Author: Sheri Hostetler

  • Pride Sunday sermon

    Our Pride Sunday sermon was given by guest preacher Rachael Weasley, who is planting a queer-centered, activist Mennonite church in Bellingham, Washington, called Community of Hope. For a description of Community of Hope, please check out their Facebook page. Hi there!  I’m Rachael Weasley, and I’m so glad to be worshipping with you today.  …

  • Sermon: The Automatic Earth

    The photos above is of an Amish farm near Sheri’s home in Ohio. This sermon is based on Mark 4:26-34. I loved reading Frog and Toad stories to Patrick when he was young. And my favorite Frog and Toad story was the one we just heard. If I were to psychoanalyze myself, I would say…

  • Sermon: The Right-Sized Self

    Isaiah 6:1-8 This past weekend, I spent four days in Death Valley, homeland of the Timbisha Shoshone. We were celebrating the 80th birthday of a dear friend, who said she wanted to go somewhere where she could gaze at stars. And so I googled, “Where is the best place to stargaze in California?” and Death…

  • Sermon: Not of this World

    This sermon was presented along with a slide show, which provided a lot of the “text” for the sermon. I have tried to include as many links to these images as I can; feel free to imagine the rest! John 17:6-19 It has been fun to hear people’s reaction to this passage from John this…

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