By : Sarah Levy Luke 3: 15-22 Good morning church. I am so grateful to be with you all and have the opportunity to reflect on and wrestle with the word that God has for us today. In the liturgical calendar, this Sunday is known as Baptism of the Lord Sunday, the Sunday in which…
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Stars, Joy, and Paying Homage: Epiphany
By: Jennifer Hosler Psalm 72: 1-7, 10-14; Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2: 1-23 When I was growing up, my non-religious family celebrated Three Kings Day, which is what Epiphany is known as in some cultures. My mom would typically bake a cake and insert little wax-paper-covered coins in the cake, so that whoever found a coin…
ALIGNING WITH THE TRUE NORTH OF GOD
By: Julia Baker Colossians 3:12-17 I love this week of Christmastide,there is a liminal nature to these daysthat offer a sacred quiet. The Light has come, we no longer sit in darkness. And we look toward… In these threshold days many of us reflect on the year pastand the one ahead. As I do this…
Joy, or, You Brood of Vipers – Third Sunday of Advent
Lectio Divina Led by Jennifer Hosler Isaiah 12:1-6; Zephaniah 3:14-20; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18 This is the third Sunday of Advent. Traditionally, the theme for this Sunday is Joy. Joy or rejoice is seen throughout several of our lectionary scriptures. For our candle lighting, we read a passage from Isaiah, which is read today in…
Watch out, I’m on my way.
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…
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…
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