“When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, he didn’t give them a formula for getting what they wanted. He gave them a prayer that begins by saying, ‘God, you are God — and I am not.’ It’s a prayer of surrender. The Lord’s Prayer calls us to let go — to open our empty hands for daily bread, to release our grudges, to trust God with the trials ahea…

Sisters of the Same Heart In this episode, Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen explores the timeless story of Mary and Martha — and invites us to challenge the old divide between rest and work. With honesty, warmth, and real-life stories, this message speaks to anyone feeling stretched thin or longing for deeper connection. You’ll hear how stillness is not we…

What keeps us from being a neighbor? Is it fear? Hurry? Bias? In this powerful episode, Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen uncovers the hidden pulls that keep us from compassion — and reveals the radical grace that meets us when we’re the ones in the ditch. Hear unforgettable stories of unexpected heroes, surprising mercy, and a gospel that promises: you are…

“Sometimes, peace isn’t a feeling — it’s a decision. It’s what we choose to hold onto when respect gives way to resentment, when the people we once stood beside become distant. Even if you can’t fix the world — you can still be faithful in it. And that may be the truest peace of all.”By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Jesus sets his face toward Jerusalem—and everything changes. The road ahead is urgent. Costly. No time for goodbyes. No room for looking back. It sounds harsh—until we realize: he’s not raising the bar. He’s telling the truth about how hard it already is. Because when love is urgent, we don’t wait. Jesus walked into suffering—not to prove a point, …

In this Pentecost sermon, Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen contrasts the grasping pride of Babel with the outpouring grace of Pentecost. Where Babel was about reaching upward to make a name, Pentecost is about opening outward to make space for the Spirit. Through vivid storytelling—from a dusty plain in Shinar to a peeling church porch in Kansas—Pridgen sh…

Join Dr. Alix Pridgen as she unravels "God's Strange Math: 1 + 1 + 1 = One." Through captivating stories and biblical insights, this sermon challenges us to embrace unity that transforms and reconciles. Texts: Acts 16 and John 17:20-26By The Rev. Dr. Alix D Pridgen

Sermon based on Acts 10By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

In this powerful Easter message, The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen invites us to consider what burdens we carry—grief, regret, fear, doubt—and reminds us that the resurrection of Jesus brings more than celebration; it brings release. Through Scripture, story, and honest reflection, we’re led to see how the risen Christ meets us in our heaviest moments, …

TEXT: John 12:1-8By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

TEXT: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Jesus tells the story often called “The Prodigal Son.” The essence of holiness is loving God with one’s whole heart, soul, mind and strength, and loving one's neighbor as oneself. When we don’t love God with all that we are, and when we don’t treat one another with love, there will be pain and sadness, but our loving God i…

Current events, disasters, and signs of hope.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Second Sunday in Lent, year C Text: Luke 13 Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

First Sunday in Lent, year C Text: Luke 4:1-13By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon delivered March 1, 2025, Transfiguration Sunday Text: Luke 9:28-36By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon delivered Feb. 23, 2025 Epiphany 7C Text: Luke How can we maintain our dignity and sense of self… in the face of bullying and mistreatment… when you cannot run away and fighting back is not an option? Jesus says we can take charge of our story and give the unexpected response.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon delivered on Feb. 16, 2025 Luke 4:14-21 If we want to see God’s work in the world… if we want to see God’s miracles in life… We have only to look in the places where nobody else is looking… and at the people nobody else respects. There we will see him -- God’s messiah – coming with power – for us– Just as God did in Nazareth.…

Sermon on John 2:1-12 where Jesus turns water into wine.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Mark 12:28-34By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

REFORMATION DAY Proper 25B The healing of Bartimaeus and the story of Malala Yousufzai.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on Mark 7:24-37By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on James 1:17-27By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on Joshua 24:1-25. Joshua challenges us to choose the god we will serve.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have some…

Amos 7:7-15 Amos receives a prophecy from God and reports to the temple leader and king, but his words are rejected. Mark 16:18-49 John, the baptizer, criticizes Herod Antipas’ marriage to his Herod’s brother’s wife, Herodius and winds up beheaded.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on the call of Samuel (I Samuel chapter 3) — Speaking Truth to power.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

God's love, mercy and forgiveness transforms and heals us. Share the good news!By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Mark 1:29-39By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Mark 1:21-28 Jesus casts out a demon from a man in a synagogue. We have our own “demons” and Jesus will cast those out, too.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Luke 8:1-3 Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, 2 as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 3 and Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, and Susan…

Mark 1:14-20By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on Isaiah 40:1-11By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

First Sunday of Advent Text: Mark 13:24-37By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Christ the King Sunday 2023 Text: Matthew 25:31-46By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Text: Matthew 22:15-22By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

A sermon on Matthew 22:1-14By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Philippians 3:4-14By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Text: Exodus 17:1-7By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Texts: Matthew 15:10-28 and Romans 11:1-32By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Good Shepherd Sunday Sermon on John 10:1-10By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Luke 24:13-35 Jesus meets two disciples on the Emmaus Road.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on John 20:19-31By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

John 9:1-41 Jesus heals our blindness with God’s amazing grace.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Jesus and a Samaritan woman have a life-changing encounter at a well. John 4:5-42By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on John 3:1-17 Nicodemus comes to Jesus with questions and is offered a Spirit-filled life.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Jesus shows us that we are able to resist temptation with the power of God’s story.By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on Micah 6:1-8By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Epiphany 3A Text: MatthewBy The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on John 1:29-42 Meeting JesusBy The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

Sermon on Matthew 3:13-17By The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen