Pres House
Sermons and stories from Pres House, a dynamic LGBTQ-affirming campus church at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Bring ALL of who you are!
Episodes
February 20, 2026 • 15 mins
Text: John 2:1-11; Matthew 13:31-32 (NRSVUE)
1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to me and to you? My hour has not yet come.” 5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells...
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February 17, 2026 • 7 mins
Text: Luke 14:15-24 (NRSVUE)
15 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, “Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16Then Jesus said to him, “Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. 17At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’ 18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece...
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February 14, 2026 • 16 mins
Text: Mark 9:2-9 (NRSVUE)
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling bright, such as no one on earth could brighten them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us set up three tents: one f...
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February 7, 2026 • 13 mins
Text: Micah 6:6-8
Visit https://preshouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/What-is-Required-Lessons-from-Black-Theology.pdf to view the handouts from the service.
“With what shall I come before the LORD
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgres...
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January 31, 2026 • 9 mins
Speakers:
0:0) Justyna Jakacki: "Filled With Rage, Sustained By Hope"
3:25 Dawn Drake: "The Cross"
6:45 Aaliyah Golden-Whitehead: "The Challenge of Loving Others"
Read all ten reflections from the BWAP 2026 team at preshouse.org/engage/bwap.
Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 (NRSVUE)
11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the...
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January 24, 2026 • 15 mins
Text: Exodus 1:15-2:10 (NRSVUE)
15The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16“When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” 17But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live. 18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwiv...
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January 17, 2026 • 11 mins
Text: Esther 1:10-22 (NRSVUE)
10 On the seventh day, when the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who attended him, 11to bring Queen Vashti before the king wearing the royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the officials her beauty, for she was fair to behold. 12But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs...
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December 13, 2025 • 8 mins
Text: Isaiah 11:1-9 (NRSVUE)
1 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
2 The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
3 His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see
or decide by what his ears hear,
4 but with righteousness ...
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December 6, 2025 • 14 mins
Text: Isaiah 9:2-7 (NRSVUE)
2 The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness—
on them light has shined.
3 You have multiplied exultation;
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as people exult when dividing plunder.
4 For the yoke of their burden
and the bar across their shoulders,
the rod of their oppressor,
you have broken as on the ...
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November 29, 2025 • 12 mins
Text: Isaiah 7:10-17 (NRSVUE)
10Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying, 11“Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” 13Then Isaiah said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals that you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child a...
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November 22, 2025 • 14 mins
Text: Luke 7:36-50 (NRSVUE)
36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and when he went into the Pharisee’s house he reclined to dine. 37And a woman in the city who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 38She stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair, kissing his feet and anointin...
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November 15, 2025 • 13 mins
Text: Mark 8:27-38 (NRSVUE)
27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” 30And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.
31Then...
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November 8, 2025 • 10 mins
Text: John 6:1-15 (NRSV)
1After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2A large crowd kept following him because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. 5When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we t...
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November 1, 2025 • 14 mins
Text: Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 (NRSV)
Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return with the rain;
in the day when the guards of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the women who grind cease working because they are few, a...
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October 25, 2025 • 14 mins
Text: 1 Samuel 18:1-5 (NRSV)
1 When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. 3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul. 4Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that he was wearing and gave it to David and his armor and even his sword...
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October 18, 2025 • 13 mins
Text: John 10:1-17 (NRSV)
1“Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 2The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because...
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October 11, 2025 • 18 mins
Text: Matthew 5:13-16 (NRSV)
13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything but is thrown out and trampled under foot.
14 “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16In the ...
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October 4, 2025 • 11 mins
Text: Song of Songs 7:1-13 (NRSV)
1 How graceful are your feet in sandals,
O queenly maiden!
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
the work of a master hand.
2Your navel is a rounded bowl;
may it never lack mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
encircled with lilies.
3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your no...
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September 27, 2025 • 12 mins
Text: Isaiah 43:1-3a (NRSV)
1But now thus says the Lord,
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.
3For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One ...
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September 20, 2025 • 13 mins
Text: Psalm 73 (NRSV)
A Psalm of Asaph.
1Truly God is good to the upright,
to those who are pure in heart.
2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;
my steps had nearly slipped.
3For I was envious of the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4For they have no pain;
their bodies are sound and sleek.
5They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not plagued like other people.
6Therefore pride is their necklace;
viole...
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