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The Rev. Marc Smith explores the call stories in Mark's Gospel, and asks "what is God's call to us? What is our response?"By Holy Communion
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Pilgrimage: Taking the Bible Seriously, but not Literally
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In this session, we look at a few specific texts, and we'll explore how the Bible has been interpreted. We will ask, do you have to read Scripture as a fundamentalist to take it seriously? This class finishes with a look at how Scripture can be read as part of prayer.By Holy Communion
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The Forum: Nursing Facilities with Denise Carpenter
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In the second part of the series, we are joined by parishioner Denise Carpenter. A medical and geriatric social worker who has been a great resource for many. Denise explains arranging placement in a Nursing Facility.By Holy Communion
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The Forum: Tiny Houses, Homelessness, and the Veterans Community Project
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We continue our series on housing with a look at the Veterans Community Project. The video starts with a welcome from co-founder, Brandonn Mixon, followed by an agency overview, tour of a tiny house, and then a testimony from one of the Village residents. The work to end veteran homelessness is providing a new blueprint for housing and homelessness…
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The Rev. Mike Angell: "Chaos or Community?"
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When I say I am praying for conversion, it is because I believe we can't continue to allow ourselves to be pulled toward hate, toward cynicism, toward the lies of cowardly men. God is coming to set the people free. What will we choose, chaos or community?By Holy Communion
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The Forum: Caring For Loved Ones With Medical Needs At Home with Denise Carpenter
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In the first of a series, we are joined by parishioner Denise Carpenter. A medical and geriatric social worker who has been a great resource for many as they've asked questions like: "How can I care for my spouse, my parent, or other loved one? Can I care for them at home?" Denise walks us through important questions to ask and resources in the St.…
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The Rev. Mike Angell: What Road Will We Choose?
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The sickness we saw on Wednesday, it's not new. It didn't start two months ago with the election. It didn't start four or five years ago with the last election. The sickness we saw on full and shocking display on Wednesday has been with us since our foundation as a country. This Epiphany, we need to ask ourselves, will we choose another road home?…
In the first regular session, We will take a look at the Bible, including discussing modern scholarship on the origins of the various documents in the text. This class picks apart all of the various parts of the Bible and asks, “what does it mean to talk about inspiration and Scripture?”By Holy Communion
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The Forum: Bible 101 "Biblical Call Stories" Seminarian Emilee Walker Cornetta
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In this edition of Bible 101, Seminarian Emilee Walker-Cornetta will discuss call narratives in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament—stories in which God asks great things of ordinary people. These biblical stories tend to follow predictable a literary pattern. We’ll look at that pattern through a handful of specific examples and ponder the significa…
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Emilee Walker-Cornetta, Seminarian: The Stories that Shape Us
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At the dawn of this new year, may God give each of us enough light to take one step away from who we’ve been told we must be and one step closer, together, to the kingdom of heaven.By Holy Communion
Friends, there isn't just a light at the end of the tunnel. There has been light in the tunnel the whole time. You, for me, for so many, have been little lights shining. And the darkness did not overcome us.By Holy Communion
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The Rev. Mike Angell: Not the Christmas We Would Have Chosen
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This Christmas, if you are grieving the Christmas that could have been, perhaps there is an invitation. Next Christmas, will we look backward to all of the picture postcards of our childhood, or will we look forward? Will we work to make sure that in the year to come there has been good news, great joy, for all, yes all the people?…
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The Rev. Mike Angell, There are no shortcuts with grief
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Whatever sorrow you are carrying, whatever grief, know: the message of Christmas is that God chose to show up in some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable. Seems foolish to the world, but there's God's wisdom. God chooses to walk with us when life hurts. That is the only plan.By Holy Communion
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The Rev Mike Angell: Who do you think you are?
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How the the question the messengers asked John the Baptist free us this strange Advent season? Can we let go of control? Can we let God handle Christmas?By Holy Communion
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The Forum: Jesus Who? The Incarnation Through the Ages
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During the four weeks of Advent, we prepare ourselves again to greet God become human in Jesus: The Incarnation. Our Priest Associate, the Rev. Marc Smith, continues our Bible 101 series with a presentation, "Jesus Who? The Incarnation Through the Ages,"By Holy Communion
Among the most unlikely of spokespersons, John the Baptist summons us to prepare for God breaking into our lives not with festivity, but with the humble confession of our brokenness and our total dependence on God's mercy and grace.By Holy Communion
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Theology on Tap: the church has changed. The church is changing.” with Bishop Deon Johnson.
