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Alix D Pridgen

Weekly sermons delivered by The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen

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Episode 230: Saved From the Grave

The Rev. Dr. Alix Pridgen

Saved From the Grave

What do you do when God feels late?

In John 11, Mary and Martha send for Jesus as their brother Lazarus lies dying. They believe he will come. They believe he will heal.

But he doesn’t.

By the time Jesus arrives, Lazarus has been in the grave four days—beyond hope, beyond help, beyond anything they imagined God might still do.

We know this place.

The place where prayers didn’t turn out the way we hoped.
The place where something we loved has come to an end.
The place where we have sealed the stone and tried to move on.

And yet, Jesus stands at the edge of the tomb and says, “Take away the stone.”

This episode explores what it means to trust God in the waiting, to face what we’ve buried, and to hear Jesus still calling us—by name—out of fear, despair, and everything that has held us bound.

Because the fourth day is not the end.
The grave does not get the last word.
Jesus does.

Come out… and live.

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categories Spirituality, sermons
tags John 11, Lazarus, Resurrection, Hope, Grief, Waiting on God, When God feels late, Faith in suffering, New life, Healing, Letting go, Spiritual renewal, Come out, Freedom in Christ, Easter, Lent, Redemption, Overcoming despair, Trusting God, Sermons preaching, Gospel, FAith

Episode 226: Blessed are You

The Rev. Dr. Alix Pridgen

Blessed are the weary, those living with more than they can name.
Blessed are the brokenhearted, whose love has outlived what they lost.
Blessed are the small and quiet ones, whose gentleness goes unprotected in this world.

Blessed are the ones who carry deep longing, who feel the world’s fracture in their bones.
Blessed are the tendersouled, raw from caring so much.
Blessed are the ones with open hearts, aching for clarity, aching for God.

Blessed are all who breathe and break and yearn—for God calls you beloved.
Not someday. Not once things improve. But now.

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categories Spirituality, sermons
tags Beatitudes, Epiphany, Blessing, Grace, Weariness, Grief, Mercy, Justice, Kingdom of God, Hope, Compassion, Belovedness, Spiritual Exhaustion, Seeing the Overlooked, Pastoral Reflection

Episode 223: Jesus Is Here!

The Rev. Dr. Alix Pridgen

“A decree goes out. Not a conversation. Not a question. Not a community forum. A decree. A registry. A journey demanded. A law passed in an office far away from those it would affect.
No one asked if Mary was tired.
No one asked if Joseph was worried.
No one asked where they’d sleep… or what they’d eat… or who would be there when the baby came.
Empire never asks those questions.”

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categories sermons, Spirituality
tags Christmas Eve, Christmas, Nativity, Luke 2, Advent, Emmanuel, God With Us, Incarnation, Hope, Peace, Joy, Good News, Grace, Light in the Darkness, Shepherds, Mary and Joseph, Bethlehem, Worship, Sermon, Empire, Healing, Forgiveness

Episode 214: Writing the Vision

The Rev. Dr. Alix Pridgen

Text: Habakkuk 1:1–4; 2:1–4

“Faith doesn’t always look like certainty.
Sometimes it looks like standing your post—
weary but still watching, hurt but still listening.
Habakkuk stood in the watchtower and said,
‘I will wait to see what God will say.’

Maybe that’s what we’re called to be:
a watchtower people in a restless world.
People who keep hope visible—
who act as if mercy still matters,
who speak as if peace is still possible,
who believe that grace is still stronger than hate. Because it is.

tags Sermons preaching, Habakkuk, God’s silence Hope in uncertainty Patience and perseverance Active waiting Trusting God’s timing, God’s silence, Hope in Uncertainty, Prayer, Faithfulness, Hope