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Rebecca Ferguson (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) 39:04

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For the first time, Skip Intro goes to The Paris Theater in Manhattan to sit down with Rebecca Ferguson who stars as Captain Olivia Walker in A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE . Directed by Oscar-winning Kathryn Bigelow, the film was screened this month at the historic 535-seat theater — NYC’s longest-running arthouse cinema. Ferguson shares what it was like to read the powerful script written by Noah Oppenheim and how working with Bigelow was unlike any other experience on set. The Mission Impossible actor also talks about jumping off the roof of the Vienna State Opera with Tom Cruise, Denis Villeneuve’s love of veils and jingle jangles in Dune , and teases Netflix’s upcoming Peaky Blinders movie with Cillian Murphy. Video episodes available on Still Watching Netflix YouTube Channel. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts .…

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Dreaming the Impossible 23:20

منذ 29 يومًا23:20

23:20

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 ‘realistic’, beyond even the possible? What if - even now - God’s shalom dream for all of creation is somehow, strangely, mysteriously coming true? Sermon begins at minute marker 4:56 Scripture: Isaiah 11.1-2, 6-9 Resources: Poem: Todd Davis, “Fishing Jesse's Branch,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection , ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 183. “Kin-dom of God” origin: Most credit Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz , Cuban-American Mujerista theologian, with introducing “kin-dom” language into theological discourse. “Isasi-Díaz’s theological vision of the kin-dom of God became part of theological discourse, but she desired more than simply adding new jargon to theological language. Her belief in the possibility of ushering into the world a true kinship of humanity never wavered. Any injustice gave her the occasion to pursue the kin-dom with passion, love, and hope — that every act of justice brings the kin-dom closer to reality. As a Cuban theologian, the struggle for that which is yet unseen — la lucha in the “now” with the hope of the “not yet” — was no abstract notion.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams, God’s Dream , ill. LeUyen Pham. Image: detail from Randy Horst, “A Shoot Will Grow Up from the Stump of Jesse,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection , ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 182. Hymn 209 - We Dream of a Turning Text: Adam M. L. Tice (USA), 2008, © 2009 GIA Publications, Inc. Music: Scottish traditional; arr. Kathryn Harsha (USA), © 2019 Kathryn Harsha Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. #65474. All rights reserved.…

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Let a Stone Be a Stone? 13:38

منذ 6 weeks13:38

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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 Hebrew people set up an Ebenezer to memorialize their experience of God’s presence with them as they were victorious in battle against enemies. And when a preacher reflects on a poet’s reflection on this memorial stone she wonders her way a stone that stands for the end of it all, so that a stone may live its best life as a “mere” stone. Are you confused by this summary? Curious piqued? Listen in and come along for the ride… Sermon begins at minute marker 4:29 Scripture: 1 Samuel 7.7-12 Resources: Poem: Jesse Nathan, “Stone of Help,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection , ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 65. Melissa Florer-Bixler, Fire by Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament (Herald Press, 2019), 73. InterPlay , from which the “I can talk about…” practice comes. Image: detail from Matthew Regier, “The Ebenezer Stone,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection , ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 64. Hymn 563 Come, Thou Fount Text: Robert Robinson (England), 1758, A Collection of Hymns [. . .], 1759 Music: American traditional (USA), in John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813. Public domain.…

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Shiphrah. Puah. Praise! 17:19

منذ 7 weeks17:19

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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. Praise! Let them again be household names!” Their tools are: disobedience and cunning. May we disobey anything and anyONE who fails to honor God, who is LIFE. Sermon begins at minute marker Scripture: Exodus 1.15-21 Resources: Carmen Susana Horst, “Shiphrah and Puah (Selah),” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection , ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 180. Tikva Frymer-Kensky, Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their Stories (Shocken Books, 2002), 25. Renita J. Weems, Just a Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women’s Relationships in the Bible , (LuraMedia, 1988), ix. Ashley M. Wilcox, The Women’s Lectionary: Preaching the Women of the Bible Throughout the Year (Westminster John Knox Press, 2021), 196-197. Women’s Bible Commentary, eds. Carol A. Newsome and Sharon H. Ringe (Westminster John Knox Press, 1992). Image: detail from Dona Park, “Resisting Genocide: Shiphrah and Puah,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection , ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 179. Hymn - 546 There is a Line of Women Text: John L. Bell (Scotland), © 2002 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Music: Charlene Nafziger (Canada), © 2019 Charlene Nafziger Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929, #G9247078. All rights reserved.…

