As a whale gently brushed the underside of the dingy, a strange calm came over me and I was not afraid. Re-create us too, we pray, by your holy Word. Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. They were concerned for my mortal soul. The irony of having Pauls rhetoric used as a bludgeon by those who insist on a physical resuscitation of Jesus corpse, well the irony is lost on most Bible thumping fundamentalists who have engaged me with their own brand of humourless rhetoric. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Especially not when the Pastor insisted that there were sinners in need of prayer and headed over to the two of us and gathered us all in a prayer, a like no prayer, Id ever been part of. xMk@9JPvvg? This communion liturgy seeks to be worshipful, educational and inspirational. Before the congregation hears the weekly scripture readings, the Prayer for Illumination turns our attention to God to ask that we hear God's word in order to better know God's will for our lives. Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountain apart and shattered the rocks by YHWEHs powerbut YHWH was not in the whirlwind. All who are truly sorry for their sins, who sincerely believe in the Lord Jesus as their Savior, and who desire to live in obedience to him, are now invited to come with gladness to the table of the Lord. He suffered and died because of his refusal to participate in the death-dealing violence of the world. Remember how many times these parables must have been told before they were written down. sermon 4 Giving Up God for Lent John 3:16, GOD IS DEAD! Amen. The number crunchers tell us that Bezos hubristic space jaunt cost him 5.5 billion dollars for 4 minutes in space, which kinda makes a ticket on Bransons Virgin Galactic sound like a bargain. Just like Thomas, who had the good sense to doubt the resurrection, most of us have been conditioned to look for the physical resuscitation of a corpse; a bonified, pardon the pun, a bonified, actual physical body, complete with wounds and all. May we remember to give out the grace and forgiveness that you have freely given us, But if this MYSTERY really is BEYOND the BEYOND and BEYOND that also, and we are in GOD and GOD is in us, then every character in every parable you have ever heard is in GOD and GOD is in every character. But it does have the power to transfigure. After the earthquake came a firebut YHWH was not in the fire. As a kid, this Canadian epic always sparked my imagination, as I dreamed of those, strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. for The Artic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold;The Northern Lights have seen queer sights and on and on it goes spinning a which always fills me with glee as I warm my soul by the heat of the cremation of Sam McGee, wondering about all the other strange things done in the mid-night sun. Thats the loop which has been playing round and round in me, all week long. In this, the 21st century, there is a movement among progressive Christians that focuses more on who Jesus was and why he had such an impact on the world rather than his death. 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Assurance of Pardon, Call to Confession, Confession, Easter, Easter Sunday, Year C. confession, easter, easter sunday, year c, call to confession, prayer of confession, assurance of pardon, resurrection. We know we still have work to do. We are kin to beasts; no other answer can we bring. Suddenly, in the tears of that little Ukrainian family, I began to see the tears of generations of weepers. Practicing resurrection happens when we gather to build communities of compassion. We lift them up to God. Would leave ninety-nine sheep to look for one lost sheep. Let us do everything we can possibly do to challenge our own assumptions, to see beyond our own violent tendencies, our own selfish desires, and slowly, painfully slowly learn to love our enemies. Think for a moment. Your coming we await with hope. Lift up your hearts. Liturgies. Did Jesus really believe that people ought to forsake everything they have in order to find the one thing they have lost? Great is the mystery of faith: McCourts story forces me to confess that for most of my life, I believed that Humpty Dumpty was an egg; a magical egg to be sure, with a face, and legs, and hands, a jolly fellow, but an egg none the less. Christos Aneste! Surely, the Americans have an agency for this. I was lucky to get myself out of bed on a Sunday morning, while they seemed to be in church almost daily, sometimes several times a day. and proclaim the Resurrected Christ who offers life to all. You would be correct to conclude that I do believe in resurrection. The way that the Jesus story has been told has crafted, molded and shaped the idol that masquerades as the MYSTERY we call God. But I refused to believe that it would go as far as war. When our heartbeats returned to normal, we decided that wed made a clean escape and we chose not to share the adventure with our sleeping parents. The unknown gospel-storyteller which we call Mark, captured something of the pathetic human condition of hubris when he wrote: James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus and said, Teacher we want you to grant our request. What is it? Jesus asked. Justice will exact our tears. As we recall the trusting of impotent rocket ships escaping for mere moments the confines of the empires we thrive in, do we have the courage to see our own hypocrisy? I expect solutions. At this point, we would do well to remember that CHRIST is not Jesus last name. Certainly, in the church the Bible is considered to be the supreme authority of the nature of God. Indeed, we are shown to be false witnesses of God, for we solemnly swore that God raised Christ from the deadwhich did not happen if in fact the dead are not raised. Frame 11: When life hands you a lemon make lemonade!