by Melissa Kelly | Mar 3, 2024 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
The Political Power of Palms Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem is a deliberate act of political confrontation with the Roman Empire’s powers-that-be. After casing the mostly deserted late evening Temple, he makes plans to return the next day to make a royal mess of things;...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 25, 2024 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Screaming for Mercy The cries of the suffering are not always polite. When we are suffering, can we let loose and trust our community to hold us? When our neighbors are suffering, can we build our resilience in the face of their screams for justice, for relief, for...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 18, 2024 | Charlene Epp, Lent, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Shifting Our Expectations Jesus’ guide for discipleship invites us to rethink our expectations of what discipleship means and who disciples are. Embedded in the invitation is a deep look meeting the soul of our being with enduring love and perpetual hospitality to...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 4, 2024 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
A Woman Gets ALL the Healings I can talk about a woman who experiences a minimum of three healings in one healing story. The first is busting through all sorts of internal and external barriers to step out her door and into a crowd. The second is reaching for the hem...
by Melissa Kelly | Jan 28, 2024 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Liberator(s) of LEGION Tempted to avert our gaze from the mention of “evil spirit” or “demon”, instead Pastor Megan chooses to hold this story’s gaze and look for what may be true… then and now. What is true? What binds humans is indeed legion. What liberates humans...