Best Torontochurch Podcasts (2025)

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21 December 2025 - Let the Saxophone Wail - Andrew Federle 7:29

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Let the Saxophone Wail: A sermon by Andrew Federle for Lessons and Carols. Quote: “God’s word pre-empts our word and comes to us: un-bidden, un-expected, un-predictable – sometimes un-settling or un-welcome. Yet coming nonetheless, and summoning us to respond.“By St. Clement's Church

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14 December 2025 - Jesus is a Hobo - Andrew Federle 12:08

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Jesus is a Hobo: A sermon by Andrew Federle on Matthew 11:2-11 Quote: “This is where Jesus was – and is: among those who’ve lost everything.” Read the scripture passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2011%3A2-11&version=NRSVABy St. Clement's Church

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7 December 2025 - Advent, Abraham, and Axes 9:18

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Advent, Abraham, and Axes: A sermon by Andrew Federle on Matthew 3:1-12. Quote: "John the Baptist, from the wilderness, announces the arrival of a radically different vision of God: the One who calls all of us to repent." Read the scripture passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%203%3A1-12&version=NRSVA…

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4 December 2025 - The Spirit of Radio - Andrew Federle 11:10

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The Spirit of Radio: a sermon by Andrew Federle for the Funeral of Peter Pacini. "Jesus was journeying on, to the place beyond death, so we could know in our bones that Someone is waiting for us on the other side."By St. Clement's Church

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30 November 2025 - Gritty Hope - Pamela Rayment 14:07

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Gritty Hope: A sermon by Pamela Rayment on Matthew 24:36-44 Quote: Hope has grit and is lived day in and day out. Even when, or maybe especially when, the world feels like it’s falling apart. Read the scripture passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2024%3A36-44&version=NRSVA…

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23 November 2025 - No fairytale - Pamela Rayment 14:42

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No Fairytale: A sermon on Luke 23:33-43 by Pamela Rayment. Quote: "As followers of Jesus, the story we live doesn’t allow us to stay in the fairytale because we follow the One whose rule, whose reign, looks a whole lot different than what we’ve come to recognize as royalty.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea…

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16 November 2025 - Christianity is Not About You - Andrew Federle 13:54

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Christianity is Not About You: A sermon by Andrew Federle on 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13. Quote: “We forget that our life is a gift from God and that we are fundamentally situated in the gift economy and not the rat race." Read the scripture passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Thessalonians%203%3A6-13%20&version=NRSVA…

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9 November 2025 - Legion - Andrew Federle 12:23

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Legion: a sermon by Andrew Federle on Mark 5:1-20 on Remembrance Sunday. Quote: “Everyone else looks at this man and sees collateral damage; only Jesus sees someone worth saving.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%205%3A1-20&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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2 Nov 2025 (All Souls' Day) - Fallen to the Lowest Place - Andrew Federle 6:29

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Fallen to the Lowest Place: a sermon on John 6:35-40 by Andrew Federle for All Souls’ Day. Quote: “Jesus says that not one person is lost, not one person that is beloved by God will be lost. That is God's will.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%206%3A35-40&version=NRSVUE…

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2 November 2025 - Elbow to Elbow with Saints - Pamela Rayment 14:19

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Elbow to Elbow with Saints: a sermon on Luke 6:20-31 by Pamela Rayment for All Saints’ Day. Quote: ““Do to others as you would have them do to you." Sounds clear-cut enough, and it’s the most challenging thing in the world to do.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%206%3A20-31&version=NRSVUE…

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26 October 2025 - Images of God - Allison Marcaccini 8:26

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Images of God: A sermon by Allison Marcaccini on John 1:1-5. Quote: "In the mystery of what we cannot see, we can still know God's presence in so many ways. I wonder where you have seen God?" Read the passage in the Message: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201%3A1-5&version=MSGBy St. Clement's Church

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19 October 2025 - Sour Grapes, The Myth of Enduring Suffering - The Rev. Dr. Joy Moore 21:22

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Sour Grapes, The Myth of Enduring Suffering: a sermon on Jeremiah 31:27-34 by The Rev. Dr. Joy Moore. Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2031%3A27-34&version=NRSVABy St. Clement's Church

