The Second Sunday of Lent | Rev. Danny Bryant | Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 | Psalm 27 | Romans 10:8b-13 | Luke 13:31-35 | March 16th, 2025 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The First Sunday of Lent | Rev. Danny Bryant | Deuteronomy 26:1-11 | Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 | Romans 10:8b-13 | Luke 4:1-13 | March 9th, 2025 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany | Rev. Danny Bryant | Isaiah 6:1-8 | Psalm 138 | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 | Luke 5:1-11 | February 9th, 2025 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany | Rev. Danny Bryant | Jeremiah 4:1-10 | Psalm 71:1-6 | 1 Corinthians 13 | Luke 4:21-30 | February 2nd, 2025 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany | Rev. Flo Oakes | Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 | Psalm 19 | 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a | Luke 4:14-21 | January 26th, 2025 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany | Rev. Danny Bryant | Isaiah 62:1-4 | Psalm 36 | 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 | John 2:1-11 | January 19th, 2025 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Second Sunday after Christmas | Rev. Danny Bryant | Psalm 147 | Luke 2:22-40 | January 5th, 2025 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

Christmas Eve | Rev. Flo Oakes | Luke 2:1-20 | December 24th, 2024 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Third Sunday of Advent | Zephaniah 3:14-20 | Isaiah 12:2-6 | Philippians 4:4-7 | Luke 3:7-18 | December 15th, 2024 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The First Sunday of Advent | Jeremiah 33:14-16 | Psalm 25 | 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 | Luke 21:25-36 | December 1st, 2024 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

Reign of Christ Sunday | Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 | Psalm 93 | Revelation 1:4-8 | John 18:33-37 | November 24th, 2024 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | 1 Kings 17:8-16 | Psalm 146 | Hebrews 9:24-28 | Mark 12:38-44 | November 10th, 2024 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost | Hebrews 7:23-28 | Psalm 126 | Mark 10:46-52 | October 27th, 2024 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost | Hebrews 5:1-10 | Psalm 104 | Mark 10:35-45 | October 20th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost | Hebrews 4:12-16 | Psalm 90:12-17 | Mark 10:17-31 | October 13th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | James 3:1-12 | Psalm 19 | Mark 8:27-38 | September 15th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | Ephesians 1:3-14 | Psalm 85:8-13 | Mark 6:14-29 | July 14th, 2024 | Rev. Flo Oakes | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 | Psalm 123 | Mark 6:1-13 | July 7thh, 2024 | Rev. Flo Oakes | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 | Psalm 30 | Mark 5:21-43 | June 30th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Corinthians 6:1-13| Psalm 133 | Mark 4:35-41 | June 23rd, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Fourths Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Corinthians 5:6-14 | Psalm 92 | Mark 4:26-34 | June 16th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Third Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 | Psalm 130 | Mark 3:20-35 | June 9th, 2024 | Rev. Mike Gregg | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Second Sunday after Pentecost | 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 | Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 | Mark 2:23-3:6 | June 2nd, 2024 | Fr. Bruce Morrill | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

Trinity Sunday | Romans 8:12-17 | Psalm 29 | John 3:1-17 | May 26th | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Seventh Sunday of Easter | Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 | Psalm 1 | 1 John 5:9-13 | John 17:6-19 | May 12th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

Pentecost | Acts 2:1-12 | Psalm 104:24-34, 35b | John 15:25-27; 16:4b-15 | May 19th, 2024 | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) In this homily, Danny, Flo, and Kelley discuss St. Mary's move from an Anglican church to an ecumenical Eucharistic community.

The Fifth Sunday of Easter | Acts 8:26-40 | Psalm 22:25-31 | 1 John 4:7-21 | John 15:1-8 | April 28th 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings & Resources: My Bright Abyss - Christian Wiman | Sabbath as Resistance - Walter Brueggemann | Addiction and Grace - Gerald May…

The Fourth Sunday of Easter | Acts 4:5-12 | Psalm 23 | 1 John 3:16-24 | John 10:11-18 | April 21st 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings & Resources: Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible - Willie James Jennings | "Native Tongue" - Sara Groves | My Bright Abyss - Christian Wiman | Joy: 100 Poems - Chri…

The Third Sunday of Easter | Acts 3:12-19 | Psalm 4 | 1 John 3:1-7 | Luke 24:36b-48 | April 14th 2024 | Rev. Bruce Morrill | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

