Mother’s Peace Day

Mother’s Peace Day

Rev. Ashley Harness Mother’s Day, 2017 Listen Here: An excerpt from John 14, God-language updated for Mothers’ Day: 1 [Jesus said,] “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Mother’s house there are many...
Be God’s Field

Be God’s Field

Rev. Ashley Harness Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3: 1-9 Brigitte grew up in East Germany in a family and a country living with the fresh scars of World War II. Her family was Christian, the religion that had been used to support the extermination of about 6 million Jewish...
Christmas: Follow Love to All the Wrong Places

Christmas: Follow Love to All the Wrong Places

Rev. Ashley Harness Christmas Eve, 2016 Her name wasn’t Mary, but Zintkala Mahpiya Wi Blackowl – Sky Bird Woman. From the Sicangu and Ihanktonwan Lakota tribes, she came to Standing Rock from Oregon in August to stand with her people against the Dakota Access...
Gratitude as Resistance

Gratitude as Resistance

Rev. Ashley Harness Scripture: Psalm 46 God, You are our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, Though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the...
To The Women Written On My Heart

To The Women Written On My Heart

By Rev. Ashley Harness Our scripture this morning is from Jeremiah 31. It was written during the exile, when the temple and city were destroyed and there was no good reason to hope. Starvation, death and displacement were the norm. And yet, this is what the prophet...