Preacher: Julia Baker Date: January 28, 2024 Scripture: Mark 1:21-28 I have had a keen interest in healing for a long time. This has not merely been an intellectual pursuit, but has risen from a place of raw survival. Maybe some you can relate also, maybe you have cried out to God, a convulsion from…
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Joy and Weeping (Epiphany)
Preacher: Rev. Jennifer Hosler, PhD Date: January 7, 2024; Epiphany Sunday Scripture: Matthew 2:1-18 If you’d like to watch a video of this sermon, you can find it here. This weekend is a weekend of milestones and markers, some joyful and many somber. Orthodox Christmas is celebrated today, as our Eastern Christian siblings in Christ observe…
Voices that We Do Not Expect
Preacher: Pastor Jennifer Hosler, PhD Date: December 10, 2023 Scripture: Mark 1:1-8, Luke 1:39-55 I learned a new word recently: muzak. I was reading a Bethany Theological Seminary update email with a reflection by President Jeff Carter that included this word, discussing the saturation of stores with Christmas background music during this season. Momentarily puzzled, I…
Who You Are and Whose You Are
Preacher: Pastor Jennifer Hosler, PhD Date: November 19, 2023 Scripture: I Thessalonians 5:1-28 May the Words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. – Psalm 19:14 Preaching is a curious thing. Preaching is more than public speaking. Not only is there…
Not In Word, but In Power
Preacher: Daniel Kwadwo Akomea-Agyin Date: November 12, 2023 Scripture: Acts 17: 22-28, I Corinthians 4: 6-7. 16-21 Acknowledgement: Thank you for inviting my family and me to be a part of your worship experience. I am sure that this will be the beginning of a very good relationship. Prelude: Power is intoxicating. As irresistible as it…
Give Yourself, who are God’s, to God
Preacher: Julia Baker Date: October 22, 2023 Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22 Audio for this sermon can be found here: To be posted I invite you to place yourself on the street in Jerusalem just days after Jesus rode over palm branches on a donkey. There is tension in the air, the authorities are on high-alert, wanting to…
But we do see Jesus
“Jesus’ hand reaches out to the children” Sculpture at the Washington National Cathedral
When Jesus is not a Peacemaker
Preacher: Jennifer Hosler Scripture: Luke 12:49-56 At Washington City Church of the Brethren, we understand the ministry of peacemaking as an important, integral part of Jesus’ gospel. The teaching and actions of Jesus speak in Scripture to God’s peace and reconciliation: they lift up the poor and marginalized, they call for love of enemies, and…
COME TO THE LIGHT
Numbers 21:4-9 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21 Jeff Davidson The comedian Norm MacDonald has a shaggy dog story that he sometimes tells. I’m going to do a very, very shortened version of it here. A moth visits a podiatrist’s office. The podiatrist says, “What can I do for you today?” The moth says, “Doc, my life…
NO CROSS, NO CROWN
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Romans 4:13-25, Mark 8:31-38 Micah Bales When I first read through the scripture readings for this Sunday, it wasn’t immediately clear to me how our gospel reading relates to the passage from Genesis. The story of Abraham and Sarah seems to be all about God bestowing unconditional blessing and abundance on two…
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