*. This piece of Scripture was followed by a passage from Pauls letter to the Romans, all of which was underlined in red: God puts people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. Together, by your grace, we accept the life you offer. Now, talk of the mid-night sun always took me back to my childhood memories of my Dad reciting the Robert Service poem, the Cremation of Sam McGee. Do we have the courage to drink from the cup which Jesus offers to all who profess to follow him? The sun has one kind of brightness, the moon another, and the stars another. Only a foolWould risk a reputation as a wise shepherd, a careful guardian of the known and secure, to seek one lone sheep. Some walking away to become refugees, joining the endless flow of the displaced. and celebrate with joy the eternal Life offered to us through Jesus Christ. Do you grant permission to use (with credit) for worship? Believing, as Jesus believed, that beyond pain and darkness and death, Resurrection is beauty appreciated, love shared, justice implemented. Every time I do not serve my neighbour, every time I walk away from the poor. According to the story, paralyzed by their fear, hiding behind a locked door, something happened that gave them the strength to burst forth from their own tomb and change the world. we stand against the powers of sin and death. But because I had been forced to grapple with something I could not at the time reconcile with the person of Jesus whom I loved. The seed you sow does not germinate unless it dies. When he placed his hand on my forehead, I stiffened my entire being, because there was no way I was going down. Happy are we to be called to this Eucharistic celebration. Far too many progressives ready to rebuke you for not being progressive enough. Thats when I heard the small voice. You simply asked the members of the First Nation for permission to pitch your tents on their land. Now let us greet one another: I honor the Divinity Within you Namaste Peace. Father, Son, and Holy . My childlike faith died that day. As the train finally pulled into Narvik, I couldnt quite believe my eyes. Prayers. MEDITATION ON THE BREATH OF LIFE (Psalm 46:10a) Needed: a leader to welcome the people and lead the meditation. Where, O death is your sting?. Thats at least 20 years before the Gospel according to Mark, 30 to 40 years before the gospels according to Matthew and Luke and probably nearly 50 years before the Gospel according to John. Imagine trying to understand who Dr. King was and focusing your attention upon his assassination. She scooped the vase and her little girl up into her arms and carried them to the kitchen sink. var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); Winter gives way to sprin To be ransomed from our very selves, ransomed from the fear which holds us captive to empires built on the backs of the poor. . For more information on the Commission, its mandate and membership, please click here. [on the night before he died, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Offering of Gifts(Ordinarily the Lord's Supper will follow; during the offertory the table xoill be prepared. Frame 9: When you think the world has turned its back on youtake another look. Can, will, or indeed, should the Church Survive?. Risk it all for the sake of LOVE. Vladimir Putin created in the image of the DIVINE. Or break the very atoms down to see how they are made, if ( thisact == "contact" ) { window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); We accept you into our bodies, into our lives. Alleluia! And if CHRIST has not been raised, then all of our preaching has been meaninglessand everything youve believed has been just as meaningless. According to Paul, the earthly body; the physical body must die in order for the heavenly or the spiritual body to be born. What do you know about the life of Jesus that sheds some light on who and what the MYSTERY that we call God is? Enjoy! Congregational Prayers (may be solicited), which may be preceded by other joyful and appropriate responses to the Easter Gospel. His eyes are too beady. