Podcast: 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:

Habakkuk 1:1–4; 2:1–4

Habakkuk 1:1–4; 2:1–4

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.”

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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