by Megan Ramer | Jul 26, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
Easy Yokes & Light Burdens?? Nothing about the yoke of intractable racism feels easy. Nothing about the burden of a runaway pandemic feels light. Is there any good news at all in these supposedly comforting words of Jesus? And what’s the deal with all those...
by Megan Ramer | Jul 5, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Jailer, Jailed, Judge, Jury: None are free until all are free In our annual Interdependence Day worship – on the Sunday nearest the 4th – we again expose the lie of supposed independence, and instead claim the joy of justly-ordered mutual dependence and...
by Megan Ramer | Jun 21, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
“The Common” – zoom church In the drama of Acts, the Holy Spirit is the main character and the plot is The Common. What IS “The Common”? In short, it’s the spectacular joining of God’s people which enables collective boldness,...
by Megan Ramer | Jun 14, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
Do Not Lose Heart: Blessings for Graduates Blessings for graduates abound! Today’s homily by Pastor Megan (starts at 19:00) is a pastoral blessing for high school graduates and ALL. About not losing heart… until we inevitably do… and then what??...
by Megan Ramer | Jun 7, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
I’m sorry. I’m listening. I’m learning. Today, we tented with some Black Anabaptist kindred: Osheta Moore, Jerrell Williams, and Glen Guyton. Sister Osheta called her “Dear White Peacemakers” following to show up for anti-racism in better...
by Megan Ramer | May 17, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
The Loooooove Chapter What can be said of 1 Corinthians 13, the “love chapter,” that you haven’t already heard at one hundred weddings? How might we refuse to dismiss it as just another smarmy love song, and instead live every more fully,...
