Podcasts – Kelley Hudlow

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

In the spring of 1936, Howard Thurman, the African American Theologian and Pastor, met Mahatma Gandhi. Thurman had been in India for several months, travelling the country giving lectures about Christianity and American segregation. Gandhi was now several decades into working to free India from the rule of the British Empire and to undo theContinueContinue reading “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?”

A widow’s hope

So this week, I found hope in the story of two women who, very aware of the reality of their situations, responded to God’s Word. They did not overlook their dire circumstance. They saw the world’s brokenness and unfaithfulness and dared to hope.

To the end

It has been a few years since I’ve had the chance to preach on Good Friday. I was grateful to join St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham for their observance of Good Friday. Principal Text: John 18:1-19:42 “The coming of Jesus’ hour means that we are coming to the end of the story. We areContinueContinue reading “To the end”

“The clarity of mystery”

A sermon offered on the 1st Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday, May 30, 2021, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Talladega, Alabama. “Nicodemus is who we need on Trinity Sunday. A man that was not certain but was curious. Someone that understood that not all mysteries can be solved. And that it is through curiosityContinueContinue reading ““The clarity of mystery””

“We hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power”

A sermon offered on Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 2021, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greensboro, Alabama. “There is a lot we can learn from that first Pentecost about our mission in the world. We have each received the Holy Spirit in baptism, and we have each received the gift language—the gift of telling theContinueContinue reading ““We hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power””