St. Mary Of Bethany Parish Podcast

The First Sunday of Advent | Isaiah 64:1-9 | Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 | 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 | Mark 12:24-38 | December 3rd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Christophany - Raimon Panikkar | Fidelity - Wendell Berry | Into the Silent Land - Martin Laird | St. Francis of Assisi | G.K. Chesterton | "With God On Our Side" - Bob Dylan

The Ordination of Flo Paris Oakes | Isaiah 6:1-8 | Psalm 121 | Philippians 4:4-9 | John 10:11-18 | November 12th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

This 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. 

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