by Melissa Kelly | Mar 23, 2025 | Lent, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons, Tyler Merrill
Memory and Prophecy In today’s parable, Death came to the youngest son, in that far-off land, and asked its question. “I see you’ve become destitute,” said Death. “Here you are very far from home, with no money and no friends. Now that even the pigs eat better than...
by Melissa Kelly | Sep 24, 2023 | Narrative Lectionary - Year 2, Sermons
Wrestling Within and Without Rita and Vija explore what it meant for Jacob, and for the disciples in the storm, to wrestle. How have other people struggled with their consciences, and their internal and external obstacles? How do you wrestle? Audio Preacher Rita...
by Melissa Kelly | Sep 17, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 2, Sermons
I didn’t laugh. Yes, you did. We have all laughed at and with Sarah for as long as we’ve heard the story. An 80 year old woman giving birth!?! Pastor Megan challenges us to consider laughter. What impossible things do we laugh at? An end to hunger?...
by Melissa Kelly | Jan 29, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, Year W
Heart Treasures & 12-Year-Olds This sermon is a wondering, a story, a reflection, and – at the last – a blessing. A wondering about the treasures stored in Mary’s heart. A story about an aunt and her nephew ice skating. A reflection about Jesus at...
by Melissa Kelly | Dec 4, 2022 | Advent, Dustin Wilsor, Sermons, Year W
Blessed Are You Among Women! Elizabeth exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.” Who was the blessed woman, and what does it mean to be blessed in the first place? Dustin is an emerging Mariologist, and he walks...
