by Melissa Kelly | May 7, 2023 | Dustin Wilsor, Easter, Sermons, Year W
Love Is All Around The message of Resurrection, remembered in this Easter season, is a message of apocalyptic proportions. The Good News of the community of Love springs to life and begins to spread as Dustin begins to say goodbye. Audio Preacher Dustin Wilsor b...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 30, 2023 | Easter, Guest Speaker, Sermons, Year W
Earth and Breath Sarah Augustine, our Just Peace Climate Justice speaker, discusses the uses and failures of Capitalism and calls us to engage in an Indigenous cosmology that prioritizes Community Wellbeing over individuals and profit. She deftly contrasts a worldview...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 9, 2023 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Sermons, Year W
Mary the Tower in the Garden Pastor Megan inhabits the story found in John’s gospel, of Mary Magdalene (Mary, THE Magdala; Mary the Tower) coming to the garden to find an empty tomb. Enter the story with her, listen for two bits of good news, and wonder where...
by Melissa Kelly | May 29, 2022 | Easter, Guest Speaker, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
In Full Accord Philippians Chapter 2 contains what is thought to be the earliest Christian hymn. Paul’s words to his beloveds in Philippi can be likened to a music director’s instructions to a singing group. Seattle Mennonite Church is like a choir with many voices,...
by Melissa Kelly | May 22, 2022 | Amy Epp, Easter, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
A Postcard from Prison Paul writes from prison in a tradition repeated since his time by many activists, scholars and prophets of the Gospel. But this letter is less prophetic and more a love letter to a beloved congregation. In the style of Paul’s letter to the...
by Melissa Kelly | May 15, 2022 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
You Are Beloved. Period. What if taking a break is okay? What if being Beloved is enough? Audio Preacher Megan M Ramer b Series Narrative Lectionary, Year 4 Passage Acts 17:16-34 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 342 – Paul in Athens, Amy Robertson and...
