Category: Formation
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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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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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Showing Up in the Arena (A Summary of Camp Pyro)
This sermon was a quick summary of the week I got to spend with the students at Camp Pyro. Given at Colonial Church on August 12, 2018. For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them, to one he gave five talents, to another…
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Breathe Out (A Sermon on II Corinthians 5:16-21)
Preached at Colonial Church on June 17, 2018. From now on therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation. Everything old…
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Breathe In (A Sermon on Joshua 1:7-9)
Preached at Colonial Church on June 10, 2018. Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left so that you may be successful wherever you go. This book of…
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On Taking Back Our Power
The original version of this post appeared on Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light. You can access the text on their website or learn more about their work. I recently had the opportunity to preach at a local community of faith and I chose to talk about when Jesus met the woman at the well. Jesus…
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The Foolishness of the Cross (A Maundy Thursday Sermon on I Corinthians 1:18-31; with Jeff Lindsay)
This sermon was co-preached at Colonial Church for Maundy Thursday of Lent on March 29, 2018. You can listen to the sermon HERE. For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, ‘I will…
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People on Pilgrimage (A Sermon on Psalm 30)
A sermon given at Colonial Church during Lent on March 11, 2018. This was the third of five sermons on the same text. Psalm 30 (NRSV) Thanksgiving for Recovery from Grave Illness A Song at the dedication of the temple. Of David. 1 I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up,…
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On Keeping Warm Through the Night
Originally featured in “Firelight”, a Newsletter from Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light. Learn more about their work online at: http://mnipl.nationbuilder.com. I’m in the midst of a significant life decision, and in my discernment and processing I’ve been brought face-to-face with the ways in which I was formed to believe that it is my job to carry people and systems—that…
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Map on a Wall
This fall I’ve taught the Mentored Leadership Development Sequence for Bethel Seminary. Each week (well just about each week), I write up a reflection that invites students to continue to develop and press into the formational work and invitations of the course. And though I haven’t shared other reflections, I wanted to share my final…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 