by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Feb 7, 2019 | Sermons
I Cor 13:1-13 Holy One, breathe on us in this time and space. And may the words of my mouth and the meditations of all of our hearts be glimpses of Your spirit. Amen. Love is patient. Love is kind. The conversations started years earlier, not long after her diagnosis...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Dec 23, 2018 | Sermons
Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 Every year, our Advent season begins with some apocalyptic reading, some naming of chaos, some world-rending violence. Some years, this seems a little ridiculous to me—or at least anachronistic. But some years, the naming of chaos, of violence...
by Rev. Ashley Harness, Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Nov 4, 2018 | Sermons
Listen to our All Saints reflections and participate in our ritual here: Reflection from Rev. Dr. Rebecca: For our sermon time this morning, we are going to begin with a reflection, share in a ritual of remembering and song and then end with a reflection. We pray it...
by Rev. Ashley Harness, Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | May 13, 2018 | Sermons
This Sunday as we launched our congregation’s participation in the 50th anniversary of the Poor People’s Campaign, four of us shared our calls and discernment around faithful direct action, held in holy embrace. Listen to Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel, Elly...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Apr 1, 2018 | Sermons
Scripture: John 20:1-18 Listen here: O unfamiliar God, we seek you in the places you have already left, and fail to see you even when you stand before us. Grant us so to recognize your strangeness that we need not cling to our familiar grief, but may be freed to...
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