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...
by Melissa Kelly | Oct 9, 2022 | Fall 2022, Megan Ramer, Sermons
Desire, Bodies, and Sex, OH MY! No bones about it: Song of Songs is steamy. Before this sermon is through, we will acknowledge that people do, in fact, have sex. We will hear about desire and the clandestine rendezvous of lovers. We will learn that Pastor Megan has...
by Melissa Kelly | Jun 19, 2022 | Amy Epp, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Baptism: Political, Practical, Personal On this Sunday when we celebrate the baptism of two young adults in our congregation, Pastor Amy explores the way baptism blesses and call us. In Jesus baptism, he was pronounced his allegiance not to the emperors and kings who...
by Melissa Kelly | Sep 26, 2021 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Tricksters and Power and Blessings, Oh My! All of my first-born, rule-following instincts are troubled by this story of a younger son employing devious and conniving tactics to “steal” the blessing of his elder brother. But how was this story liberative to the people...
