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A Place to Rest

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C)
January 19th, 2025

In a weekend and a time filled with contradictions, conflict, and unsettling uncertainty, we are reminded of the divine life offered to each of us. With this gift, we have all we need to navigate the challenges set before us by the world.

Duration: 24:29

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Fire and Water

The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord
January 12th, 2025

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Wildfires test some of the most ancient metaphors in our faith for transformation and divine power. Isaiah reminds us that God is greater than these, and that our hope is in the presence of God and the call to be knit together as one family -- with us especially in the most traumatic events of our lives.

Duration: 17:38

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The Adoration of Leonardo

The Second Sunday after Christmas Day
January 5th, 2025

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Leonardo da Vinci’s partially finished masterpiece, The Adoration of the Magi, reflects the essence of Matthew’s nativity narrative: Christ is born into a world filled with violence and darkness. And the light that shines is the love of a mother for her child and the adoring gaze and gifts of strangers.

Duration: 20:41

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A Scrappy Christmas

Christmas
December 25th, 2024

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Don’t be misled by our highly organized Christmas celebrations. The birth of Jesus was a messy, disorganized affair, and reveals to us a God who brings new life and even an entire universe out of chaos.

Duration: 22:07

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The Pattern of Faith

The Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year C)
December 22nd, 2024

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Mystics remind us that Mary and Elizabeth’s welcoming of the work of God in their lives is an essential pattern of faithful living for all of us. But be warned: welcoming Christ means that everything we expected will be forever changed.

Duration: 21:04

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Advent Lessons and Carols

The Third Sunday of Advent (Year C)
December 15th, 2024

by The People of Church of Our Saviour

In a longstanding tradition, Church of Our Saviour members of all ages offer their voices to the preparation of Advent as we look to the coming of Christ.

Duration: 35:57

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The Impossible Teaching

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24 - B SC)
October 20th, 2024

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Jesus’ most essential teachings are almost impossible for us to grasp, let alone live into. Happily, we are not alone in that struggle. Even Jesus’ first followers could not comprehend the new world he was proposing, where the destructive powers of this world are not undone by marshalling counter-powers into warfare, but instead by self-offering, service, and humility. This teaching remains radical, and radically transformative for our time.

Duration: 16:48

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No Accounting

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost (Year B - Proper 23 SC)
October 13th, 2024

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Even with everything exactly right as far as the world is concerned, a rich man approaches Jesus with a burning question. Peter jumps fully at Jesus’ reply to attempt to lay claim to a new kind of righteousness. But neither approach will do. Our God does not keep accounts like this.

Duration: 15:13

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