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Laughter, Outcasts, and Getting Things Wrong
It’s another fraught healing story, so we say a few quiet parts out loud, e.g. OF COURSE SIN DOESN’T CAUSE DISABILITY! And then we notice a few key moments from the story of the man whose sight is…
First Lines and Buried Seeds
Not all is as MEH as it first appears when John embarks on the story of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. Palm fronds and an ancient plea turned praise adorn the political street theatre of Jesus astride…
Don’t Build a Ramp Into the Empire’s Pool
When the systems of the Empire fail, we may follow our impulse to reform them; to make them more just. But our salvation will never ultimately come from the systems of Empire. We may (and must!) also…
Nighttime Musings; Daytime Wayfinding
Nicodemus seeks Jesus under cover of dark, and Jesus challenges Nicodemus to follow an Empire-defying Way in the light of day. When we step away from complicity with a violent and death-dealing…
When the Bible Reads the Newspaper
One of the best known quotes about preaching has been attributed to theologian, Karl Barth. Preachers must preach with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. What to do when the…
Enfleshed & Tabernacled
God’s singular Word became human and dwelled among us, so that we might also become more fully human and dwell among God’s beloveds. In other words, so that we might love and be loved. With special…
Only the Hopeless Needs Hope
Is there anything more lifeless than a valley full of dried bones? From the skeletal ruins of life that used to be, a collage of hope for the start of Advent. Because here’s the thing about hope: it…
Dragons Are Real
This weird and fantastical vision is a story of the reality of forces of destruction and death, the bravery of creating and giving life in the midst of those forces, and the desire of God that life…
Mosaic
Lessons in discipleship through the writing of icons. Pastor Tyler shares stories from the years he spent painting a 20’ mosaic of the famous 6th century icon, Christ the Pantocrator, alongside…
Anabaptist 500 stories
Folks from our congregation who went to the Anabaptism 500 day-long event in Zurich, Switzerland tell histories, stories, experiences and places with us. Jonas & Laura Beachy brought us the…
Embraced by Divine Love
Through the ancient prophet Isaiah, God speaks to a people in exile: You are precious, you are honored, I love you. Through contemporary Anabaptist prophets of art and poetry (see credits below!), we…
Lamentations
Reflections on the poetry of Lamentations, the scrap metal tears of artist Indira Urrutia Zúñiga, and the mysterious rise of Nickleback’s unpopularity.Sermon begins at minute marker 5:44Lamentations…
Dreaming the Impossible
What if God still dreams? What if that’s the truest, surest thing we can say and know: God is still dreaming? What if we devote ourselves, collectively, with dreaming beyond the probable, beyond the…
Dreaming the Impossible
What if God still dreams? What if that’s the truest, surest thing we can say and know: God is still dreaming? What if we devote ourselves, collectively, with dreaming beyond the probable, beyond the…
Visions and Divine Images
Join Janet Berg as she reflects on this week's visionary scripture from Ezekiel and on Ann Hostetler's poem responding to it. Janet examines how Divine Images live in our questions and exist in the…
Let a Stone Be a Stone?
In which an Ebenezer appears in this sermon’s starring role. An Ebenezer is a stone erected in remembrance of a person or an experience or a place where something special happened. In 1 Samuel, the…
Shiphrah. Puah. Praise!
When fearful, powerful rulers order death, may we all reach for the tools handed to us from our courageous, life-bringing foremothers in the faith: Shiphrah and Puah. “Learn them: Shif-rah. Pu-ah.…
You Are Like Trees Planted by Streams of Water
We are gathered back in for singing and praying, formation and feasting. We kick off our artful fall worship with a Psalm; a very good place to start. And we receive from Psalmist, artist, poet, and…
When Praise is Political
In the Bible? Praise is nearly always political. Certainly in the book of Revelation where crying out “Salvation belongs to our God” is a direct affront to the Emporer of Rome who claims salvation…
Covenanting Sunday 2025
A brief sharing of scripture and words from some of this year's new covenanters.
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