by Melissa Kelly | Jan 12, 2025 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
A Treasonous, Heretical, Communal Baptism There’s lots going on in this story from Luke, and also in this sermon from Pastor Megan, and also in the story of our Anabaptist roots, and also in the congregational life of Seattle Mennonite Church. It’s all a bit of a...
by Melissa Kelly | May 5, 2024 | Easter, Guest Speaker, Sermons
One Parish One Prisoner There is one church for every prisoner in Washington State. Chris Hoke from One Parish One Prisoner brings reflections on the challenges and blessings of working with churches and prisoners. Audio Preacher Chris Hoke b Series Eastertide ...
by Melissa Kelly | Nov 19, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 2, Sermons
Poetry The prophet Isaiah writes poetry: to express deep love between God and God’s beloveds, to convey heartache, to cleverly and poignantly pierce through word play, to evoke hope and catalyze action, to faithfully proclaim the truest nature of God. If poetry is...
by Melissa Kelly | Jan 8, 2023 | Dustin Wilsor, Epiphany, Sermons, Year W
They Spoke Not a Word, but, Got Right to Work Magi from the East, travel (for two years) guided by a significant astrological event. Along the way (in the opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors) they stop at the home of a poor widow and her son; before finding their way...
