# pentecost year — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover pentecost year. Page: Feed: --- ## [Living Sacrifices, "Spiritual" Worship, and Following Jesus](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/living-sacrifices-spiritual-worship) _2026-08-18 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Proper 16 Year A; Rom 12:1-8, Matt 16:13-20 ## [A Jewish Jesus and a Canaanite Woman Chew the Fat](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/a-jewish-jesus-and-a-canaanite-woman-1d9) _2026-08-11 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Proper 15/20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A 2026: Matt 15: (10-20), 21-28 ## [Walking on Water: Justice and Worship](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/walking-on-water-justice-and-worship) _2026-08-04 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Proper 14/11th after Pentecost, Year A, 2026; Matt 14:22-33 ## [Gathering Fragments](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/gathering-fragments) _2026-07-28 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ 10th after Pentecost/Proper 13, Year A 2026; Matt 14:13-21. ## [Parables and Other Treasures](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/parables-and-other-treasures) _2026-07-21 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Proper 12 year A, 2026; Matt 13:31-33, 44-52 ## [Waiting for God: Seeds and Weeds](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/waiting-for-god-seeds-and-weeds) _2026-07-14 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Proper 11, Year A 2026; Matt 13:23-30, 36-43 ## [The Struggle of the Sower](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/the-struggle-of-the-sower) _2026-07-07 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Proper 10, Year A, 2026; Matt 13:1-9, 18-23. ## [Jesus and Wisdom's Feast](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/jesus-and-wisdoms-feast) _2026-06-30 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Proper 9, Year A 2026; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 ## [The Economy of the Regime of God: Rewards for Little Ones](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/the-economy-of-the-regime-of-god) _2026-06-23 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Matthew’s “Missionary Discourse” winds up today in a third week of Sunday excerpts. ## [Solidarity: Losing our lives with Jesus](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/solidarity-losing-our-lives-with) _2026-06-16 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Proper 7 Year A; Matt 10:24-39 ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zcva84gOp10y) _2026-06-16 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [The Exclusive, Expanding Mission of Jesus](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/the-exclusive-expanding-mission-of) _2026-06-09 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Proper 6/3rd after Pentecost, Year A 2026; Matt 9:35-10:8(9-23) ## [Second Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) - 6/7/26](https://noexpertsallowed.podbean.com/e/second-sunday-after-pentecost-year-a-6726/) _2026-06-08 · No Experts Allowed_ Christian Nationalism has, unfortunately, not gone away since Jonathan and Seth discussed it last on the podcast. It grew slowly, insidiously, for years and will take similarly sustained work to prune it from religious and political spheres. In this episode, Jonathan and Seth do a close reading of Psalm 33:1-12. They argue that it is a particularly strong starting point to critique Christian… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rz525m76gpeganah/2_After_Pentecost_A_6-7-266rtp1.mp3) ## [First Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) - 5/31/26](https://noexpertsallowed.podbean.com/e/first-sunday-after-pentecost-year-a-53126/) _2026-06-08 · No Experts Allowed_ The Holy Trinity is both one God and a community. Scholars have often reflected on this by exploring the ways people should live in communities. They have said that, like God, people are not meant to be alone. People should work together and simultaneously be one. In this episode, Jonathan and Seth talk about the community that exists within us. We have multiple selves, differing perspectives even… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/47qrwvmgb728c82h/1_After_Pentecost_A_5-31-266sb8u.mp3) ## [Mercy, Not Sacrifice: Jesus, Purity, and Hope](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/mercy-not-sacrifice-jesus-encounters) _2026-06-02 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Proper 5 Year A; Hos 5:15-6:6, Matthew 9: 9-13, 18-26. ## [Matthew's End: Discipleship, Baptism, and