By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Psalm 23 This beloved psalm contains so many vivid images. I wonder about the ones that stick out to you, maybe a phrase you noticed in childhood or an image that has become meaningful to you over the years? I know for me I was confused by the first two lines…
John 20:1-18 Early in the morning, around 5am, Mary Magdalene walks alone to the tomb where Jesus’ body lay. She has barely slept since Friday, when she watched — watched! — her teacher, her best friend, her soulmate, brutally murdered. The whole time she stood there, looking up at him, trying to communicate through her…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk This is the sixth sermon in our Lenten series on the Christian mystics called “A Voice to Call Us Home.” Luke 19:28-40 On this Palm Sunday and final Sunday of our series on mysticism, we turn to a contemporary mystic, Wendsler Nosie Sr. So far in the series, all of the…
This is the fifth sermon in our Lenten series on the Christian mystics called “A Voice to Call Us Home.” An audio version of the sermon is available here. Luke 10:38-42 It came as a surprise to me when, in my early 30s, I felt drawn to becoming a monk. I was, by then, partnered…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk This is the fourth sermon in our Lenten series on the Christian mystics called “A Voice to Call Us Home.” “In the beginning there was the Word; the Word was in God’s presence, and the Word was God. The Word was present to God from the beginning. Through the Word all…
This is the third sermon in our Lenten series on Christian mysticism called “A Voice to Call Us Home.” Isaiah 55:1-3, 6-9 We don’t know much about the woman called Julian of Norwich. We don’t actually even know her name. “Julian” is the name of the church where she lived for much of her adult…
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