Diana Butler Bass: Recent Episodes
Diana Butler Bass
A sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5:12-18, preached at Chapman University's Founders Day on March 9, 2024.
An excerpt from a conversation with Jeff Sharlet about his book The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War.
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A sermon on II Thessalonians 1-4, 11-12. River Road Church, Richmond, VA, on the occasion of the church's 75th Anniversary. Rightly directed gratitude shifts the balance of the universe toward love.
A sermon preached by Diana Butler Bass at Annandale United Methodist Church in Annandale, Virginia, on March 13, 2022. The text was Isaiah 45:11-19.
On Sunday, February 27, 2022, I preached at Hyde Park UMC in Tampa, Florida. The text was from Nehemiah!
An excerpt from the Secret Garden conversation with Grace Ji-Sun Kim about her new book, Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian-American Women
A sermon preached by Diana Butler Bass at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow, Idaho, on October 27, 2019. The text was Luke 18:9-14.
A sermon preached at First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, on November 10. The texts were Job 19:23-27 and Luke 20:27-38.
My sermon from Sunday, May 5, at Trinity Grace Church Tribeca in New York City. The text was John 21:1-19.
A sermon preached by Diana Butler Bass on March 28, 2019, at Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tennessee, during its Lenten Preaching Series..
A sermon preached by Diana Butler Bass on March 10, 2019, at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Lansing, Michigan. The text was Luke 4:1-13.
A sermon preached by Diana Butler Bass on April 7, 2019, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Sacramento, California.
A sermon preached by Diana Butler Bass on March 31, 2019, at Commonwealth Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. The text was Luke 15:1-3, 11-32.
A sermon preached by Diana Butler Bass on March 24, 2019, at the Church of the Redeemer, a Lutheran Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The text was Luke 13:1-9.
A sermon preached by Diana Butler Bass on March 17 at The Well, a United Methodist Church, in Rosemount, Minnesota. The text was Matthew 20:1-16 from the Narrative Lectionary.
A sermon preached at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday, March 24, 2019. The texts were Isaiah 55:1-9 and Luke 13:1-9.
A sermon preached by Diana Butler Bass at First Church West Hartford on October 28. 2018. The text was Mark 10:46-52: The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus.
46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” 50 So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51 Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher,[a] let me see again.” 52 Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.
A sermon preached at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 14, 2018.
The text was Mark 10:17-31.
A sermon preached by Diana Butler Bass at Foundry UMC in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2018. Reimagining the story of Zacchaeus.
July 12, 2018 Interfaith Lecture in the Hall of Philosophy at the Chautauqua Institution. Introduced by Bishop Gene Robinson, Vice President of Religion at Chautauqua.
A sermon preached at First Presbyterian Church in Lockport, New York, on November 6, 2016. The text was Haggai 1:15b-2:9. Diana Butler Bass is the author of Grounded: Finding God in the World—A Spiritual Revolution and nine other books.