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The in-house Anam Cara team – Pastors Tuhina, Tim, and Jason – talk about the worst enemy of meritocracy, how a parable is like a labyrinth, and what it means to take forgiveness seriously. 16th Sunday after the Pentecost Matthew 18:21-35

The in-house Anam Cara team (the Revs. Tuhina, Tim, and Jason) go off-lectionary and talk about the rich and varied Season of Creation – which runs September 1 to October 4 – and what it means to be human and hopeful in an age of climate catastrophe.

Pastors Tuhina and Jason sit down with the brilliantly snarky and funny Rev. Bre Roberts to talk about how she met Mary before she met her son, what it means to love and honor Mary (even as Protestants!), and how the Marys of this world are still cradling children lost to state violence. Mary, Mother of our Lord (Assumption/Dormition of Mary) Luke 1:26-38, 46-56

Pastor Jason sits down with the brilliant and bold Rev. Ashley Bathe Dellagiacoma to talk about those wild and crazy parables, and how one might approach a sermon on one (or all) of them. Lean into the mystery, y'all! Ninth Sunday after the Pentecost Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Pastors Tuhina and Jason welcome the Rev. Colleen Montgomery, the Director for Digital Ministries with the Virginia Synod of the ELCA, and a mission developer with All Places Together – a completely online worshiping community. They talk the prickly Gospel this week, how to follow the way of the cross, and what it means that Jesus brings holy disruption.

Pastors Tim and Jason sit down with the Reverend Sarah Mayer-Flatt to talk about healing and wonder, how Jesus is not a good model for pastors, and what it means to be in proximity to one another.

Pastors Jason and Tim talk with Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan about the majestic Hebrew Scriptures, how Christians can mindfully approach them, and what it means to live within a minority religious tradition.

Pastors Tuhina and Jason welcome the Rev. Audrey Price, Ph. D., to talk about the power of Mother Tongue, shared leadership in the church, and how the Spirit arrives *after* God's peace (in other words, we cover all the readings this time!). Day of Pentecost Numbers 11:23-30; John 20:19-23; Acts 2:1-21

The Anam Cara team – the Revs. Tuhina, Tim, and Jason – talk about courtroom metaphors, true justice, and what it means to walk the road to Pentecost. Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 17:22-31; John 14:15-21

Pastor Jason hears a tale of two Tims, the Rev. Brown and the other Rev., the Bishop of the North Carolina Synod of the ELCA, Tim Smith, as the three talk movement and the enigmatic, unforgettable Easter story on that road to Emmaus. 3rd Sunday of Easter Luke 24:13-35

Pastors Jason, Tuhina, and Tim talk about the start of the Triduum, the Three Days at the heart of the Christian calendar, how to lean in to its sensory possibilities, and why Judas is also one whom Jesus loved.

Pastors Tuhina, Tim, and Jason talk Palm vs. Passion Sunday, what it means to be caught up in a crowd, and how to prepare the people for Holy Week.

Pastors Tim and Jason sit down with the Rev. Dr. Shanitria Cuthbertson, mission developer extraordinaire, to talk about time in John's Lazarus story, the Mystery of what Jesus was really up to, and how love - true love - stinketh. 5th Sunday in Lent John 11:1-45

Pastors Tuhina and Jason sit down with the sometimes-Christian, often-witch, always-mystic Kevin Miguel Garcia to talk about this tricky text, how it has been used to hurt people in the church, and ways through that to the Gospel at its center. 4th Sunday in Lent John 9:1-41

Pastors Tuhina and Jason sit down with Bishop Brenda Bos, the first openly lesbian bishop in the ELCA, to talk the paradoxes of Ash Wednesday, the opportunities to preach at the beginning of Lent, and how to approach this singular day in the Christian calendar. Ash Wednesday Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Pastors Tim and Jason sat down with public theologian Rozella Haydée White, talking OG prophets, profound invitations, and the sacredness of our trans siblings. The Transfiguration Matthew 17:1-9

Pastors Tim, Tuhina, and Jason talk the Beatitudes, a text that might be TOO famous. How can we approach it anew? What stories can we tell? What modern-day beatitudes do we hear? Epiphany 4 Matthew 5:1-12

Pastor Jason sits down with the storytelling womanist theologian Rev. Tamika Jay from For Collard Girls to talk about consent, the challenge of sticking to one Gospel, and the importance of expanding our images for God. Baptism of our Lord Matthew 3:13-17

Pastors Tim, Tuhina, and Jason sit down to talk about the ultimate story that might suffer from familiarity: Luke, chapter two. Cue Linus and his blanket. Christmas Eve Luke 2:1-20

Tim, Tuhina, and Jason are back to talk a different, cosmic, world-altering creation narrative (the Bible has several), this one from the mystical Gospel according to John. Christmas Day John 1:1-14

Pastors Tuhina, Tim, and Jason talk with consultant, activist, and preacher Sandhya Jha about the last day of the church year -- and everything that's caught up with that. Realm of Christ (Reign of Christ/Christ the King) Jeremiah 23:1-6 Luke 1:68-79 Psalm 46 Luke 23:33-43

Jason talks with the thought-provoking Rev. Tuhina Verma Rasche about the beauty of the both/and, how we're not called to be doormats, and how All Saints' is one hell of a day. All Saints' Day Luke 6:20-31

Tim & Jason sit down with the firecracker Rev. Shannon Weston in Baltimore, Md., to talk shop about how the titles in many of our bibles are crap, our responsibility to the assembly we preach to, and how you could craft a sermon around this unsettling text. 16th Sunday after the Pentecost Luke 16:19-31

Jason and Tim sit down with the prophetic Rev. Kwame Pitts in Buffalo, N.Y., to listen for what the spirit of God is saying to God's people, especially as it relates to easy sermons and the true work of God's kin-dom. 3rd Sunday after the Pentecost Luke 9:51-62

Tim and Jason sit down with the extraordinary Rev. Angie Shannon in Bowie, MD, to listen for what the spirit of God is saying to God's people. Pentecost Day Acts 2:1-21 John 14:8-17 (25-27)