Saint Mary Of Bethany Parish

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St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleThe Face of God is Among Us Christmas Eve | Rev. Flo Oakes | Luke 2:1-20 | December 24th, 2024 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 2025-01-0210 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvillePentecost ConversationPentecost | Acts 2:1-12 | Psalm 104:24-34, 35b | John 15:25-27; 16:4b-15 | May 19th, 2024 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) In this homily, Danny, Flo, and Kelley discuss St. Mary's move from an Anglican church to an ecumenical Eucharistic community. 2024-05-2227 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleMaundy Thursday Common ConversationIn this Common Conversation from March 28th, we discuss how grief & loss show up in our lives, what meaning we encounter in the stories of our faith & the natural world, and how we can accompany & support one another as we grieve. Our panelists include Rev. Flo Oakes, children’s pastor at St. Mary’s, and Meg Wade, poet and interfaith chaplain at Larkspur Conservation, Tennessee’s natural burial site. Rev. Deborah Lynn, a chaplain at Alive Hospice, shares poetry and story with musical accompaniment by Libby Watrous. Rev. Kelley Doyle moderates.2024-04-091h 13

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleOrder of Bethany Info MeetingThis is a recording of a recent Order of Bethany Info Meeting. St. Mary’s offers a way of membership in the community called the Order of Bethany and is open to anyone who desires to live this way of life together. The vows for the order are vows of fidelity, hospitality, solidarity, and levity, and grow from the lives of the saints in Bethany: Mary, Martha, Simon the Leper, and Lazarus. The vows are simple ways of committing to God, one another, and the world with a posture of joy for one year. 2023-12-1953 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleCommon Conversation Follow-Up: Dr. Bruce Rogers-VaughnLast year, St. Mary's hosted a Common Conversation on Advent, Soul Care, and Economic Justice with Dr. Bruce Rogers-Vaughn and Fr. Bruce Morrill. This follow up discussion centers on neoliberalism and theology, and how, through community, we might resist the systems that create myriad inequalities. You can watch the video here.2023-12-191h 22

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvillePassing the PeaceThe Second Sunday of Advent | Isaiah 40:1-11 | Psalm 85 | 2 Peter 3:8-15a | Mark 1:1-8 | December 10th, 2023 | Rev. Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: "Commentary on Isaiah 40:11" from Working Preacher - Dr. Anathea Portier-Young | Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 1 - ed. David Bartlett, Barbara Brown Taylor | "Quite Early Morning" - Pete Seeger 2023-12-1416 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleCommon Conversation: BMHCRCommon Conversation: BMHCR Thursday, December 7th at Glendale Baptist Church This conversation features Dr. Layla Bonner, Dr. DeAndrea Witherspoon Nash, and Rev. Dr. Danny Bryant, founders of the Black Mental Health Counselor Reparations Foundation (BMHCR). They discuss the vision and mission of the foundation, the future work we hope to do, and how this foundation can be an example of the fruit of ecclesial reparation work. BMHCR is currently paying loan debt for a Black mental health counselor in Nashville. This was recorded live in a recent Common Conversation, a series of talks on t...2023-12-1247 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleCommon Conversation Follow-Up: Anna & DannyThis is part of a series of follow-up talks from our Common Conversation back in August about Faith in Nashville. You can listen to that here. In this podcast, Danny Bryant and Anna Caudill discuss questions around salvation and politics, particularly as they relate to disability theology. 2023-11-1458 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleDisarming Love and the Recovery of SoulThe Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost | Deuteronomy 23:1-12 | Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 | Matthew 22:34-46 | October 29th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Crisis Contemplation - Barbara Holmes | Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age - Bruce Rogers Vaughn | Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community - Pádraig Ó Tuama | The Books of Moses - Robert Alter 2023-11-0220 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleCommon Conversation: Faith in NashvilleCommon Conversation: Faith in Nashville Thursday, August 17th at Glendale Baptist Church Listen to Danny Bryant, Anna Caudill, and David Dark discuss the challenges & promises of Christianity in Nashville. In a city where celebrity, profits, politics, and faith are so deeply enmeshed, how do we create and sustain beloved community? This was recorded live in a recent Common Conversation, a series hosted by St. Mary's. 2023-08-251h 43

