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12/12/2025

In this week’s Day1 Classics sermon, Rev. Dr. Edmund Steimle offers a beautiful Advent reminder:

"If we're even half serious about Christmas, we know it's not the destination, it's the promise of new life, new horizons, new beginnings. Because God does not settle down as a child in a manger."

What new beginning might God be opening for you this Advent season?

Listen to the full episode at https://day1.fm/4212

12/11/2025

Rev. Dr. Tom Long reflects on Edmund Steimle’s Advent preaching and the “atheistic anxiety” that emerges when we try to fill God’s silence with our own certainty.

Read the full reflection and transcript:
https://day1.fm/4212b

12/10/2025

As we approach the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Rev. Dr. Edmund Steimle reminds us that Christmas is not the destination but the beginning of God’s new road into hope and courage.

We encourage you to listen to this week's episode of "Day1 Classics," and ask yourself: how is God inviting me to step onto a new path this Advent season?

Hear here >>> https://day1.fm/4212

12/09/2025

This week on the Day1 Radio Show and Podcast, a new episode of "Day1 Classics!"

We're excited revisit a powerful Advent sermon from the late Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Steimle of the Lutheran Theological Seminary (now United Lutheran Seminary and Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

In 1970, Steimle preached "High Road in the Wilderness," on what was then called "The Protestant Hour." In this timeless sermon he turns to Isaiah 40:1–5 to explore how God meets us in seasons of silence, uncertainty, and longing.

Steimle invitation for us to reconsider Christmas not as a destination, but as a point of departure toward hope, courage, and a deeper trust in God's presence, is still as relevant as it ever has been.

We encourage you to listen to Episode 4212 >>> https://day1.fm/4212

12/08/2025

PREACHERS AND TEACHERS — As you prepare to preach and teach this week, explore these exclusive Day1 sermons and reflections to bring new depth and insight to your ministry.

LITURGICAL DATE: Third Sunday of Advent - Year A
CALENDAR DATE: Sunday, December 14, 2025

PS: Each Monday at 7am, a new sermon resource from Frederick Buechner is posted here:
https://www.frederickbuechner.com/weeklysermonillustrations

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ISAIAH 35:1-10
🔗 Talitha Arnold: And the Desert Shall Bloom – The Rev. Talitha Arnold
https://day1.org/weekly-broadcast/6352b1c76615fb222f0000a4/talitha-arnold-and-the-desert-shall-bloom

🔗 Salvation in a Heartbeat – The Rev. Patti Davis
https://day1.org/weekly-broadcast/5d9b820ef71918cdf2002640/salvation_in_a_heartbeat

🔗 The Chaotic Joy of a Flash Mob: Do You Hear What I Hear? – Bishop Kenneth Carter
https://day1.org/articles/5d9b820ef71918cdf2002c80/the_chaotic_joy_of_a_flash_mob_do_you_hear_what_i_hear

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PSALM 146:5-10 or LUKE 1:46b-55
🔗 ON Scripture-The Bible: Happy are Those Whose Help is the God of Jesse (Psalm 146:5-10) – Lisa Nichols Hickman
https://day1.org/articles/5d9b820ef71918cdf20037d5/on_scripturethe_bible_happy_are_those_whose_help_is_the_god_of_jesse_psalm_146510_by_lisa_nichols_hickman

🔗 Shawnthea Monroe: Present Perfect – The Rev. Dr. Shawnthea Monroe
https://day1.org/weekly-broadcast/5d9b820ef71918cdf2003fbc/shawnthea_monroe_present_perfect

🔗 Dock Hollingsworth: "Low Estate" Is Not a Charleston Plantation – The Rev. Dr. Dock Hollingsworth
https://day1.org/weekly-broadcast/61ae179d6615fba0f100007f/dock-hollingsworth-low-estate-is-not-a-charleston-plantation

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JAMES 5:7-10
🔗 Frederick Buechner’s Weekly Sermon Illustration: Advent 3: Be Patient – The Rev. Frederick Buechner
https://day1.org/articles/5de68c066615fb2a8700001f/frederick-buechners-weekly-sermon-illustration-advent-3-be-patient

