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

#1106: Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – October 11, 2026

The parable of the wedding banquet in Matthew 22:1-14 is one of the toughest texts preachers face. K...

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#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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Narrative Lectionary

#683: David and Bathsheba – October 25, 2026

A king who takes what he wants. A prophet brave enough to say, “You are the man.” This w...

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#682: Joshua Renews the Covenant – October 18, 2026

Joshua gathers the people, retells everything God has done, and asks them to choose. They say yes. T...

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#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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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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