Sermons

  • Sermon: The Automatic Earth

    The photos above is of an Amish farm near Sheri’s home in Ohio. This sermon is based on Mark 4:26-34. I loved reading Frog and Toad stories to Patrick when he was young. And my favorite Frog and Toad story was the one we just heard. If I were to psychoanalyze myself, I would say…

  • Sermon: Practicing Sabbath

    By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Deut. 5:12-15 Growing up there were things I always expected to happen (or not happen) on Sundays. My Mom would tune the radio to the Christian program called Sunday Praise while we were getting ready for church. Then we would all pile into the van and tumble out at church, taking…

  • Sermon: The Right-Sized Self

    Isaiah 6:1-8 This past weekend, I spent four days in Death Valley, homeland of the Timbisha Shoshone. We were celebrating the 80th birthday of a dear friend, who said she wanted to go somewhere where she could gaze at stars. And so I googled, “Where is the best place to stargaze in California?” and Death…

  • Sermon: Prophesy to the bones

    By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Ezekiel 37:1-14 Happy Pentecost! I imagine that most of us are familiar with the Pentecost story as told in Acts. It’s an exciting one, with wind and fire and miracles! The disciples are hiding away and then the Holy Spirit, like a rushing wind, fills the room they are in. The…

  • Sermon: Not of this World

    This sermon was presented along with a slide show, which provided a lot of the “text” for the sermon. I have tried to include as many links to these images as I can; feel free to imagine the rest! John 17:6-19 It has been fun to hear people’s reaction to this passage from John this…

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