All Saints Church Pasadena Podcast

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Receiving the Gifts of Epiphany Feb 04, 2022

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"The story of Epiphany is not a conversion story… This is a story of different cultures and faith traditions honoring each other by offering the best of what they have to the other and accepting it with grace and humility. The story does not seek to deny or resolve any of the complexity of a multicultural, multifaith world. To impose a false sense of security through certainty and dominance. The visitors return to their land to continue as they were, and Jesus is left to grow up as he is … and yet what is different is a bond of respect, honor and love. The kind of bond that is the clarion call of beloved community and the death knell of Empires." Sermon by Mike Kinman from worship at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6 and Matthew 2:1-12. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Read the text of the sermon.

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The Love That Won't Let Us Go Feb 04, 2022

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A sermon tribute to the work and witness of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. "This family has no outsiders. Everyone is an insider. All are to be held in the incredible embrace of the love that won't let us go." Sermon by Susan Russell from worship at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: A Reading from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jeremiah 31:7-14 and Matthew 2:1-12. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Read the text of the sermon.

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Moth and Flame Dec 24, 2021

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"We are living in the backlash. And the message of all these backlashes is clear – be afraid. Shut your mouth. Don't name the addictions. Don't speak the truths that liberate. Certainly, don't talk about leading a revolution. Because if you do, we will bring the hurt for you … and we know you are already hurting plenty already. It is an effective strategy. It has been used to keep oppression in place. It has been used to preserve addictive systems for thousands of years. And … we gather on this fourth Sunday of Advent to say … NO MORE."

Sermon by Mike Kinman from worship at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Psalm 80:1-7 and Luke 1:39-55. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Read the text of the sermon.

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Have You Met Joy? Dec 24, 2021

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Meditation by Ava King, Lola Piñon, Josie Hooten and Charis Graham for Advent Evening Service at 5:00 p.m. on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 12, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Watch the meditation on YouTube.

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Guadalupe-Tonantzin Dec 24, 2021

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"Our Lady of Guadalupe, by her dazzling miraculous image, is opening the door to the sacred, and guides us into the Holy mystery. The mystery of the incarnation. She guides us into a God who would enter human life. She is showing us the future. In her womb she is carrying the Messiah, the Christ, the one who will announce the good news to the poor, to proclaim freedom to the captives, to give sight to the blind, and to release the oppressed."

Sermon by Alfredo Feregrino from worship at 11:30 a.m. on Our Lady of Guadalupe Sunday, December 12, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Nican Mopohua and Luke 1:46-55. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Read the text of the sermon.

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The Tightrope of Advent Dec 24, 2021

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"Before we run out of Advent, let us savor every last minute of this time of preparation as we gather to pause in the struggle in order to be re-energized to engage it. And to remind ourselves and each other of the power of the Christmas promise we prepare to celebrate."

Sermon by Susan Russell from worship at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Philippians 4:4-7 and Luke 3:7-18. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Read the text of the sermon.

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There Is Something about the Middle of the Night Dec 10, 2021

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Homily by Mike Kinman from Lessons & Carols at 5:00 p.m. on the Second Sunday of Advent, December 5, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Watch the sermon on YouTube.

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You Are Forgiven. No Matter What. Dec 10, 2021

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"If God's love. If God's grace. If God's forgiveness has to be earned … then we have power over God. By our action or inaction, we can tell God who to love. We can tell God who to forgive. But that's not who God is. God simply loves everyone … there are no books that have to balanced, there is no system that can be gamed. We don't have to earn forgiveness… You. Are. Forgiven."

Sermon by Mike Kinman from worship at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 5, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Canticle 4 and Luke 3:1-6. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Read the text of the sermon here.

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All We Have Is the Present Dec 03, 2021

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"I do not know if you have heard this, but someone once said that worries are like prayers for what you don't want."

Sermon by Alfredo Feregrino from worship at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 28, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Psalm 25:1-9 and Luke 21:25-36. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Read the text of the sermon.

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From Rizpah to Rittenhouse: We Are More or Less the Same ... and the Fighter Still Remains Nov 24, 2021

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"Just as we have moved from enslavement to mass incarceration, we have moved from crucifixion to lynching to extrajudicial executions by police and vigilante enforcement of white supremacy.

After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.

After changes, we are more or less the same.

The court told us what we already knew. The world is not safe if you have black or brown skin. Expect no police officer to spare you. Expect no court to protect you. This is state-sponsored and state-sanctioned terrorism. It has an ancient history. They used it against Armoni, Meshibosheph and Jesus and they are using it today. It's been three thousand years since Rizpah kept her lonely vigil on that hill and bent a king to her will. Her body has long since gone down to the dust … and yet she is the mother of movements and she calls to us still."

Sermon by Mike Kinman from worship at 11:30 a.m. on Reign of Divine Love Sunday, November 21, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: II Kings 24:8, 11-17 and Matthew 27: 11-14, 27-37. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Read the text of the sermon.

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