by Melissa Kelly | Apr 24, 2022 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Sent to Share Life Yes, it’s exceedingly unfair that Thomas gets such a bad rap. But that’s a sermon that’s been preached a thousand times, including several times by Pastor Megan. Instead, this week she dives deep into what she’d always previously glossed right over....
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 17, 2022 | Amy Epp, Easter, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Mary Stayed Death may not be the end of the story, but death is in the story. Like many of us, Mary is deeply feeling grief, loss and trauma after the loss of a beloved friend. She goes to the tomb, sad and disoriented and from the midst of those feelings, she...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 10, 2022 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Wielder of Life Who is Jesus? Throughout John’s gospel, Jesus makes a series of key “I AM…” claims to various groups of people. I AM… the good shepherd, true vine, gate, living water, light of the world, way-truth-life, bread of life, the resurrection and the life....
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 3, 2022 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
The Carceral System Sucks We are in our third week in a row of Jesus’ trial, and the story is getting increasingly painful to endure. If we stick with it enough to actually take it in, to allow ourselves to feel all we feel, we might notice that – while horrific...
by Melissa Kelly | Mar 27, 2022 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Belonging to a True Word The scene in Jerusalem during this time of Passover is fraught, and occupying imperial power is tenuous. Crowds travel all across the Judean landscape to convene in Jerusalem for an annual pilgrimage in which they retell a story of their...
by Melissa Kelly | Mar 20, 2022 | Guest Speaker, Lent, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Jesus’ trial and Peter’s denial; 1st and 21st Centuries On our Lenten journey in John’s Gospel, Jesus is falsely arrested and accused for embodying truth that exposes the lies of powerful authorities, while Peter struggles with the call and cost of...
