Author: Sara WG
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Holding Each Other Up (A Sermon on Exodus 17:8-16)
This sermon was given at Colonial Church on April 28, 2019. 8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some men for us and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”…
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The Story to be Written (An Easter Meditation on John 21:15-25)
I tag-team preached with Jeff this Easter morning in 2019. Dawn Harrell had died that morning. “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my…
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“Into Your Hands” (A Maundy Thursday Sermon on Luke 23:44-49)
Sermon given on Maundy Thursday 2019 at Colonial Church. It has been edited. 44 It was about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two, 46 and Jesus uttered a loud cry…
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Closer to Fine (A Lenten Sermon on Psalm 22)
A sermon given at Colonial Church during Lent. April 7, 2019. Plea for Deliverance from Suffering and Hostility To the leader: according to The Deer of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?…
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Blessing the Dust (An Ash Wednesday Reflection on II Corinthians 5:20-6:10)
Given at Colonial Church on Ash Wednesday March 6, 2019. 5:20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the…
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Rise Up (A Sermon on I Corinthians 15:12-20)
This sermon was given at Colonial Church on February 11, 2019. 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14 and if Christ has…
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The Good News in Which You Stand (A Sermon on I Corinthians 15:1-11)
This sermon was given at Colonial Church on February 4, 2019. 15 Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, 2 through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that…
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For Onto Us a Child is Born (A Christmas Sermon on Isaiah 9:2-7)
This was part one of a two part sermon given on Christmas Eve 2018. I did the first part and Daniel Harrell did the second part. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of deep darkness, on them a light has shined. You have multiplied…
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Lessons & Carols: The Third Lesson (A Reflection on Luke 2:25-35)
What does it mean to wait for the consolation from suffering inside of a history that spans generations? Advent hope and longing for the promise yet to be realized, while still we wait and hope through the night, clinging to the promise in our hearts, the flicker of a love that reminds us—no matter the…
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Advent. Day 3: Elizabeth. “Bearing New Things”
Note: This post originally appeared as a part of Colonial Church’s 2018 Advent Devotional Series. I finalized the edits for it on the night that my baby quit having a heartbeat…I got home around 10pm to discover that I, at 9.5 weeks pregnant, was bleeding and we ended up losing the baby. The profound nature…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 