by Melissa Kelly | Sep 21, 2025 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Let a Stone be a Stone? In which an Ebenezer appears in this sermon’s starring role. An Ebenezer is a stone erected in remembrance of a person or an experience or a place where something special happened. In 1 Samuel, the Hebrew people set up an Ebenezer to...
by Melissa Kelly | Sep 14, 2025 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Shiprah. Puah. Praise! When fearful, powerful rulers order death, may we all reach for the tools handed to us from our courageous, life-bringing foremothers in the faith: Shiphrah and Puah. “Learn them: Shif-rah. Pu-ah. Praise! Let them again be household names!”...
by Melissa Kelly | Sep 7, 2025 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
You Are Like Trees Planted by Streams of Water We are gathered back in for singing and praying, formation and feasting. We kick off our artful fall worship with a Psalm; a very good place to start. And we receive from Psalmist, artist, poet, and preacher a blessing...
by Melissa Kelly | Jul 27, 2025 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
When Praise is Political In the Bible? Praise is nearly always political. Certainly in the book of Revelation where crying out “Salvation belongs to our God” is a direct affront to the Emporer of Rome who claims salvation comes soley through him and his “Pax Romana”....
by Melissa Kelly | Jul 6, 2025 | Guest Speaker, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - summer, Sermons
Beasts, Lambs, and Resolutions and Conferences Join Pastor Megan as she reflects on Revelation and Deren, Carl, Madeleine, Susan, and Melissa as they reflect on Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference’s annual retreat and delegate assembly. Audio Preacher...
by Melissa Kelly | Jun 29, 2025 | Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons, Tyler Merrill
Through the Veil: The Beast of the Poet of Patmos The title Revelation comes from the Greek word apokálypsi, or ‘apocalypse’, which in Greek means literally, the lifting of the veil. Ordinarily, a veil conceals or obscures that which lies beyond it, and when the veil...
