Author: Sara WG
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To love (eros) One’s Self
An opening invocation I gave at the “Love On” Event on November 11, 2018 “LOVE ON,” dreamed into being by Kelsey Kreider Starrs and friends, was a space to experience the healing presence of love in a variety of ways. When I speak of the erotic, then, I speak of it as an assertion…
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A Story of G: The Candle Burning
Note: This was written at a conference I went to called Sage-ing. It’s about aging with wisdom, and incorporating intentional spirituality into this journey. I went out of the generous invitation of a member at Colonial Church as we prayerfully consider what it would look like to start an “Act III” ministry. During the conference I went to…
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Wrestle with the Tensions in God’s Word and World (A Sermon on Acts 10:9-22)
This sermon was given at Colonial Church of Edina on Sunday, October 14, 2018. 9 About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat; and while it was being prepared, he fell…
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Writing for a Storm: Six Moments of Grief and Resistance
Moment I I watch the short videos on my Weather Channel app– I watch them in bed by the glow of my phone at night, barely audible so as to not wake my sleeping partner (Perhaps you too know the ones). Fires. Hurricanes. I huddle there, curled up into myself, much as I did on…
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Showing Up in the Arena (A Summary of Camp Pyro)
This sermon was a quick summary of the week I got to spend with the students at Camp Pyro. Given at Colonial Church on August 12, 2018. For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them, to one he gave five talents, to another…
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Breathe Out (A Sermon on II Corinthians 5:16-21)
Preached at Colonial Church on June 17, 2018. From now on therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation. Everything old…
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Breathe In (A Sermon on Joshua 1:7-9)
Preached at Colonial Church on June 10, 2018. Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left so that you may be successful wherever you go. This book of…
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A Litany for Mother’s Day
To you who have nurtured us, who have struggled so that we might live and flourish in the world. To you who have cared for our bodies and souls, who have given of yourself to make our future possible. To you, our mothers who birthed us. To you, our mothers who adopted us as your…
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For They Were Afraid (A Sermon on Mark 16:1-8)
Given at Colonial Church on April 15, 2018. You can access the sermon below. When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen,…
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On Taking Back Our Power
The original version of this post appeared on Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light. You can access the text on their website or learn more about their work. I recently had the opportunity to preach at a local community of faith and I chose to talk about when Jesus met the woman at the well. Jesus…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 