Nov 03 2024 13 mins 1
What happens when a raven and a prophet form a little community of care? How about a Hebrew man and Phoenician widow - across religious and political divides? According to our storyteller, the needs of all are met, and the storyteller calls this God’s provision. Might this tale of unlikely dependencies be just the sort of good news we need in these tense and teetering days?
Sermon begins at minute marker 3:20
1 Kings 17.1-16
Resources
- BibleWorm podcast: Episode 610 – Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr
- Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible, Debbie Blue (Abingdon Press), 2013.
- “If you think you can hold a grudge, consider the crow,” Thomas Fuller, NYT, October 28, 2024.
- Beef, by Lee Sung Jin
- The Birds, by Alfred Hitchcock
- Heckling, by an opinionated SMC birder
