by Rev. Ashley Harness | Jun 30, 2019 | sermons
Listen here: Scripture: Excerpts from Genesis 1 & 2 Perhaps unusual for a Millennial, I met my beloved wife like generations of queers before me have met their beloveds – at little gay bar. Ours was and is a classic Brooklyn, NY lesbian bar, like Cheers but...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Mar 21, 2019 | sermons
Luke 9:28-36 Listen here: Holy One of brilliant light and deepest, warmest darkness—both of which hold and guide, teach and heal us. We are gathered in your presence amidst the impossibilities of another spring. Touch my mouth and all of our hearts, that we, with our...
by admin | Sep 17, 2017 | sermons
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel Listen here: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. From whence cometh my help? My help cometh from the Lord.” Often when we are driving somewhere whose natural beauty is striking—like it was in Scotland—my mom will quietly repeat this...
by admin | Jan 22, 2017 | sermons
Rev. Ashley Harness [On the Sunday after Inauguration, 2017] Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23 As I imagine this scripture, I try to put myself in the scenes of this ancient story. John the Bapist – the radical dissident against the Roman Empire who was both Jesus’ spiritual...
by admin | Jan 8, 2017 | sermons
Matthew 2:1-12 January 8, 2017 Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel Bidden or unbidden, God comes. For this sacred presence, we return thanks. Amen. She had been like a second mother to me. When, after college, I got on a train alone and moved to Seattle when I’d never...
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