by Melissa Kelly | Aug 6, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, Summer 2023
Our WARRIOR PROTECTRIX is Angry Too! A Psalm of praise becomes a Psalm of lament as the City of Seattle cites and fines our congregation for the humans who have found refuge on our property after relentlessly being swept from public parks and lands. As our friend...
by Melissa Kelly | Jul 30, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, Summer 2023
JOYous Justice Joy & Justice are the twin children of Jubilee. They go together like (love and marriage?) a horse and carriage… “You can’t have one without the other!” As we seek to be God’s Jubilee people for one another and the world, may we continuously form...
by Melissa Kelly | Jun 27, 2023 | Amy Epp, Sermons, Year W
A Canaanite Call-Out The Canaanite woman calls out Jesus for his exclusion and abusive language. He responds by changing his mind, offering her the healing that she seeks for her daughter. Throughout history, it has been the brave souls who make themselves vulnerable...
by Melissa Kelly | May 28, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Pentecost, Sermons, Year W
Getting in Trouble The Holy Spirit disrupts our plans, and she beautifully disrupted the sermon plan this morning! When honored guests from the Palouse tribe spoke so powerfully to us during our time of welcome and gathering, Pastor Megan knew the sermon had to shift....
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 30, 2023 | Easter, Guest Speaker, Sermons, Year W
Earth and Breath Sarah Augustine, our Just Peace Climate Justice speaker, discusses the uses and failures of Capitalism and calls us to engage in an Indigenous cosmology that prioritizes Community Wellbeing over individuals and profit. She deftly contrasts a worldview...
