The sermon and teaching podcast of Church of the Redeemer, an Anglican congregation in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Sermon broadcasts from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Jacksonville, FL.
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Sermons from the clergy of the Church of the Redeemer, and Episcopal Church in Hyde Park, Cincinnati, OH.
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Not long ago, in a spiritual direction session, My companion and I spoke about the relinquishing of baggage. Letting baggage go to give space to my future self. Placing that baggage at the feet of Jesus. Placing that baggage on the altar as a sacrifice of a part of myself to God. Like a good and proper Gestalt pupil, I spoke to the future, my futur…
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Ransom: Mystical and Mundane Mark 10:35-45 The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity Sunday, October 20, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco, Rector Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Bishop Benhase discusses how once we've been washed with God's mercy, we can then extend it to others.
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Your salvation is not about you. It is about God. Now maybe you're not wealthy. Maybe money is not the issue for you. I invite you to close your eyes for a secondand think. Like think about what are thethings that you lean on to make sure you know that you're okay. What are they? Probably is money for a lot of us. You can open your eyeswhen you wan…
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Consider and Hold Firm Hebrews 3:1–6 The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, October 13, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco, Rector Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Fr. Wiley challenges us to do the hard thing and smash the idol that competes with the Messiah.
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Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage Mark 10:2–16 The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, October 6, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco, Rector Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Mtr. Sarah discusses how our focus should always be on that which brings healing and wholeness to a community.
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We all know that divorce happens. It happens to marriedpeople. It happens to siblings. It happens to friends, and neighbors, andcommunities. It even happens to countries. Divorce, or the act of separating ourselves from oneanother, is the result of human error in understanding God's intentions forhumanity. Divorce is a common response to our amnesi…
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Transformed by God’s Glory The Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity Psalm 19 Sunday, September 29, 2024 The Rev. Kenny Benge, Associate Rector Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Fr. Wiley expounds on the teachings that direct us to lean on God to overcome our problems, temptations and sin.
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In the business world I lived in, When someone said the left hand doesn't knowwhat the right hand is doing, that was not a good thing. That was talking about things falling apartpretty quickly. But here I believe Jesusis speaking with hyperbole, delivering a powerful message for us. To give our attention to whatever we aredoing. What our hands are …
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Afraid to Ask Mark 9:30–37 The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, September 22, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco, Rector Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Fr. Wiley reminds us that our temporal work has eternal significance so our dreams are always to move the world around us closer to God.
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In his arms, he holds an infant, and he says, "Be likethis." Innocent, and dependent upon one another, unstained by theworld; and open to being formed. Be like this. Curious seekers with BIG emotions. Be creative and adaptable; imitating me. Someone you cantrust. Welcome the vulnerable into your midst, and be like them. For the leader among you is …
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Why We Do What We Do: An Instructional Eucharist The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Link to Sept 15, 2024 Service Bulletin Sunday, September 15, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Fr. Wiley challenges us to provoke one another to acts of love and good works, letting our speech set a holy fire.
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Jesus says, follow me, but be prepared to be transformed.Talk about me, but if you're going to open your mouth and talk about exclusion,if you're going to cancel people, if you're going to kick them out of yourlife, out of this place, if you're going to deny your responsibility for thepeople around you, don't speak in Jesus name. If you're going to…
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Are you beset with gloom? Gloomy because someone like me refuses to accept your dehumanizingdream, crushing his nose for an answer? Oh well, still I rise. Maya audacious,defiant backtalk is a sassy refusal to accept the life restricting consequencesof the denials, discrimination, and oppression by a dominant center andpatriarchal system. Today we h…
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Baptismal Reflections James 1:17–27 The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, September 8, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Mtr. Sarah points out that faith exercised on behalf of others illustrates our ability to see Christ in others as we faithfully serve our neighbor.
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I need to say this, by the way, in this conversation, ifI don't say this, I will be very remiss. Anger and hatred are not the same thing. And many of you were raised, especially women, were raised to believethat anger was bad and you should not have it or keep it to yourself. We were taught that youshouldn't be angry about anything. And you might b…
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Living Biblically Deuteronomy 4:1–9, Mark 7:1–23 The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, September 1, 2024 Ashley Cleveland, Pastoral Associate Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Mtr. Sarah discusses how our faith shouldn't be so abstract that it isn't evident in our actions.
