This is the last sermon in a Back to the Basics series on “Who’s Got a Place at the Welcome Table?” Isaiah 2:2-4; 25:6-8 Jonathan Hershberger’s story: Every morning, during third period at Central Christian High School in Northeast Ohio, we convened for chapel. One Spring morning, a visiting pastor spoke of secret sins –…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk and Pat Plude Luke 14:15-24 I want to bring your attention to our prayer of confession, written for this series. Especially the second and third lines: We offer what we can at our welcome table. We become guests at the welcome table of others. So far in the series we’ve been…
This is the second sermon in our “Back to the Basics” series on “Who’s Got a Place at the Welcome Table?” Psalm 62: 5-12 Ben Bolaños’ story: Fremont, Ohio. 1985-86. There are moments in your life where time slows down. A snapshot of an event imprinted in successive images. Do you know what I…
This is the first sermon in our Back to the Basics series entitled “Who’s Got a Place at the Welcome Table?” The image is “The Trinity” or “The Hospitality of Abraham,” an icon created by Russian painter Andrei Rublev in the 15th century. So many people contributed to the ideas in this sermon: Many of…
“Throwback Sunday” is an annual Sunday when we revisit theological ideas some of us may have grown up with and see if those ideas have relevance for us now. The illustration above is from the Codex Gigas, dating to the early 13th century. Ephesians 6:10-16 How many of you believed in Satan when you were young? How many of you believed…
Matthew 6:25-33 This is the second of an occasional sermon series entitled “How to Survive a Pandemic” As you know, I made the difficult decision recently to fly to Ohio to officiate my nephew’s outdoor wedding and also to see my 91-year-old father, who lives in an assisted living apartment in a Mennonite retirement community….
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