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You Are Like Trees Planted by Streams of Water 14:50

منذ 8 weeks14:50

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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 preacher a blessing for the place of our gathering which is also the place of God’s dreaming. Sermon starts at minute marker 2:24 Scripture: Psalm 1:1-3 Resources: Sarah Kinsel, “You are like trees planted by streams of water,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection , ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 180. Alejandra Oliva, “Cooking when the world is on fire,” The Christian Century , July 2025. Image: detail from Matthew Regier, “Trees of Living Water,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection , ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 179. Hymn 121 - When at Creation’s Dawn Text: Jean Janzen (USA), 1993 Music: James E. Clemens (USA), 1993, arr. © 2019 James E. Clemens Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929, #309248. All rights reserved.…

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When Praise is Political 29:38

منذ 14 weeks29:38

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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 comes soley through him and his “Pax Romana”. And a post script to our series on Revelation and Resistance: Thanks be to God for artists like John of Patmos (and countless others across time and space!) who buoy communities seeking to be faithful to the Way of Jesus in the midst of and in direct resistance to the empire. Sermon begins at minute marker 3:37 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 650 - Revelation and Resistance - Praising God , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr Chutzpadik definition, OED : “ colloquial . Esp. in Jewish usage: showing chutzpah; impudent, impertinent; audacious, very self-confident.” “ ICE detains mother after legal entry, ” by Tim Huber, Anabaptist World , July 2025. Donate to Iglesia Cristiana Roca de Refugio , the Mennonite congregation in San Antonio where Pastor Dianne Garcia serves. Read more about Pax Romana on wikipedia “ Salvation Belongs to our God, ” Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out, 1989. William Stringfellow , An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land , Waco, TX: Word, 1973. “ You, Lord, are both Lamb and Shepherd ,” text by Sylvia G. Dunstan, found in hymnal Voices Together, 432. Image: photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash (detail)…

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Covenanting Sunday 2025 8:43

منذ 15 weeks8:43

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A brief sharing of scripture and words from some of this year's new covenanters.

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Beasts, Lambs, and Resolutions and Conferences 41:44

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Join Megan as she reflects on Revelation and Deren, Carl, Madeleine, Susan, and Melissa as they reflect on Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference's annual retreat and delegate assembly. Sermon begins at 2:31 Revelation 5.1–11 Resources PNMC Resolution 2025 Image: Sacramentary (of Bishop of Metz), Fol. 5. Ill. MS (fragment)., ca. 850-900. Paris: Lib., Bibliothèque Nationale; lat. 1141., JSTOR , https://jstor.org/stable/community.11660420. Accessed 22 July 2025.…

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Through the Veil: The Beast of the Poet of Patmos 13:32

منذ 18 weeks13:32

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The title Revelation comes from the Greek word apokálypsi, or ‘apocalypse’, which in Greek means literally, the lifting of the veil. Ordinarily, a veil conceals or obscures that which lies beyond it, and when the veil is lifted, one sees clearly. But in this book the reverse is the case. John, the exiled poet of Patmos lifts a veil, and what we see beyond it is exceedingly less clear than what we expected to see… Sermon begins at minute marker 4:32 Scripture: Revelation 13.1–18 Photo by Juan Pablo Serrano on pexels…

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Tree of Life 22:33

منذ 19 weeks22:33

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Join Christine Sine as she reflects on the Tree of Life and Revelation. Revelation 21.1–7, 22-27; 22.1–5 Image: Tree of Life by Gustav Klimt, public domain

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Revelation and Resistance: No Kings 20:45

منذ 20 weeks20:45

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In our first of a six-week series on “Revelation and Resistance,” we step - with some well earned fear and trembling - into the wild, the wondrous, the terrifying, the evocative world of apocalyptic literature. With so much to UN-learn about the book of Revelation, Pastor Megan invites us to begin again. What IS this ancient genre of literature, why and how was it written, and for whom and what purpose? As a revelation of Jesus the Christ, named in just the first few verses of the book as the ruler of all earth’s kings, we find that we’ve stepped directly into perhaps the original “No Kings” rally and march. The book of Revelation will take down its dominant empire (Rome) and all those who were being persecuted or seduced by the imperial cult. As we carry forward, perhaps we’ll find inspiration for how to live in relationship to our own imperial cult… U.S. Christian nationalism. Sermon begins at minute marker 4:49 Scripture: Revelation 1.1–20 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 646 - Revelation and Resistance - Lifting the Veil , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr “A view of resistance to oppression rather than judgement,” by Alison Forster, January 21, 2025, https://medium.com/counterarts/the-book-of-revelation-8935ac647b32 Anabaptist Community Bible, MennoMedia, 2025, including introduction to Revelation by J. Nelson Kraybill. “The Intimate Apocalypse,” hand-bound booklet by artist and writer, Jan Richardson. Left Behind (terror-inducing!) book series: wiki page . Image: by Pastor Megan, at Seattle’s ”No Kings” rally and march, June 2025…

