St. Mary Of Bethany Parish Podcast

The 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

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 33:12-23 | Psalm 96 | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 | Matthew 22:15-22 | October 22nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Crisis Contemplation - Barbara Holmes | The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | In the Shelter - Padraig O'Tuama | Remembering - Wendell Berry

The Eigtheenth Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 17:1-17 | Psalm 25:1-9 | Philippians 2:1-13 | Matthew 21:23-32 | October 1st, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 16:2-15 | Psalm 145:1-8 | Philippians 1:21-30 | Matthew 20:1-16 | September 24th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Christian Life: An Adventure in Love - Ilia Delio | Addiction and Grace - Gerald May | Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community - Padraig O'Tuama | Beloved - Toni Morrison  

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 14:19-31 | Psalm 95 | Romans 14:1-12 | Matthew 18:21-35 | September 17th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Romans for Normal People - Daniel Kirk | The Book of Psalms - Robert Alter

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 12:1-14 | Psalm 149 | Romans 13:8-14 | Matthew 18:15-20 | September 10th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Jesus' Alternative Plan - Richard Rohr | The Meal Jesus Gave Us - N.T. Wright | Two Economies - Wendell Berry | The Bible Made Impossible - Christian Smith | The Art of Reading Scripture - various authors

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Exodus 3:1-15 | Psalm 105 | Romans 12:9-21 | Matthew 16:21-28 | September 3rd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Romans for Normal People - Daniel Kirk | The Books of Moses: Commentary & Translation - Robert Alter | Remembering and Resisting - Johann Baptiste Metz | Into the Silent Land - Martin Larid | Joy Unspeakable - Barbara Holmes 

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Annual Meeting | Psalm 23 | Acts 2:42-47  | August 27th, 2023 | The St. Mary's Staff | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

Common 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. 

The 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  

The 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 

The 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 

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 127 | Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 | July 30th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

The 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

The 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

The 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  

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 121 | Matthew 9:35-10:8 | June 18th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources (art): "Pacifist" - Shaun Tan | "Trinity" - Andrei Rublev 

The Third Sunday after Pentecost | Psalm 120 | Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 | June 11th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Christian Life: An Adventure in Love - Ilia Delio | "Breathe" - U2 | "Tiny Cup" - Sandra McCracken 

The Sixth Sunday of Easter | Acts 17:22-31 | Psalm 66:8-20 | 1 Peter 3:13-22 | John 14:15-21 | May 14th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky | "Love is Everywhere (Beware) - Wilco | 1 Corinthians 13 - The Message translation

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