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…
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. First Sunday of Lent, Feb. 18 Luke 4:16-21, “Jesus’ first sermon” Narrator 1: Before we get started with the story, I want to tell you a little bit…
Subversive singers use hymns as protest mennoworld.org/2018/01/22/news/subversive-singers-use-hymns-as-protest/ After weeks of planning and selecting their targets, members of First Mennonite Church of San Francisco entered the bank and handed staff a note with their demands. What happened wasn’t a heist but a hymn sing. Wearing signs critical of laws facilitating skyrocketing rents and corporations not paying…
By Pat Plude Come let us all unite to vote, reform 13! Let corporations pay their share, reform 13. There are too many loopholes, we lose our libraries and schools Come vote with us for justice sake, reform 13! Make it fair (hashtag!) Make it fair (hashtag!) Come let us all unite to vote to…
By Joanna Shenk Matthew 2:1-12 Mark 1:4-11, this version also read in addition to the NRSV I was in high school when I first learned the word “Epiphany.” At my school we had a Spring Arts Day each year, where the high school grades competed against each other in various categories: vocal, instrumental and theatrical…
By Sheri Hostetler I have referenced Elizabeth Johnson’s book She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse throughout this sermon. This is the third in an Advent series called “Wings, Wisdom and Womb: Dwelling in our Feminine Divine.” When Patrick was young, he loved the book, Mama, Do You Love Me? And no…
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