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Creation Care + Justice for Oppressed Peoples 26:38

منذ 22 weeks26:38

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Jesus left a legacy of stories, and as Luke ends and we reread Acts and the Epistles, we remember his disciples spread his teachings and established the church by telling his and their stories over and over. During worship this Eastertide season, we have the gift of hearing members of the congregation reflect on the practices that flow from our congregational covenant. Those 11 practices, along with the covenant, were affirmed by the congregation 10 years ago. We invite you to listen deeply to these reflections, and to engage with what you both read and hear. Are these practices still a good fit for SMC in 2025? Do these practices ground our collective sense of mission in the world? Today we hear from Morlin Elias on Creation Care, and Laura Schlabach on Justice for Oppressed Peoples. Stories begin at minute marker 6:55 Acts 15.1-18 Resources SMC Congregational Covenant and Practices , written and affirmed by the congregation in 2015, and re-affirmed in our annual covenanting service every Pentecost. Poem read: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/My+Son+Throws+a+Blanket+Over+My+Daughter.-a0776923256 Mennonite Action: https://www.mennoniteaction.org/ "Letter to my newborn son" - https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/15/letter-to-my-newborn-son/ Image by Matheus Bertelli on pexels…

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Relationships + Economics 26:43

منذ 23 weeks26:43

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Jesus left a legacy of stories, and as Luke ends and we reread Acts and the Epistles, we remember his disciples spread his teachings and established the church by telling his and their stories over and over. During worship this Eastertide season, we have the gift of hearing members of the congregation reflect on the practices that flow from our congregational covenant. Those 11 practices, along with the covenant, were affirmed by the congregation 10 years ago. We invite you to listen deeply to these reflections, and to engage with what you both read and hear. Are these practices still a good fit for SMC in 2025? Do these practices ground our collective sense of mission in the world? Today we hear from Ann Marchand on Relationships, and Greg Thiessen on Economics. Stories begin at minute marker 7:40 Acts 8.26-39 Resources SMC Congregational Covenant and Practices , written and affirmed by the congregation in 2015, and re-affirmed in our annual covenanting service every Pentecost. Image by Matheus Bertelli on pexels Hymn 453, As I Went Down to the River to Pray Text: African American spiritua.l Music: African American spiritual. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929, #77600. All rights reserved.…

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Spiritual Practices + Spiritual Formation of Children 31:04

منذ 24 weeks31:04

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Jesus left a legacy of stories, and as Luke ends and we reread Acts and the Epistles, we remember his disciples spread his teachings and established the church by telling his and their stories over and over. During worship this Eastertide season, we have the gift of hearing members of the congregation reflect on the practices that flow from our congregational covenant. Those 11 practices, along with the covenant, were affirmed by the congregation 10 years ago. We invite you to listen deeply to these reflections, and to engage with what you both read and hear. Are these practices still a good fit for SMC in 2025? Do these practices ground our collective sense of mission in the world? Today we hear from Rita Kowats on Spiritual Practices, and Anita Stokes on Spiritual Formation of Children. Stories begin at minute marker 15:13 Acts 1.1-14 Resources SMC Congregational Covenant and Practices , written and affirmed by the congregation in 2015, and re-affirmed in our annual covenanting service every Pentecost. Image by willsantt on pexels Hymn 386 One is the Body. Text: based on Ephesians 4:4-13, John L. Bell (Scotland) Music: John L. Bell, © 1997, 2002 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929, #77600. All rights reserved.…

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Spiritual Journeys + Taking Counsel 37:22

