By Joanna Lawrence Shenk This is the fourth sermon in a series called “The Story of the Bible: A Hot Mess and a Healing Journey.” Scripture excerpts from Exodus – Joshua (see below) We have a lot of ground to cover today so we’ll be reading excerpts from scripture throughout the sermon. The scope of…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk Amos 8:1-12 We do what’s possible and God does what’s impossible. That is the actual title of my sermon, it was just too long for the bulletin. One of my favorite places these days is the Faith in Action office located at the corner of Folsom and Cesar Chavez. I walk…
A sermon given by guest preachers Ched Myers and Elaine Enns on July 29, 2018 (tenth Sunday after Pentecost). Elaine: Ched and I are delighted to be with you all this weekend, celebrating the wedding of Pastor Joanna and Eric yesterday, and this morning having the opportunity to circle around the Word here at First…
By Sheri Hostetler This is the last sermon in a Lenten series called “Capitalism: A Bible Study.” Much of this sermon draws heavily from the first chapter of Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan’s book, The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem. I have tried to note when I…
By FMCSF Youth Group Note: Our church’s youth group rewrote the Gospel stories for each Sunday of Lent and then presented them as children’s stories during worship. Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 18 Luke 19:1-10 (Jesus and Zacchaeus) While traveling with his poor people’s movement, Jesus and his friends, had a protest march in Manhattan,…
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…
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