by Melissa Kelly | Apr 28, 2024 | Easter, Liz Colver, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
The Power of Relationship Relationships are a primary nourishment and fuel for a transformed community. Paul wrote letters only AFTER he engaged in relationship making. His work was able to flourish because he seeded intentional relationships with people that...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 21, 2024 | Easter, Liz Colver, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
The Gift of Disruption Just as the Jewish community at Thessalonica was disrupted by the arrival and teachings of Paul and Silas, so, too, are we disrupted by things we often don’t feel prepared for. What does it mean to look disruption in the eye and experience it...
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 8, 2022 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Singing Before the Miracle We zoom in on the powerful image of Paul and Silas, political prisoners, behind bars, surrounded by other prisoners listening to them, as they SING HYMNS to God. They are singing before the miracle. They are singing as strategy, as prayer,...
by Megan Ramer | Sep 6, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Common Life & Common Space We spend one final summer week with commentator Willie James Jennings, the Book of Acts, Paul imprisoned (yet again…), and the Holy Spirit calling Jesus-followers into common life and common space with one another. [sermon begins...
