by Melissa Kelly | May 8, 2022 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 4, Sermons
Singing Before the Miracle We zoom in on the powerful image of Paul and Silas, political prisoners, behind bars, surrounded by other prisoners listening to them, as they SING HYMNS to God. They are singing before the miracle. They are singing as strategy, as prayer,...
by Megan Ramer | Sep 6, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Common Life & Common Space We spend one final summer week with commentator Willie James Jennings, the Book of Acts, Paul imprisoned (yet again…), and the Holy Spirit calling Jesus-followers into common life and common space with one another. [sermon begins...
by Megan Ramer | May 17, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
The Loooooove Chapter What can be said of 1 Corinthians 13, the “love chapter,” that you haven’t already heard at one hundred weddings? How might we refuse to dismiss it as just another smarmy love song, and instead live every more fully,...
by Megan Ramer | May 11, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
It’s not about you AND it’s all about you – Zoom Church The early community of Jesus-followers in Corinth struggled with factionalism – over-identifying with particular leaders. Just as Paul urged his friends to re-center Jesus, we too seek to...
by Amy Epp | May 3, 2020 | Amy Epp, Sermons
Turning the World Upside Down – Zoom Church What does the Thessalonian community have to do with popular broadways musical Hamilton? Like the musical’s tribute to the battle of Yorktown, Paul’s arrival in Thessalonica shook up the established Jewish...
