by Megan Ramer | Jan 12, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Movement & Trouble We are just starting our journey with Jesus through Mark’s gospel, and already there’s a pattern to his movement: margins –> centers of power –> get into / cause trouble –> retreat to margins for prayer...
by Amy Epp | Jan 5, 2020 | Melanie Neufeld, Sermons
The Call to Discipleship Using poetry from Lifting Hearts off the Ground: Declaring Indigenous Rights in Poetry, by Lyla June Johnston & Joy De Vito, Pastor Melanie reflects on the beginning of Jesus’ ministry and on what Jesus’ followers are called to...
by Megan Ramer | Dec 30, 2019 | Guest Speaker, Sermons
Reflections on South Africa and the U.S. After a brief introduction by Dan, Kathryn Smith Derksen shares reflections on 4 years of life in (complicated and diverse, awe-inspiring and pain-filled) South Africa. And then she beautifully brings the message home with...
by Megan Ramer | Dec 23, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Longing for Liberation An Advent sermon about longing and liberation, scrooge-y Zechariah and prophetic singing, despair and hope. Pastor Megan tosses out her written manuscript and dives deeper into why Advent is her truest spiritual home, and why she can’t do...
by Megan Ramer | Dec 1, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Sermons Jeremiah writes as his nation crumbles around him – from a prison in occupied Jerusalem, on the brink of the mass deportation of his people. Which makes his words of promise for justice and hope that God is making things right throughout the land...
by Megan Ramer | Nov 24, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Sermons Okay, so Hilkiah isn’t *actually* Indiana Jones, but a whole epic adventure begins when he is sent on a mission into the under-construction temple and (re-)discovers the lost book of the law. Hearers of the lost-and-found-again scroll, including King...
