Author: Sara WG
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Monday Meditation #19: New Mercies
Every morning, God’s mercies rise anew. On this rainy Monday morning, I shared with the congregation what it means that God’s compassion is new every day, and encourages us to consider how we might open ourselves to that compassion.
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A New Heavens & A New Earth (A Sermon on Revelation 21:1-8)
This sermon was given from a boat in Northern Wisconsin during COVID for the streamed worship service Colonial Church. Given on August 28, 2020. You can listen to the sermon below or watch the whole service on YouTube. 1 Then I saw new heavens and a new earth. The former heavens and the former earth…
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Kingdom People #5: The Cross & The Lynching Tree
In this episode, Rev. Sara WG & Laura VanderTop will provide some introductory thoughts to the book that we will be discussing together later this month. This conversation sets up some of the discourse in the book and some encouragement for ways into reading it. The Cross and the Lynching Tree is Dr. James Cone’s…
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Monday Meditation #17: Vulnerable Opening
Self-control isn’t about white-knuckling—it’s about releasing control so we can be open to grace. For this Monday Meditation I shared with the congregation about self-control, sharing stories about my grandma, reflecting on how the fruit of self-control is less about trying harder to control yourself, and more about opening ourselves to receive God’s grace.
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The Kin-Dom of God (A Sermon on John 15:12-17)
And that is the command we are given: the command to love one another, to lay down our lives, to be friends with all of God’s children, just as God has called and named us friends. No longer are we servants or slaves under some master. No, we are instead invited to follow brother Jesus…
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Kingdom People #4: Stamped-Racism, Antiracism, and You
In this episode, Rev. Sara WG & Rev. Christian Collins Winn provide some introductory thoughts to the book that we will be discussing together later this month. This conversation sets up some of the discourse in the book and some encouragement for ways into reading it. Then, please plan to join us for our: “Stamped:…
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Monday Meditation #13: Kindness for All of Us
This Monday Meditation was a continuation of the church’s series on the Fruit of the Spirit. I shared about kindness as running deeper than actions but as being something we experience from God and then share with all of our neighbors around us. Kindness is God for us, and us for our neighbors.
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Kids’ Sermon: Jesus for President
Join with Rev. Sara WG & Tater to talk about Luke 4:14-30 and how Jesus says that God’s love and kingdom is for EVERYONE! YAY!
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Freedom: The Kingdom of Jubilee (A Sermon on Leviticus 25:8-17)
So let’s live in this land as a people who are committed to Jubilee, that those who’ve been brought low might be raised up, and that the world might exist in view of a kingdom vision of the God who is the creator and sustainer and bringer of freedom for all of us. Indeed, may…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 