by Amy Epp | Apr 12, 2021 | Amy Epp, Easter, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons, zoom church
The DNA of Discipleship The disciples on the road to Emmaus didn’t recognize Jesus while he was walking with them. But like a flower that knows in its cells how to bloom, they knew in their bodies that to be disciples was to offer hospitality. They had been at...
by Melissa Kelly | Mar 14, 2021 | Amy Epp, Lent, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Gatekeepers and the Scramble for Crumbs Jesus keeps on telling stories about wealth and money. Pastor Amy preaches on the rich man and Lazarus and the way, like the rich man in the parable, we are gatekeepers with wealth and resources. Unlike the rich man, we still...
by Amy Epp | Feb 1, 2021 | Amy Epp, Sermons
Sabbath Fences, Sabbath Gates We worship with Jesus in the field and in the synagogue. Jesus debates with his fellow Jewish leaders about God’s gift of the Sabbath. The Pharisees and legal experts were trying to fence up the law, protecting it and their...
by Amy Epp | Nov 29, 2020 | Amy Epp, Sermons
In the Den with the Lions In this worship we begin exploring in the dark. So much of the time language and culture teaches that all that is good and right an beautiful is full of light and all that is evil and terrible is dark. And thus that dark is something to...
by Amy Epp | Nov 1, 2020 | Amy Epp, Sermons
Just Enough for Today We may be able to identify with the widow of Zarephath who, in a time of a devastating, nation-wide crisis feels ready to die. In the midst of this certainty that she will not make it through, God provides a companion and the hope that each day...
by Amy Epp | Sep 27, 2020 | Amy Epp, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
What Becomes of Dreamers As a powerful Egyptian ruler, Joseph welcomes his family back into relationship and care saying, “Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good.” Though many people interpret this to mean that terror or...
