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Featuring Nikki Hardeman, Jaye Lynn Peabody Smith, David Adams, David Cassady, Daniel Glaze, along with a diverse collection of guests.
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14.30 Manifesting Peace
Manifesting Peace For the session to be discussed on July 24, 2022 Psalm 85 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Psalm 85 is often described as a “complaint psalm” — lamenting what the people had lost over generations. It describes a communal loss...
14.29 Truth Telling
Truth Telling For the session to be discussed on July 17, 2022 Psalm 52 Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Psalm 52 harshly addresses an “evil mighty one” who uses their power to oppress and abuse the righteous ones. As we read the psalm we...
14.28 You Had One Job
You Had One Job For the session to be discussed on July 10, 2022 Psalm 82 Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Psalm 82 sets a scene where God rails against the powers of the day — condemning them for using their power for self-gain rather than...
14.27 Unbelievable
Unbelievable For the session to be discussed on July 3, 2022 Psalm 30 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Psalm 30 presents us with the message that, in spite of, and in the midst of, our deepest suffering, God will have the last word. That word...
14.26 Inconsolable
Inconsolable For the session to be discussed on June 26, 2022 Psalm 77:1-2,11-20 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery This psalm offers a glimpse of how the psalmist honestly relates to God. In this case, the psalmist is inconsolable — the grief,...
14.25 Do Something
Do Something For the session to be discussed on June 19, 2022 Psalm 42 and 43 David Cassady Daniel Glaze David Adams Bert Montgomery Our conversation centers around two psalms that some scholars believe may have originally been one psalm that was later separated into...
14.24 Woman Wisdom
Woman Wisdom For the session to be discussed on June 12, 2022 Proverbs 8: 1-4, 22-31 David Cassady Daniel Glaze David Adams Bert Montgomery Today’s text is from Proverbs, contrasting two women — one who seduces toward death and one who beckons toward life, as wisdom....
14.23 Show and Tell
Show and Tell For the session to be discussed on June 5, 2022 John 14:8-17 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams For this Pentecost Sunday episode, we discuss our calling to follow the work of the Spirit in our lives, our churches, and our communities. What does...
14.22 Coming Soon
Coming Soon For the session to be discussed on May 29, 2022 Revelation 22:12-21 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Today we discuss the ending of Revelation, considering the sort of world John see’s both as ultimately arriving, and toward which we are all called...
14.21 A City Without A Temple
A City Without A Temple For the session to be discussed on May 22, 2022 Revelation 21:10-22:5 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Daniel Glaze John paints a picture of a new Jerusalem where there is “abundance without opulence” (Glaze) and where the streets...
14.20 Picturing Hope
Picturing Hope For the session to be discussed on May 15, 2022 Revelation 21:1-6 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Daniel Glaze John writes the book of Revelation from a prison cell. Unable to speak directly to the oppression of Roman rule, he uses symbolic...
14.19 Tear Free
Tear Free For the session to be discussed on May 8, 2022 Revelation 7:9-17 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Crystal Shepherd Still in the book of Revelation, we discuss the ways the core message of the book - that the hope of the poor and oppressed is in...
14.18 Worthiness
Worthiness For the session to be discussed on May 1, 2022 Revelation 5:11-14 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Crystal Shepherd Continuing our journey in the book of Revelation, we are confronted by how Revelation teaches us to live, even as we are challenged...
14.17 A Timely Word of Hope
A Timely Word of Hope For the session to be discussed on April 24, 2022 Revelation 1:4-8 David Cassady David Adams Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery We begin a series of sessions in the book of Revelation. Daniel helps us become oriented to the book by reminding us that we...
14.16 Women of Mystery
Women of Mystery For the session to be discussed on April 17, 2022 Luke 24:1-12 David Cassady David Adams Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery This Easter episode has us revisiting a key Easter passage and discussing what it might mean to not just believe the resurrection...
14.15 Working It Out
Working It Out For the session to be discussed on April 10, 2022 Philippians 2:1-13 Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery For this Palm Sunday text, we discuss a text (considered a hymn) that has been used to end calls for change and fairness, all in the name of...
14.14 The Chase
The Chase For the session to be discussed on April 3, 2022 Philippians 3:4-14 Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery David Adams What do we chase after in this life? In this episode we take a look at a passage where Paul challenges us to think about that which we strive for,...
14.13 Two Parables
Two Parables For the session to be discussed on March 27, 2022 Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery We take a creative look at one of the most familiar passages in scripture: the parable of the prodigal son. Daniel offers a...


















