by Melissa Kelly | Jan 8, 2023 | Dustin Wilsor, Epiphany, Sermons, Year W
They Spoke Not a Word, but, Got Right to Work Magi from the East, travel (for two years) guided by a significant astrological event. Along the way (in the opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors) they stop at the home of a poor widow and her son; before finding their way...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 13, 2022 | Epiphany, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons, zoom church
“Munching Jesus’ Flesh” To be frank: John is a bit extra. John’s gospel will take anything that Jesus says or does in Matthew, Mark, or Luke, and turn the dial all the way up to “whaaaat?!” Following the feeding of way-more-than-5000 with 5 barley loaves and 2 dried...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 6, 2022 | Amy Epp, Epiphany, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Strategic Signage We’re all on the lookout for a sign – the thing that tells us we’re on the right track, headed in the right direction – even if we’re not superstitious. In the Gospel of John, Jesus is performing miracles, but John...
by Megan Ramer | Jan 6, 2019 | Epiphany, Megan Ramer, Sermons
Jesus was a refugee. Jesus IS a refugee (and their name is Jakelin Caal Maquin, Felipe Gomez Alonzo). A weeping mother refuses to be consoled. What if the truest thing we can say from this Scripture is that we too ought to be inconsolable in the face of the horrific?...