منذ 25 weeks37:22

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Jesus left a legacy of stories, and as Luke ends and we reread Acts and the Epistles, we remember his disciples spread his teachings and established the church by telling his and their stories over and over. During worship this Eastertide season, we have the gift of hearing members of the congregation reflect on the practices that flow from our congregational covenant. Those 11 practices, along with the covenant, were affirmed by the congregation 10 years ago. We invite you to listen deeply to these reflections, and to engage with what you both read and hear. Are these practices still a good fit for SMC in 2025? Do these practices ground our collective sense of mission in the world? Today we hear from Rex on Spiritual Journeys, and David on Giving and Receiving Counsel. Pastoral Reflection begins at minute marker 2:31. Stories begin at minute marker 16:38. Luke 24.36-53 Resources SMC Congregational Covenant and Practices , written and affirmed by the congregation in 2015, and re-affirmed in our annual covenanting service every Pentecost. Image by Zayceva Tatiana on pexels Hymn: VT 366 - Although the Lord Has Left Us Text: Fred Kaan (England), © 1972, 1997 Hope Publishing Co. Music: Melchior Vulpius (present-day Germany), Ein schön geistlich Gesangbuch, 1609 Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929, #77600. All rights reserved.…

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Worship + Discernment + Hospitality 31:40

منذ 26 weeks31:40

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Jesus left a legacy of stories, and as Luke ends and we reread Acts and the Epistles, we remember his disciples spread his teachings and established the church by telling his and their stories over and over. During worship this Eastertide season, we have the gift of hearing members of the congregation reflect on the practices that flow from our congregational covenant. Those 11 practices, along with the covenant, were affirmed by the congregation 10 years ago. We invite you to listen deeply to these reflections, and to engage with what you both read and hear. Are these practices still a good fit for SMC in 2025? Do these practices ground our collective sense of mission in the world? Today we hear from Janet on worship, Jennifer on discernment, and Pete on hospitality. Sermon begins at minute marker 3:05 Scripture: Luke 24.13-35 Resources SMC Congregational Covenant and Practices , written and affirmed by the congregation in 2015, and re-affirmed in our annual covenanting service every Pentecost. Image: Photo by George Becker on pexels hands holding candle Hymn 459 Let the Hungry Come to Me Text: stanzas 1–3 Delores Dufner, OSB (USA), © 1985 Sisters of St. Benedict; stanzas 4–5 “Adoro te devote,” attr. Thomas Aquinas (present-day Italy), 13th c., trans. Omer Westendorf (USA), © World Library Publications. Music: plainsong, 13th c., Processionale (present-day France), 1697. Streaming permission from One License #40476.…

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Reconciliation 27:52

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Palmer Becker is a Mennonite pastor and writer whose three-part distillation of Anabaptist values has become a common refrain in Mennonite circles: 1) Jesus is the center of our faith. 2) Community is the center of our life. 3) Reconciliation is the center of our work. And according to Paul’s letter to the church at Corinth, reconciliation is a gift entrusted to us by God. Guest preacher, Randy Detweiler (from AMBS - Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart IN), reflects on reconciliation as the God-given center of our collective work / ministry. Sermon begins at minute marker 4:32 2 Cor 5.14-21 Photo by Anna Shvets on pexels…

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Seeking the Living & Practicing Resurrection 1:26:28

منذ 28 weeks1:26:28

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“Why do you seek the living among the dead?” sounds like a chastisement. Until we remember that the only reason that ANYone knows that Jesus’ tomb is empty is because a whole crew of faithful women showed up at the place of death, with the intention of attending to the dead. Indeed, it is only by returning again and again to the tombs of today’s Empires that we can be gathered as resurrection communities who follow Jesus’ call to “storm the gates of Hades” which shall never prevail against us. May we keep seeking (and finding!) the living (and life!) among the dead (and places of death!). May we do so until every gate to hell is crumbled and ALL are free. Sermon begins at minute marker 2:12 Luke 24.1-12 Resources: BibleWorm podcast: Episode 638 – Remember What He Told You , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr. “Not the story we wanted: An Easter and arrest story,” an emailed letter from Chris Hoke, Underground Ministries, April 18, 2025. Learn more about La Resistencia - “No estan solos; You are not alone.” Learn more about Community of Hope Mennonite Church in Bellingham WA - with gratitude for Pastor Rachael Weasley’s words, shared from a letter. Image: table turning at the Northwest Detention Center; Mennonite Action “God’s Love Knows No Borders” sign visible, April 2025…

