Between Sundays

Between Sundays... Words for the Beginning - We can't go alone but so often we try. Abby and Amy share thoughts on the personal and wider cultural influences that keep us from seeking what we need from each other and what is lost when we try to go it alone. You can read the interview with Robert Putnam that Abby mentions in today's episode. Abby's sermon is available to view (beginning at 27:40). Connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website.

Between Sundays . . . Words for the Beginning. What is it that we hope and long for in this season of Advent? Abby and Amy share thoughts about human connections and point to the birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, as God's effort to connect ever more fully with humanity and stitch us together. Read the article referenced in their conversation. Connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website.

Between Sundays . . . Words for the Beginning - Abby and Amy mark the start of a new liturgical year and talk about how the church calendar and the start of Advent invite us to reflect on the ways we are changing even as God's love made known in Jesus remains steadfast. Connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website.--

Between Sundays . . . In this encore episode, Abby and Amy talk about memories and traditions and the ways they mark the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.

Between Sundays . . . Amy shares a poem and a story this week. In times when we feel torn apart, the image of quilts offers us a way to think about the ways our Creator is stitching us and all our stories together into something both beautiful and useful. Listen and reflect this week on Crazy Quilt by Jane Wilson Joyce.  Connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website.--

Between Sundays... Christian Faith Life Transitions In the 4th episode of this series, Abby and Amy talk about marriage in the Lutheran tradition. Listen and connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website to share your questions and comments.

Between Sundays... Christian Faith Life Transitions In the 3rd episode of this series, Abby and Amy talk about communion in the Lutheran tradition. Listen and connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website to share your questions and comments.

Between Sundays... Christian Faith Life Transitions In the 2nd episode of this series, Abby and Amy talk about funerals in the Lutheran Tradition. Listen and connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website to share your questions and comments.

Between Sundays... Christian Faith Life Transitions In the 1st episode of this series, Abby and Amy talk about Baptism and Confirmation in the Lutheran Tradition. Listen and connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website to share your questions and comments.

Between Sundays... Be Curious. Ask Questions. In our heightened political climate, Abby and Amy wonder how to remain curious when confronted with viewpoints and positions different from our own. Listen in and let us know if there's a topic or question you'd like to hear us wrestle with on a future episode. Connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website.

Between Sundays... Be Curious. Ask Questions. Abby and Amy get curious about curiosity and questions! In our conversations, how do we embrace curiosity? What questions do we pose that deepen connections? Are we prepared to dive in when the questions of others prompt real thought and vulnerability? Follow the link to view questions that go beyond how was your day? Listen in and let us know if there's a topic or question you'd like to hear us wrestle with on a future episode. Connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website.

Between Sundays... Be Curious. Ask Questions. Abby and Amy get curious about grief. How do we pay attention to it? How do we live with it? What does our faith say about grief? Listen in and let us know if there's a topic or question you'd like to hear us wrestle with on a future episode. Connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website.

Between Sundays . . . Be Curious. Ask Questions. Abby and Amy get curious with Patty Chaffee, Bethlehem's Family Faith Formation Coordinator! Listen in to their discussion. Let us know if there's a topic or question you'd like to hear us wrestle with on a future episode. Connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website.

Between Sundays . . . Be Curious. Ask Questions. Abby and Amy unpack the theme that is shaping their Bethlehem community as we begin the program year. You can read the story of Jesus and a Syrophoenician woman in Mark 7:24-37. Let us know if there's a topic or question you'd like to hear us wrestle with on a future episode. Connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website.

. . . is taking a summer break! Amy shares an update and invites your input as we plan for upcoming episodes. Listen to past episodes and let us know if there's a topic or question you'd like to hear us wrestle with on a future episode. Connect with us through Bethlehem Lutheran Church's website. We will not share a new episode for several weeks.

As our Created to Be sermon series comes to an end, Abby and Amy talk about embodying a life of discipleship through the love we share with our neighbors. Our discipleship is grounded in God's love for us made known through Jesus. We love because God first loves us!

Abby and Amy share reflections on living disruptive lives, even when that doesn't come naturally! In part four of this Created to Be series, we examine how our baptism into Christ calls us to be disruptive of the status quo in service of greater justice on behalf of our siblings and neighbors everywhere.

Leading into Independence Day, Abby and Amy talk about what it means to be free. In part three of this Created to Be series we explore the ways that our freedom is always tied to our neighbor. Read the words from Galatians referenced in today's episode or learn more Martin Luther's explanations of The Ten Commandments in the Small Catechism. --

Abby and Amy talk about "norming" and how that impacts people across all ages and stages of life. In part two of this Created to Be series we explore the ways that we are created as authentic beings and how Jesus calls us (and the world needs us) to let our light shine! Read Paul's words referenced in today's episode.

Abby and Amy talk about what it means to be brave as part of a sermon series preparing youth and adults to attend a National Youth Gathering in New Orleans. Each of the next five weeks will include a conversation on the theme for the week. Read the Bible story referenced in today's episode. View the TedTalk: The Danger of a Single Story.