Sermon: Mennonites, War and Taxes
By Jim Lichti
By Jim Lichti
By Joanna Lawrence ShenkJohn 6:30-35 When I was growing up one of my favorite smells was that of fresh baked bread. I loved it when I would walk in the door after school and there would be warm bread on the kitchen table. The butter would melt right into each slice and I could eat…
By Sheri Hostetler This is the first sermon in a Lenten series called “Capitalism: A Bible Study.” Luke 4:14-21 I’ve heard the saying, “We must read the newspaper in one hand and the Bible in the other” attributed to about five different people throughout my life. But no matter who said it or even how…
This is the first sermon in our Lent series, “Covenant: The Tie that Binds,” during which we explore what it means to be a covenanted community now, after the many changes of the past several years. This sermon was accompanied by a slide show of photos from our community’s life together. Please contact Sheri at…
By Addie Liechty (cross-posted from https://addieswriting.wordpress.com/) Fifth Sunday of Lent — “Soul Journey: Joyful is the Dark” Ezekiel 37 The language of the soul is not one of words. It is one that speaks in symbols. In Christianity our main symbol is the cross. Personally, I have never felt very connected to this symbol. I have…
By Pat Plude Come let us all unite to vote, reform 13! Let corporations pay their share, reform 13. There are too many loopholes, we lose our libraries and schools Come vote with us for justice sake, reform 13! Make it fair (hashtag!) Make it fair (hashtag!) Come let us all unite to vote to…
This is the third sermon in our Lenten series on Christian mysticism called “A Voice to Call Us Home.” Isaiah 55:1-3, 6-9 We don’t know much about the woman called Julian of Norwich. We don’t actually even know her name. “Julian” is the name of the church where she lived for much of her adult…