GSMC Bible Study Podcast

Sarah talks about the New Testament lessons assigned for All Saints Sunday: Revelation 21:1-6a and John 11:32-44. Both texts focus on God's promises and God's future.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice revi...

Sarah talks about the saints in her life as well as the Old testament texts assigned for All Saints Sunday: Isaiah 25:6-9 and Psalm 24.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you’ll always be a...

Sarah discusses the Old Testament texts assigned for the Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost: Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 and Psalm 90:12-17.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed this episode, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you’ll always be a...

Sarah talks about the texts assigned for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost and how they relate to loving our neighbor and serving God during the difficult times we are currently living in.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed this episode, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subs...

Sarah talks about the New Testament lessons assigned for the sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost: James 2:1-17 and Mark 7:24-37. Both texts ask questions of what it means to be in relationship, what God's love looks like, and what loving God means for loving our neighbors.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on a...

Sarah talks about the New Testament readings assigned for the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost: James 1:17-27 and Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. While there are multiple themes within these texts, she mostly focuses on what it means to live in the world as a child of God. How does that affect our relationships? Where does the law fit in?<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow...

Sarah talks about the texts assigned for 14th Sunday after Pentecost: Ezekiel 33:7-11, Exodus12:1-14, Psalm 119:33-40, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 18:15-20.  She looks at how the gospel reading talks about community and how we live in community when we disagree with others or are hurt by the actions of others.  Jesus gives advice for this and reminds us that where 2 or 3 are gathered in his name he is...

Sarah looks at the assigned texts for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost: Jeremiah 15:15-21, Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 26:1-8, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 5:1-12.  The Gospel text is actually not the one assigned for that Sunday, but is Jesus' Sermon on the Mount where he gives many descriptions of those who are blessed and why.  What do you think of when you hear the word blessed?  How have you been blessed...

Sarah talks about the texts assigned for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost: Isaiah 51:1-6, Exodus 1:8--2:10, Psalm 138:1-8, Romans 12:1-8, Matthew 16:13-20.  Each of these texts, in various ways, talks about God's love for us, and the lengths to which God has gone, and continues to go, to be in relationship with us.  God is with us no matter where life and the world takes us, good, bad, and everythi...

Sarah talks about the lectionary texts assigned for the week of August 20, 2017, the 11th Sunday after Pentecost: Isaiah 56:1, 6-8, Genesis 45:1-15, Psalm 67:1-7, Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32, and Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28.  These texts speak a lot about mercy, inclusion, and the power of persistence.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can f...

Sarah talks about the lectionary texts assigned for the week of August 20, 2017, the 11th Sunday after Pentecost: Isaiah 56:1, 6-8, Genesis 45:1-15, Psalm 67:1-7, Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32, and Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28.  These texts speak a lot about mercy, inclusion, and the power of persistence.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can f...

Sarah talks about the lectionary texts assigned for June 11, 2017, Holy Trinity Sunday, all of which point in some way to the triune nature of God: Genesis 1:1-2:4a, Psalm 8, 2 Corinthians 13:11-13, Matthew 28:16-20.  The gospel text contains Jesus's Great Commission to his disciples, instructing them make other disciples by baptizing them in the name of the Trinity.  From this story Sarah asks th...

Sarah talks about the 4 assigned texts for June 4, 2017, Pentecost Sunday.  Pentecost is often referred to as the birthday of the church.  It tells the story of Jesus's followers receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit.  Each of the texts is celebratory: Acts 2:1-21, Psalm 104:24-34, 35b, 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13, and John 20:19-23.<br /><br />Follow the GSMC Bible Study Podcast at <a h...

Sarah discusses all four of the lectionary assigned text for the 7th Sunday of Easter.  Those texts are Acts 1:6-14, Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35, 1 Peter 4:12-14. 5:6-11, John 17:1-11.  She focuses most of her attention on the gospel, which comes from Jesus' farewell discourse where he talks about how not only are he and God one, but we are all invited into this same unity of being made one with God.<...

Sarah talks about the 4th assigned text for the 6th Sunday of Easter.  John 14:15-21 is part of Jesus' farewell discourse.  Jesus is trying to prepare his disciples for the time when he will no longer be with them. Jesus promises his followers that even though he is leaving them they will not be alone because he is sending them the Holy Spirit.<br /><br />Follow the GSMC Bible Study Po...

On this Good Shepherd Sunday Sarah speaks with her friend Penny Walde about the book that she and Debra O'Neil coauthored. It is a children's book called Morris, Somewhere Out There, and tells the story of a sheep who does not like to follow the rules and the shepherd and friend who help out of a dangerous situation.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscrib...

Sarah talks about the Easter story from the perspective of the Gospel of John. It is a story filled with a roller coaster of emotions, but ends with the hope of the resurrected Christ.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and g...

Reflection on the Passion from the Gospel of John.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you’ll always be among the first to get the latest GSMC Bible Study Podcasts.<br /><br />We...

Sarah talks about service in the days of isolation, utilizing the telling of the Last Supper from John's gospel.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you’ll always be among the first to get t...

Sarah talks about the gospel assigned for Palm Sunday: Matthew 21:1-11 and the promises that are present when we shout Hosanna!<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you’ll always be among the...

Sarah talks about the gospel assigned for the Fifth Sunday in Lent: John 11:1-45. This is the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the tomb, and is another way that Jesus shows what kind of Messiah he is and will be as he and his disciples continue their journey toward Jerusalem and we continue our Lenten journey toward Holy Week.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us...

Sarah talks about the comfort of Psalm 23 and the importance of staying in the moment and staying connected during this time of isolation.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you’ll always b...

Sarah discusses texts assigned for the Third Sunday in Lent.

Sarah discusses texts assigned for the Second Sunday in Lent.<br /><br />As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you’ll always be among the first to get the latest GSMC Bible Study Podcasts.<br />&lt...