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleA Community of WonderThe Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 139 | Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 | August 20th, 2023 | Rev. Flo Oakes | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: "Sometimes" - Mary Oliver | The Religious Potential of the Child - Sofia Cavalletti | Midrash: Reading the Bible with Question Marks - Sandy Eisenberg Sasso 2023-08-2320 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvillePowerless Communion: Bethany & Mustard SeedsThe Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 133 | John 12:1-11 | August 13th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Parable of the Mustard Seed Icon by Kelly Latimore | An Invitation to Kenotic Generosity in the Religiously Pluralistic Situation - Dr. Lauren Smelser White | The God Who Gave You Birth - Cyprian Consiglio | Bethany Near the Mount of Olives - Brian Capper 2023-08-1819 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleSabbath Rest, Resistance, and AlternativeThe Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 128 | Matthew 14:13-21 | August 8th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now - Walter Brueggemann 2023-08-0723 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleHealing for Imprisoned ImaginationsThe Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 126 | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 | July 23rd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman | Kingdom, Grace, Judgement: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus - Robert Capon | Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible - Willie James Jennings 2023-07-2418 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleSeeds, Soil, and New LifeThe Seventh Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 125 | Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 | July 16th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: The Art of the Commonplace - Wendell Berry | Kingdom, Grace, Judgement: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus - Robert Capon 2023-07-2413 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleHospitality's RewardThe Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 123 | Matthew 10:40-42 | July 2nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community - Pádraig Ó Tuama 2023-07-0709 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleEaster People?The Fifth Sunday of Easter | Acts 7:55-60 | Psalm 31 | 1 Peter 2:2-10 | John 14:1-14 | May 7th, 2023 | Rev. Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: "After Her Death" - Mary Oliver | "Fifth Sunday of Easter: A Collective People with a Singular Heart" - Dr. Angela Parker | Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence - Diana Butler Bass 2023-05-1114 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleJesus: Our Friend, Our Grief-Sharer, and Guide into HopeThe Fifth Sunday in Lent | Ezekiel 37:1-14 | Psalm 130 | Romans 8:6-11 | John 11:1-45 | March 26th, 2023 | Rev. Colin Fagan | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Jesus as Friend in the Gospel of John - Gail O'Day | The Call of Discernment in Troubled Times - Fr. Dean Brackley SJ | Eucharistic Participation - Hans Boersma | Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels - ed. Joel Green, Jeannine Brown, Nicholas Perrin | John: NIV Application Commentary - John Burge 2023-04-0516 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleDesire Greater than DeathThe Sixth Sunday in Lent | John 19:25-27 | John 10:11-18 (First Nations Version) | April 2nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Dr. Brad Jersack podcast | After Whiteness - Willie James Jennings 2023-04-0315 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleFidelity as ResistanceThe Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany | Deuteronomy 30:15-20 | Psalm 119 | 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 | Matthew 5:21-37 | February 12th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Joy Unspeakable Tenderness - Barbara Holmes | Jesus’ Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount - Richard Rohr | Martin & Malcom & America: Dream or Nightmare - James Cone | The New Jerusalem Bible 2023-02-1419 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleThe Mercy is the MightThe Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 58:1-12 | Psalm 112 | 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 | Matthew 5:13-20 | February 5th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Fr. Gregory Boyle | Jesus’ Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount - Richard Rohr 2023-02-0615 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleShelter for the ExpelledThe Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany | Micah 6:1-8 | Psalm 15 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | Matthew 5:1-12 | January 29th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Fr. Gregory Boyle | Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age - Bruce Rogers-Vaughn | The Message - Eugene Peterson 2023-01-3115 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleLearning Love's LanguageThe Third Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 9:1-4 | Psalm 27:1, 4-9 | 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 | Matthew 4:12-23 | January 22nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Jesus Christ for Today’s World - Jurgen Moltmann | The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Fr. Gregory Boyle 2023-01-2317 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleChrist the ShepherdThis week, instead of a homily, Rev. Mary Brown and Fr. Danny Bryant have a conversation with St. Mary’s and one another about how Christ the Shepherd has been caring for and loving her each day. Psalm 46 | Colossians 1:11-20| Luke 23:33-43 | November 20th, 2022 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 2022-11-2233 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleLament, Non-Violence, and ProtestLiturgy of Lament | Psalm 64 | Matthew 11:20-30 | November 13th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: "What Are People For" and "Healing" - Wendell Berry | "On Being Asked to Write a Poem About the War in Vietnam" - Hayden Carruth | Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman 2022-11-1410 min

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvilleCommon ConversationHear Dr. Layla Bonner, Dr. Deandrea Witherspoon Nash, and Fr. Danny talking about the Equitable Healing Reparations Initiative moving into its new life as the Black Mental Health Counselor Reparations Foundation. We are nearing the launch of the foundation and want to share the news and story with St. Mary’s before it is officially on its own.2022-11-101h 00

St. Mary of Bethany—NashvillePlaying in God's DreamProper 25 - the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost | Joel 2:23-32 | Psalm 65 | 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 (all NT readings from First Nations Version) | Luke 18:9-14 | October 23rd, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman | The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky 2022-10-2521 min