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Somehow, these long busy days working in my office at home, while we all do our best to cope with what we hope will be the last tidal wave of this pandemic, somehow this created a longing in me, strong enough to push me out on the ice despite the -23 which threatened to rob me of my breath. Get their attention and then, deliver your point! Easter (250) Easter 2 Year A (102) Easter 2 Year B (114) Easter 2 Year C (122) Easter 3 Year A (49) Easter 3 Year B (29) Easter 3 Year C (50) Easter 4 Year A (120) A Progressive Easter Liturgy - Rev Dr Lorraine Parkinson 2 Replies Easter Liturgy [Power Point images] Easter 2022 Quiet music PP The God of Easter - Introduction What on earth can we do with Easter? It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words we would like to share a slideshow with you that gives life both visually and in its various messages. The trouble is, we all live in the 21st century and we know that the definition of what it means to be human that these stories rely upon no longer rings true. But I suspect that justice, the kind of justice which ensures that everyone has enough so that everyone can live in peace, is something worth leaving behind everything you have in order to pursue. Ready: Perhaps some will ask, How are the dead to be raised up? Whether your interpretation of the resurrection is literal or metaphorical, Easter morning is always welcome. Nor can I believe that Jesus saw YAHWEH, the GREAT I AM as a fool. //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); Dying you destroyed our death, For he is risen, and nothing separates us from Gods love! But I can, even now hear these stories told to inspire resistance to the violence and injustice of empire, for the sake of justice and peace. In my mind, I saw old black and white faded images of other little families. to give our thanks and praise. I expect people to act. Letting go of our carefully crafted and tightly held images of the ONE who IS the SOURCE of ALL BEING is a daunting task. and for the mystery of life beyond death. We celebrate the table in which we can join together with friends and strangers, loved ones and enemies. The way of the cross and the way of the dance, an earthquake that destroys complacency and, The Risen Christ is the liberated Inner Child which is allowed to dance,to skip, to sing for as Jesus said, unless you become as a little child you are unable to enter the Kingdom of God (the commonwealth of God, the dancing space of God), Kingdom of heaven (your heaven. Nothing that exists is ever completely destroyed. The pastor is often on vacation; the choir scales back. Gig Harbor, WA 98335 These days they are called orcas. Neither of us had heard the word atonement before. According to Nola, the Easter Morning Liturgy in today's Moravian Book of Worship is remarkably similar to that included in the 1778 German Moravian Hymnal (except, of course, ours is in English!) Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote the rocks. This despite the fact that the biblical author of the book of Joshua wrote that God stopped the rotation of the sun around the earth in order to provide Joshua with an extended period of daylight in which to kill his enemies. If you cannot bear to look upon the face of CHRIST, thats ok. Just stop this video and take a moment or two to pray. But as it is, Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep., Ah Paul, you sure know what youre doing! I had just moved up to Jasper, Alberta, determined to make enough money during that summer, so that I could continue my backing excursions in Europe. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The sequence of death and resurrection is the pattern of all creating and of all loving. I say quote to be polite, which is generally not the way these Christians impart these words of Scripture to me. I know it is much easier to poke fun at billionaires and lay the blame for suffering at the feet of self-serving fools. we take these gifts that you have given us, this bread and this cup, So that its not just the characters actions which are pointed to as the workings of DIVINITY, but the characters themselves are viewed as stand ins or symbols of GOD Himself or Herself. Breathe forth the goodness that is within you. Frame 1: We are about to enter a world of life-giving beauty. We are told by the gospel-storyteller that after his one-line commentary on the words of Isaiah, Jesus hometown congregation were so incensed that they decided to hurl him off a cliff. I know that we wont solve it in time to save Ukraine. O Easter God, who shatters all the familiar tombs which we create, enable us to move beyond slavish conformity either to old understandings or to new fashions and with joy embrace your ever-changing, ever challenging future. Im not sure how many whales entered the bay. Easter is the season of stone rolling rolling away guilt, fear, hatred, monotony, lifelessness and blandness. April 17, 2022 (Readings on USCCB website) . I believe that the anonymous gospel-storyteller wrote his story the way that he wrote to address the fears of the people of his community. The Cross and Easter are two faces of the one mystery. You sent your only-begotten,in whom your fullness dwells, The text is taken in large part from Martin Luther's Small Catechism, with which Zinzendorf . So, the next morning I rose early, and as the mist was rising over the water I paddled out toward the mouth of the bay and waited. We turn Easter back into Good Friday when we worship ugliness, sterility and unthinking conformity. When you sow, you do not sow the full-blown plant but a kernel of wheat or some other grain. In the Liturgy of the Hours, the Church fulfills Jesus' command to "pray always" (Luke 18:1; see also 1 Thessalonians 5:17). . I dont think that Jesus, or his followers, or Luke, told these parables in order to teach their listeners about the character of YAHWEH. If there is no resurrection of the dead then not even CHRIST has been raised. He is risen indeed! Thats the thing with stories, one story, if it is even remotely engaging, that one story will inevitably lead to many more stories. You might say my countenance betrayed me, because it wasnt long before I took my body and its language out of the apartment to the nearest bar, where among friends, I began to look for a new place to live. Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. My brother didnt stand a chance. *Easter Peace Beloved in Christ, God's love pours out from the grave of despair. Amen. The writings of the Apostle Paul contain the earliest writings that we have on the subject of the Resurrection. SALTs Lectionary Commentary for Epiphany Week 4, Progressive Christian Lectionary Commentary, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Epiphany 4, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Epiphany 4B, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Epiphany 4 Year B, Magnificat: SALT's Lectionary Commentary for Advent Week Three, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Advent Week 3B, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Advent Week 3, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Luke 1:39-56, Understand and Connect: SALT's Lectionary Commentary for Pentecost Sunday, Revised Common Lectionary Pentecost Year A, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Pentecost Year A, "Ash Wednesday" by Rev. For more than a decade and a half churches around the world have been relying on Sacredise for prayers, liturgies, sermon starters, and devotional materials to help them create worship gatherings that draw people in and that connect them more deeply with God, themselves, others, and our world. Heavenly bodies have a beauty of their own, and earthly bodies have a beauty of their own. Where truth has left its sketches on the slate below the ground. What kind of body will they have? What a stupid question! But on this autumn day St. Francis words provide warmth and peace. we invite your life to fill us; Pauls description of resurrection does not conflict with our 21stcentury inability to accept the suspension of the natural order of the Cosmos. What is the anonymous gospel-storyteller we know as Luke trying to tell his community with these parables? Your email address will not be published. The Earth was flat. Apparently, some Lutherans are in this Pentecostal pastors opinion, a bit losey-goosey when it comes to atonement theories. I knew I was about to drown. . Its not all about you. If we fix our gaze upon the surface, we limit the power of these parables to do what parables are designed to do, to turn worlds and lives upside down and inside out. <> First of all, I hadnt been born again, and then there was the dancing, and as for my serving beer to the crowd at the Legion, well, my roommates were concerned. Today, during this season of Easter, our doubts about the possibility of resurrection are not as important as our doubts about the possibility of peace. Center for Liturgy, St Louis University. Can we ever learn to see the face of CHRIST in one such as him? You can also find "Affirmations of Faith" by clicking on Affirmation of faith in the list of "Labels" at the lower right side of the page. 3:6 No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him. What mechanisms do I use to attempt to tame the untamable wind of Gods Spirit? But lets just leave Humpty Dumpty up there on the wall for a while, and shift our focus to todays story, from the anonymous gospel-storyteller we know as John. After all, could one rise without a body to rise in? A Liturgical and Devotional Guide for Lent When we face pain and suffering, we often feel like we become less than human. He was teaching in the Galilean synagogues, and all were loud in their praise. Mark 10:35-45, Sermon: BAT KOL, the Daughter of a Sound Welling Up Within, Lent: Letting Go of our Tightly Held Piety to See Our Need of Confession, Wrestling With the Almighty: Locating Our Very Selves in the Sacred Story a sermon on Genesis 32:3-31, What Can We Learn from Jesus? You responded with peace, forgiveness, and new life. Hell, I dont want to see it. Fortunately, the youth hostel was full, and we were forced to hike up and out of town to find a suitable spot to pitch our tents. We know that humans are continuing to evolve. As for that little Ukrainian family, what do we do in the wake of their tears? Today, is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Her unseen hand was stuck inside her great-grandmothers vase. give us the new joy and justice of Easter, Responsive Chant Psalm 118: 1-6, 15-18, 24, Anthem, or Creed, Prayers or other Response of Faith here. Humans have tried in vain to get themselves back into the garden, to restore our oneness with our creator. } Amen. We can only begin to imagine the magnitude of what a conquered, oppressed, suffering people has lost. At this Easter gathering, we take bread, as Jesus took bread, and we remember, as Jesus remembered, the constant presence of the spirit of life and love. Unlike our ancestors who succeeded the writers of the bible and went on to develop the theology of the church, we dont believe that the round earth is the center of the universe. May your love be shared amongst us as we enjoy the gift of fellowship. read more More Poetry Week of February 5, 2023 "Less is more." Leader: Let us pray.Lord God, send your Holy Spirit upon us, that the bread which we break may be to us the communion of the body of Christ, and the cup which we bless the communion of his blood. None of us believe that we live in a three-tiered universe. The eradication of poverty is the work of LOVE in the world, this world, here and now, on this wonderful bountiful planet, upon which there is already more than enough to nourish abundant life for all. If the sacrament is not to be celebrated, the service may conclude with PartV.). Jesus reveals CHRIST. I find the stories of the empty tomb hard to take in. