By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Psalm 4 Answer me when I call, God of my justice!Give me relief from my distress!Have mercy!Hear my prayer! How long will you people dishonor me before God?How long will you love delusion and pursue lies?Know that those who love YHWHhave been set apart by divine will—YHWH will hear me when…
Easter Sunday Matthew 28:1-10 There are shadows within us. Yes, there is also a burning flame, an Inner Light as the Quakers call it, the image of God in us. But the shadows are there. We’ve been exploring them throughout Lent. Morton Kelsey, a priest and psychologist, puts it this way, “Each of us has…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Mark 11:1-11 As we begin this holy week, reality feels anything but holy. We are walking through the valley of the shadow of death. What good news is there for us in the Palm Sunday story? How can we wave palm branches and shout hosanna when our hearts are heavy with…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk This is the fourth sermon in a Lenten series entitled “Shadow Dancing: Pulling Back the Veil.” Matthew 5:13-15 The year is 1989. The setting is the White House. Ronald Reagan is offering his farewell address after 8 years in office. “The Great Communicator,” as he was called, waxes eloquently: The past…
This is the third sermon in a Lenten series entitled “Shadow Dancing: Pulling Back the Veil.” The scripture was excerpts from Isaiah 1. You could be a mother, picking leftovers off your toddler’s plate. You could be the young man in headphones across the street. You could be a bookkeeper, a dentist, a grandmother icing…
This is the second sermon in a Lenten series called “Shadow Dancing: Pulling Back the Veil.” This sermon is based on Romans 7:15-24. It’s now the fourth week of February. Can you even remember the new years’s resolutions you may have made eight weeks ago — much less succeeded in doing them? Maybe you gave…
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