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...
by Megan Ramer | Nov 17, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Megan Ramer In startling twists: 1) cockroaches will apparently NOT be the last ones standing in a global apocalypse, 2) like a screeching record, a love ballad delivers lyrics of divine judgment, and 3) despite our best (read: worst) efforts, God’s hope in us...
by Megan Ramer | Nov 10, 2019 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Megan Ramer If you’ve ever found yourself on the pointy end of betrayal, I bet you’d tell a story of someone you loved. Or love still. So it is with God and God’s people – at the time of the prophet Hosea and now. How can we ever come back from...
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...
