by Megan Ramer | Dec 7, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
Seeing (differently) in the Dark Anyone who has gone hiking or walking in the nighttime knows that darkness doesn’t lead to not seeing; darkness leads to seeing differently. The prophet Joel writes that God’s mothering, raven Spirit will be poured out on...
by Amy Epp | Nov 29, 2020 | Amy Epp, Sermons
In the Den with the Lions In this worship we begin exploring in the dark. So much of the time language and culture teaches that all that is good and right an beautiful is full of light and all that is evil and terrible is dark. And thus that dark is something to...
by Megan Ramer | Nov 22, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Scrolls of the heart The prophet Jeremiah records in a scroll God’s words for God’s people. The King, cozied up to a warming fire in his winter apartment, takes a penknife to the scrolls, excising and then burning God’s words for God’s people....
by Megan Ramer | Nov 15, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Musical Composition of a Fantastical Vision As I’ve lived with Isaiah’s bizarre, fantastical, and awe-some / terrifying vision, I began to experience it as a musical composition: Introduction – In the year that King Uzziah died… Movement 1...
by Megan Ramer | Nov 8, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Pouty Jonah & Spreading the Faith Jonah is dramatically, laughably angry about God’s mercy for the Ninevites, and carries on a stompy, pouty tantrum. Often I laugh at his expense; this week I relate. We also recall that God’s mercy for Nineveh follows...
by Amy Epp | Nov 1, 2020 | Amy Epp, Sermons
Just Enough for Today We may be able to identify with the widow of Zarephath who, in a time of a devastating, nation-wide crisis feels ready to die. In the midst of this certainty that she will not make it through, God provides a companion and the hope that each day...