By Jim Lichti
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Luke 13:31-35 It is a hard world we are living in friends. I’m glad we are here together to strengthen and encourage each other. I know I have needed that throughout this past week. There is something about the lenten journey this year that resonates deeply with me – the journey…
By Joanna Shenk This is the fifth sermon in a Lenten series called Capitalism: A Bible Study. Luke 19:1-10 Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Clarence Jordan Symposium in Americus, Ga. The symposium marked 75 years since the founding of Koinonia Farm, which was the first interracial community in the South. Clarence…
John 15: 1, 4-5; 1 John 4:7-8, 11-12, 16 Of the 8 billion people on the planet, we are some of the few fortunate enough to live in a Mediterranean climate zone. While Mediterranean refers to the countries that rim the Mediterranean Sea, it also refers to a kind of climate zone that is scattered…
Luke 6:1-11There is a well-known Jewish saying “two Jews, three opinions” — meaning that even among a small group of Jewish people there is likely to be a wide range of diverse perspectives on a topic, including within one’s own self. I love this healthy culture of debate and open discussion within Judaism. Adhering to…
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…
By Joanna Lawrence ShenkPsalm 85:8-13 Thank you, Sarah, for that reading which offers us a compelling vision of the kindom of God. The writer of this psalm is reflecting on who they know the Divine to be – one who brings peace and thriving to a community – to the land and the people. There…