by Melissa Kelly | Jan 28, 2024 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Liberator(s) of LEGION Tempted to avert our gaze from the mention of “evil spirit” or “demon”, instead Pastor Megan chooses to hold this story’s gaze and look for what may be true… then and now. What is true? What binds humans is indeed legion. What liberates humans...
by Melissa Kelly | Nov 26, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 2, Sermons
Renewable Fidelity When the Very Good King Josiah is informed that a long lost scroll has been found in the dusty corner of a closet, he rends his garments in mourning for himself and for his people. Despite his commitment to just labor practices, and the narrator’s...
by Melissa Kelly | Jan 22, 2023 | Epiphany, Sermons, Weldon Nisly, Year W
A Sign Provoking Contention Join us as Weldon reflects on prophecy and the prophets he has known and worked with in Iraqi Kurdistan. His work with CPT has brought him in contact with prophets, particularly women prophets, who are challenging and provoking the systems...
by Melissa Kelly | Dec 11, 2022 | Advent, Megan Ramer, Sermons, Year W
Formation and Family Jesus’ formation began when he was still in utero, when his mama sang the revolutionary songs of her own foremamas, and when Joseph drew a circle of family around a child not his own. Years later when Jesus’ own ministry proclaimed a liberation of...
by Melissa Kelly | Nov 6, 2022 | Fall 2022, Sermons
An Ode to Those Who Say NO Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Ida B. Wells. Before there was Esther, there was Vashti. And after all of them was Brenda Salter McNeil. Those who say “No!” stand on the shoulders of many others who also had the courage to resist...
