Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost is the day when the unthinkable happens. On Pentecost, 120 people sit in an upper room, waiting to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, because Jesus told them this was going to happen. I doubt any of them could have imagined what this meant. And so they wait, in a room that…
Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-14 Who gets to belong — in any given group of people? Is it everyone? Or only certain people “our kind”? And what do people have to do to belong? What behaviors are expected of them? These kinds of questions are perennial. Anytime a group of humans comes together — even if it’s…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Acts 15:1-18 As I begin the sermon this morning I want to do something that I haven’t done for awhile, which is to give us some geographical orientation to the text. Today our story is from the book of Acts, which many of us, I imagine, have heard referred to as…
“Mourning Light,” by Lisle Gwynn Garrity © A Sanctified Art. Used with permission John 20:1-18 I’m going to be weaving the sermon with the poem (in italics) on this passage that I wrote for the book Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry and Reflection. In the beginning, on the first day, Jesus, rising,…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Here we are together again. I am so grateful to be a part of this community. Pat, Sheri and I have been reflecting on the gift we all gave each other last week as we gathered to grieve Katelin’s passing. It was a powerful reminder to me of why we do…
On Sunday, we began to grieve and remember our beloved Katelin Williams, who died suddenly on Wednesday night, March 26. In place of a sermon, we had an open time of sharing and reflecting on Katelin’s life. Some of the elements from that service are below, and a recording of it can be found here.
End of content
End of content