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We pray that God will take ordinary things. Things like bread and wine and water and oil and use those ordinary elements to convey God's extraordinary grace and love. It matters. It matters that we recognize these gifts from God and it matters too that we acknowledge the reality of evil. I don't envision a return to three years preparation for bapt…
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Toward a Theology of Everyday Life The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity Ephesians 5:15–6:9 Sunday, August 25, 2024 The Rev. Kenny Benge, Associate Rector Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Fr. Wiley comments that when faced with truth that challenges us, it's easier to believe the lie we like.
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Flesh and Blood John 6:50-60 The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, August 18, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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For me, the third grade was probably one of the best times of my life. I could pick out my own Umbro shorts, scrunchie my own ponytail, And ride my bike freely around the neighborhood from sun up to dinner time, getting into some good and maybe not-so-good trouble with the other kids who lived nearby. I learned to cook, spent unnumbered hours creat…
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Fr. Wiley reminds us how the Eucharist is a timeless reminder of our unity with Christ and with one another.
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On Cupbearers and Cults John 6:37–51 The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday, August 11, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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And then what happened is as many of you know, I had a sortof a conversion experience when I was 20 and I realized, oh gosh,dang, I do believe in God. This is real that I believe in God. And in fact, Ithink I'm Christian. I do believe in Jesus. And from the moment that thathappened, I felt this sort of need to prove some things. From the moment tha…
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Mtr. Sarah discusses how we meet at the table where the bread and wine represent a promise for eternity.
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A Table in the Wilderness Exodus 16:2–4, 9–15, John 6:24–35, Psalm 78:14–26 The Tenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, August 4, 2024 The Rev. Johnmark Smith, Curate Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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This certainly is not unity. Is unity a difficult ask for today? Today America has become more divided than ever. For many, unity is viewed as a threat to peace. to one's personhood or individual identity altogether. Unity requires someone must win and someone must lose. Unity means a loss of freedom. Unity means a loss of merit or a loss of dignit…
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Fr. Andy reminds us that everyone has a gift to offer the ministry of God, now and forever.
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Politics and Power II Kings 2:1–15 The Ninth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, July 28, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco, Rector Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Now that this is my last Sunday with you, it's time for me to tell you my real name, because in so many ways, our name defines us, roots us in this world, gives us our identity. My real name isn't the name that my parents put on my birth certificate and that I was called at my baptism. It's the name my grandmother gave me when I was born. My father…
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Mtr. Sarah reminds us that Jesus offers so much when we rely on Him.
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We live in a time when the proclaiming of Christ's word maysometimes be used to divide us, not unite us. To judge us, separate us from one another. The distortion of Christ's message of lovemay be used to sound exclusive instead of the inclusive example Jesus actuallytaught and lived. Sometimes it feelsheartbreaking that truth and faith and love ca…
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Rest A While The Eighth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, July 21, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco, Rector Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Mtr. Sarah reminds us that we are not the ones who determine where God goes; God is wherever His people are.
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anakephalaiosis (gathering up) The Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday, July 14, 2024 The Rev. Andrew DeFusco, Rector Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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When I was graduating high school, our yearbook staff held an election for hope in the form of our senior superlatives. You all may remember these from that time in your life. Each day at the lunch period, for a week, students could go to the special table in the lunchroom and cast their vote for their peers, that they felt were well deserving of a…
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Fr. Wiley reminds us that we are called to love, to be bringers of peace, to be the calm in the storm.
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Resistance and Grace The Sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, July 7, 2024 The Rev. Kenny Benge, Associate Rector Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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I do believe Paul's point is easily made at the end of ourreading. And that is that God's power ismade stronger in our human weakness. Therefore, boasting and weakness allows for Christ's powerand grace to be made more evident. Or, in our English translation of this, it'sperfected. But why? Why is the divine'spower perfected in weakness? Maybebecau…
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Fr. Wiley reminds us to keep focused on faith as God works through us, knowing everyone we encounter is a child of God.
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Teach Us To Care The Fifth Sunday After Trinity Sunday, June 30, 2024 Ashley Cleveland, Pastoral Associate Church of the Redeemer, Nashville TN www.Redeemer-Nashville.net
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Mtr. Sarah asks what is stopping us from seeking Jesus.
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