This is the fourth sermon in our Lenten series, “Fully Alive: Living as Warrior, Monk and Mystic.” It is followed by a reflection by Kelli Pearson, a member of our congregation, on identifying with the mystic archetype. John 17:20-26 Have you ever had the experience of being enlarged? In that moment, you felt yourself a…
This sermon is the third in our Lenten series called “Fully Alive: Living as Warrior, Mystic, Monk.” It is followed by a reflection by David Wieand, a member of our congregation, on identifying with the monk archetype. Luke 10:38-42 Are you, like Martha, distracted by many things? Do you feel fragmented, pulled in many directions?…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk This is the second sermon in our Lenten series, “Fully Alive: Living as Warrior, Monk and Mystic.” It is followed by a reflection by Kenda Host, a member of our congregation, on identifying with the warrior archetype. Ephesians 6:10-20 Draw your strength from the Spirit of Life within and all around…
This sermon is the first in our Lenten series called Fully Living: Living as Warrior, Mystic, Monk. Matthew 4:1-11 Let’s do a Zoom poll but without actually being on Zoom.How many of you have had a practice of observing Lent at some point in your life — either you grew up with or it or…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Micah 6:1-8 Imagine yourself in the forest that we just heard about during Children’s Time. What do you think you’d be noticing if you were in the forest? Maybe the sound of birds or the height of the trees? Maybe the skittering of the squirrels, rustling the leaves as they bound…
Matthew 4:17-23 Since I’m about to give our version of the “State of the Union” address typically given by U.S. presidents, I thought I’d check out last year’s State of the Union address to get a sense of the similarities and differences between that ritual and ours. Similarities? People come in late for that event,…
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