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This month we gathered online with Bishop Deon for virtual Theology on Tap. Following our first ever live-streamed convention, the Bishop talked about the ways the church has already changed. He also spoke about the ways it is changing for the future.By Holy Communion
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The Forum: Homelessness and the Pandemic in St. Louis with St. Patrick Center
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Did you know that Holy Communion partners in issues of housing and homelessness? In 2017, a big group of volunteers helped to renovate the house we own behind the church to help house folks who need housing. Our partners in this work, St. Patrick Center, join us to talk about housing and homelessness in St. Louis, especially in the midst of the pan…
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The Rev Mike Angell We Need Advent This Year
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Light a candle in the dark. Then light another...Make the hard decision to let go of the familiar. But don't let go of hope. Even as we prepare for a distant Christmas. Don't give up hope.By Holy Communion
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Seminarian Emilee Walker-Cornetta: The Scandalous Kingship of Jesus
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In Matthew 25:31-46, Jesus reminds us of his unequivocal identification with those whose lives, like his own, have been deemed disposable. To hail this Jesus—himself a victim of state violence—as King is an essentially subversive act.By Holy Communion
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Bishop Deon Johnson: Convention Sermon And Address
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Bishop Deon's address to the Diocese (which also served as his sermon at the Convention Eucharist). Listen for the Bishop's vision for our diocese.By Holy Communion
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The Rev. Beth Scriven: What is God really like?
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When we get to know what God is really like, we’re no longer bound by oppressive readings of tricky Bible passages. When we get to know what God is really like, we begin to recognize the loving, life-giving, liberating God even in the hardest places.By Holy Communion
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The Forum: Exodus And Liberation Theology Bible 101 with the Rev. Mike Angell
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The Rector explores the links between the second book of the Bible and liberation theology. Sometimes we think that Exodus is just the story of Moses leading Israel to freedom. The book is longer and richer than just this story. Join in this forum, from our ongoing series looking at themes and books of the Bible.…
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The Rev. Mike Angell: Deepening our Commitments
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Spirituality is about deepening your listening to the world, to your neighbor, deepening your examination of structures of power. Spirituality is about deepening your listening for the voice of God, for the voice of the Spirit.By Holy Communion
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The Forum: The 2020 Election with the Hon. Joe Adams
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The Hon. Joe Adams was elected Tuesday to the Missouri House of Representatives for the 86th district (which includes Holy Communion). He is a longtime member of the church, and a historian by training. Note: this video was recorded just hours before the announcement of the presidential election.By Holy Communion
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The Rev. Mike Angell: The World Turned Rightside Up
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These past weeks I've been frustrated, and scared, and depressed, and I've been thinking about Jesus. This Feast of All Saints, I wonder, did Jesus want to turn the world upside down? Or, Or, Did Jesus want to turn the world right-side up?By Holy Communion
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The Forum- Immigration & The 2020 Election- Why People Of Faith Should Care About Immigration
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This Week at the forum we are highlighting a conversation in Immigration and the 2020 election. We asked a group of theologians and scholars: “why should people of faith care about immigration?” We co-hosted this series with several other institutions. Dr. Marie Griffiths, Director of the Danforth Center on Religion and politics served as moderator…
The Rector introduces all saints and all souls, a feast of the church, and an important part of our spiritual life in these days.By Holy Communion
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The Rev. Laurie Anzilotti- Psalm 1 Instructions For True Happiness
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In her final sermon at Holy Communion, the Rev. Laurie Anzilotti talks about roots, rivers, and replanting.By Holy Communion
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The Rev. Marc Smith- Where We Stand ... How We Stand
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In the wake of a summer of protests over the shocking deaths of Black men at the hands of racially biased police, The Rev. Marc Smith grounds the response of faith communities in Jesus' nonviolent civil disobedience. And, with a contentious national election only weeks away, he offers a way in which we might champion "the better angels of our natur…
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The Rev. Mike Angell: How do we show up for one another?
