by Melissa Kelly | Dec 12, 2021 | Advent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
A Great Feast Our final text in the Hebrew Bible, before arriving at the Gospel of John next week, is the beautiful poetry of Isaiah. We hear of God’s shalom vision: a great feast where thirst is sated and hunger no more; where none has need and we are shown that...
by Megan Ramer | Jan 24, 2021 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
How brave it is to follow Today’s Scripture reflections feature Jesus, a heap of fish, and pondering the BRAVERY of following. That leads directly into Brenda Salter McNeil’s powerful storytelling of clergy in Ferguson in 2014 being asked by the young...
by Megan Ramer | Nov 15, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Musical Composition of a Fantastical Vision As I’ve lived with Isaiah’s bizarre, fantastical, and awe-some / terrifying vision, I began to experience it as a musical composition: Introduction – In the year that King Uzziah died… Movement 1...
by Megan Ramer | Jul 19, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Listening & Learning: Glen Guyton We continue our summer worship series in which we listen to and learn from Black preachers. Today: Glen Guyton, the Executive Director of our denomination, Mennonite Church USA. He loves pie and is funny (though his wife may...
