Category: Formation
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Birthing Josie and Myself (An Account)
“We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. But, once recognized, those which do not enhance our future lose their power and can be altered.” – Audre Lorde, “Uses of the Erotic” When I was a kid, my mom told me I’d never survive childbirth because I wasn’t strong like…
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For the Beauty (An Earth Day Sermon on Psalm 104:1-6 & 10-24)
A sermon given at Colonial Church with Bob Dahm for Earth Day on April 18, 2021. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. Psalm 104 God the Creator and Provider 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with…
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Finding Rest (A Sermon on Matthew 11:28-30)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on February 14, 2021. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens. And I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you…
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Turning to One Another (A Sermon on
A sermon given at Colonial Church on March 21, 2021. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the son of man has been glorified and God has been glorified in him. If God…
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Turning to the Wilderness (A Sermon on Luke 4:1-10)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on February 28, 2021. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he…
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Monday Meditation #45: Spiritual Practices
To kick off our Lenten journey, in this Monday Meditation I invite the community to consider the power of practices and share a few that have helped me participate in the Lenten journey of turning.
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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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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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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 #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…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 