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12 October 2025 - Enough - Michael Buttrey 12:51

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Enough: a sermon on John 6:24-35 by Michael Buttrey. Quote: "While we’re worrying if we’re working enough, Jesus is saying: 'I’m enough.'" Read the scripture here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%206%3A24-35&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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5 October 2025 - The Poet of Lament - Andrew Federle 10:02

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The Poet of Lament: A sermon on Lamentations 3:19-26 by Andrew Federle. Quote: “Down in the hole, where the weight threatens to crowd out thought altogether, the poet remembers that God is faithful.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Lamentations%203%3A19-26&version=NRSVUE…

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28 Sept 2025 - Drawn from the Water - Andrew Federle 9:12

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Drawn from the Water: A sermon on Luke 16:19-31 (FNV) by Andrew Federle on Orange Shirt Sunday. Quote: “From this vantage point at least, we can say this much: Moses is the first person in the scriptures to be taken off to residential school.” Read the scripture passage here: https://files.constantcontact.com/012b54ea501/09cc4a1d-b5f9-4652-b1c3-c35…

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21 September 2025 - Economics 101 - Pamela Rayment 14:04

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Economics 101: A sermon on Luke 16:1-13 by Pamela Rayment. Quote: "How we live amidst the enmeshed economic structures of the world matters." Read the scripture passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2016%3A1-13&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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14 September 2025 - Into the Wilderness - Pamela Rayment 15:06

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Into the Wilderness: a sermon on Luke 15:1-10 by Pamela Rayment. Quote: “What do we miss when we not only avoid spiritual wilderness, but also literal wilderness — that is, nature itself?" Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2015%3A1-10&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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7 September 2025 - Bouncy Castle - Andrew Federle 12:12

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A sermon by Andrew Federle on Luke 14:25-33. Quote: “To be a disciple of Jesus is to let go of pretending to be in control.” Read the scripture here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke14%3A25-33&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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31 August 2025 - The Inner Ring - Michael Buttrey 12:06

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The Inner Ring: A sermon on Luke 14:1, 7-14 by Michael Buttrey. Quote: “We just have an opportunity to see the world through a different lens – in terms of seeing and being blessings instead of balancing the scales.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2014%3A1%2C%207-14&version=MSG…

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24 August 2025 - The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - Andrew Federle 11:09

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The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: A sermon on Isaiah 58:9b-14 by Andrew Federle Quote: “Hurry is a serious spiritual issue, for its swift current carries our attention past the present moment and headlong into an anxious future.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2058%3A9b-14&version=NRSVUE…

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17 August 2025 - Fire - Andrew Federle 10:44

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Fire: a sermon on Luke 12:49-56 by Andrew Federle. Quote: “The fire of the Holy Spirit reveals us for who we truly are, so that we might become who we were always meant to be.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...By St. Clement's Church

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10 August 2025 - Do I Get a Home - Michael Buttrey 13:32

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Do I Get a Home?: a sermon on Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 by Michael Buttrey. Quote: “It can be a reminder that we were meant for something more – something we do not see, but have the assurance of faith must exist: the city of God.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2011%3A1-3%2C%208-16&version=NRSVUE…

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3 August 2025 - Rich towards God - Pamela Rayment 11:19

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Rich towards God: A sermon on Luke 12:13-21 by Pamela Rayment. Quote: "Are we being faithful with the gifts that God has entrusted to us? Are we living as those rich toward God or do we act as fools?" Read the passage: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2012%3A13-21&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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27 July 2025 - Thoughts and Prayers - Pamela Rayment 13:20

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Thoughts and Prayers: A sermon by Pamela Rayment on Luke 11:1-13. Quote: "Prayer is where we begin, where we return, and where we are held together." Read the scripture passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2011%3A1-13&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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20 July 2025 - Deepening Relationships - Deb Whalen-Blaize 16:13

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Deepening Relationships: A sermon by Deb Whalen-Blaize on Luke 20:38-42. Quote: "Relationships are blessed by service. It is important for us to serve and care for one another. But depth in a relationship comes through quality time." Read the scripture passage: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2010%3A38-42&version=NRSVUE…

