by Megan Ramer | Mar 8, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
Zoom Church! (3/8/20) Our first experience of gathering as church via Zoom. While absolutely nothing can replace being in the same space with our whole body-spirit selves, given the circumstances, this was a delight. 39 households, many of whom included multiple...
by Megan Ramer | Mar 1, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Jesus made me do it Not going to lie: this is a TOUGH message about the laughable impossibility of wealth in God’s kindom and the dispiriting reality of growing homelessness on the West Coast and specifically on our front doorstep. But it’s also about...
by Megan Ramer | Feb 16, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
A Markan Fulcrum & Evocative Transfiguring Smack dab in the middle of Mark’s gospel and SOMEone finally knows how to answer the persistent question: Who is Jesus? Peter responds, “You are the Christ.” At this fulcrum, we’ve now tipped over...
by Amy Epp | Feb 9, 2020 | Sermons
Heads Will Roll The story of an insane, self-important, opportunistic, incestuous, tyrannical (but pretty small-time) political family is dropped into the Gospel of Mark just as Jesus’ ministry is taking off. Herod and company are quite the soap opera. He...
by Megan Ramer | Feb 2, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
An Audacious Reach A woman audaciously reaches for her own belonging and healing. There’s not much left for Jesus to do… except to stop, seek her out, and quietly create the conditions for her to speak her whole truth in the presence of the community that...
by Megan Ramer | Jan 12, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Movement & Trouble We are just starting our journey with Jesus through Mark’s gospel, and already there’s a pattern to his movement: margins –> centers of power –> get into / cause trouble –> retreat to margins for prayer...
