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This week's sermon

"The Cost of Unity: A Broken Heart"
preached by Dent Davidson, Associate for Liturgical Arts
(7 Easter, May 4, 2008)

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This week's forum

"Conflict Transformation (Part 2 of 2)"
presented by the Rev. Steve Best, Associate for Couples & Family Life
(May 4)

read: PDF file of Powerpoint slides

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Liturgical Year 2007-08

Easter

Coming Home to Love read podcast 4/27/08 the Rev. Dr. Jane Maynard
Forum: Conflict Transformation (Part 1 of 2)   podcast 4/27/08 the Rev. Steve Best
The End Is Just the Beginning read podcast 4/20/08 the Rev. Dr. Jane Maynard
Forum: God Does Not Want Us to Leave a Mess   podcast 4/20/08 Tim Burkart of Garvey/Schubert
Lacking Nothing read podcast 4/13/08 the Rev. Hollis Williams
Stay with Us   podcast 4/6/08 the Rev. Dennis Andersen
Forum: What's Next for St. Thomas Church? Powerpoint slides
(in PDF form)
podcast 4/6/08 Andrea Sato Borgmann
Doubt read podcast 3/30/08 the Rev. Canon Robert Hayman
Forum: Who Was St. Thomas?   podcast 3/30/08 Josh Hosler
Away with These Stones! On with New Clothes! read podcast 3/23/08 [Easter Day] the Rev. Hollis Williams
Easter Proclamation of John of Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, ca. A.D. 400 read podcast 3/22/08 [Easter Vigil] Josh Hosler

Holy Week

Crosses   podcast 3/21/08 [Good Friday] Shirley Deffenbaugh
A Parable in Action   podcast 3/20/08 [Maundy Thursday] Deacon Kathryn Ballinger
Entering a Burning Building   podcast 3/16/08 [Palm Sunday] John Gallagher
Building God's Kingdom: Discovering Our Spiritual Gifts (Sunday Forum, Part 6 of 6) notes from forum podcast 3/16/08 the Rev. Hollis Williams

Lent

When Kairos Meets Chronos read podcast 3/9/08 the Rev. Steve Best
Building God's Kingdom: Discovering Our Spiritual Gifts (Sunday Forum, Part 5 of 6) notes from forum podcast 3/9/08 Cindy Holeman & Joseph Murashie
Seeing   podcast 3/2/08 the Rev. Ralph Carskadden
Building God's Kingdom: Discovering Our Spiritual Gifts (Sunday Forum, Part 4 of 6) photos from forum/

notes from forum
podcast 3/2/08 Josh Hosler
High Noon at the Well read  podcast 2/24/08 the Rev. Hollis Williams
Believing In read podcast 2/17/08 Josh Hosler
Building God's Kingdom: Discovering Our Spiritual Gifts (Sunday Forum, Part 2 of 6)   podcast 2/17/08 Tom Cashman
The Mark on Your Face   podcast 2/10/08 the Rev. Andrea Stockburger
Building God's Kingdom: Discovering Our Spiritual Gifts (Sunday Forum, Part 1 of 6)  handouts from forum  / notes from forum (PDF files) podcast 2/10/08 Aileen Loranger
Your Lenten Ice Cream Cone   podcast 2/6/08 [Ash Wednesday] the Rev. Hollis Williams

Epiphany

The Reason for All This [Choral Evensong, St. James Cathedral, Chicago] read podcast 2/3/08 the Rt. Rev. Jeff Lee
Mountaintop Epiphany   podcast 2/3/08 Deacon Kathryn Ballinger
The Consecration of the Rt. Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee [Diocese of Chicago] read

read program
podcast 2/2/08 Josh Hosler
To Bear the Beams of Love read podcast 1/27/08 Josh Hosler
What's Next for St. Thomas? follow along: slides from presentation podcast 1/27/08 St. Thomas Wardens
God's Politics read podcast 1/20/08 the Rev. Steve Best
From Sect to Religion: The Rise of Christianity (Part 3 of 3: Early Christians' Views on Who's In, Who's Out and Who Says)   podcast  1/20/08 Dr. Philip Ballinger
You Are Beloved read podcast 1/13/08 the Rev. Hollis Williams
From Sect to Religion: The Rise of Christianity (Part 2 of 3: Early Christians as the Romans Saw Them) [Sunday forum] link and learn: Ancient anti-Christian graffiti / Epistle to Diognetus podcast 1/13/08 Dr. Philip Ballinger
Braising Jeffrey: How We Created a Bishop When We Were Just Trying to Practice the Hospitality of God [special farewell program] read program podcast 1/6/08 St. Thomas Episcopal Church
The Most Important Thing read podcast 1/6/08 the Rev. Jeff Lee
From Sect to Religion: The Rise of Christianity (Part 1 of 3: Strange Stories about the Rise of Christianity) [Sunday forum]
link and learn: The Rise of Christianity by Rodney Stark podcast 1/6/08 Dr. Philip Ballinger

Christmas

Shocking read podcast 12/30/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
The Message read   12/25/07 the Rev. Canon Robert Hayman
Everybody Gets to Be Mary read podcast 12/24/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee

