Sermons

This is the second sermon in a series called “The Story of the Bible: A Hot Mess and a Healing Journey.” Genesis 2:8-9, 15-17; 3:1-24 We are going to do a Bible Study much like I remember preachers doing when I was growing up. Like those “olden times,” this will be easier if you have…

This is the first sermon in a series called “The Story of the Bible: A Hot Mess and a Healing Journey.” Genesis 1-2:4 Imagine you are an ancient Babylonian. You’re going about your daily business of whatever it is that ancient Babylonians did — harvesting crops, carving stones for the ziggurats. Imagine the kind of…

Luke 13:10-17 Before we even begin to talk about our story for today, I want to provide some context because there are anti-Semitic land mines in this text.  I asked Andrew Ramer to comment, and here are his eloquent words: The first thing to bear in mind when hearing these verses is that all of…

John 3:1-16 This is our second annual “Throwback Sunday,” where we look at a theological concept that many of us might have grown up with and where we also engage in gastronomic rituals that many of us may have grown up with. This year, we’re having a jello salad extravaganza! And I’ll be talking about…

By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Psalm 107 It felt like a punch to the gut to learn about another shooting in this country yesterday in El Paso. And then this morning while preparing for worship to learn about Dayton. And this follows less than a week after the tragedy in Gilroy at the Garlic Festival, which…