Sermon Archive
Joseph and the Dress of Many Colors
Text: Genesis 37:3-8, 17b-22, 26-34; 50:15-21 image: generated by deepai.org Watch a video of this sermon on YouTube. When I read the story of Morris Micklewhite and his tangerine dress, as a parent - especially as a parent of a boy - I really get all the feels. Like...
On Journeying: Adam Ramer on Mennonite Action and Organizing
Text: Mark 10:17-44 Beginning with the story of Jesus and his disciples on road together, Adam Ramer shares his own journey. After growing up at Madison Mennonite Church, Adam experienced drug addiction and recovery, found a place in political organizing and campaign...
God Keeps Promises
Text: Genesis 15:1-6 I am very well known in my family - or with my children, I guess, for never making promises. As any one who has spent any time with children will know, there’s and kind of constant litany of questions: Can I have…? Can we do…? Can we go…? Can I?...
Hannah’s Sorrow and Solace
Text: 1 Samuel 1:1-20 Before I get to Hannah’s story, I’m going to briefly share my own story, as well as part of a conversation I had with my friend and colleague Charlene this week. When Joe and I set out to have our first child, we were successful immediately....
Bathsheba’s Revenge and Redemption
Text: 1 Kings 1:1-40 I choose to integrate the reading of the scripture into my reflections this morning. I did this for a couple of reasons. First, because I don’t get to read scripture very often and I thought this would be a fun story to read. And second because as...
Rahab: Prophet of Promise
Text: Joshua 2:1–24 and 6:22–25 Pastor Zach Herzog tells the story of Madam Rahab and the "crummy spies who got caught in her brothel." Like contemporary sex workers, Rahab is in a marginalized and outsider class. And yet she is a prophet and truth-teller in the story...
Nudging the Needle of Justice
Text: Numbers 27:1-11 The last time I preached in this series on the women of the Hebrew Bible, we heard about Tamar. She’s the one who, though within her rights in the Hebrew law, used deception and trickery and covert methods to secure he position in her family and...
Thank You, Mama!
Psalms 9 and 10 Also available as a video! A few years ago, during the height of Covid and the uprising for Black lives, this little toddler named Grey broke through the urgency of activism on the internet with his pure joy and gratitude. (Video: “Thank you, mama")...
Miriam: Prophet, Artist, Bossy Big Sister
Text: Exodus 2:1–10, 15:20-21; Numbers 12:1–16 I don’t know about y’all but even though I’ve spent time with many of the women who we’re hearing about this summer, I don’t remember ever having heard about this encounter between God and Miriam: her challenge to Moses’...
Faithful Table Turning
Text: Genesis 38:1-26 (included in audio) This story was not among the scriptures I memorized in Sunday school, and we were not asked about it in any of the Bible quizzing tournaments of my youth. I have no recollection of ever hearing it read and preached on during a...