Advent

Is This Really My Life? read podcast 12/23/07 Josh Hosler
The Family Table   podcast 12/19/07 John Gallagher, Ministry Intern
Dreaming read podcast 12/16/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
The Gift Nobody Wants read podcast 12/9/07 the Rev. Steve Best
No Room at the Inn: Homelessness on the Eastside (2 of 2): Sunday Forum   podcast 12/9/07 Joe Ingram, Claudia Ballheim & Andrea Sato Borgmann
Stay Awake read podcast 12/2/07 Deacon Mary Shehane
No Room at the Inn: Homelessness on the Eastside (1 of 2): Sunday Forum link and learn: video shown at forum podcast 12/2/07 Bill Block & Steve Roberts

Liturgical Year 2006-07

Ordinary Time (following Pentecost)

Walk in Love   podcast 12/1/07, World AIDS Day the Rev. Terry Kyllo, Celebration Lutheran, Anacortes, WA
A King Between Thieves read podcast 11/25/07 the Rev. Canon Robert Hayman
Picking Up Stones read podcast 11/18/07 John Gallagher
Mission to Seafarers   podcast 11/18/07 Charlie Hubbard
Imagine read podcast 11/11/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
A Bishop for Chicago   podcast 11/11/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee & the Rt. Rev. Nedi Rivera
Joining Worlds read podcast 11/4/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
Christian Perspectives on Immigration (3 of 3)   podcast 11/4/07 Dianne Aid/ Michael Ramos
A Humble Faithfulness read podcast 10/28/07 the Rev. Steve Best
Christian Perspectives on Immigration (2 of 3)   podcast 10/28/07 Dianne Aid/ Alfredo Feregrino/ Guests
Will God Find Faith on Earth? read podcast 10/21/07 the Rev. Steve Best
Christian Perspectives on Immigration (1 of 3) link and learn: American Immigration Lawyers Association podcast 10/21/07 Dianne Aid and Alfredo Feregrino
Security System God read   10/14/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
No Faith Required read podcast 10/7/07 Josh Hosler
Building Bridges to Peace (3 of 3) [Sunday forum]   podcast 10/7/07 Mary Pneuman, Ahmed Al-Noubani, Ziad Zaghrout
Really Real read podcast 9/30/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
Building Bridges to Peace (2 of 3) [Sunday forum]   podcast 9/30/07 Rainer Waldman Adkins;
Rainer's handout from the forum (Word doc);
The video Rainer presented (YouTube)
Faithful in Much   podcast 9/23/07 Brian Sellers-Petersen of Episcopal Relief & Development
Building Bridges to Peace (1 of 3) [Sunday forum]   podcast 9/23/07 Fred and Mary Pneuman
Lost and Found God read podcast 9/16/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
St. Thomas Building Committee [Sunday forum]   podcast 9/16/07 Building Committee
Beautiful Problem read   9/9/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
Kickoff Sunday [Sunday forum]   podcast 9/9/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
Sit Down read podcast 9/2/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
Rules and Relationships read link and learn: Wikipedia entry on Shabbat 8/26/07 Josh Hosler
Boredom in Church   podcast 8/12/07 the Rev. Canon Robert Hayman
On This Holy Mountain We Pray read podcast 8/5/07 the Rev. Steve Best
Careful What You Pray For link and learn: The Aramaic Prayer of Jesus by Mark Hathaway podcast 7/29/07 Dent Davidson
Laughter read   7/22/07 the Rev. Hollis Williams
Inspired read podcast 7/15/07 Josh Hosler
It's Not About You   podcast 7/8/07 the Rev. Rebecca McClain
Setting the Stage read podcast 7/1/07 Dent Davidson
The Scapegoat read podcast 6/24/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
Our Father read podcast 6/17/07 Josh Hosler
Authentic Compassion read podcast 6/10/07 the Rev. Steve Best
Metaphors of the Trinity   podcast 6/3/07 the Rev. J.R. Lander

Pentecost

God Is Great (Most of the Time) read   5/27/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee

Easter

Novena read podcast 5/20/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
A New Diocesan Bishop [Sunday Forum]   podcast 5/20/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
There's No Place Like Home   podcast 5/13/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
Cheyenne Spirituality and Tradition [Sunday Forum]   podcast 5/13/07 Andrew E. Masich
Behold! I Make All Things New read podcast 5/6/07 the Rev. Steve Best
What's a Bishop Got to Do with It? read podcast 4/29/07 the Rev. Steve Best
Crisis of Authority: From Henry VIII and His Six Wives to Katharine Jefferts Schori (Part 2) [Sunday Forum]   podcast 4/29/07 the Rev. Robert Hayman
Standing with the Lamb read podcast 4/22/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
Crisis of Authority: From Henry VIII and His Six Wives to Katharine Jefferts Schori (Part 1) [Sunday Forum]   podcast 4/22/07 the Rev. Robert Hayman
Believing Is Seeing read podcast 4/15/07 Josh Hosler
Not Like This read podcast 4/8/07 (Easter Sunday) the Rev. Jeff Lee

The Triduum (The Three Great Days)

John Chrysostom’s Easter Sermon and Proclamation of Easter   podcast 4/7/07 (Easter Vigil) the Rev. Jeff Lee
The Litany of Saints   podcast 4/7/07 (Easter Vigil) musical setting by Dent Davidson
A Parable in Action   podcast 4/5/07 (Maundy Thursday) Deacon Kathryn Ballinger

Lent

Having It Made read podcast 4/1/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
Passionate Extravagance read podcast 3/25/07 the Rev. Robert Hayman
Free Love read podcast 3/18/07 the Rev. Jeff Lee
Making Room for God (Part 4): Making Room for God's Creation [Sunday Forum]   podcast 3/18/07 Loretta Jancoski
Manure That Transforms read