In this Common Conversation from March 28th, we discuss how grief & loss show up in our lives, what meaning we encounter in the stories of our faith & the natural world, and how we can accompany & support one another as we grieve. Our panelists include Rev. Flo Oakes, children’s pastor at St. Mary’s, and Meg Wade, poet and interfaith chaplain at La…

The Second Sunday of Easter | Acts 4:32-35 | Psalm 133 | 1 John 1:1-2:2 | John 20:19-31 | April 7th 2024 | Rev. Danny Byrant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings & Resources: The Whole Language: the Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Gregory Boyle | Christian Life: an Adventure in Love - Ilia Delio…

Easter | Isaiah 25:6-9 | Psalm 118 | Acts 10:34-43 | John 20:1-18 | March 31st, 2024 | Rev. Danny Byrant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Fifth Sunday in Lent | Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Psalm 119:9-16 | Hebrews 5:5-10 | John 12:20-33 | March 17th, 2024 | Rev. Flo Oakes | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Third Sunday in Lent | Exodus 20:1-17 | Psalm 19 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 | John 2:13-22 | March 3rd, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Second Sunday in Lent | Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 | Psalm 22:23-31 | Romans 4:13-25 | Mark 8:31-38 | February 25th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The First Sunday in Lent | Genesis 9:8-17 | Psalm 25:1-10 | 1 Peter 3:18-22 | Mark 1:9-15 | February 18th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 40:21-31 | Psalm 147:1-12 | 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 | Mark 1:29-39 | February 4th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany | Deuteronomy 18:15-20 | Psalm 111 | 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 | Mark 1:21-28 | January 28th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany | 1 Samuel 3:1-10 | Psalm 139 | 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20 | M John 1:43-51 | January 14th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings & Resources: Prayer and Modern Man - Jacques Ellul | "How to Be a Poet" - Wendell Berry

The First Sunday after the Epiphany | Genesis 1:1-5 | Psalm 29 | Acts 19:1-7 | Mark 1:4-11 | January 7th, 2024 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

Christmas Eve | The Magnificat | Luke 2:1-20 | December 24th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

The Third Sunday of Advent | Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 | Psalm 126 | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 | John 1:6-8, 19-28 | December 17th, 2023 | Rev. Flo Oakes | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: "The Cure for Sorrow" - Jan Richardson

This is a recording of a recent Order of Bethany Info Meeting. St. Mary’s offers a way of membership in the community called the Order of Bethany and is open to anyone who desires to live this way of life together. The vows for the order are vows of fidelity, hospitality, solidarity, and levity, and grow from the lives of the saints in Bethany: Mar…

Last year, St. Mary's hosted a Common Conversation on Advent, Soul Care, and Economic Justice with Dr. Bruce Rogers-Vaughn and Fr. Bruce Morrill. This follow up discussion centers on neoliberalism and theology, and how, through community, we might resist the systems that create myriad inequalities. You can watch the video here.…

The Second Sunday of Advent | Isaiah 40:1-11 | Psalm 85 | 2 Peter 3:8-15a | Mark 1:1-8 | December 10th, 2023 | Rev. Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: "Commentary on Isaiah 40:11" from Working Preacher - Dr. Anathea Portier-Young | Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 1 - ed. David Bartlett, Barbara Br…

Common Conversation: BMHCR Thursday, December 7th at Glendale Baptist Church This conversation features Dr. Layla Bonner, Dr. DeAndrea Witherspoon Nash, and Rev. Dr. Danny Bryant, founders of the Black Mental Health Counselor Reparations Foundation (BMHCR). They discuss the vision and mission of the foundation, the future work we hope to do, and ho…

The First Sunday of Advent | Isaiah 64:1-9 | Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 | 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 | Mark 12:24-38 | December 3rd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Christophany - Raimon Panikkar | Fidelity - Wendell Berry | Into the Silent Land - Martin Laird | St. Francis of Assisi | G.K. Chesterton…

The Ordination of Flo Paris Oakes | Isaiah 6:1-8 | Psalm 121 | Philippians 4:4-9 | John 10:11-18 | November 12th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)

This is part of a series of follow-up talks from our Common Conversation back in August about Faith in Nashville. You can listen to that here. In this podcast, Danny Bryant and Anna Caudill discuss questions around salvation and politics, particularly as they relate to disability theology.

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost | Deuteronomy 23:1-12 | Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 | Matthew 22:34-46 | October 29th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) Readings and Resources: Crisis Contemplation - Barbara Holmes | Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age - Bruce Rogers Vaughn | Daily Praye…