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Galileo Church – a congregation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) – is a progressive Christian faith community in Mansfield, Texas. Our pastor – Rev. Dr. Katie Hays – likes to talk. She really loves to talk about the difficult, messy, and confusing questions that arise from trying to understand Jesus. These are some of the things she (and occasionally other friends of ours) shares with us in her sermons.
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History Analyzed is a podcast which investigates both history's biggest moments and best kept secrets. Your host, Mark Palmer, draws upon a history degree from the University of Notre Dame and literal decades of informal study. He explains not only what happened, but also why and how historical events occurred. At times, he examines how these events have shaped the present and continue to affect us today.
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Did Jesus Really Call the Syrophoenician Woman a B****? Or was something profound taking place as Jesus ceded power in the conversation to this foreign woman and allowed a historic breaking of glass ceilings and agency for all who are marginalized in the church and beyond. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting an…
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Religious Loopholes: The Danger in Claiming Spiritual Exemptions. n this cluster of scripture from Mark, Jesus is letting the community know that those with religious/cultural power have been nullifying scripture, twisting commandments to benefit themselves and those who serve their purposes, and in 2024, this is a relevant message. Loopholes have …
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The Armor of Each Other. The "Armor of God" has often been used as a weapon against us, and as a tool of empire. Is there a way to draw meaning from it still? Is there a useful ethic for approaching these militant texts in the midst of a violent empire? As always, we do it together. Josh Bridges-Hickey is preaching. To tell us your thoughts on this…
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Which Jesus is on the Menu? How do the frequent metaphors in the scripture help us to transcend the literal and go deeper in our relationship with God. David specifically examines Jesus’ invitation to eat the bread and become intimately engaged with Jesus for our own growth and to better represent love and justice in the world around us. David Clar…
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What’s your reason? We are required to love, serve, forgive, etc., well, all that good stuff is impossible when our “reason” is temporal, not organic or authentic, not focused on being an offering to God. We get tired when the energy behind our reason is solely our own and not God’s. What is your reason? Rev. Yevette Christy is preaching. To tell u…
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A Creed, A Preposition, and a Love Letter. Growing together as the body of Christ is a lifelong project that we can only do with the help and the faith of one another and of Christ Jesus. Together, we grow toward Christ, we grow toward one another, and we live lives worthy of the life to which we have been called. Rev. Remi Shores is preaching. To …
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Within 30 years in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Europe went from controlling 20% of Africa to 90%. It was called "the Scramble for Africa". Find out why Europeans colonized the Americas easily through unintentional germ warfare, but Africa was "the White Man's Grave". Discover how Europe finally conquered Africa; the horrors of the Congo; and th…
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An Endless Thread. Love calls us through our knowledge, but ultimately that same love shatters our knowing and awakens us to something deeper, wider, more. Rev. Yevette Christy is preaching. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram…
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Wrestling for Identity: Embracing the Limp. Life often presents us with struggles, some of our own making, but often, as in the case of the story of Jacob in Genesis, they present an opportunity to wrestle through a divine encounter and find ourselves different on the other side. We may walk with a limp, but our journey has found new direction. It …
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At church, we practice relationships with one another so that we can learn to love. Then, we take that love out into the world God still loves and Christ goes with us. Remi Shores is preaching. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instag…
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Nostalgia is Bullshit. Amid growing pains after the 10-year mark, Galileo is working on their 4th missional priority: Real relationship, no bullshit ever. How do we keep nostalgia from getting in the way of that work? How do we keep believing that this moral arc of the universe is, somehow, bending towards justice? Remi Shores is preaching. To tell…
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Adolf Hitler was the most consequential (and horrible) person of the last 500 years
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Adolf Hitler's insane and evil policies changed the world more than anybody since Christopher Columbus. This episode details the horrors of World War II; explains how Hitler is to blame for the war; illustrates how Hitler made WWII even worse than other wars; and analyzes the effects of WWII for the remainder of the 20th Century and today.…
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Great is Thy Faithfulness. One of the ways the ancient Israelites mourned the destruction of Jerusalem was by doing so as a community, together. Our cities may not be destroyed, but we have all lived through hard things. What can learn from our ancestors in faith about grieving together? Josh Bridges-Hickey is preaching. To tell us your thoughts on…
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Declaring the Day of Salvation. What does it mean to announce that today is the Day of Salvation? Carissa Robinson is preaching. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or, email us the old-fashioned way: info@galileochurch.org. …
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Working Out an Embodied Faith. What happens when we fully inhabit our bodies? And what happens when the Christian church returns to the broken body of Christ? Carissa Robinson is preaching. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.…
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Gettysburg — the Pivotal Battle of the American Civil War
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It was the bloodiest battle ever in the Western Hemisphere. For 3 days in July 1863 Americans slaughtered each other on a terrible scale around a small town in Pennsylvania, where the honored dead "gave the last full measure of devotion". Find out why Robert E. Lee invaded the north, and why he failed so terribly; why the civil war dragged on for a…
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We Miraculous Specimens. Shit is hard, we're all going to die, and every living body is still a relentless miracle. When everything dies and everyone grieves, what hope do we have to hold onto? What, and who, is this all for? Josh Bridges-Hickey is preaching. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a c…
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God Calls Out to Us - A look at what's stirring in the silent, empty, and barren places, and a challenge to tune in to the questions these stir up— for from them, we might just hear the voice of God, calling out. From 1 Samuel 3. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social …
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To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or, email us the old-fashioned way: info@galileochurch.org. To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Galileo Church, find us on Venmo, Patreon, or Zelle (generosity@galileohurch…
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Happy Birthday, Church! Having contemplated our way of belonging and beholding, it’s time to consider the co-conspiracy once again. Also to commission our leaders on MLT and SCT. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or, email …
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Be-Holding Each Other. Jesus identified his followers as “family,” and prayed that we would be as unified as he and God were unified. That’s not an idea – it’s a set of practices that we’ve been talking about all these weeks. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social medi…
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Galileo is considered the father of modern science. His discoveries included the laws of pendulums which led to the development of the first accurate clocks. But tragically, he was tried by the Inquisition of Rome for heresy. The science deniers of the Church threatened to burn him at the stake unless he recanted his claims that he could prove that…
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Cultivation of Spiritual Gifts and Sharing of Resources for Our Life Together. Even Jesus needed help – the needs of the world were crushing him! His work in the world was a collective enterprise almost from the beginning. And so is ours... What help does each one offer? To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and …
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Participation in the Church’s Discernment for Our Next Steps Together. God has got stuff going on – new wine, if you will – and sometimes it’s the church’s job to just catch up. We’re in perpetual discernment mode, never wanting to get stuck – because God will move TF on. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and…
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Gracious Receipt of Care from the Church Family. The man on the mat has to let himself be moved...examined...forgiven...healed...challenged. It’s a level of vulnerability not everyone can achieve. Deanne’s ordination! To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social media: Faceb…
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Extension of the Church’s Welcome to Friends, Neighbors, Strangers, and Enemies. The leper couldn’t help himself: Jesus said “Shhh” but he told everybody. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or, email us the old-fashioned way…
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Easter service at Galileo Church 2024. To tell us your thoughts on this sermon, click through to the web posting and leave us a comment. Or, find us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or, email us the old-fashioned way: info@galileochurch.org. To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Galileo Church, find us on Venmo, Pat…
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