by Melissa Kelly | Mar 10, 2024 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Jesus Observes the HOW of Money Struck by Mark’s mention that Jesus sits across from the treasury box in the Temple, observing HOW each person gives their money, Pastor Megan ponders what Jesus might observe in how SHE lives with her own money (and for this Way walked...
by Melissa Kelly | Mar 3, 2024 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
The Political Power of Palms Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem is a deliberate act of political confrontation with the Roman Empire’s powers-that-be. After casing the mostly deserted late evening Temple, he makes plans to return the next day to make a royal mess of things;...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 25, 2024 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Screaming for Mercy The cries of the suffering are not always polite. When we are suffering, can we let loose and trust our community to hold us? When our neighbors are suffering, can we build our resilience in the face of their screams for justice, for relief, for...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 18, 2024 | Charlene Epp, Lent, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Shifting Our Expectations Jesus’ guide for discipleship invites us to rethink our expectations of what discipleship means and who disciples are. Embedded in the invitation is a deep look meeting the soul of our being with enduring love and perpetual hospitality to...
by Melissa Kelly | Mar 19, 2023 | Dustin Wilsor, Lent, Sermons, Year W
It’s You I Like John 3:16 is much loved by many & much detested by many others. This Laetare Sunday, Dustin looks beyond verse 16 to find a way to rejoice in it. Audio Preacher Dustin Wilsor b Series Lent, Year W Passage Song of Solomon 4.7-16; Psalm...
by Melissa Kelly | Mar 12, 2023 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Sermons, Year W
Seeing Eden Through the Lens of Jesus We are still in the Garden, beginning to see movement towards the Table. What does this origin story say about gender, and culture, and danger? If we start with Jesus, what do we see about that first curse and the real danger?...