This is the first in an Eastertide mini-series called “Rewilding Jesus” that unearths fun and feral images/ideas about Jesus, the Jewish prophet deeply rooted in his place and his community and undomesticated by Empire. Almost a year ago, I was in Milan to officiate the wedding of one of our former MVSers, Alyssa Schrag, and…
The sermon by Sheri Hostetler is interspersed wth Helen Stoltzfus’ “An Easter Poem.” A video an audio recording of the sermon can be found in this folder. Matthew 28:1-10 There are worlds within this story. We have tried for so long to put this story into a little box. It contains multitudes. We have said…
This is the fourth sermon in our Lenten series, “Fully Alive: Living as Warrior, Monk and Mystic.” It is followed by a reflection by Kelli Pearson, a member of our congregation, on identifying with the mystic archetype. John 17:20-26 Have you ever had the experience of being enlarged? In that moment, you felt yourself a…
This sermon is the third in our Lenten series called “Fully Alive: Living as Warrior, Mystic, Monk.” It is followed by a reflection by David Wieand, a member of our congregation, on identifying with the monk archetype. Luke 10:38-42 Are you, like Martha, distracted by many things? Do you feel fragmented, pulled in many directions?…
This sermon is the first in our Lenten series called Fully Living: Living as Warrior, Mystic, Monk. Matthew 4:1-11 Let’s do a Zoom poll but without actually being on Zoom.How many of you have had a practice of observing Lent at some point in your life — either you grew up with or it or…
Matthew 4:17-23 Since I’m about to give our version of the “State of the Union” address typically given by U.S. presidents, I thought I’d check out last year’s State of the Union address to get a sense of the similarities and differences between that ritual and ours. Similarities? People come in late for that event,…
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