Category: Ethics
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Kids Sermon_What Makes You You?
What makes you…YOU? Listen to what makes me me… And tell me what makes you…YOU! Jesus loves us…just as we are. And we get to love everyone too…just as they are! So no matter what, let’s remember that YOU ARE WONDERFUL and LOVED!
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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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Be The Church #2: The Color of Law
This fall, our podcast series “Be the Church” will feature two monthly episodes, the first one each month focuses on our sermon series and what we’re learning about the Bible and ourselves, and the second episode of each month focuses on our Faith & Justice text for the month. In this second episode, join Rev. Sara…
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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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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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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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Kingdom People #3: The Face of Grace in Just Mercy
Kingdom People have hard conversations. We’re continuing our journey toward anti-racism, having the uncomfortable conversation about the history of race in America and our role in racial justice. We do this as a community seeking both Christ and the good of our neighbors. Join us this summer for a series on what it means to be a Kingdom…
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Kingdom People #2: The Glory & The Gospel in Selma
Kingdom People have the hard conversations.We’re continuing our journey toward anti-racism, having the uncomfortable conversations about history of race in America and our role in racial justice. We do this as a community seeking both Christ and the good of our neighbors. Join us this summer for a series on what it means to be a Kingdom…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 