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Ask, and climb trees. 15:48

منذ 29 weeks15:48

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Join Rita Kowats as she explores the stories of Jesus healing the blind man and seeing Zaccheus. What lessons can we learn from (literally) blind faith and a spiritual curiosity that leads to climbing trees? Luke 18.31—19.10 Resources: Link to sermon text. BibleWorm podcast: Episode 529 – Loving God and Neighbor , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr Image: Marvin Meyer on Unsplash…

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Prepare, Process, Weep 25:35

منذ 29 weeks25:35

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Not a single palm frond or “Hosanna” in this year’s Palm Sunday reading. Luke’s version of Jesus’ procession toward and into Jerusalem instead records people throwing their coats on the ground. Rather than simply reaching for a fallen branch, instead those participating in Jesus’ political street theatre give something of themselves that costs them a little something; the way Pastor Megan’s spontaneously discarded cardigan resulted in a very cold experience of worship. Thank you to the child-prophets in the church who spontaneously responded by bringing their sweaters to throw into the center of our worship circle as well. We experientially learned just how potent this action was as the crowds moved with Jesus toward his confrontation with the powers of the Empire. In our current heartbreak, may we follow the footsteps of Love Incarnate--Jesus--the Human One, who goes before us in this holy and harrowing week, and who laments with us. Luke 19.29-44 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 635 - What Makes For Peace , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr “ Kindness ,” Naomi Shihab Nye, Everything Comes Next: Collected & New Poems , 222. credit to Eric Massanari, Executive Conference Minister of Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference, and Amy Epp, Pastor of Evergreen Mennonite Church, for some of their words taken from letters written to their respective communities. More info about Mennonite Action can be found here: https://www.mennoniteaction.org/ Learn more and get involved with La Resistencia here: https://laresistencianw.org/ Lament hymn: Ya hamala Allah , sung in Arabic (trans: O Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. O Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. O Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us your peace, grant us your peace, grant us your peace) Image: discarded coats in the church courtyard, Megan Ramer Hymns: # 312, Jesus is Coming; music: Bret Hesla (USA) text: Bret Hesla (USA). Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved. # 321 Ya hamala Allah; music: Yusuf Khill, Palestine/Israel text: Arabic; from Latin liturgy, "Agnus Dei" (Rome), ca. 7th c., based on John 1:29, Yusuf Khill (Palestine/Israel) Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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The Crevasse is Real 33:06

منذ 31 weeks33:06

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This Lukan fable has a pretty clear message: Wealth creates an impassable crevasse between humans. Wealth is only one of the many things that can create impassable crevasses between people; so too can race and religion and immigration status, to name a few more. But I have to believe the fable is ultimately meant to inspire us to bridge crevasses before it’s too late. This sermon will take you to the midnight bedroom of Ebenezer Scrooge, to the summit of Mt. Rainier (aka “mama Tahoma”), to a jail cell in Durham NC, and to an Executive Board decision of some uncharacteristically speedy Mennonites. Buckle up and come along for the ride; we need one another more than ever. And please remember: I do not answer questions. I do not answer questions. I do not answer questions. We keep each other safe, beloveds. Sermon begins at minute marker 5:22 Luke 16.19-31 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 633 - The Rich Man and Lazarus , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr 'Crevice' and 'Crevasse': A Gap in Meaning , Merriam-Webster. Anabaptist Community Bible New release : “MC USA and more than two dozen Christian and Jewish denominations and associations sue to protect religious freedoms,” February 11, 2025. Isaac Samuel Villegas, Migrant God: A Christian Vision for Immigrant Justice (Eerdmans, 2025), 6-8. Front Light podcast , by Mennonite Action, “From ‘quiet in the land’ to suing the US Government, reflections on Mennonite advocacy with Iris de León-Hartshorn,” Season 1, Episode 4 (2025). Mennonite Action: “ God’s Love Knows No Borders ” actions, 2025. Know Your Rights with ICE , by WAISN (Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network) Rebecca Solnit, A piece for all hard times . Excerpt: “They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving. You may need to grieve or scream or take time off, but you have a role no matter what, and right now good friends and good principles are worth gathering in. Remember what you love. Remember what loves you. Remember in this tide of hate what love is. The pain you feel is because of what you love.” Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol , 1843. Image: Ladder bridging crevasse on Mt. Rainier; G310ScottS, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Hymn 149 - Forgive, Forgive Us, Holy God. Text: Shirley Erena Murray (Aotearoa/New Zealand) Music: Barbara Hamm (USA), © 1996 & © 2016 Hope Publishing Company. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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Memory and Prophecy 19:39