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13 July 2025 - Pouring out Mercy - Pamela Rayment 12:58

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Pouring out Mercy: A sermon on Luke 10:25-37 by Pamela Rayment. Quote: “Consumed by the love of Jesus, who pulls us out of whatever ditch we find ourselves in and pours upon us mercy like oil and wine, healing out wounds, and from there we are propelled to move forward and extend Jesus’ mercy to others.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www…

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6 July 2025 - Being Sent - Pamela Rayment 13:37

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Being Sent: A sermon on Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 by Pamela Rayment. Quote: “Go out together. Bring nothing. Share peace. Be with. Don’t force it. God is in it all. Six helpful instructions that I think hold up rather well for us today.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2010%3A1-11&version=NRSVUE…

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29 June 2025 - Flint - Andrew Federle 15:28

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Flint: A sermon on Luke 9:51-62 by Andrew Federle. Quote: “To bump up against Jesus is to risk having all that is straw in your life burned up; but that same flame might just light your way forward in the dark.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%209%3A51-62&version=NRSVUE…

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22 June 2025 - Dancing with joy - Michael Buttrey 12:44

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Dancing with joy: A sermon on Philippians 4:4-9 by Michael Buttrey on National Indigenous Day of Payer. Quote:“Rather than analyzing that uncertainty, mapping out all the possible outcomes, trying mentally to control the world, Paul focuses on the basics. Dance. Pray. Keep walking in the traditions. Even if the world burns, we can do the same.” Rea…

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15 June 2025 - Together - Pamela Rayment 14:25

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A sermon on John 16:12-15 by Pamela Rayment for Trinity Sunday. Quote: We may not be able to completely grasp the essence of who God is, we may not be able to become ‘competent in God’ yet God’s gracious loving self is extended to us and for us, an invitation into a deep, abiding, and eternal relationship. Read the preaching passage: https://www.bi…

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8 June 2025 - Pine Cone - Andrew Federle 4:43

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Pine Cone: a message on Acts 2:1-21 by Andrew Federle on Pentecost Sunday. “How do you think the seeds get where they’re trying to go?” Read the preaching passage here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+2%3A1-21&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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1 June 2025 - Through Powerlessness - Michael Buttrey 14:27

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Through Powerlessness: A sermon on Luke 24:44-53 by Michael Buttrey. Quote: "The resurrection and ascension of this Jesus opens up a new way of understanding, a new path for all of us that goes through powerlessness, not around it." Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2024%3A44-53&version=NRSVUE…

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25 May 2025 - Made Well - Pamela Rayment 14:41

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Made Well: A Sermon on John 5:1–9 by Pamela Rayment Quote: “While Jesus’ healing miracles often begin with a physical change, the greater healing at play is that of restoration. And this is the healing that we are invited to live into today.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205%3A1-9&version=NRSVUE…

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18 May 2025 - "Borderland" - Andrew Federle 11:57

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A sermon on John 13:31-35 by Andrew Federle. Quote: “In John’s authorial vision of Jesus the Christ, there is only ever one road: the road to glory and suffering are one and the same.” Read the scripture: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2013%3A31-35&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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11 May 2025 - "Big Guy" - Liska Stefko 13:44

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A sermon by Liska Stefko on John 10:22-30. Quote: "Can you picture this good and gentle shepherd: calling us by name, bringing us abundant life, drawing us into communion?"By St. Clement's Church

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4 May 2025 - "No" - Andrew Federle 6:40

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"No" - A sermon on John 21:1-19 by Andrew Federle. “Almost no one – ever – is brave enough to offer Jesus a one-word response to anything.” Read the preaching passage here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21%3A1-19+&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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27 April 2025 - Resurrection Love - Pamela Rayment 13:55

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A sermon on John 20:19-31 by Pamela Rayment. Quote: “A resurrected Jesus who maintains his wounds shows us that we aren’t alone. That God is willing to meet us in the hurting, and that there is a way through it.” Read the passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2020%3A19-31&version=NRSVUE…

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Easter Sunday, 20 April 2025 - "Incognito" - Andrew Federle 12:32

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A sermon on John 20:1-18 for Easter Sunday by Andrew Federle. Quote: “We go looking for Jesus, but he is nowhere to be found – or he shows up incognito, in a form or circumstance we cannot recognize.”By St. Clement's Church

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Good Friday, 18 April 2025 - The Weight of the Cross - Pamela Rayment 15:12

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A sermon on John 18:1-19:42 for Good Friday by Pamela Rayment. Quote: "Jesus bore the weight of the world’s fear and hate and pain and hurt and birthed another way of walking in a world gripped by fear."By St. Clement's Church

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Maundy Thursday, 17 April 2025 - "Washing Judas' Feet" - Michael Buttrey 12:39

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A sermon for Maundy Thursday by Michael Buttrey on John 13:1-38. Quote: "Judas leaves into the night. But not with dirty feet."By St. Clement's Church

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13 April 2025 - Wild Hope: Confirm - Bishop Andrew Asbil 13:36

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A sermon on Luke 19:28-40 by Bishop Andrew Asbil. Wild Hope: Confirm “This is the time for us to show up and be present, not just to be present for the liturgies of this week, but to be present to the courage and the mercy that dwells in us waiting to be expressed.”By St. Clement's Church

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13 April 2025 (Palm Sunday) - Rocks - Andrew Federle 6:24

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A sermon by Andrew Federle on Luke 19:28-40 for Palm Sunday. Quote: “And in that darkness God will make right every wrong thing that ever was.”By St. Clement's Church

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6 April 2025 - Wild Hope: Anoint - Andrew Federle 11:52

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A sermon on John 12:1-8 by Andrew Federle. Quote: “What does learning to follow Jesus Christ smell like?” Read the scripture here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2012%3A1-8&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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2 April 2025 - Lent Morning Prayer: Forgive - Liska Stefko 23:18

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A service of morning prayer with Liska Stefko. Psalm 103 can be read here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%20103&version=NIV Reflection by Goodness Uwan-Owaji Victor, from Wild Bright Hope: Reflections on faith Closing song is "All of Your Ways are Peace" by the Porter's GateBy St. Clement's Church

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23 March 2025 - "Wild Hope: Notice" - Liska Stefko 16:36

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A sermon on Luke 13:1-9 by Liska Stefko. Quote: "Beneath the surface, there's more than meets the eye." Read the scripture here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2013%3A1-9&version=NRSVUEBy St. Clement's Church

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19 March 2025 - Morning Prayer 23:49

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A service of morning prayer with Pamela Rayment. Psalm 116 can be read here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%20116&version=NRSVA Reflection by Rachel Woodridge, from Wild Bright Hope: Reflections on faith Closing song is "In Times of Trouble" by the Porter's GateBy St. Clement's Church

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16 March 2025 - Wild Hope: Lament - Andrew Federle 13:55

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A sermon on Luke 13:31-35 by Andrew Federle. Quote: “Hope comes to us from the wild place, from the wilderness, from the grave.”By St. Clement's Church

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9 March 2025 - Wild Hope: Trust - Pamela Rayment 14:29

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A sermon on Luke 4:1-13 by Pamela Rayment. "As followers of Jesus, our expert on trust is the one who knows us fully, invites us to know him, invites us into communion with him, invites us into his trust; a trust and truth that can’t be swayed by the pretense of power or scandal of evil." Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.co…

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5 March 2025 - Shut the Door - Andrew Federle 8:03

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A sermon by Andrew Federle on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21. “It is in the secret place where God takes the detritus and deadfall of our lives and transforms them into a soil that can again grow something new.” Read to the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206%3A1-6%2C%2016-21&version=NRSVUE…

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"Illuminators" - Liska Stefko, 2 March 2025 13:20

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A sermon on Luke 9:28-36 by Liska Stefko. Quote: "Jesus is an illuminator. Over and over, he turned the light of his attention toward the person in front of him: healing, encouraging, inviting." Read the scripture passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%209%3A28-36&version=NRSVUE…