Best Foolish Hosey Podcasts (2025)

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"Except By The Holy Spirit" -- Sermon For Pentecost 2020 21:15

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5+ y ago21:15

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Sermon preached (remotely) for First Christian Church of Fayetteville, NC, on Pentecost Sunday 2020.While the story of Pentecost is recorded in Acts 2, this sermon focuses on a passaged from the 12th chapter of Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth about the gifts of the Holy Spirit.By David Finnegan-Hosey

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Examen Prayer for Barton College (May 2020) 10:58

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An examen prayer -- a way of reviewing your day or, in this case, your semester, with God -- which I recorded for my Barton College community at the end of the 2020 Spring semester. Two minute explanation and about 9 minute guided prayer.By David Finnegan-Hosey

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Body Scan for Barton College Finals 8:01

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A guided body scan for the Barton College Community during finals week -- and anyone else for whom it may be meaningful.By David Finnegan-Hosey

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This Isn't The Sermon I Meant To Preach This Morning 17:10

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**If you or someone you know is in a crisis, help is available. You can call 1-800-273-TALK, or go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat -- and more resources are available on my website at christonthepsychward.com/resources**This morning, I preached at First Baptist Church in Wilson, NC. My texts were 1 King 19:1-15 and Luke 8:26-39. I woke up thi…

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Advent is a Strange Time (a sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Advent) 11:13

7y ago11:13

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A sermon preached for St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Wilson, NC, on a snowy 2nd Sunday of Advent. The texts for this Sunday are Baruch 5:1-9 • Philippians 1:3-11 • Luke 3:1-6.My thanks to the Rev. Marty Stebbins for the invitation and the 30 or so folks who braved the snow for this morning's services!…

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"Showing Up" -- A Sermon for All Saints and the Sunday Before Midterm Elections 18:09

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I was invited to preach at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Fayetteville on Sunday, November 4, which was All Saints' Sunday as well as the Sunday before the 2018 midterm elections. My sermon was called "Showing Up," and was based on Exodus 1:8-22 and Luke 18:1-8.I was nervous to preach this sermon in this politically charged time. B…

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"Christ on the Psych Ward: Theological Provocations" -- Talk at #SITD18 29:04

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This is a talk I was invited to share at the 2018 Summer Institute on Theology and Disability in Raleigh, NC. I've only included my talk -- this was followed by a rich conversation, but I didn't have a good way to record the whole thing and also wanted people to be able to speak without worrying about being recorded.…

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In the Beginning: A Sermon for Baptism of Our Lord Sunday 15:33

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This is a sermon I preached on January 7th, the 1st Sunday after Epiphany, at Cleveland Park Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, DC. The scripture passages were Genesis 1:1-4 and Mark 1:1-11.By David Finnegan-Hosey

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The In-Between Time (a sermon for Advent IV and Christmas Eve) 10:08

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This is a sermon I preached in the chapel at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, on December 24, 2017. The texts are Isaiah 9:2-7; Hebrews 1:1-4; and Luke 1:26-38. The service ended with the lighting of the Christ candle and the reading of the Nativity story from Luke's gospel. The image is by Palestinian artis…

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To Speak and to Hold Silence (a sermon for the 1st Sunday of Advent) 23:43

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I was honored to be invited to preach at Dumbarton United Methodist Church here in Georgetown for the 1st Sunday of Advent. This Advent season, Dumbarton's theme is "The Journey to Bethlehem." Each Sunday, they are reflecting on different characters we encounter as we prepare for the coming of the Christ. This first Sunday was focused on Elizabeth …