by Melissa Kelly | Jun 23, 2024 | Liz Colver, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
God’s Way of Mutuality in All of Creation When we think we need to be in control of everything, we become anxious about our capacity to control. Letting our sense of control go and trusting in God and the provision that God has offered seems so terribly hard. What...
by Melissa Kelly | Jun 16, 2024 | Liz Colver, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
God’s Playground God delights in God’s playground – all of creation is meant to be enjoyed and to participate in the purpose of the rest of creation. This sermon is a celebration of all that God has created, called good, and invited us to participate in....
by Melissa Kelly | Jun 2, 2024 | Liz Colver, Sermons
Decentering human experience in light of creation as a whole Creation itself, the morning stars and divine beings and whatnot – they were celebrating the foundations of the world itself before humans were even a thing. God and nature itself celebrated and called...
by Melissa Kelly | May 26, 2024 | Liz Colver, Sermons
Making the World Cultures and traditions – including religions – all have multiple creation stories. Today we hear one from our scriptures told in Genesis, and our sermon shares another one – in the form of the children’s book “Big Momma Makes the...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 28, 2024 | Easter, Liz Colver, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
The Power of Relationship Relationships are a primary nourishment and fuel for a transformed community. Paul wrote letters only AFTER he engaged in relationship making. His work was able to flourish because he seeded intentional relationships with people that...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 21, 2024 | Easter, Liz Colver, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
The Gift of Disruption Just as the Jewish community at Thessalonica was disrupted by the arrival and teachings of Paul and Silas, so, too, are we disrupted by things we often don’t feel prepared for. What does it mean to look disruption in the eye and experience it...
