Preacher: Julia Baker Scripture: Luke 11:1-13 The Lord’s Prayer… At this moment, churches around the globe, in every language are praying this prayer. This beautiful prayer that I would guess has been spoken more than any collection of words in human history. A prayer that, for many of us, we didn’t even memorize consciously but…
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Beyond “Are you a Martha or a Mary?”
Preacher: Lisa Ramish Scripture: Genesis 18:1-10a; Luke 10:38-42 Thank you so much for having me as your guest today. I am so grateful to be with you. Let us start with a prayer. Our Creator, Please bless my words and let them be a blessing to those listening. Guide our voices, thoughts and actions to…
And Who is My Neighbor?
Preacher: Rev. Nate Hosler Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:9-14, Colossians 1:1-14, Luke 10:25-37 In 2003, after a year and a half of volunteer service and feeling a call to ministry, I boarded a train to Chicago from Pennsylvania. I was headed to college and the school was in the center of the city. A ministry training program,…
A Spiritual Rubric for Living
Preacher: Dana Cassell Scripture: Galatians 5:1, 13-25 I had the chance to talk with my friend Mandy this week, who is the pastor at the Manassas Church of the Brethren right down the road. I’d heard a little about what’s going on at Manassas – actually, when I wrote on Substack a few weeks ago…
God, What Would You Have Us Know Today?
Preacher: Julia Baker Scripture: Luke 8:26-39 The author Elizabeth Gilbert has a practice where she writes letters from God to herself writing at the top of the page — “What would you have me know today”?” I have done this practice over the last years, finding it especially helpful when the press of the world…
Transdimensional Liminal Space
Preacher: Rev. Jenn Hosler Scripture: Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53 A liminal space – an in-between, transition time. The Latin word ‘limen’ means “threshold.” Liminal spaces are spaces of possibility, uncertainty, uneasiness, and opportunity. When there is a break between the old and new, when the old is no longer valid or functioning and…
The Spirit of Delight
Preacher: Dana Cassell Scripture: Provers 8:1-4, 22-31 A long time ago, in the spring of 2020, a beloved congregant named Nancy included me on a poetry chain mail letter. I don’t really participate in chain letters, but I love poetry and I loved Nancy, who had been a steadfast supporter of me and my ministry,…
Greater Works- Spirit Fire
Preacher: Rev. Nate Hosler Scripture: John 14:8-17, 25-27; Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Today we mark Pentecost—the coming of the Comforter-Helper-Advocate—to the disciples. Having come in power, the Holy Spirit empowers and compels the disciples to go out and continue to the work of Jesus. Today we read our scripture passages and reflect. There will…
Stand, Receive my peace, hear the YES
Preacher: Julia Baker Scripture John 5: 1-9 & Acts 16:9-15 There is a type of essay called a braided essay. Where you weave three or more strands of story or reflection together — each strand might seem unrelated, or only loosely tied — but there is trust that through the weaving they will shimmer off…
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