Trinity](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/the-trinity-and-a-new-community-of) _2026-05-26 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Trinity Sunday, Year A, 2026. Matthew 28:16-20. ## [Update/correction](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/updatecorrection) _2026-05-20 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ A couple of keen readers saw I had made a mistake in the post for Pentecost you received as an email (reading too many texts during Commencement weekend here…). ## [Pentecost: The Mission of the Spirit](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/pentecost-the-mission-of-the-spirit) _2026-05-19 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Pentecost 2026; Acts 2:1-21; John 20:19-23 ## [Pentecost (Year A) - 5/25/26](https://noexpertsallowed.podbean.com/e/pentecost-year-a-52526/) _2026-05-18 · No Experts Allowed_ Everyone has a skill they bring to our world. Some skills, however, are more highly prized. This was the case in Corinth when Paul wrote his letter to the burgeoning Christian community there, too. The Corinthians wanted to speak in tongues and emphasized speaking in tongues to the detriment of the other gifts in the community. Jonathna and Seth talk about gifts that are over-emphasized today, the… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vpgaktt9d2futxtv/Pentecost_A_5-24-2667gav.mp3) ## [Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year A) - 5/17/26](https://noexpertsallowed.podbean.com/e/seventh-sunday-of-easter-year-a-51726/) _2026-05-12 · No Experts Allowed_ In John's Gospel, before Jesus' crucifixion, he prays a long prayer. Sometimes called "The High Priestly Prayer." It is rather meandering, but one theme is that the disciples are one as Jesus and the Father are one. What does that solidarity look like? As federal, state, and even local programs are stripped of funding, what does solidarity that sustains us in the hard times look like? What would… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3ryeicz7f72ijs7p/Easter_7_A_5-17-26aebhv.mp3) ## [Another World: Ascension and Glory](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/another-world-ascension-and-glory) _2026-05-12 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Easter 7 Year A 2026, Acts 1:6-14, John 17:1-7 ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/n1SsmNWbp8xJ) _2026-05-12 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A) - 5/10/26](https://noexpertsallowed.podbean.com/e/sixth-sunday-of-easter/) _2026-05-06 · No Experts Allowed_ Before Jesus leaves, he promises an "advocate." But what is an advocate? How would Jesus' disciples have heard this term? What does it look like to try to block out what we know about the Holy Spirit, or think we know, and hear about this advocate anew? Jonathan and Seth try to do just that. They ask what the role of the Advocate is and what might be the role of people who advocate for others… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fa2uefpbeqqu28be/Easter_6_A_5-10-269b29a.mp3) ## [Another Paraclete: The Strange Spirit of Love](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/another-paraclete-the-strange-spirit) _2026-05-05 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ John 14:15-21 ## [Love Makes a Place to Stay](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/love-makes-a-place-to-stay) _2026-04-28 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Easter 5 2026; John 14:1-14 ## [The Power of the Shepherd](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/the-sheep-and-the-shepherd) _2026-04-21 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Easter 4 Year A 2026; Ps 23, 1 Peter 2:19-25, John 10:1-10 ## [Emmaus: Breaking Bread, Telling Stories](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/emmaus-breaking-bread-telling-stories) _2026-04-14 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Easter 3 2026; Luke 24:13-35 ## [Third Sunday of Easter (Year A) - 4/19/26](https://noexpertsallowed.podbean.com/e/third-sunday-of-easter-year-a-41926/) _2026-04-13 · No Experts Allowed_ Returning from Jerusalem to Emmaus, two of Jesus' disciples talk to a man they do not recognize about the "things that have happened there in these days" (Luke 24:17). When they invite him to stay with them, he breaks bread, and they recognize him as Jesus. It's a story about a transition from doubt to faith, from confusion to action. The other appointed lectionary texts are also about… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5z88kgv3ufwctywc/Easter_3_A_4-19-267qh2v.mp3) ## [Thomas and the Body of Jesus](https://abmcg.substack.com/p/thomas-and-the-body-of-jesus-8eb) _2026-04-07 · Andrew McGowan · Andrew’s Version_ Easter 2 2026; John 