2 Corinthians 12:2-10 Last Sunday, I was getting out of my car to unlock the synagogue, when I realized I had left everything I needed back at my house: my computer (which was needed for Zoom hosting), my phone, my notes for worship leading, and the children’s story book. So, I was rattled when I…
John 15: 1, 4-5; 1 John 4:7-8, 11-12, 16 Of the 8 billion people on the planet, we are some of the few fortunate enough to live in a Mediterranean climate zone. While Mediterranean refers to the countries that rim the Mediterranean Sea, it also refers to a kind of climate zone that is scattered…
John 20:1-18 This sermon concludes our Lent series on “Covenant: The Tie that Binds.” Here in this world, dying and living, we are each other’s bread and wine. Those words from the hymn “What is this place” kept going through my head as I went on my morning walks this past week. In fact, those…
This sermon continues our Lent series, “Covenant: The Ties that Bind.” By Joanna Lawrence Shenk and Sheri Hostetler Mark 11:1-11 Joanna: What does it mean to be part of Jesus’ prophetic, theatrical, peace parade today? What does it mean to follow Rabbi Yeshua, a Palestinian Jew, who was living under Roman occupation? What does it…
Jim Brenneman preached this sermon for the fourth Sunday of our Lent series, “Covenant: The Tie That Binds.” Things fall apart; the center cannot hold, mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. . . Surely some revelation is at hand; . . .now I know that Twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare…
This is the first sermon in our Lent series, “Covenant: The Tie that Binds,” during which we explore what it means to be a covenanted community now, after the many changes of the past several years. This sermon was accompanied by a slide show of photos from our community’s life together. Please contact Sheri at…
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