Paradise Regained

The Old Testament unfolds as a saga of exile from Paradise - and of God’s preparing a way for humankind to return.

Friday • 6/28/2024 •

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 102; Numbers 20:1-13; Romans 5:12-21; Matthew 20:29-34

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 10 (“The Second Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 55:6–11; BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)

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Paradise Regained
Dean Reggie Kidd

Life from a Dead Tree

Life emerges from a dead tree, an amazing portraits of the coming Mediator in the book of Numbers.

Thursday • 6/27/2024 •

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 105:1-22; Numbers 17:1-11; Romans 5:1-11; Matthew 20:17-28

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 8 (“The Song of Moses,” Exodus 15, BCP, p. 85); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)

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Life from a Dead Tree
Dean Reggie Kidd

Grace Intervenes

The Bible is all about turning death into life, foul stench into fragrant aroma, enmity into amity.

Wednesday • 6/26/2024 •

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 101; Psalm 109; Numbers 16:36-50; Romans 4:13-25; Matthew 20:1-16

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 11 (“The Third Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 60:1-3,11a,14c,18-19, BCP, p. 87); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 16 (“The Song of Zechariah,” Luke 1:68-79, BCP, p. 92)

A text version of this podcast can be found here

Grace Intervenes
Dean Reggie Kidd

Trust in the Giver

According to Jesus, the question is whether to trust the gifts or the Giver.

Tuesday • 6/25/2024 •

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 97; Psalm 99; Psalm 100; Numbers 16:20-35; Romans 4:1-12; Matthew 19:23-30

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 13 (“A Song of Praise,” BCP, p. 90); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93) 

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Trust in the Giver
Dean Reggie Kidd

God's Gift of Unspeakable Grace

The tangled history of Israel has led to this singular Son, Jesus Christ.

Monday • 6/24/2024 •

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 89:1-18; Numbers 16:1-19; Romans 3:21-31; Matthew 19:13-22

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 9 (“The First Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 12:2–6, BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)

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God's Gift of Unspeakable Grace
Dean Reggie Kidd

A Listening Faith

Keep your eyes on me, and you’ll be OK. Pay attention to the storm around you, and you’ll sink.

Friday • 6/7/2024 •

Friday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)  

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 40; Psalm 54; Ecclesiastes 5:1-7; Galatians 3:15-22; Matthew 14:22-36

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 10 (“The Second Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 55:6–11; BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)

A text version of this podcast can be found here

A Listening Faith
Dean Reggie Kidd

A Sacred Sustenance for Souls

For Ecclesiastes, the most obvious dead end is death itself. The Bible provides answers to questions that the book of Ecclesiastes raises.

Thursday • 6/6/2024 •

Thursday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)  

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 50; Ecclesiastes 3:16–4:3; Galatians 3:1-14; Matthew 14:13-21

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 8 (“The Song of Moses,” Exodus 15, BCP, p. 85); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)

A text version of this podcast can be found here

A Sacred Sustenance for Souls
Dean Reggie Kidd

A Broader Horizon

How lovely it would be to be so perfectly attuned to the need of any moment that you instinctively know whether to plant or pluck… be quiet or speak up… make war or make peace.

Wednesday • 6/5/2024 •

Wednesday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)  

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 119:49-72; Ecclesiastes 3:1-15; Galatians 2:11-21; Matthew 14:1-12

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 11 (“The Third Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 60:1-3,11a,14c,18-19, BCP, p. 87); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 16 (“The Song of Zechariah,” Luke 1:68-79, BCP, p. 92)

A text version of this podcast can be found here

A Broader Horizon
Dean Reggie Kidd

God's Good Timing

Let me commend to you two ways to pray for God’s good timing.

Tuesday • 6/4/2024 •

Tuesday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)  

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 45; Ecclesiastes 2:16-26; Galatians 1:18–2:10; Matthew 13:53-58

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 13 (“A Song of Praise,” BCP, p. 90); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)

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God's Good Timing
Dean Reggie Kidd

Life with Faith

His kingdom is “treasure in a hidden field” — worth selling all you have to buy that field so you can have that treasure. 

Monday • 6/3/2024 •
Monday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)  

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 41; Psalm 52; Ecclesiastes 2:1-15; Galatians 1:1-17; Matthew 13:44-52

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 9 (“The First Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 12:2–6, BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)

A text version of this podcast can be found here

Life with Faith
Dean Reggie Kidd