منذ 32 weeks19:39

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In today’s parable, Death came to the youngest son, in that far-off land, and asked its question. “I see you’ve become destitute,” said Death. “Here you are very far from home, with no money and no friends. Now that even the pigs eat better than you, do you still believe that life is beautiful?” Perhaps to his own surprise, the son answered Death with a memory of Paradise. “In my father’s house,” said the son, “there were feasts, and friends, and fields. There was music, and dancing, and jewelry, and fine clothing.” And as he answered, something which had been dead in him began coming back to life. He started to feel again that life was indeed beautiful: and all this because of a memory. Sermon starts at minute marker 8:10 Luke 15.1-32 Resources Text of Sermon Alves, Rubem. The Poet, The Warrior and the Prophet. Alves, Rubem. Transparencies. This sermon is, in large part, a conversation with the final chapters of the Alves texts. Oliver, Mary. “A Voice From I Don’t Know Where.” Image: Praise the Lord! By Randy Horst (posted on page below) Hymn 300 - Far, Far Away / I Will Arise. Text: based on Luke 15:1-24; vers. anon., “The Prodigal Son,” Gospel Songs (USA), 1874 Music: American traditional (USA), Southern Harmony , 1835; harm. Charles H. Webb (USA) Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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Mother Hen Jesus 22:29

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Jesus desires our ingathering, and we so often are not willing. Jesus goes belly up, like a fierce yet vulnerable mother hen in the presence of a fox, ready to take us under the shelter of her wings. Are we willing? And what might we learn from Jesus about lament? Sermon begins at minute marker 6:00 Luke 13.1-8, 31-35 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 631 – A Lament Over Jerusalem , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr Barbara Brown Taylor, “As a Hen Gathers her Brood,” The Christian Century. Jewish Voices for Peace action : call your reps to demand the release of student activist and U.S. permanent resident, Mahmoud Khalil, abducted by the DHS on March 8, 2025. Image: “ Christ the Mother Hen ,” Kelly Latimore icons Hymn 298 - What Is the World Like. Text: Adam M. L. Tice (USA), 2009, © 2011 GIA Publications, Inc. Music: Sally Ann Morris (USA). Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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Guts, Listening, and Urgency 19:41

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One familiar story which contains a familiar parable flows into another familiar story. Is there anything at all new to say about the Samaritan that’s called “good” or the Mary and Martha sisterly tiff? Unclear. But given our deep dive into Luke, and looking for threads, Pastor Megan notices two things: Luke is driving home that 1) we are meant to be moved with compassion, and 2) we are implored to listen to Jesus. Both are imperative in Luke’s gospel, and in Luke’s understanding of what it means to walk the Way of Jesus, with faces turned toward Jerusalem. Taken together, Megan wonders if there’s a thematic thread of urgency. There’s false urgencies that cause us to sidestep one in need (rooted in white supremacy culture), and real urgency to prepare for and engage resistance to empire (rooted in our call to collective liberation). Somehow we are invited to discern well between the Big Urgency and the little urgencies so that we can be sustained on this discipleship path taking us on a collision course with the corrupt powers of the world. Sermon begins at minute marker 4:53 Luke 10.25-42 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 630 – Two Sisters and a Good Samaritan , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr Urgency , a characteristic of white supremacy culture People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond Image: this is a detail of a larger piece by artist, Dona Park, from the Anabaptist Community Bible Hymn 527 - Bless the Arms That Comfort. Text: Mary Louise Bringle (USA), © 2001 The Hymn Society (admin. Hope Publishing Co.) Music: Gustav Holst (England), 1906. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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Queer Theology and The Woman Who Anoints Jesus' Feet 20:40

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Visiting guest preacher Rachael Weasley shares about what her queer church plant is up to these days, and explores today's passage in a queer way. Sermon begins at minute marker 3:43. Scripture: Luke 7:36-50 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 529 – Loving God and Neighbor , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr https://bcmonline.org/ https://www.journeywithjesus.net/ Image: by Prafull Kawate on Pexels.…

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Orthopraxy and a Faith That Sues the President 22:41

