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An episodic exploration of generosity

An episodic exploration of generosity

by | Feb 5, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons

Pastor Megan took us on a journey in this sermon. It is – to start – an invitation to prayer, then a snapshot, a wondering, a snippet, a slippery word, a preference, a story, a question, a complication, an affirmation, an encouragement, and – at last...
Power of Ritual

Power of Ritual

by | Jan 13, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons

Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist in the River Jordan. This water ritual does more than simply mark his shift to public ministry; it effects that significant transition. Pastor Megan explores the inherent power in ritual to help effect transition in our lives...
Refugees & Weeping

Refugees & Weeping

by | Jan 6, 2019 | Epiphany, Megan Ramer, Sermons

Jesus was a refugee. Jesus IS a refugee (and their name is Jakelin Caal Maquin, Felipe Gomez Alonzo). A weeping mother refuses to be consoled. What if the truest thing we can say from this Scripture is that we too ought to be inconsolable in the face of the horrific?...
Roots for Windstorms

Roots for Windstorms

by | Dec 24, 2018 | Advent, Megan Ramer, Sermons

Here in Seattle, we’ve experienced an unusually windstormy couple of weeks, which makes an apt metaphor for our lives of gusty national politics, devastating news cycles, and the sturm & drang of December activities, expectations, and negotiations of awkward...
Tender & Infinitely Fallible

Tender & Infinitely Fallible

by | Nov 25, 2018 | Megan Ramer, Sermons

Like a good spiritual director who knows we are both tender (in need of care) and infinitely fallible (in need of challenge), the prophet Jeremiah attends to a people in despair, and Pastor Megan invites us to receive his care and challenge in our own time and place....