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ It is not our beliefs about what happened in history that transform us but the extent to which we allow these glimpses into the heart of God to energize our lives. Alleluia, amen! The precious vase had been handed down from her great-grandmother to her grandmother, to her mother. Lift up your hearts. This dear friends is what it means for you and me to sit at Jesus side. Grandma sat little Crystal on her knee. So glad to hear that this liturgy is meaningful for you. *Leader: Congregation of Jesus Christ, since the Lord has blessed us with his Word (and Holy Supper), let us praise his name with thanksgiving. Morning Prayer. Theologian Richard Rohr reminds us that the CHRIST is the Christian code word for REALITY. Bunnies remind us of all the animals You made, and all the beautiful things You created. Father's Day Video "Foster Kid Father's Day". It wasnt until this endless loop exposed the presence of yet another face of CHRIST that I begin to be transfigured. I share these tears with you knowing full well that tears wont put an end to war, nor will they end our constant reliance upon violence to maintain a fragile peace. But I suspect that like the sons of Zebedee, who earned renown by jockeying for privileged positions, the powerful images of an aging Captain James Kirk and his merry band of billionaires will earn far more renown than the 150 million poor souls who are about to slip into poverty as a result of the COVID pandemic. One of the main attractions at Pachena Bay were the pods of whales that are attracted to the bay. Join Us over Zoom, Tuesdays beginning February 21st at 7pm! In the tears of that little Ukrainian family, I began to see yet another face of CHRIST, a face I had refused to see before. Leader: How does Christ's resurrection benefit us? If ever we needed to be intentional about preserving and honouring our basic humanity and that of our neighbours, its now. Not even our fear, even fear expressed in domination, greed, hatred and violence, not even fear of death, can kill the LOVE which lies at the very heart of all that is, and rises again and again, whenever and wherever, arrogance is ransomed by humility, fear is ransomed by courage, hatred is ransomed by kindness, violence is ransomed by justice, war is ransomed by peace, greed is ransomed by generosity, and self-centredness is ransomed by service to others. This week, I have been transfigured by the face of CHRIST, not glowing on a mountaintop, but weeping. Still no luck. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. View the full Transfiguration Worship Video below, Yes! If it doesnt is it my heart or is it the worship that is dead? Your rhetoric is sublime! This is my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for lands afar and mine; this is my home, the country where my heart is; here are my hopes, my dreams, my . THEME The Rapturous Awakening The Irrepressible God The Ever-present Mystery, From Good Fridays gruesome darkness. But lately, the news has encouraged us all to begin to emerge from our pandemic protocols. How the living things that are descend from things that were. There werent many of us who made the effort. Jesus lived for this. As a Pharisee, Paul believed in the resurrection of the dead and certainly he believed that Jesus had been raised from the dead. This page features the work of the Liturgy Commission of the Anglican Church of Australia. Im in real danger of losing my ability to follow Jesus on what appears to all the world to be the foolish path of non-violent resistance to empire. Pinging is currently not allowed. A momentary panic began to surface as my mind questioned the wisdom of standing on ice not knowing what lay below. What a stupid argument. However, Pete goes on, there are moments when I affirm that resurrection, few and far between as they are. % My words are not up to the task of describing CHRIST weeping in this way. As tensions escalated and our world held our collective breath, the fragility of the peace we cling to, the peace built through military might, and threats of violence and mutual annihilation, this illusion of peace was threatened by the ambitions of a powerful oligarch obsessed with delusions of restoring tribal supremacy for his once mighty nation. and out of the death of the old comes the birth of the new. Jesus way did not include taking up the sword to achieve peace. One: On this day, we embrace the grace which reaches from the tomb. var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); Because if the dead are not raised, then Christ is not raised, and if Christ is not raised, your faith is worthless. 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