by Melissa Kelly | Mar 12, 2023 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Sermons, Year W
Seeing Eden Through the Lens of Jesus We are still in the Garden, beginning to see movement towards the Table. What does this origin story say about gender, and culture, and danger? If we start with Jesus, what do we see about that first curse and the real danger?...
by Melissa Kelly | Oct 2, 2022 | Fall 2022, Megan Ramer, Sermons
A Singular Voice Contains Multitudes When at last the communal voice enters the lamentation, closing out the book of Lamentations, the community finds a way to speak in a singular voice with enough spaciousness to embrace its diversities. It’s almost magical how they...
by Melissa Kelly | Sep 18, 2022 | Fall 2022, Megan Ramer, Sermons
A Time to Hear from One Another We encounter the timeless poetry of Ecclesiastes about the seasons of our lives. Pete Seeger iconically set this poetry to music so poignant and beautiful that it is known to nearly all of us. Like all good poetry, there is spaciousness...
by Megan Ramer | Aug 9, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Listening & Learning: Shannon Dycus We continue our summer worship series in which we listen to and learn from Black preachers. Today: Shannon Dycus, former pastor of First Mennonite Church in Indianapolis IN, and current Dean of Students at Eastern Mennonite...
by Amy Epp | Jun 30, 2019 | Amy Epp, Sermons
Pastor Amy amplifies the voice of the Psalmist, who’s prayer is angry, depressed and anxious. While these aren’t emotions that we think we’re supposed to feel in church, God has no problem with them. In fact, that’s exactly where we can bring...
