St. Andrew UMC Podcast

BLESSED ARE THEY: ”The Peacemakers” (Matthew 5) - Guest Preacher Dr. Kate Ott - July 23, 2023

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Jesus taught about an utterly different way of relating to the world as we know it—a way that turns the values and priorities of his followers upside-down and inside-out. In his best-known teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, he lays out a blueprint for embracing a new way of life that overturns conventional wisdom, traditional power structures, and our personal assumptions about what a “blessed” life looks like, offering a radical plan for an alternative way of being.

BLESSED ARE THEY: ”Those Who Are Persecuted” (Matthew 5) - Rev. Amy Stapleton - July 16, 2023

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Jesus taught about an utterly different way of relating to the world as we know it—a way that turns the values and priorities of his followers upside-down and inside-out. In his best-known teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, he lays out a blueprint for embracing a new way of life that overturns conventional wisdom, traditional power structures, and our personal assumptions about what a “blessed” life looks like, offering a radical plan for an alternative way of being.

BLESSED ARE THEY: ”Those Who Hunger” (Matthew 5) - Guest Preacher Rev. Eugene Cho - July 9, 2023

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Jesus taught about an utterly different way of relating to the world as we know it—a way that turns the values and priorities of his followers upside-down and inside-out. In his best-known teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, he lays out a blueprint for embracing a new way of life that overturns conventional wisdom, traditional power structures, and our personal assumptions about what a “blessed” life looks like, offering a radical plan for an alternative way of being.

BLESSED ARE THEY: ”The Merciful” (Matthew 5 & Genesis 33) - Rev. Jerry Lee Butler - July 2, 2023

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Jesus taught about an utterly different way of relating to the world as we know it—a way that turns the values and priorities of his followers upside-down and inside-out. In his best-known teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, he lays out a blueprint for embracing a new way of life that overturns conventional wisdom, traditional power structures, and our personal assumptions about what a “blessed” life looks like, offering a radical plan for an alternative way of being.

BLESSED ARE THEY: ”The Pure in Heart” (Matthew 5) - Rev. Amy Stapleton - June 25, 2023

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Jesus taught about an utterly different way of relating to the world as we know it—a way that turns the values and priorities of his followers upside-down and inside-out. In his best-known teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, he lays out a blueprint for embracing a new way of life that overturns conventional wisdom, traditional power structures, and our personal assumptions about what a “blessed” life looks like, offering a radical plan for an alternative way of being.

BLESSED ARE THEY: ”The Meek” (Matthew 5 & Colossians 3 ) - Rev. Jerry Butler - June 18, 2023

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Jesus taught about an utterly different way of relating to the world as we know it—a way that turns the values and priorities of his followers upside-down and inside-out. In his best-known teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, he lays out a blueprint for embracing a new way of life that overturns conventional wisdom, traditional power structures, and our personal assumptions about what a “blessed” life looks like, offering a radical plan for an alternative way of being.

BLESSED ARE THEY: ”Those Who Mourn” (Matthew 5 & Micah 6) - Rev. Amy Stapleton - June 11, 2023

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Jesus taught about an utterly different way of relating to the world as we know it—a way that turns the values and priorities of his followers upside-down and inside-out. In his best-known teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, he lays out a blueprint for embracing a new way of life that overturns conventional wisdom, traditional power structures, and our personal assumptions about what a “blessed” life looks like, offering a radical plan for an alternative way of being.

BLESSED ARE THEY: ”The Poor in Spirit” (Matthew 5:1-3; Matthew 18:1-5) - Rev. Mark Feldmeir - June 4, 2023

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Jesus taught about an utterly different way of relating to the world as we know it—a way that turns the values and priorities of his followers upside-down and inside-out. In his best-known teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, he lays out a blueprint for embracing a new way of life that overturns conventional wisdom, traditional power structures, and our personal assumptions about what a “blessed” life looks like, offering a radical plan for an alternative way of being.

PENTECOST: ”The Power to Change Everything” (Acts 2:1-21) - Rev. Barb Sholis - May 28, 2023

”STRANGER THINGS: Everything’s Better With Bacon” (Mark 5:1-13) - Rev. Mark Feldmeir - May 21, 2023

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Sometimes, the Bible gets ridiculously weird.

From a talking donkey to a man being eaten by a giant fish, from burning bushes to hard-hitting, teen-mauling she-bears, there are a handful of cringe-worthy stories in the Bible that defy our sense of what’s right and reasonable and acceptable and believable.

But throughout history, some of the best stories humans have ever told are those that were never meant to be taken factually or literally. Instead, their very strangeness and absurdity create the context for us to reimagine how God so often works in unpredictable, inexplicable, and sometimes laughable ways in our lives.

What’s the Divine word behind all the biblical weirdness? Join us for this five-part series as we explore some of the surprising ways the Bible gets really weird—and why, after all these years, it still matters.