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

#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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#1102: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 13, 2026

Peter asks Jesus a simple question: how many times should I forgive? Jesus answers with the parable ...

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#1101: Feast of Creation – September 6, 2026

What happens when preachers get their first-ever shot at Feast of Creation texts? Matt Skinner, Karo...

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Narrative Lectionary

#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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#678: Call of Abraham – September 20, 2026

What does it mean to leave everything behind on nothing but a promise? This week Rolf Jacobson, Kath...

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#677: Flood and Promise – September 13, 2026

Welcome to a new year of the Narrative Lectionary. This year we’re in the Gospel of Matthew, a...

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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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