20:19-31 ## [Second Sunday of Easter (Year A) - 4/12/26](https://noexpertsallowed.podbean.com/e/second-sunday-of-easter-year-a-41226/) _2026-04-06 · No Experts Allowed_ The Sunday that follows Easter always has the same appointed lectionary text regardless of the liturgical year: "Doubting" Thomas. This year, Jonathan helps us focus on our vulnerabilities, our wounds, both visible and hidden. Jonathan and Seth talk about some of the physical wounds they carry from childhood, but also how naming and revealing our pains or bruises may help others - and even help… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4x9w8w8sndimv5ay/Easter_2_A_4-12-267jcj6.mp3) ## [Easter Sunday (Year A) - 4/5/26](https://noexpertsallowed.podbean.com/e/easter-sunday-year-a-4526/) _2026-03-30 · No Experts Allowed_ Does resurrection feel foreign to you? To Jonathan and Seth, it feels alien right now. It's like it comes from a completely different planet. In a strange way, it does. It comes from outside of us, from a tomb, from God who walks and talks and dies like us. Jesus' resurrection also changes how we should live in community. So, Jonathan and Seth talk about what the Church should look like after this… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7r4wydxtmxp9ip3r/Easter_Sunday_A_4-5-269gd76.mp3) ## [Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday (Year A) - 3/29/26](https://noexpertsallowed.podbean.com/e/sunday-of-the-passionpalm-sunday-year-a-32926/) _2026-03-23 · No Experts Allowed_ As the official name of this Sunday implies, it is meant to hold much of the Jesus Story. It starts triumphantly but ends with Jesus crying out in a loud voice and breathing his last (Matthew 27:50). In most worship services, this turn takes roughly an hour. Jonathan and Seth, constrained by their episode length, try to do it in half that by talking about what links the two stories. Jonathan… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2vv6i8m9g4up7tn7/Palm_Passion_Sunday_A_3-29-2694xqo.mp3) ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QvozF8pl60pr) _2026-03-23 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [Fifth Sunday in Lent (Year A) - 3/22/26](https://noexpertsallowed.podbean.com/e/fifth-sunday-in-lent-year-a-32226/) _2026-03-16 · No Experts Allowed_ Ezekiel is shown a valley of dry bones. They look further away from life than almost anything imaginable. But God tells him that they can live. And of course, they do! Connective tissue appears along with muscles, organs, and flesh. The news reports also show valleys of dry bones. We don't have to travel to see them; they're available for viewing in our living room or on our phones. In an episode… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cjq4if79aciz834h/Lent_5_A_3-22-269x4s9.mp3) ## [Habakkuk 1:1–4; 2:1–4](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/podcast/habakkuk-11-4-21-4-3/) _2025-09-22 · Rev. Rachel Wrenn, PhD; Rosy Kandathil, JD; Paul Essah, MDiv; Tim McNinch, PhD · First Reading_ From the Vault Lectionary Date: October 5, 2025 \[17th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C\] Preaching from Habakkuk this week? Consider these episodes from the First Reading vault: Please take a moment to subscribe to the First Reading YouTube channel , and consider sharing with your networks and social media platforms. Thanks so much! [Listen](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hab-1-2022.mp3) ## [Amos 6:1a, 4–7](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/podcast/amos-61a-4-7-2/) _2025-09-16 · Rev. Rachel Wrenn, PhD; Rosy Kandathil, JD; Paul Essah, MDiv; Tim McNinch, PhD · First Reading_ Party Episode! Lectionary Date: September 28, 2025 \[16th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C\] It's a party episode: all four of us discuss Amos's scathing critique. Please take a moment to subscribe to the First Reading YouTube channel , and consider sharing with your networks and social media platforms. Thanks so much! [Listen](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Amos-6-2025.mp3) ## [Amos 8:4–7](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/podcast/amos-84-7-2/) _2025-09-08 · Rev. Rachel Wrenn, PhD; Rosy Kandathil, JD; Paul Essah, MDiv; Tim McNinch, PhD · First Reading_ God Remembers Lectionary Date: September 21, 2025 \[15th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C\] Paul and Rosy are back for a conversation about economic exploitation—nothing new under the sun! Please take a moment to subscribe to the First Reading YouTube channel , and consider sharing with your networks and social media platforms. Thanks so much! [Listen](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Amos-8-2025.mp3) ## [Exodus 