by Melissa Kelly | Sep 11, 2022 | Fall 2022, Megan Ramer, Sermons
Ode to a Vaporous Life If all of life is “vanity” or breath or vapor, as the Teacher of Ecclesiastes repeats, is it then “perfectly pointless”? If life is unfair, inscrutable, beyond our control, and destined for the grave, as the Teacher describes, is it then...
by Melissa Kelly | Jul 31, 2022 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, Summer Series 2022
Some Six-figure Nard… In 2020 Seattle dollars, Mary pours out $100,000 worth of perfume on Jesus’ feet. Why? And when Judas questions her choice, citing how much further those dollars could have gone if given to the poor, doesn’t he have a point? Yep. But come...
by Melissa Kelly | Jul 10, 2022 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, Summer Series 2022
Mundane Wickedness Interrupted! Some of the most beloved words of Scripture – “Do justice, love kindness, walk humbly with your God” – are surrounded by some decidedly less beautiful words, to put it mildly. We know the gift of the beautiful and familiar...
by Melissa Kelly | Jun 12, 2022 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Pentecost, Sermons
This sermon – about a semicolon – is a comma. We wrap up another Narrative Lectionary year with the lovely close of Paul’s letter to the community at Philippi. These words of encouragement, consolation, and assurance are bedside words: one can just as...
by Melissa Kelly | May 15, 2022 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
You Are Beloved. Period. What if taking a break is okay? What if being Beloved is enough? Audio Preacher Megan M Ramer b Series Narrative Lectionary, Year 4 Passage Acts 17:16-34 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 342 – Paul in Athens, Amy Robertson and...
by Melissa Kelly | May 8, 2022 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Singing Before the Miracle We zoom in on the powerful image of Paul and Silas, political prisoners, behind bars, surrounded by other prisoners listening to them, as they SING HYMNS to God. They are singing before the miracle. They are singing as strategy, as prayer,...
