by Joanna Lawrence Shenk This is the second in an Eastertide mini-series called “Rewilding Jesus” that unearths fun and feral images/ideas about Jesus, the Jewish prophet deeply rooted in his place and his community and undomesticated by Empire. John 1:1-5 I confess that given all the bad Christian theology and biblical interpretation out there, I’ve…
This is the first in an Eastertide mini-series called “Rewilding Jesus” that unearths fun and feral images/ideas about Jesus, the Jewish prophet deeply rooted in his place and his community and undomesticated by Empire. Almost a year ago, I was in Milan to officiate the wedding of one of our former MVSers, Alyssa Schrag, and…
The sermon by Sheri Hostetler is interspersed wth Helen Stoltzfus’ “An Easter Poem.” A video an audio recording of the sermon can be found in this folder. Matthew 28:1-10 There are worlds within this story. We have tried for so long to put this story into a little box. It contains multitudes. We have said…
by Joanna Lawrence Shenk Matthew 21:1-11 As a congregation located in San Francisco we are very familiar with the experience of public parades and marches, yeah?? They happen all the time around here. Let’s just name some of them: Pride, Trans march, Dyke march, Carnaval parade, Chinese New Year, Ceasar Chavez, MLK march, Climate justice…
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?…
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