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Fetus John the Baptist knew exactly who Jesus was, according to Luke. Adult John the Baptist sends emissaries to ask Jesus who he is. Jesus does not answer John’s question, but rather instructs the question-askers to simply report what they see and what they hear. It seems that, according to Jesus, his identity must be shown, enacted, embodied for it to be real. Similarly, our Anabaptist faith has a centuries-long history of being done, enacted, embodied. Our faith is a lived faith and has traditionally been proclaimed more in deed than in word. This is why the decision of our denomination to be the named plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Dept. of Homeland Security ( Mennonite Church USA et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al. ) is completely in line with our 500-year history of following Jesus. Because our faith IS caring for our neighbor. So when the U.S. Government tries to prevent us from doing that, the free exercise of our religion is compromised and we must resist. Sermon begins at minute marker 6:18 Luke 7:18-35 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 626 – Are You Really the One? , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr Iris de León-Hartshorn, “ Our Anabaptist Witness as Mennonites ,” (theological basis for legal action taken by Mennonite Church USA - see link below) February 12, 2025. “ MC USA and more than two dozen Christian and Jewish denominations and associations sue to protect religious freedoms ,” February 11, 2025. Mary H. Schertz, Luke , Believers Church Bible Commentary (Herald Press, 2023), 166. “ Orthopraxy ,” wikipedia article. Image: A valentine to Mennonite Church USA: “Roses are red | Violets are blue | You sued the President | I think I love you!” VT Hymn 428 Praise with Joy the World's Creator. Text: Iona Community (Scotland), 1985, alt., © 1987 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Music: John Goss (England), The Supplemental Hymn and Tune Book, 1869. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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A Gut Impulse for Compassion 16:19

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Jesus sees a woman and is moved with compassion to respond. But what about all the other women, humans, creatures, who also needed his compassionate response??? And what about the root causes of her suffering - Shouldn’t he have fixed the systems instead??? Jesus sees a woman - really looks at her - and is moved to respond. May we who seek to follow Jesus do the same. May we, out of (legitimate!) concern for scalability and systems, never overthink our way to paralysis when given the opportunity and impulse to respond with compassion. Goodness knows, our country and our world need all the compassion that each one of us can muster. Sermon begins at minute marker 6:02 Luke 7:1-17 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 625 – A Centurion's Slave and a Widow's Son , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr “ A Jesus Who Troubles ,” sermon on this text by Pastor Megan Ramer (sermon begins at minute 15:35), 2021. "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it." (Rabbi Tarfon, from the Pirkei Avot , 2:16) “ Blessing in the Chaos ,” by Jan Richardson; also appears in her book The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief (79), 2016. Kate Bowler quote, from an instagram reel , February 2025. Vivek Murthy quote, taken from the Kate Bowler reel linked above. VT Hymn 647, There Is A Balm in Gilead. Text & Music: African American Spiritual. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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Sabbath Sanctuary 16:06

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Sabbath was to be the fountain around which the garden of all public life and policy grew in ancient Israel. On six days the people were to work, tending that garden, ensuring its health and growth and accessibility to all people, and on the seventh day they were to participate in the proper end and fulfillment of all work: reception of the fruits of perfect sanctuary. In rabbinic tradition, it is taught that if the people observe Sabbath completely and perfectly even once, the Messiah will come. The world where the sanctuary of Sabbath is truly established is the Promised Land. Sermon begins at minute marker 5:07 Luke 6:1–16 Resources Heschel, Abraham Joshua. “The Sabbath”. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Beyond Vietnam": Speech at Riverside Church Meeting, New York, N.Y., April 4, 1967. In Clayborne Carson et al., eds., Eyes on the Prize: A Reader and Guide (New York: Penguin, 1987), 201-04. BibleWorm podcast: Episode 529 – Loving God and Neighbor , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr Image by Ilya Schor Hymn 556 I Bind My Heart This Tide. Text: Lauchlan M. Watt (Scotland), The Tryst: A Book of the Soul, 1907, alt. Music: J. Randall Zercher (USA), 1965, The Mennonite Hymnal, 1969, © 1965 J. Randall Zercher. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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Saying Yes & No With Ancestors 25:15

