by Melissa Kelly | Apr 26, 2026 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
A Complicated Character Paul is a complicated character, to say the absolute least. We get a whole range of behaviors from Paul in just this one story: from a callous disregard of one, to intimate concern for another, to a courageous act in solidarity with a whole...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 12, 2026 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Sermons
Sent in the manner… The disciples are afraid and lock themselves into a room. When Jesus appears and speaks peace to them, Thomas is not there. Thomas must be either fearless, or brave (feels fear, but has left the locked room anyway). After speaking peace into...
by Melissa Kelly | Jan 25, 2026 | Epiphany, Megan Ramer, Sermons
Nighttime musings; Daytime wayfinding Nicodemus seeks Jesus under cover of dark, and Jesus challenges Nicodemus to follow an Empire-defying Way in the light of day. When we step away from complicity with a violent and death-dealing Empire, when we emerge from the...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 20, 2025 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Seeking the Living & Practicing Resurrection “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” sounds like a chastisement. Until we remember that the only reason that ANYone knows that Jesus’ tomb is empty is because a whole crew of faithful women showed up at the...
by Melissa Kelly | Dec 22, 2024 | Advent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
And Yet More Love As we wait for God’s “Big L” Liberating Love to be fully realized, we are called to BE God’s love of ourselves, for one another, and for all creation. We enter the story of Mary, and then Mary with Elizabeth, to see how this love begets more love and...
