This sermon, by Joanna, is the third in our Back to the Basics series called “Living with Courage and Clarity in the face of AI.” John 1:1-4,14 Do any of you remember seeing the billboards around San Francisco that said “Stop hiring humans” or “Hire Artisans, Not Humans” or “Artisans Won’t Complain About Work-Life Balance.” …
Mark 11:1-11, 15-17 Today on this Palm Sunday we have the opportunity to learn from angry Jesus. Anyone else feeling angry about anything these days?! I remember it was nearly a decade ago when Sheri first introduced me to the book, The Language of Emotions. The catalyst was me being really angry about something so…
Matthew 2:1-18 Happy new year friends and have I got a story for you! I imagine many of you are familiar with the tale of the three kings or the magi. Thank you Kate for the lovely children’s rendition this morning. I’ve also preached on the magi and epiphany a few times, so I wasn’t…
Luke 8:1-3 When I was a little Joanna growing up, I often thought that it didn’t make sense that God created me a girl. According to the gender roles of the midwestern evangelical reality surrounding me, I was much more like a boy. I was outspoken and boisterous. I was sporty and argumentative. As I…
by Joanna Lawrence Shenk It’s estimated that at least five million people were in the streets yesterday across this country to protest Trump’s military parade and even more importantly, his authoritarianism. History has shown that nonviolent protests and civil resistance movements that activate 3.5% of a population have the power to win. I would say…
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…
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