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...
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...
