This is Us

Who are we? In times of change, or in the wake of great transition, we look around and wonder. Who are we? Big changes often change us. When our health or the health of a loved one degrades, and there’s no returning to how it was before. When our lives are turned...

Agape

Acts 2:14a,22-32, 1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31 by Genevieve Zetlan, Licensed Lay Preacher So, here we are. Easter. Christ has risen, we sang our Alleluias, we celebrated the empty tomb and then we all went home. This is typically what we call a “low” Sunday—even fewer...

Get up and do not be afraid

by Genevieve Zetlan, Licensed Lay Preacher Exodus 24:12-18, 2 Peter 1:16-21, Matthew 17:1-9 I’ve always thought the most puzzling thing about our Gospel lesson this morning is what is not said. God speaks. That’s pretty significant. That only happens twice in the New...

Come Down!

by Genevieve Zetlan, Licensed Lay Preacher 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, Luke 19:1-10 Being 5 foot two and having spent quite a lot of time in trees as a little girl, I have to say I feel a certain affinity with Zacchaeus. We had this enormous, wonderful old magnolia...

Change is Where God is Acting

by Genevieve Zetlan, Licensed Lay Preacher Exodus 3:1-15 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 There is a purportedly ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” It speaks, I think, to the truth that most of us spend a great deal of our time...
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