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MATTHEW 11:2-11
🔗 Dr. Fred Craddock on Advent, Part 3: No Wind, No Fire and God – The Rev. Dr. Fred Craddock
https://day1.org/audio/5d9b820ef71918cdf2002b35/dr_fred_craddock_on_advent_part_3_no_wind_no_fire_and_god

🔗 Are You the One Who Is To Come? – The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler
https://day1.org/weekly-broadcast/5d9b820ef71918cdf2002675/are_you_the_one_who_is_to_come

🔗 What’s the Plan? – The Rev. Daniel P. Matthews, Jr.
https://day1.org/weekly-broadcast/5d9b820ef71918cdf2002b99/whats_the_plan

🔗 What Do We Expect Jesus to Do? – The Rev. Duane Steele
https://day1.org/weekly-broadcast/5d9b820ef71918cdf2002497/what_do_we_expect_jesus_to_do

🔗 Looking for Christmas? – The Rev. Maxwell Grant
https://day1.org/weekly-broadcast/5d9b820ef71918cdf200379b/looking_for_christmas

🔗 Bishop Brian Cole: The Gift of Doubt – The Rt. Rev. Brian L. Cole
https://day1.org/weekly-broadcast/5de917456615fbba28000035/bishop-brian-cole-the-gift-of-doubt

🔗 Bishop Michael Curry: Advent 3—Salvation: Not for Sale – The Most Rev. Michael Curry
https://day1.org/articles/5d9b820ef71918cdf2003fe2/bishop_michael_curry_advent_3salvation_not_for_sale

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Let these Advent reflections deepen your preparation and strengthen your proclamation. Share them with colleagues and reflect together:

What signs of hope are you proclaiming in your community this Advent season?

12/07/2025

Good morning! The Day1 Radio Show is on the air today across the country. This week, Dr. Diana Butler Bass invites us into "The Fullness of Time" and the sacred hope of Advent.

If you miss the radio broadcast, you can stream the episode here on YouTube and hear even more on the Day1 Weekly Podcast.

Listen now: https://youtu.be/5WanxZWuQ4Y

Episode 4211 features Dr. Diana Butler Bass, award-winning author, speaker, and independent scholar. Her sermon, "The Fullness of Time," draws from Isaiah 11...

12/06/2025

“There is another calendar… a different kind of calendar that we could live in.”

Dr. Diana Butler Bass reflects on the Christian year in this week’s Day1 interview.

Listen to Episode 4211: https://day1.fm/4211

12/04/2025

In this week’s interview, Dr. Diana Butler Bass invites us to reconsider the very structure of how we organize time: “The way we think about the structure of our year is all based on Roman emperors, Roman celebrations, and Roman numerals.”

She reminds us that Christians inherited a different kind of calendar, one rooted in waiting, peace, light, forgiveness, and resurrection. It's a story that runs counter to the one our culture tells.

Watch the clip and then listen to the full episode here: https://day1.fm/4211

12/03/2025

This Sunday, will be the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Dr. Diana Butler Bass reminds us that “No matter what the sadness, faith lights candles in the dark.”

This week’s Day1 message invites us to reflect on how sacred time steadies us through both grief and hope. As we move deeper into Advent, where are you noticing small lights breaking through?

Listen to the full interview with Diana Butler Bass and her sermon "The Fullness of Time" on episode 4211 >>> https://day1.fm/4211

12/02/2025

This week on the Day1 Radio Show and the Day1 Weekly Podcast, we welcome Dr. Diana Butler Bass, independent scholar and author of the new book "A Beautiful Year."

Her sermon, “The Fullness of Time,” draws from Isaiah 11 v1-10 and Matthew 3 v1-4 to invite us into Advent with a renewed awareness of sacred time. Dr. Butler Bass reflects on endings and beginnings, the ache of loss, and the quiet ways God’s grace unfolds through the seasons of our lives.

Listen to this week's episode (4211) here: https://day1.fm/4211