, Episode 4222, featuring Rev. Dr. Charles P. Price of Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. In “Christ’s Temptations and Ours,” based on Luke 4:1-13, Price explores Jesus’ wilderness testing and the temptations that still press on human life—comfort, power, and the lure of self-justifying martyrdom. Set in the 1st Sunday in Lent (Year A), this sermon in...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4221 with Bishop A. Robert “Rob” Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire in Concord, NH. In “Living a Transfigured Life in Jesus,” preached on Matthew 17:1-9, Bishop Rob reflects on the mystery of Christ’s transfiguration and what it means to live from our identity as God’s beloved. This Transfiguration Sunday message invites us to follow Jesus down the mountai...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4220 as Rev. Dalton Rushing, Senior Pastor of Decatur First United Methodist Church in Decatur, Georgia, proclaims “Connected to the Depths of God,” a sermon grounded in 1 Corinthians 2:1–12. Preaching for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Rev. Rushing reflects on faith when God feels distant, the limits of human wisdom, and the gift of intimacy with God through the Holy Sp...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4219 with Rev. Rebekah LeMon of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA. In her sermon, “Be Humble Walking,” she preaches on Micah 6:1-8, inviting us beyond easy religious talk and into faithful living. With clarity and warmth, she explores justice, kindness, and the humility that keeps us moving with God—especially when arrogance is loud and truth feels fragile. Set in...

Join us for Episode 4218 of Day1 as Rev. Dr. Aimee Moiso of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Louisville, Kentucky, preaches “Transformational Foolishness” from 1 Corinthians 1:10–18. Preaching on the Third Sunday after Epiphany (Year A), Dr. Moiso reflects on unity, division, and the paradoxical wisdom of the cross. Drawing from her expertise in preaching and ecclesial life, she invites listene...

Join us for this week’s Day1 episode #4217 featuring Rev. Tyler Tankersley, senior pastor of Ardmore Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In his sermon, "Servants of the Secret Fire," based on Isaiah 49:1–7, Tankersley explores identity, calling, and the quiet fire God places within God’s people. Preached during the Second Sunday after Epiphany, this message reflects on light, exhausti...

Join us for episode 4216 where we welcome back for a second week, Rev. Dr. Damon P. Williams, Senior Pastor of Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta and a leader in theological education and engineering. In his sermon, “Why was Jesus Baptized Only Once?”, based on Matthew 3:13–17, Dr. Williams explores baptism as a once-for-all declaration of identity rather than a ritual needing repetit...

Join us for Episode 4215 of Day1 as Rev. Dr. Damon P. Williams, senior pastor of Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta and a leader at Georgia Tech, brings a challenging and timely message. In “Comfortable Space, Corrupt Spirits,” based on John 2:13–14, Dr. Williams explores Jesus cleansing the temple as a call to confront comfort, convenience, and consumer faith. Set in the season of th...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4214 as Rev. Jamie Butcher of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Atlanta brings a thoughtful and timely sermon titled “Praise Through the Haze.” Drawing on Psalm 148, Rev. Butcher explores how all creation is called to praise God, even amid disorientation, grief, and ecological loss. Preached on the First Sunday after Christmas, this message connects the wonder of the season...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4213 as Rev. Dr. Katie Givens Kime reflects on her conversation with Rick Steves in the first installment of “The Day1 Interview.” Together they explore John 1:3-4 and its promise of light that shines in every darkness. Her sermon, “Keep on Travelin’,” extends that theme into the Advent journey, inviting us to see the spiritual road we walk with new attention and hope. Thi...

Join us for Episode 4212 as Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Steimle of Union Theological Seminary offers his Advent message, “High Road in the Wilderness,” rooted in Isaiah 40:1-5. This timeless "Day1 Classics" sermon explores God’s voice of comfort amid silence, the call to travel the wilderness road, and the hopeful promise woven into Advent’s waiting. Steimle’s clear, compassionate preaching invites us to s...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4211 as acclaimed author and scholar Dr. Diana Butler Bass offers a deeply moving Advent message, “The Fullness of Time,” rooted in Isaiah 11:1-10 and Matthew 3:1-4. With the story of the final moments with her beloved dog Rowan, Dr. Bass reflects on how endings and beginnings mingle in sacred time. She explores linear and cyclical time, and invites listeners to see time t...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4210 as Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Professor of Preaching and Worship at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA, shares her sermon “Reading Our Story Backwards,” based on Matthew 24:1-8, 32-44. On this First Sunday of Advent, Dr. Florence invites us to see the promise of redemption through new eyes, reminding us that knowing God’s ending gives hope...

Join us for Episode 4209 of the Day1 Radio Show and Podcast, featuring the Rev. Dr. Luke Powery, Dean of Duke University Chapel and Associate Professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School. In his sermon “Criminal Christ,” based on Luke 23:33-43, Dr. Powery reflects on Jesus as the criminalized Christ—the God who suffers with humanity and offers second chances through love. As we celebrate Reign...

Join us for Episode 4208 with Rev. Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert, Professor of Homiletics at Howard University School of Divinity. In “The Day is Coming,” he opens Luke 21:5–19 and Malachi 4, naming the tensions of our moment—holy terror and holy grace—and calling listeners to courageous witness without becoming what we oppose. Rooted in the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28, Year C), this message inv...

Join us for Day1 Episode 4207 with Rev. Dr. Kutter Callaway, William K. Brehm Chair of Worship, Theology, and the Arts at Fuller Theological Seminary. In his sermon “A New Form of Instability,” based on Isaiah 43:1-3, Dr. Callaway invites us to discover how God’s presence transforms chaos into creativity and fear into joy. Reflecting on disaster, disruption, and divine renewal, this message speaks...