by Melissa Kelly | Feb 4, 2024 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
A Woman Gets ALL the Healings I can talk about a woman who experiences a minimum of three healings in one healing story. The first is busting through all sorts of internal and external barriers to step out her door and into a crowd. The second is reaching for the hem...
by Melissa Kelly | Oct 1, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 2, Sermons
Ripples A whole bevy of women choose to creatively subvert the powers of death, risking their own lives, for the sake of choosing life. Shiprah and Puah – the midwives who bravely deliver life in defiance of the king, Jochabed – the mother and master...
by Melissa Kelly | Jun 27, 2023 | Amy Epp, Sermons, Year W
A Canaanite Call-Out The Canaanite woman calls out Jesus for his exclusion and abusive language. He responds by changing his mind, offering her the healing that she seeks for her daughter. Throughout history, it has been the brave souls who make themselves vulnerable...
by Melissa Kelly | Mar 5, 2023 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Sermons, Year W
Setting the Table Join Pastor Megan in a reflection on the story that begins with dirt in a garden. We’ve heard it so many times, through so many tellings and retellings. What table was set in that garden by a trickster and a very human Eve? Audio Preacher...
by Melissa Kelly | Feb 12, 2023 | Dustin Wilsor, Epiphany, Sermons, Year W
There’s A Place For Us In this scripture, we come to the “ending credits” of the story of Mary that we have been following for the past several months. Using the musical West Side Story, Dustin urges us to ensure that we give credit to everyone who contributed...
