Sermon by Sheri Hostetler during our series “Becoming a Trauma-Informed Community,” Sept. 10-Oct. 8, 2017. A reading from The Martyr’s Mirror: “The Story of Maekyn Wens, and Some of Her Fellow-Believes” “The north wind of persecution blew now the longer the more through the garden of the Lord, so that the herbs and trees of…
This the first sermon in the series for our Back to the Basics series entitled “Becoming a Trauma-Informed Community. Luke 24:13-35 I’m going to tell you the story about the worst and best day of my life. A year and a half ago, Patrick got sick and didn’t get better. He began losing weight; he…
By David Brazil Matthew 16:21-28 Good morning, and thank you for your hospitality. Let’s pray. As you’ve heard, my name is David Brazil; I’m the organizer for the Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy and I co-pastor a house church in Oakland called the Agape Fellowship. I’m also a poet, translator, editor, curator, and a…
By Sheri Hostetler Romans 12:1-8 During our communion litany, we say together a prayer that ends with this line: “Made one in Christ and one with each other, and one with all creation – we offer these gifts and with them ourselves.” There’s actually five additional words to this prayer — “and with them ourselves,…
By Lisa Hubbell What I’ve been given to say today is about listening to other voices. If this were a Quaker meeting, we would all settle back into silence, to give more time for Shannon’s words to sink in and work on us, along with whatever God guides us to pay attention to in that…
By Joanna Shenk Psalm 85:8-13 A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a loved one in which they asked me if I thought holiness and righteousness were important… or if I valued them as a Christian. I can’t remember exactly how they said it, but it was said in a way that…
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