By Joanna Lawrence Shenk 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 This year in discipleship group we’re reading the book “Romans Disarmed: Resisting Empire, Demanding Justice,” and reading the book of Romans. It’s my first experience with the writings of Paul in quite awhile and it has been illuminating in a number of ways. The authors of Romans Disarmed…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Epiphany Sunday Matthew 2:1-12 Today my sermon is an experiment in imaginative storytelling. I’m going to retell the story of Jesus’ birth and the visit of the wise people. In my story I’m going to bring to life Tree’s drawing of the holy family in a tent on the streets of…
This sermon is the third in an Advent series on “Spanning the Space Between.” Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:2-11 I recently saw a photograph of last spring’s “super bloom” of California wildflowers. It looked like someone took a palette of paints and dumped them over the desert hills — purples, oranges, yellows, blues. Supposedly the bloom…
This sermon is the second in an Advent series entitled “Spanning the Space Between.” Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12 A few years back, Jennette arranged a camping trip to Lake Tahoe for our church. It had been awhile since I’d been there, and I was surprised and saddened by the sight of so many dead pine…
This sermon is from the first Sunday of our Advent series, which has as its theme “Spanning the Space Between” Isaiah 2:1-5, Matthew 24:36-44 We had a discussion last Sunday during Education Hour about the holidays — how we feel about them and where they are in tension with our values. It turns out the…
Matthew 6:25-34 On this Sunday before Thanksgiving, Philip McGarvey and Tree gave reflections on what it means to live a life of trusting provision, trusting that our needs will be provided for — by the Divine, by the land, etc. The first reflection is by Philip: Dear friends, I’m writing to you from the south…
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