by Megan Ramer | Jul 29, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - summer, Sermons
Yep, that’s ALL-CAPS on the COMMAND. What are we – a people who don’t much like to be commanded at all – to do about having been commanded to remember the sabbath and keep it holy? What are we to do about the fact that we – on...
by Megan Ramer | Jun 17, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
We begin a worship series on the Psalms and, with huge credit to Walter Brueggemann, Pastor Megan begins by exploring how folks “on the desperate edge of their lives” cried these prayers and songs destined to last and resonate for thousands of years. And...
by Megan Ramer | Jun 10, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Listen to reflections from Pastor Megan interspersed with the reading of most of Romans 8 by Pastors Melanie & Jonathan. It’s a whirlwind tour, but in the wind of that whirlwind, in the breath that allows words to be heard, and the breath that creates spaces...
by Megan Ramer | May 19, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
It’s all in that (long!) title: Pastor Megan begins her sermon with a greeting, based on Paul’s greeting to the gentile Jesus-followers in Rome, then offers some CliffsNotes on Paul and his letter to the Romans, and concludes by sharing a bit of good news...
by Megan Ramer | May 5, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
“What God has made clean, you must not call profane.” Peter has visions of (forbidden) food while hungry and praying on a rooftop in Joppa, but it turns out to be far more than just a hunger-induced delusion. It turns out to be inspiration for him and his...
by Megan Ramer | Apr 21, 2019 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Sermons
The Empire tried to squash the Jesus Way of liberating love by killing him, and failed… miserably. Because life rose up. People, empowered by the Spirit of God, rose up. To proclaim and LIVE liberation and revolution and powerful insurrections of love together....
