St. James's Cambridge: Recent Episodes
St. James's Episcopal Church
John and Judy Gay have moved to Athens, GA to live with family. They send this message to the St. James's community.
Rev. Matt preaches on "the world" in the Gospel of John in a time of separation and division.
Rev. Matt, on a day in his neighborhood when everyone seemed to want to prune their grass with their lawnmowers, preaches on Jesus's language of pruning in the Gospel of John.
This is a re-broadcast of Rev. Matt's interview with St. James's leader Eric Maynard from the summer of 2020.
Rev. Matt reflects on ways to engage with the Palm Sunday story of Jesus's passion and death.
Rev. Julia reflects on the resurrection intimations in the readings for the fifth Sunday of Lent in poetry.
The Rev. Leslie Sterling preaches about Bishop Barbara Harris, one year removed from her death, passing on into God's greater glory.
This week, Rev. Matt interviews St. James's Priest Associate Bob Massie. The interview focused on Bob's relationship with and learnings from famous spiritual author Henri Nouwen.
This week St. James's welcomes guest preacher, the Rev. Cathy Ventakesh, from Bethany House of Prayer in Arlington on spiritual practices and the Gospel.
"God is a sunny day." "Ash Wednesday is chocolate cake." Rev. Matt interviews St. James's Junior Warden Alice Killian.
Coming to St. James's from Burundi, Jodi Mikalachki interviews Sr. Josélyne Harushimana, Sister of Saint Dorothy of Education.
Senior Warden Lauren Rigsby preaches on the life of St. James's parish on the Sunday of the Annual Meeting.
JT Minor, St. James's Helping Hand Food Pantry Coordinator, preaches on the power of moments of feeding and hospitality.
Rev. Matt reflects on how God acts and continues to act in history in light of the mob assault on the US Capitol on January 6.
The Rev. Jon Eden, Associate at Christ Church Cambridge, preaches on how the apocalyptic imagery of Advent seems so apt in the year 2020.
Rev. Matt reflects on the feast of the Reign of Christ on the famous "As you have done unto the least of these" passage from Matthew 25, as well as stewardship and giving.
Rev. Matt preaches on the reality of racism in America and some way the Scriptures and Christian tradition offer avenues for hope.
This week Rev. Julia interviews St. James's Office Manager. They discuss, in part, being "recovering fundamentalists."
For this All Saints Day sermon, St. James's leaders Michelle Holmes, Becky Bjork, and Steve Clark share about a saint from their lives.
This week, Alice interviews Assistant Treasurer John Irvine and his wife Shariann Lewitt. They share about their lives, spiritual experiences, episodes of atheism, being an interfaith couple, and more!
Rev. Matt interviews St. James's current Senior Warden and Hospital Chaplain- Lauren Rigsby
Rev. Matt interviews St. James's leader Sarah Forrester hearing about her life growing up in Kenya, her faith, her sewing, and her optimism for the future of the church and the country.
Intro music by Jeff Zinsmeyer
The Rev. Bob Massie preaches on what St. Francis can show us about living as followers of Jesus.
This week Rev. Julia interviews Anne Shumway about her life, faith, and history of activism.
Thanks also to Jeff Zinsmeyer for providing us our new intro music.
Rev. Julia and Alice discuss how we can support and pastor each other during these hard days.
Music: "Circuits" by Harrison Amer
The third and final podcast of Alice Killian's interview with Barbara Pilgrim. Barbara shares about her experience growing up as an African-American in the Mississippi Delta.
Here we continue our interview with Barbara Pilgrim. Please note this podcast includes adult content including violence and depictions of racism including discussion of threatened lynching and use of the slur "n-word."
Alice Killian and Rev. Julia share their memories of their returns to school in their childhoods.
This week is part one of Alice Killian's interview Barbara Pilgrim. Barbara is an African-American woman and she shares powerful stories of growing up in the Mississippi Delta. Please note this podcast includes adult content including physical and sexual violence, and depictions of racism including use of the slur "n-word."
Rev. Matt preaches reflecting on challenges to and blessings of forgiveness. (Matthew 18:21-35)
Rev. Matt interviews Susan Dowds. Susan shares about her life growing up in Oklahoma and Delaware, her concerns for our world, and about her hope in the Light.
This week, Rev. Julia interviewed Rev. Michele Torres. Michele is a long-time member of St. James's, a Sunday School teacher, and a hospital chaplain.
Rev. Matt interviews long-time St. James's leader Eric Maynard. We hear about his grandfather in Barbados, experiences of racism at St. James's, and his faith/struggles with faith.
Rev. Matt Stewart offers a reflection on hope and survival from Baruch in Jeremiah 45:1-5.