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This parable can seem daunting, complex. But at its heart is Gods simple persistent desire, that we show up for one another.By Holy Communion
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The Forum: “What’s With These Parables, Anyway?”with the Rev. Marc Smith
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The Rev. Marc Smith leads this "Bible 101" session on the parables. Based on the work of Bill Brosend, a scholar at Sewanee, Marc talks about the complicated nature of these stories of Jesus, and the way they can still speak to our lives today.By Holy Communion
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The Rev. Mike Angell: St Francis, Ecologist
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We tend to think of St. Francis as that odd guy whose feast means we get to bring our animals to church for a blessing. But God depends on the odd. This St. Francis Day may God bless us with the burden of being a little odd. May God bless us that we might be a blessing to our fragile planet.By Holy Communion
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The Forum: Pandemic Task Force October Report
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The rector speaks with Susan Norris and Dr. Alison Nash, members of a group of our Pandemic Task Force. The vestry has unanimously adopted the recommendations of the task force not to plan for indoor in person worship until a major change happens with virus numbers. We will be continuing to make our online worship our primary worship, but also will…
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The Rev. Mike Angell- Faith And Politics And Hope
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There are times faith and politics must mix. There are times we can't be morally neutral. But followers of Jesus need to make sure that when they do, they lean into hope. Can our faith to make the world a better place for our immigrant neighbors?By Holy Communion
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The Forum Human Rights As A Strategy For Protecting Democracy with Cristosal
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The Rev. Mike Angell speaks with Noah Bullock and Osvaldo Lapuente from Cristosal. They talk about the state of human rights work in El Salvador and the Central American region. We also reflect together on our shared realities, and how focusing on human rights and dignity can see us through emergency situations when governments are challenging norm…
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The Rev. Mike Angell- God Asks Us To Choose Hope Over Despair
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The Rev. Mike Angell meditates on the death of Justice Ginsburg and the biblical value of lament.By Holy Communion
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The Forum: "The Book of Job" Bible 101 with the Rev. Laurie Anzilotti
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Pandemic, hurricanes, fires, violence. It is only natural that we ask, "Why is this happening?" No book of the Bible better addresses this question than the Book of Job. In this week's Forum video, the Rev. Laurie Anzilotti shares what Job brings to this question in today's context and offers two valuable resources for exploring the book: Stephen M…
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The Rev. Laurie Anzilotti- Forgiveness That Frees
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Jesus sketches a portrait of forgiveness that is ongoing, extravagant, and that requires naming pain to be free.By Holy Communion
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The Forum: Icons, Representation, and the Divine with Kelly Latimore and Mark Bozutti Jones
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The rector hosts a conversation with the iconographer who wrote "Mama" and with The Rev. Mark Bozutti-Jones a leading advocate of modern icons.By Holy Communion
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Theology On Tap: Redefining Peace with the Rev. Mike Angell
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The Rev. Mike Angell is joined by author Hannah Shanks at our September event. They talk about Mike's new book "How Can I Live Peacefully with Justice?"By Holy Communion
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The Rev. Mike Angell: Facing the world with love, not hate.
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This last week and a half, I know I can't do it alone. I can’t raise my son to be culturally competent alone. So today I come to you, my church, to say I need help.By Holy Communion
The Rev. Marc Smith tackles Jesus' admonition to "take up your cross" in the light of the world today.By Holy Communion
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The Rev. Mike Angell- The Defiant Groundbreaking Faith Of Women
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Faith isn’t blind optimism. Faith is clear-eyed rule-breaking love. Faith can change the world.By Holy Communion
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The Rev. Mike Angell: Did Jesus call that woman a dog?
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The question makes us deeply uncomfortable. But our rector thinks that has to be the case. When you look through the lens of systemic injustice, there is no denying that the Church, that those of us who claim to follow Jesus, have contributed to and benefited from the exploitation of women and people of color.…
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The Rev. Mike Angell: Joseph Jacob And Extravagant Love
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If Joseph was alive today, might Joseph identify as gay, or bi, or trans or queer? What if young Joseph asked Jacob for a princess dress? And what if Jacob said yes? What if Jacob responded with affirming and lavish love?By Holy Communion
Jacob is a trickster, and whether any given trick was just or right is a hard question to ask. But could trickery be a blessing? Could a willingness to bend the rules save lives? Is this story a witness to what the late scholar Katie Cannon called “God’s Fierce Whimsy?"By Holy Communion
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The Rev. Mike Angell: Without a Vision, the People Perish
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Jesus looked out on a group of tired, frustrated, oppressed people. He told them, "you get a choice of where to live." You can stay in this tired frustrated place. Or Jesus said, you can follow me...By Holy Communion
Day by day, we work for justice without judgement.By Holy Communion
The Rev. Beth Scriven preaches at Holy Communion on July 12, 2020 on the love that God has for all types of bodies.By Holy Communion
