by Melissa Kelly | Jul 2, 2023 | Guest Speaker, Sermons, Summer 2023
Blessings of a Living Jesus Join us as Bob Pauw uses stories from Luke and Acts to illuminate stories of the people he has known in his work. He shares his heartfelt conviction that he has been blessed to walk with a living Jesus. Bob is an immigration lawyer who...
by Melissa Kelly | Jun 27, 2023 | Amy Epp, Sermons, Year W
A Canaanite Call-Out The Canaanite woman calls out Jesus for his exclusion and abusive language. He responds by changing his mind, offering her the healing that she seeks for her daughter. Throughout history, it has been the brave souls who make themselves vulnerable...
by Melissa Kelly | Jun 18, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, Year W
Saved FROM what and TO what? The early Jesus Way community held resources in common and – in that sharing – were able to meet the needs of all. The book of Acts reports that the Holy One daily added to the numbers of this early Jesus Way community “those...
by Melissa Kelly | May 28, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Pentecost, Sermons, Year W
Getting in Trouble The Holy Spirit disrupts our plans, and she beautifully disrupted the sermon plan this morning! When honored guests from the Palouse tribe spoke so powerfully to us during our time of welcome and gathering, Pastor Megan knew the sermon had to shift....
by Melissa Kelly | May 21, 2023 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Sermons, Year W
Learn to Know to Love to Honor/Protect Place-based watershed discipleship and the spiritual practice of reverence deepen our experience of kinship with all creation. Pastor Megan shares stories of learning to know mountains, learning to know neighbors and...
by Melissa Kelly | May 14, 2023 | Amy Epp, Easter, Sermons, Year W
The Blessings and Curses of God our Mother Many of us are becoming comfortable with Mothering imagery for God – so long as that imagery is tender and comforting and caring. But what about a Mother who curses, judges and chastises. The feminine of God is as...
