by Melissa Kelly | Mar 20, 2022 | Guest Speaker, Lent, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Jesus’ trial and Peter’s denial; 1st and 21st Centuries On our Lenten journey in John’s Gospel, Jesus is falsely arrested and accused for embodying truth that exposes the lies of powerful authorities, while Peter struggles with the call and cost of...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 20, 2022 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Holy Disruptions Jesus was completely unruly at the margins of one of his community’s most sacred celebrations. Disruptions to Solemn Ceremony are very unexpected and annoying. But, Pastor Megan invites us to look for the life amongst the disruptions, to find...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 13, 2022 | Epiphany, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons, zoom church
“Munching Jesus’ Flesh” To be frank: John is a bit extra. John’s gospel will take anything that Jesus says or does in Matthew, Mark, or Luke, and turn the dial all the way up to “whaaaat?!” Following the feeding of way-more-than-5000 with 5 barley loaves and 2 dried...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 6, 2022 | Amy Epp, Epiphany, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Strategic Signage We’re all on the lookout for a sign – the thing that tells us we’re on the right track, headed in the right direction – even if we’re not superstitious. In the Gospel of John, Jesus is performing miracles, but John...
by Melissa Kelly | Jan 30, 2022 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons, zoom church
A Jewish Man & Samaritan Woman Walk Into a Bar… Okay, they don’t precisely “walk into a bar”, but they do meet at their local “watering hole”… the well… literally a hole with water in it. Ha! Do I have your attention yet?! Two people like them are NOT...
by Melissa Kelly | Jan 23, 2022 | Guest Speaker, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons, zoom church
The Parable of the Wind Pastor Rachael Weasley of Community of Hope in Bellingham reflects on our church and hers, and gives us a teaching from John. She reflects on how this passage qualifies as a parable and on what it teaches us about where the wind, or Spirit,...
