Sisters of the Same Heart In this episode, Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen explores the timeless story of Mary and Martha — and invites us to challenge the old divide between rest and work. With honesty, warmth, and real-life stories, this message speaks to anyone feeling stretched thin or longing for deeper connection. You’ll hear how stillness is not weakness, but the sacred space where God meets us, renews us, and empowers us for the road ahead. Whether you’re a Martha in overdrive or a Mary aching ...
Jul 20, 2025•12 min•Ep. 212
What keeps us from being a neighbor? Is it fear? Hurry? Bias? In this powerful episode, Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen uncovers the hidden pulls that keep us from compassion — and reveals the radical grace that meets us when we’re the ones in the ditch. Hear unforgettable stories of unexpected heroes, surprising mercy, and a gospel that promises: you are seen, you are loved, and you are lifted to new life.
Jul 16, 2025
“Sometimes, peace isn’t a feeling — it’s a decision. It’s what we choose to hold onto when respect gives way to resentment, when the people we once stood beside become distant. Even if you can’t fix the world — you can still be faithful in it. And that may be the truest peace of all.”
Jul 06, 2025•13 min•Ep. 210
Jesus sets his face toward Jerusalem—and everything changes. The road ahead is urgent. Costly. No time for goodbyes. No room for looking back. It sounds harsh—until we realize: he’s not raising the bar. He’s telling the truth about how hard it already is. Because when love is urgent, we don’t wait. Jesus walked into suffering—not to prove a point, but to pour out grace. And now he calls us forward. Not in our strength, but in his.
Jul 01, 2025
In this Pentecost sermon, Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen contrasts the grasping pride of Babel with the outpouring grace of Pentecost. Where Babel was about reaching upward to make a name, Pentecost is about opening outward to make space for the Spirit. Through vivid storytelling—from a dusty plain in Shinar to a peeling church porch in Kansas—Pridgen shows that the Holy Spirit doesn’t rush into towers of power, but into places of humility, hospitality, and hope. She weaves together scripture, small-t...
Jul 01, 2025•13 min•Ep. 208
Join Dr. Alix Pridgen as she unravels "God's Strange Math: 1 + 1 + 1 = One." Through captivating stories and biblical insights, this sermon challenges us to embrace unity that transforms and reconciles. Texts: Acts 16 and John 17:20-26
Jun 03, 2025•13 min•Ep. 207
Sermon based on Acts 10
May 20, 2025•13 min•Ep. 206
In this powerful Easter message, The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen invites us to consider what burdens we carry—grief, regret, fear, doubt—and reminds us that the resurrection of Jesus brings more than celebration; it brings release. Through Scripture, story, and honest reflection, we’re led to see how the risen Christ meets us in our heaviest moments, offering forgiveness, freedom, and new life. The tomb is empty, and love has the last word. Step into the light of Easter with resurrection confidence...
Apr 21, 2025•14 min•Ep. 205
TEXT: John 12:1-8
Apr 08, 2025•16 min•Ep. 204
TEXT: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Jesus tells the story often called “The Prodigal Son.” The essence of holiness is loving God with one’s whole heart, soul, mind and strength, and loving one's neighbor as oneself. When we don’t love God with all that we are, and when we don’t treat one another with love, there will be pain and sadness, but our loving God is at work to reconcile us.
Apr 08, 2025•20 min•Ep. 203
Current events, disasters, and signs of hope.
Apr 08, 2025•9 min•Ep. 202
Second Sunday in Lent, year C Text: Luke 13 Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem.
Apr 08, 2025•17 min•Ep. 201
First Sunday in Lent, year C Text: Luke 4:1-13
Apr 08, 2025•8 min•Ep. 200
Sermon delivered March 1, 2025, Transfiguration Sunday Text: Luke 9:28-36
Mar 05, 2025
Sermon delivered Feb. 23, 2025 Epiphany 7C Text: Luke How can we maintain our dignity and sense of self… in the face of bullying and mistreatment… when you cannot run away and fighting back is not an option? Jesus says we can take charge of our story and give the unexpected response.
Mar 05, 2025•15 min•Ep. 198
Sermon delivered on Feb. 16, 2025 Luke 4:14-21 If we want to see God’s work in the world… if we want to see God’s miracles in life… We have only to look in the places where nobody else is looking… and at the people nobody else respects. There we will see him -- God’s messiah – coming with power – for us– Just as God did in Nazareth....
Feb 20, 2025•11 min•Ep. 197
Sermon on John 2:1-12 where Jesus turns water into wine.
Jan 20, 2025•16 min•Ep. 196
Mark 12:28-34
Nov 03, 2024•15 min•Ep. 195
REFORMATION DAY Proper 25B The healing of Bartimaeus and the story of Malala Yousufzai.
Oct 27, 2024•20 min•Ep. 194
Sermon on Mark 7:24-37
Sep 10, 2024•12 min•Ep. 193
Sermon on James 1:17-27
Sep 10, 2024•13 min•Ep. 192
Sermon on Joshua 24:1-25 . Joshua challenges us to choose the god we will serve.
Aug 29, 2024•16 min•Ep. 191
Sermon on Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words...
Aug 29, 2024•14 min•Ep. 190
Amos 7:7-15 Amos receives a prophecy from God and reports to the temple leader and king, but his words are rejected. Mark 16:18-49 John, the baptizer, criticizes Herod Antipas’ marriage to his Herod’s brother’s wife, Herodius and winds up beheaded.
Jul 17, 2024•15 min•Ep. 189
Sermon on the call of Samuel (I Samuel chapter 3) — Speaking Truth to power.
Jun 04, 2024•22 min•Ep. 188
God's love, mercy and forgiveness transforms and heals us. Share the good news!
Apr 02, 2024•14 min•Ep. 187
Mark 1:29-39
Feb 05, 2024•13 min•Ep. 186
Mark 1:21-28 Jesus casts out a demon from a man in a synagogue. We have our own “demons” and Jesus will cast those out, too.
Feb 05, 2024•16 min•Ep. 185
Luke 8:1-3 Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, 2 as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 3 and Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources. (NRS)
Feb 05, 2024•15 min•Ep. 184
Mark 1:14-20
Jan 19, 2024•16 min•Ep. 183
