Category: bible
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God First (A Sermon on Judges 5:1-13)
Our relationship with God is supposed to shape who we are, and so that the call and the cry at the end of Judges, I’d argue, is best understood not as an apology for a monarchy, for a king here on earth to save us (even if that’s what the editors intended and what some…
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People of the Promise (A Sermon on Genesis 12:1-9)
And so as we are seeking to be the church, to be a people who live our lives connected to the God of the whole of all of the stories, we want to be a people of promise, a people who remind each other that God isn’t done with any of us yet, and that…
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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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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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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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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…
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Grace Actually Restores (A Sermon on Ruth 2:8-13, 17-23)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on Mother’s Day: May 10, 2020. Listen to the sermon below or watch the whole service on YouTube. 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. 9 Keep your eyes on…
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Being a Resurrection People: Episode #1
During this strange time, one of my greatest locations of localized anxiety has been my concern that people in the community of faith where I am a minister might be feeling particularly isolated and unseen. Thus, I’ve been working collectively with others to offer intentional opportunities for people to connect for worship (via YouTube or…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 