by Melissa Kelly | Nov 30, 2025 | Advent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Only the Hopeless Needs Hope Is there anything more lifeless than a valley full of dried bones? From the skeletal ruins of life that used to be, a collage of hope for the start of Advent. Because here’s the thing about hope: it makes the most sense and is the most...
by Melissa Kelly | Dec 22, 2024 | Advent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
And Yet More Love As we wait for God’s “Big L” Liberating Love to be fully realized, we are called to BE God’s love of ourselves, for one another, and for all creation. We enter the story of Mary, and then Mary with Elizabeth, to see how this love begets more love and...
by Melissa Kelly | Dec 1, 2024 | Advent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
From Lament to a Nevertheless Hope Advent is a home for our longing that is at once ancient and new every day. We join our longing for the full inbreaking of God’s justice, peace, and liberating love to the longing of our forebears in the faith. Like them, we continue...
by Melissa Kelly | Dec 24, 2023 | Advent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Infant Lowly Pastor Megan contemplates modern day child prophets and the purposefulness of God coming embodied as a lowly infant. She shares the story of young girls from our community acting on their convictions and their callings. Audio Preacher Megan M Ramer b...
by Melissa Kelly | Dec 17, 2023 | Advent, Megan Ramer, Sermons
Commingling All of the people shouted with praise to God because the foundation of God’s house had been laid. But many of the older priests and Levites and heads of families, who had seen the first house, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this house, although...
by Melissa Kelly | Dec 3, 2023 | Advent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 2, Sermons
Hope Has a Context Jeremiah pens some of the most beautiful words of hope to his community. But those hope-filled words are smack in the middle of horrors. Pan back even just a few verses, and one can see that Jeremiah is writing from prison, where his people are...
