By Dana Cassell Malachi 3: 1-4 – Third Sunday of Advent One Saturday in May of 2020, I left my house – which, if you remember, was kind of a big deal during that season – to go volunteer in the newly created community garden at the Parktown Food Hub, a community food pantry and…
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Christ The King
By: Brad Hendrickson Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 & Psalm 93 These two richly extravagant passages come to us this morning from what is called the Revised Common Lectionary. This Lectionary includes a 3-year rotation of selections from Scripture — Year A, Year B (which this is the last Sunday of), and Year C — that allow…
The God we are called to follow
By: Dana Cassell Psalm 46 I don’t know about your week, but mine has been pretty long and weird. The time changed, which always throws me off. My dog got super sick, turned our apartment into a scene from a horror movie and had to spend the night at the vet (she’s fine now!). And…
ALL SAINT’S DAY – Apprenticing to Grief
By: Julia Baker John 11: 32-44 The last 10 years of my life I have been an apprentice to grief. Most of it centered around losing people — through the end of relationships anddeath. Often one grief touches all other pain, the personal tender spills out rubbing up against the grief when I see a…
He came not to be served but to serve
By: Dana Cassell Mark 10:35-45 My good friend Lauree died last month. She was 90, enjoyed good health right up until the end, and died on her own terms, just like she lived. And she sure did live. Lauree was one of the smartest people I’ve ever known, and her mind was creative and powerful….
Conflict
By: Dana Cassell Mark 9:38-50 I learned a lot about ministry in the first congregation I served. One of the lessons was from the senior pastor, Jeff Carter. When people had reactions to something that felt outsized to everyone else, when we couldn’t figure out exactly why someone was upset about a small change in…
BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING
Phillippians 4:4-9 The day after a relationship ending betrayal — the Spirit gifted me a profound mercy that flowed into my shattered heart and mind. I woke with this verse Philippians — “The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” What shimmered that day to…
Angelic Snack Cakes
Preacher: Dana Cassell Scripture Readings:1 Kings 19:4-8 I love this story about Elijah. Elijah is a huge, looming figure all over scripture. He’s a big-time prophet in the Hebrew Bible, and an explicit reference point for who Jesus is and what he’ll do in the New Testament. Elijah’s life is filled with drama: He brings…
Bread
By Nathan Hosler Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15, Ephesians 4:1-16, John 6:24-35 This was the 15th day of the second month. Approximately 45 days since they were liberated from slavery. And they were in the desert wilderness. And they were hungry. The wilderness has often been a place of testing. Much later, Jesus will go into the…
Miracle Love
Guest Preacher Julia Baker Backward Miracle Every once in a while we need a backward miracle that will strip language, make it hold for a minute: just the vessel with the wine in it— a sacramental refusal to multiply, reclaiming the single loaf and the single fish thereby. I am often asked what my poems…
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