18 episodes

Preaching to Birds (and Cats) is a podcast of ecologically-minded homilies on the Revised Common Lectionary. The Rev. Kerri Meyer is a farmer and Episcopal priest at Good Courage Farm in Minnesota. The podcast's name is in homage to St. Francis of Assisi, lover of the Creator and Creation, with a wink to Rebecca West, a critic of the saint's legendary preaching to wild birds.

Preaching to Birds (and Cats‪)‬ Kerri Meyer

    • Religion & Spirituality

Preaching to Birds (and Cats) is a podcast of ecologically-minded homilies on the Revised Common Lectionary. The Rev. Kerri Meyer is a farmer and Episcopal priest at Good Courage Farm in Minnesota. The podcast's name is in homage to St. Francis of Assisi, lover of the Creator and Creation, with a wink to Rebecca West, a critic of the saint's legendary preaching to wild birds.

    Holy Week 2020 - On Birdsong and the Stones' Crying Out

    Holy Week 2020 - On Birdsong and the Stones' Crying Out

    Here's a reflection on scriptures from Palm Sunday (though not for this Lectionary Year - I've gone rogue).  The praise of the crowds is pretty silent in this time of pandemic.  What blessings might come of the stones' having to cry out for us?

    • 15 min
    Readings for Second Sunday after Epiphany, Year A

    Readings for Second Sunday after Epiphany, Year A

    Here are Paul, Larisa and Constance reading the scripture texts for Epiphany 2, which serve as the foundation for the reflections in the homily entitled, "From Here to There". 

    Thanks, friends, for lending your beautiful voices to this exploration of the revelation of God in text and Creation.


    Isaiah 49:1-7
    1 Corinthians 1:1-9
    John 1:29-42
    Psalm 40:1-12

    • 6 min
    From Here to There

    From Here to There

    This homily eflects on the texts of the Revised Common Lectionary (Year A) for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

    • 17 min
    Readings for the First Sunday after Epiphany/The Baptism of our Lord (RCL, Year A)

    Readings for the First Sunday after Epiphany/The Baptism of our Lord (RCL, Year A)

    Here are friends lending their voices so that you can listen to the scripture texts for the First Sunday after Epiphany and the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord. These are the texts I reflect on in the homily "Holy Water."  Thanks to Anna Woofenden, Martha Henderson, Jon Spangler and AnnaMarie Hoos for recording these readings.


    Isaiah 42:1-9
    Psalm 29
    Acts 10:34-43
    Matthew 3:13-17

    • 5 min
    Holy Water (The Baptism of our Lord, Year A)

    Holy Water (The Baptism of our Lord, Year A)

    This homily reflects on the texts for the First Sunday after Epiphany/The Feast of the Baptism of our Lord, in the Revised Common Lectionary (Year A).


    Isaiah 42:1-9
    Acts 10:34-43
    Matthew 3:13-17
    Psalm 29

    Thanks as always to Paul Damico-Carper for his beautiful recording of Jesus Christ the Appletree, which serves as our opening music.

    • 12 min
    Readings for Second Christmas/Epiphany

    Readings for Second Christmas/Epiphany

    Here are recordings of the lectionary texts for the Second Sunday of Christmas and Epiphany. Thanks to Paul Damico-Carper, Jared DeFigh, and the Rev. Canon Abbott Bailey for contributing their voices to this week's readings. 


    Jeremiah 31:7-14
    Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a
    or Matthew 2:1-12
    Psalm 84 or 84:1-8

    • 7 min

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