...and this love births love. Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the “one-way love of God for suffering sinners like you and me…”
Jun 18, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 16
It's Ordinary Time - the Second Sunday After Pentecost - but this morning's lesson from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans is anything but ordinary. Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the most revolutionary letter the world has ever known…
Jun 11, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In Apple TV’s “Physical,” Sheila Rubin believes that she needs to look great to matter. In the show, we’re let in on her inner dialogue which consists of nitpicking different aspects of her body. Her negative self-talk motivates her to diet and exercise, but it also results in compulsive behavior, an eating disorder, and unending body shaming of those around her. By the end of season one, she’s successful, but it’s come at great cost. She’s fit, but she’s pushed away everyone she’s ever loved. T...
Jun 04, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Pentecost is important because it is the beginning of the reversal of Babel. On this day, the confusion of tongues was undone. The “dividing wall of hostility” between people of every nation was torn down. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit opened our closed lips. What Abraham had been called to do, the Spirit of Jesus accomplished. The “ministry of reconciliation” had begun. And as we’ll see as we work our way through the book of Acts, this event was the catalyst for the way of eternal life to b...
May 28, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 13
"This is eternal life, that they may know you...” Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on what will satisfy our insatiable souls…
May 21, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 12
The good news of the gospel and our Gospel lesson is that God's love is a warm blanket and "a bracing consolation.” Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the love that will not let us go…
May 14, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Is Jesus' saying, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me," about who is and isn't going to heaven, or is it a word of comfort and a promise to those troubled that in leaving them he might be abandoning them? Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s take here…
May 07, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 10
It's “Good Shepherd Sunday.” However, the Gospel lesson this year highlights a different saying of Jesus: “I am the gate” “The “gate?", you ask. "Is this passage about keeping people out?" No, says Rev. Ben DeHart. When Jesus calls himself “the gate” he's not about keeping out those who want in, but protecting the vulnerable from predators...
Apr 30, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 9
And yet, how often have I been unable to read the signs that in hindsight were all around? Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on Jesus and the disciples’ Road to Emmaus…
Apr 23, 2023•10 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The disciples were locked away in fear, and, despite everything, Jesus didn't come to shame them, or condemn them, but to say "Peace be with you." (3 times!) Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the “Peace that passes all understanding…”
Apr 16, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The story of the Exodus and the Resurrection of Jesus are not static events locked away in the past. God’s way with his people in each and every generation is to make a way out of no way. Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s Easter Sunday sermon…
Apr 09, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In the movie "Saving Private Ryan," Tom Hanks' character tells Ryan to earn his sacrifice. Our Lord said something very different. Listen to Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the most solemn but efficacious day of the Christian year…
Apr 07, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Much like Holy Communion, the foot washing story is first and foremost a picture of the passion of the Christ. Listen to Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon to kick off the Triduum…
Apr 07, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 4
What does "Whiplash Sunday" teach us about human nature? What does “Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday” tell us about God? Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s take…
Apr 02, 2023•10 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The Rev. Ben DeHart's first sermon at St. John's, Park Slope. (The service went so well!)
Mar 26, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Check out this sample of the Rev. Ben DeHart's preaching from his days serving as the Canon for Parish Life at the Cathedral Church of the Advent…
Mar 19, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