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Three major commemorations converged last week: the birth of the Anabaptist movement, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (and the broader movement of which he was part, including our Anabaptist ancestors, Rosemarie and Vincent Harding), and the anniversary of the first national collective action of Mennonite Action. Thanks to the Pastoral Team for Mennonite Action, we notice a thread through these significant commemorations: “the willingness of ordinary people to take actions that simultaneously speak a no and a yes .” Another story for today: fisherfolk in Luke’s gospel who leave everything (including a mountain of fish, representing a mountain of wealth) to follow Jesus. God, grant us wisdom and courage as we join these many ancestors of ours in walking a path that says NO to security and status quo and YES to the risky, uncertain, and liberating Way of Jesus. Sermon begins at 6:14 Scripture : Luke 5:1–11 Resources This sermon was taken whole cloth (with some of my own riffs added) from “Prayers for a significant week” from the Mennonite Action Pastoral Team, January 20, 2025. Anabaptist Community Bible Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde imploring President Trump to “have mercy” on immigrants and LGBTQ people targeted by his policies, at the end of her inaugural prayer service sermon in the National Cathedral, Washington D.C.: video clip linked here . The Movement Makes Us Human: An Interview with Dr. Vincent Harding on Mennonites, Vietnam, and MLK , Joanna Shenk, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2018 Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism, and Mothering , Rosemarie Freeney Harding, with Rachel Elizabeth Harding, Duke University Press, 2015. BibleWorm podcast: Episode 623 - The Call of Simon , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr others? Image: covers of the two Harding books noted above Hymn 57 Holy Spirit, Come with Power. Text: Anne Neufeld Rupp (USA), © 1970 Anne Neufeld Rupp, trans. Barbara Mink (USA), © 1988 Music: attr. B. F. White (USA), The Sacred Harp, 1844; harm. Joan Fyock Norris (USA), © 1989 Joan Fyock Norris. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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A Treasonous, Heretical, Communal Baptism 22:01

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There’s lots going on in this story from Luke, and also in this sermon from Pastor Megan, and also in the story of our Anabaptist roots, and also in the congregational life of Seattle Mennonite Church. It’s all a bit of a mess, to be quite frank. But at the heart of all four stories (the gospel, the sermon, the history, and SMC today) is baptism and the co-creation embedded in a covenant community. Come along for the slightly wild ride! Sermon begins at minute marker 6:22 Luke 3.1-22 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 621 – John the Baptist and the Baptism of Jesus , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr “ The Most Radical Reformers ,” Valerie G. Rempel, Anabaptist World , Vol. 6 No. 1, January 2025. InterPlay practice of “I could talk about” - read a brief description here: https://atlantainterplay.blogspot.com/2014/03/i-could-talk-about.html Image: detail from the cover of Anabaptist World , Vol. 6 No. 1, January 2025 - “Fugitive congregation at worship, Amsterdam, 1569, by Jan Luyken.” Hymn 212 Comfort, Comfort O my People. Text: based on Isaiah 40:1-5; Johannes Olearius (Germany), “Tröstet, tröstet, meine Lieben,” Geistliche Singe-Kunst, 1671; trans. Catherine Winkworth (England), Chorale Book for England, 1863, alt. Music: Louis Bourgeois (France), Genevan Psalter, Octante Trois Pseaumes de David , 1551; harm. adapt. from Claude Goudimel (France), 150 Pseaumes de David , 1564 Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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A Potent Confluence 25:16

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When the writer of Luke’s gospel litters his stories with the names of politicians and references to their political maneuverings, we are meant to pay attention. When the tale of a 12-year-old Jesus choosing to remain in the temple occurs DURING THE PASSOVER… and IN JERUSALEM… we are meant to notice. It is, after all, bookended with the story Luke will tell at what turns out to be the very end of Jesus’ life, also during the Passover and also in Jerusalem. What occurs in both occasions is a potent confluence of religion and politics. And, in Jesus’ very first independent decision in recorded history, he opts to stay at that confluence. Jesus chose to remain where faith was potent, consequential, and in direct conversation with the politics of his day. Perhaps we who follow in his Way are invited to do the same. Sermon begins at minute marker 4:50 Luke 2.41-52 Resources BibleWorm podcast: Episode 620 – The Boy Jesus in the Temple , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr Many online resources tell a version of the events that took place in Zürich on January 21, 1525. An account from the GAMEO article on Zürich . An article from the Anabaptist World in 2015, by Valerie G. Rempel: “ The Birth of Anabaptism .” Much can, has, and must be said to complicate often over-simplified stories of a monogenesis of Anabaptism, and over-emphasis on this story, as well! Wikipedia article on Josephus . Image: William Holman Hunt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ( LINK TO IMAGE ) Hymn 223 Bless'd Be the God of Israel. Text: based on Luke 1:68-79; Michael A. Perry (England), Psalm Praise, 1973, © 1973 Hope Publishing Co. Music: George J. Webb (USA), 1830; The Odeon, 1837. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.…

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