By Sheri Hostetler Proverbs 8 (excerpts), Wisdom of Solomon 7:29-30 I have referenced Elizabeth Johnson’s book She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse throughout this sermon. This is the second in an Advent series called “Wings, Wisdom and Womb: Dwelling in our Feminine Divine.” A few years after I graduated from seminary…
By Sheri Hostetler This is the first sermon in an Advent series on “Wings, Wisdom and Womb: Dwelling in our Feminine Divine.” I am very much indebted to Elizabeth Johnson’s book She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse throughout this sermon. I also consulted Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb’s book She Who Dwells Within: Feminist Vision…
Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Psalm 90:1-11, Thessalonians 5:1-11 Imagine the scene, if you will: It’s a Tuesday morning, and I’m sitting in my upstairs office with my nice hot cup of tumeric ginger tea beside me. My purring cat is asleep on my lap, and I’m snuggly and warm in my fake-sheepskin-lined slippers on this…
Matthew 5:1-12 (All Saints Day) Last year, as Patrick and I were driving into San Francisco on All Saints Sunday, he asked me what we were doing in worship, and I told him we’d be lighting candles and naming those we have loved who have died. He said, “Oh, you mean the service where everyone…
Sermon by Sheri Hostetler during our series “Becoming a Trauma-Informed Community,” Sept. 10-Oct. 8, 2017. A reading from The Martyr’s Mirror: “The Story of Maekyn Wens, and Some of Her Fellow-Believes” “The north wind of persecution blew now the longer the more through the garden of the Lord, so that the herbs and trees of…
This the first sermon in the series for our Back to the Basics series entitled “Becoming a Trauma-Informed Community. Luke 24:13-35 I’m going to tell you the story about the worst and best day of my life. A year and a half ago, Patrick got sick and didn’t get better. He began losing weight; he…
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