Advent 3: Leaning into God
Scripture: Rejoice[a] in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.[b] 5 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. 6 Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God....
God-With-Us in the End Times
Remaining constantly ready for this world to end means allowing ourselves to dream and imagine a new way of living and being in community. How hard it is to stay hopeful, to trust in the power we can build together, when we cannot even picture a world of liberation and life, a world without police, or prisons, or intimate partner violence. Our spiritual tradition, including the stories and exhortations in our scripture passage today, gives us an image of how to remain hopeful and trusting even in the face of what feels like overwhelming loss or setbacks.
Authority and God’s Ways for Reign of Christ Sunday
Knowing the history of this feast helps me: the celebration of the Reign of Christ started as a reminder to people of good faith that nationalism and fascism are not our moral authorities and that they cannot control our narrative about the world.
Taking the Leap . . . from Fear to Faith!
Scripture John 20: 19 – 29 Sermon We’ve been through a lot during this past couple of years. We’ve been blindsided by a deadly pandemic that has taken us on an emotional roller coaster ride, causing us to isolate ourselves and learn some new ways of interacting...