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 Melissa Kelly | Nov 14, 2021 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Justice First The prophets bring us beautiful poetry and powerful challenge. Amos is clear that justice must be established at the city gate, at the entry point, at the first. Everything else flows from that. Without justice at the start, God **can’t even** with our...
by Megan Ramer | Dec 13, 2020 | Jonathan Neufeld, Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
Oaks of Righteousness Seeds are germinated and nurtured in the deep dark black of soil. A newly liberated people draws on this rich metaphor in understanding how God’s jubilee vision grows in them: from tender shoots of justice and praise, into oaks of...
by Amy Epp | Aug 30, 2020 | Guest Speaker, Sermons
Listening & Learning: Jerrell Williams In this last Sunday of hearing from in our summer series: Jerrell Williams, pastor of Salem Mennonite Church, a fellow Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference congregation. Jerrell takes us on a journey with Hagar into the...
by Megan Ramer | Aug 2, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Listening & Learning: Austin Channing Brown We continue our summer worship series in which we listen to and learn from Black preachers. Today: Austin Channing Brown, author of best-selling book, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness,...
