By Joanna Shenk This is the fifth sermon in a Lenten series called Capitalism: A Bible Study. Luke 19:1-10 Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Clarence Jordan Symposium in Americus, Ga. The symposium marked 75 years since the founding of Koinonia Farm, which was the first interracial community in the South. Clarence…
By FMCSF Youth Group Note: Our church’s youth group rewrote the Gospel stories for each Sunday of Lent and then presented them as children’s stories during worship. Third Sunday of Lent, March 4 Mark 5:1-17 (Jesus and the demoniac) After spending time traveling the suburbs surrounding Washington DC, Jesus decided to take the train all…
By Joanna Shenk This is the third sermon in a Lenten series called “Capitalism: A Bible Study.” Mark 5:1-17 Wednesday was an intense day for me. It began with a trip to the San Francisco County Jail which is located in San Bruno. A friend of mine, Ellen, teaches classes there and invited me to…
By Pat Plude Come let us all unite to vote, reform 13! Let corporations pay their share, reform 13. There are too many loopholes, we lose our libraries and schools Come vote with us for justice sake, reform 13! Make it fair (hashtag!) Make it fair (hashtag!) Come let us all unite to vote to…
By Joanna Shenk Matthew 2:1-12 Mark 1:4-11, this version also read in addition to the NRSV I was in high school when I first learned the word “Epiphany.” At my school we had a Spring Arts Day each year, where the high school grades competed against each other in various categories: vocal, instrumental and theatrical…
By David Brazil Matthew 16:21-28 Good morning, and thank you for your hospitality. Let’s pray. As you’ve heard, my name is David Brazil; I’m the organizer for the Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy and I co-pastor a house church in Oakland called the Agape Fellowship. I’m also a poet, translator, editor, curator, and a…
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