by Melissa Kelly | Feb 5, 2023 | Epiphany, Megan Ramer, Sermons, Year W
Gathered Around A Campfire Jesus’ ability to choose his baptism matters. Our ability to choose baptism, to choose discipleship, to choose joining the the Jesus movement, to choose walking in the Way, to choose covenant with one another ALSO matters. Despite how it may...
by Melissa Kelly | Jul 31, 2022 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, Summer Series 2022
Some Six-figure Nard… In 2020 Seattle dollars, Mary pours out $100,000 worth of perfume on Jesus’ feet. Why? And when Judas questions her choice, citing how much further those dollars could have gone if given to the poor, doesn’t he have a point? Yep. But come...
by Melissa Kelly | Jul 24, 2022 | Debbie Bledsoe, Sermons, Summer Series 2022
The Prayer that Jesus Taught and Economic Justice Jesus’s example of how to pray helps us see economic justice in a new way, helps us remember who we are to God and to each other, and helps us see that admitting dependence on God can lead to justice for everyone. ...
by Melissa Kelly | Jul 17, 2022 | Debbie Bledsoe, Sermons, Summer Series 2022
Camel or cable? Needle or gate? Just how easy is it for a camel to get through the eye of a needle? Pastor Debbie takes us through many translations and interpretations around the familiar quip. Did Jesus really mean what he is reported to have said – either...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 24, 2022 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Sent to Share Life Yes, it’s exceedingly unfair that Thomas gets such a bad rap. But that’s a sermon that’s been preached a thousand times, including several times by Pastor Megan. Instead, this week she dives deep into what she’d always previously glossed right over....
