by Amy Epp | Oct 25, 2020 | Jonathan Neufeld, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons, zoom church
A Housing-Resistant God From the womb of wild nature, Pastor Jonathan reflects on King David, new to kingship and in love with his royal residence. God too should have a divine place to dwell, David thinks! But God reminds David that the Divine has always dwelt with...
by Megan Ramer | Oct 19, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Hannah’s prayers Both in her “wretched” distress and joyous confidence, Hannah prays. She brings her “hot, holy mess” to her God, and she also prophetically sings of God’s joyous and just Jubilee vision before it is visible to her...
by Megan Ramer | Oct 11, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
When Love IS Anger God is angry at the Hebrew people over their casting of a golden calf for false worship, mere months after God has liberated them from slavery. God is angry. SO angry, in fact, that God seems ready to destroy them all… again. God ultimately...
by Megan Ramer | Oct 4, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Celebrating MCC’s Centennial The Mennonite congregations across Washington State worked together to create a celebration video in honor of Mennonite Central Committee turning 100 years old. Normally we would have gathered this weekend for the annual Mennonite...
by Amy Epp | Sep 27, 2020 | Amy Epp, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
What Becomes of Dreamers As a powerful Egyptian ruler, Joseph welcomes his family back into relationship and care saying, “Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good.” Though many people interpret this to mean that terror or...
by Megan Ramer | Sep 20, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Peacemaking IS Accompaniment We joined with Mennonite World Conference congregations around the globe in celebrating Peace Sunday. According to 1 Corinthians, when one of us suffers all of us suffer, and when one of us rejoices all of us rejoice. This, we as global...
