Author: Sheri Hostetler

  • Sermon: Uncomfortable Love

    I John 4:7-21 As I was preparing for this sermon, I felt like a rather insistent jukebox kept playing in my head. And didn’t I just date myself there? What I meant to say was: A rather insistent Spotify playlist kept playing in my head. The main song was, of course, “All you need is…

  • Sermon: Following Jesus to Jerusalem

    By Sheri Hostetler This is the last sermon in a Lenten series called “Capitalism: A Bible Study.” Much of this sermon draws heavily from the first chapter of Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan’s book, The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem. I have tried to note when I…

  • Children’s Story: The Rich Man

    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. Second Sunday of Lent, Feb. 25 Mark 10:17-31, (Jesus and the rich guy) Narrator 1: Last week we heard a story about Jesus’ first sermon, where he talked…

  • Kingdom Story: The Diggers

    By Tree During our series on “Capitalism: A Bible Study,” we invited people in our congregation to tell a short story on what the Kingdom of God looks like on earth. This story was told by Tree on Feb. 25, 2018. When I heard that the topic for Lent was going to explore Capitalism and the Bible, I thought that information about Gerrard Winstanley and the English Diggers…

  • Sermon: The Underside of Capitalism

    By Sheri Hostetler This is the second sermon in a Lenten series called “Capitalism: A Bible Study.” Mark 10:17-31 I will start right off by saying that this sermon is going to be about the “underside of capitalism.” It’s going to be about violence and exploitation and suffering. It’s going to be about what we…

  • Sermon: Sabbath Economics

    By Sheri Hostetler This is the first sermon in a Lenten series called “Capitalism: A Bible Study.” Luke 4:14-21 I’ve heard the saying, “We must read the newspaper in one hand and the Bible in the other” attributed to about five different people throughout my life. But no matter who said it or even how…

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