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…
By D. Byram This story is called, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Get Arrested … but Nebuchadnezzar gets BURNED! Before I start, let me just say that any city named Babylon is bound to be number ten on the top ten most touristy places to visit in central-wherever we are. Anyways, the King of Babylon, this…
By Sheri Hostetler Romans 12:1-8 During our communion litany, we say together a prayer that ends with this line: “Made one in Christ and one with each other, and one with all creation – we offer these gifts and with them ourselves.” There’s actually five additional words to this prayer — “and with them ourselves,…
By Lisa Hubbell What I’ve been given to say today is about listening to other voices. If this were a Quaker meeting, we would all settle back into silence, to give more time for Shannon’s words to sink in and work on us, along with whatever God guides us to pay attention to in that…
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