Our Podcasts

Weekly conversations on how to proclaim an authentic Word in challenging times, through the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary.

Sermon Brainwave

#1105: Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 4, 2026

Karoline Lewis, Matt Skinner, and Cody Sanders dig into the texts for October 4, 2026, the 19th Sund...

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#1104: Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 27, 2026

Matt Skinner, Karoline Lewis, and Cody Sanders unpack Matthew 21:23-32, where Jesus confronts the ch...

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#1103: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 20, 2026

The parable of the workers in the vineyard raises an uncomfortable question: what if God’s gra...

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Narrative Lectionary

#681: Covenant and Commandments – October 11, 2026

Why does Exodus 19 come before Exodus 20? Rolf Jacobson, Kathryn Schifferdecker, and Cameron Howard ...

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#680: Rescue at Sea – October 4, 2026

Why would God tell Moses to stop praying and start moving? Rolf Jacobson, Kathryn Schifferdecker, an...

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#679: Jospeh in Prison – September 27, 2026

Joseph goes from trusted overseer to prisoner in a single chapter, and somehow God is at work in bot...

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Working Preacher Books

#15: Elisabeth R. Jones – Midrashic Imagination: Texts and Textures for Pulpit and Pew

What is midrash, and why should Christian preachers care? In this episode of the Working Preacher Bo...

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#14: Sunggu A. Yang – Digital Homiletics

In this episode, Karoline Lewis, Rolf Jacobson, and Bandit the podcat, join with Sunggu A. Yang, aut...

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#13: Jennifer L. Ackerman – Preaching the Gospel of Justice

In this episode, Karoline Lewis, Rolf Jacobson and Bandit the podcat, join with Jennifer L. Ackerman...

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