by Melissa Kelly | Mar 23, 2025 | Lent, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons, Tyler Merrill
Memory and Prophecy In today’s parable, Death came to the youngest son, in that far-off land, and asked its question. “I see you’ve become destitute,” said Death. “Here you are very far from home, with no money and no friends. Now that even the pigs eat better than...
by Melissa Kelly | Mar 16, 2025 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Mother Hen Jesus Jesus desires our ingathering, and we so often are not willing. Jesus goes belly up, like a fierce yet vulnerable mother hen in the presence of a fox, ready to take us under the shelter of her wings. Are we willing? And what might we learn from Jesus...
by Melissa Kelly | Mar 9, 2025 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Guts, Listening, and Urgency One familiar story which contains a familiar parable flows into another familiar story. Is there anything at all new to say about the Samaritan that’s called “good” or the Mary and Martha sisterly tiff? Unclear. But given our deep dive...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 16, 2025 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Orthopraxy and a Faith That Sues the President Fetus John the Baptist knew exactly who Jesus was, according to Luke. Adult John the Baptist sends emissaries to ask Jesus who he is. Jesus does not answer John’s question, but rather instructs the question-askers to...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 9, 2025 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
A Gut Impulse for Compassion Jesus sees a woman and is moved with compassion to respond. But what about all the other women, humans, creatures, who also needed his compassionate response??? And what about the root causes of her suffering – Shouldn’t he have...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 2, 2025 | Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons, Tyler Merrill
Sabbath Sanctuary Sabbath was to be the fountain around which the garden of all public life and policy grew in ancient Israel. On six days the people were to work, tending that garden, ensuring its health and growth and accessibility to all people, and on the seventh...
