St. Lydia's Theology Circle

I preached this sermon at St. Lydia's in Brooklyn, NY on the First Sunday of Advent on the evenings of Sunday, November 9 and Monday, November 10. This recording is from the latter. The title is "The End is Near: Finding Our Voices in the Wilderness of Advent." https://soundcloud.com/bleak-theology/the-end-is-near-finding-our-voices-in-the-wilderness-of-lent The Scripture is Jeremiah 33.14-16 NRSV.

St. Lydia’s is a dinner church. It is an exercise in radical hospitality and a place where I find community here in New York City, a city both inhumane and all too human. St. Lydia’s is grounded in the Christian story of life, death, and resurrection. It is a community that welcomes each stranger as

Tomorrow, our Theology Circle gathers to start discussing Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together (Gemeinsames Leben). If you're in NYC, come join us. Details are below. I picked LT because it is a very modern, positive exploration of what intentional Christian community can look like and an exploration of what fellowship is. It is a small, accessible