This reflection by Eli Ramer is from the third Sunday of our Back to the Basics Series: A Theology of Disability: God Calls Us Good. Back in the 1970s my mother was the co-director of a clinic for disabled people, down in Orange County. Some were disabled from birth, and two thirds were young men,…
This reflection by Janet Kroeker is from the second Sunday of our Back to the Basics Series: A Theology of Disability: God Calls Us Good. You can find audio and video recordings of both her reflection and that of our other speaker, Peter Kangas, here. I Corinthians 12:4-13 I imagine most of you thought I’d…
This is the first in our Back to the Basics Series: A Theology of Disability: God Calls Us Good. In this sermon, Joanna and Sheri preach on a theology of disability and how it can set all of us free. Genesis 32: 22-32 Joanna: As many of you know, I grew up in a family…
Above: Pelagius and Augustine, who argued over original sin in late 4th and early 5th centuries. This sermon is part of our annual “Throwback Sunday” series, where we look at older theological concepts that we may not find helpful (or even tolerable) anymore. We ask where they came from, what were their consequences, and whether…
“Jesus multiples the loaves and fishes” from JESUS MAFA, a iChristian community in Cameroon, Africa. Matthew 14:13-21 We worked with this passage at our lectio group on Tuesday, and something that Sarah Rezny (who has given me permission to share this) really struck me. She said: “This is one of our big stories,” which I…
Fungal structures, or mycelium, running through healthy soil. Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23? I just listened to a great podcast about what makes for healthy soil. I’m fascinated by dirt in the same way that Sarah Nahar, who preached last Sunday, is fascinated by poop. And if you haven’t heard her brilliant sermon, then you really must!
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