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What is the meaning of elevated pulpit in churches and why do we use a music stand on level ground instead?
Welcome Rev. Suzanne Swartz, First Pres. Parish Associate.
Welcome Rev. Dr. Grace Park from Palisades Presbyterian Church.
I hate interruptions! But perhaps what we need right now is a pause, an intentional interruptions from the chaos and bad news of the day, to take a deep breath. Selah.
The healing stories of Jesus are NOT just about Jesus or the individual. The community always plays a big part in either the harm or the healing. Along with immigrants, and the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities are also targets of societies blame and exclusion.
Continuing in our series, For God So Loved the Scapegoat, we look at one of the first Queer icons of the Bible. In a time when the LGBTQ+ community is increasingly targeted, we must daily choose to follow Jesus' way of inclusive love.
As we celebrate Pentecost please welcome Rev. Jodi Fondell who has co-served international congregations in Sweden, England, Luxembourg, and France along with her husband, also a pastor.
According to a recent commercial and the Bible, "when something goes wrong, you find someone to blame. It's what we do." Yes, scapegoating, is often what we do, but in story after story, God loves those to are blamed. Hagar and Ishmael, for example, reveal to us the who God sees, hears, and loves the excluded.
The image of the scapegoat runs throughout the Bible with God's love seeking to interrupting this cycle of blame. What can we learn from those who scapegoat and from those who are often blamed and excluded?
Welcome our guest preacher Rev. Suzanne Swartz.
Welcome our guest preacher Rev. Elizabeth Gibbs Zehnder.
On Resurrection Sunday we celebrate that the scapegoating of Jesus by the Roman Empire didn't win. On Easter we are challenged to see the ways we scapegoat others and to see the hope that comes from welcoming those who are excluded.
Jesus enters Jerusalem as a sacrifice. But what does that mean? Is Jesus' death needed to appease a blood-thirsty God? Or is there a better way to understand the cross?
Why would the altar, the priestly robes, and the tabernacle, need to be purified? Did the tabernacle sin or was it the people? Built into the rituals in Leviticus were both reminders of God's forgiving nature and the values the people were intended to live out with one another.
How do you explain to a new driver how to drive? I don't know how to explain it, I just do it. Like anything that has become instinctual, it’s easy to stop noticing what we're doing or why we're doing it. In the same way, when it comes to our faith, we can sometimes lose the meaning or the meaning can get distorted when things become too familiar.
Welcome Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins speaking about the stories we tell and the importance of listening to the stories that others tell.
Why animal sacrifice? What is the point of these ancient and seemingly barbaric practices? You might be surprised by the idea that these rituals set us on the trajectory of experiencing God's justice and rest.
Welcome our guest preacher Rev. Dr. Laurie Kraus. Laurie serves the national office of the Presbyterian Church (USA) as Director of Humanitarian and Global Ecumenical Engagement in the ministries of Compassion, Justice, and Peace.
Why do we do what we do? Rituals are not a way of earning love or belonging, but a way of remembering what is already true. We are already loved. We already belong.
What special dates and events help you remember your story? Leviticus 23 gave the people annual festivals and sacred gatherings as a way of reminding them of their history. This remembering was intended to help the people live in the present according to the rhythm of God's justice and rest.
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