32:7–14](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/podcast/exodus-327-14-2/) _2025-09-01 · Rev. Rachel Wrenn, PhD; Rosy Kandathil, JD; Paul Essah, MDiv; Tim McNinch, PhD · First Reading_ Repentance Lectionary Date: September 14, 2025 \[14th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C\] Rosy and Paul discuss the theme of repentance in all of this week's readings. Please take a moment to subscribe to the First Reading YouTube channel , and consider sharing with your networks and social media platforms. Thanks so much! [Listen](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Exod-32-2025.mp3) ## [Deuteronomy 30:15–20](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/podcast/deuteronomy-3015-20-2/) _2025-08-25 · Rev. Rachel Wrenn, PhD; Rosy Kandathil, JD; Paul Essah, MDiv; Tim McNinch, PhD · First Reading_ Choosing Life Lectionary Date: September 7, 2025 \[13th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C\] Paul puts Moses and Jesus into conversation to discuss what it means to "choose life." Please take a moment to subscribe to the First Reading YouTube channel , and consider sharing with your networks and social media platforms. Thanks so much! [Listen](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Deut-30-2025.mp3) ## [Proverbs 25:6–7](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/podcast/proverbs-256-7-2/) _2025-08-20 · Rev. Rachel Wrenn, PhD; Rosy Kandathil, JD; Paul Essah, MDiv; Tim McNinch, PhD · First Reading_ Genuine Humility Lectionary Date: August 31, 2025 \[12th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C\] What do pride and humility actually look like? Rosy sees a theme in this week's lectionary readings! Please take a moment to subscribe to the First Reading YouTube channel , and consider sharing with your networks and social media platforms. Thanks so much! [Listen](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Prov-25-2025.mp3) ## [Isaiah 58:9b–14](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/podcast/isaiah-589b14-vault/) _2025-08-12 · Rev. Rachel Wrenn, PhD; Rosy Kandathil, JD; Paul Essah, MDiv; Tim McNinch, PhD · First Reading_ From the Vault: God's Call Lectionary Date: August 24, 2025 \[11th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C\] We'll be back with new full episodes starting next week! In the meantime, here's an episode on this week's lectionary text from the First Reading vault! Please take a moment to subscribe to the First Reading YouTube channel , and consider sharing with your networks and social media platforms. Thanks… [Listen](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Isa-58b.mp3) ## [Summer Shorts: Isaiah 5:1–7](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/podcast/summer-shorts-isaiah-51-7/) _2025-08-04 · Rev. Rachel Wrenn, PhD; Rosy Kandathil, JD; Paul Essah, MDiv; Tim McNinch, PhD · First Reading_ A Painful Conversation Lectionary Date: August 17, 2025 \[10th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C\] Paul explores a painful AND hopeful dialogue between Israel and God, in the vineyard metaphor. Please take a moment to subscribe to the First Reading YouTube channel , and consider sharing with your networks and social media platforms. Thanks so much! [Listen](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SS-Isa-5-2025.mp3) ## [Summer Shorts: Genesis 15:1–3](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/podcast/summer-shorts-genesis-151-3/) _2025-07-29 · Rev. Rachel Wrenn, PhD; Rosy Kandathil, JD; Paul Essah, MDiv; Tim McNinch, PhD · First Reading_ Faith that Does No Harm Lectionary Date: August 10, 2025 \[9th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C\] Rosy traces the theme of faith through all of this week's readings. Please take a moment to subscribe to the First Reading YouTube channel , and consider sharing with your networks and social media platforms. Thanks so much! [Listen](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SS-Gen-15-2025.mp3) ## [Summer Shorts: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12–14; 2:18–23](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/podcast/summer-shorts-ecclesiastes-12-12-14-218-23/) _2025-07-21 · Rev. Rachel Wrenn, PhD; Rosy Kandathil, JD; Paul Essah, MDiv; Tim McNinch, PhD · First Reading_ An Invitation to Discernment of Wisdom Lectionary Date: August 3, 2025 \[8th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C\] Tim's turn to point out a tension between Qohelet's wisdom and Jesus's parable. Please take a moment to subscribe to the First Reading YouTube channel , and consider sharing with your networks and social media platforms. Thanks so much! [Listen](https://firstreadingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Qoh-2-2025.mp3)