Category: Justice
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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…
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Resurrection People #6: Resurrection, Pentecost, and George Floyd
Join with Rev. Sara Wilhelm Garbers and Dr. Christian Winn for their final installment of a six-week podcast series exploring the question: What does it mean to be a Resurrection people? This week the focus is a conversation about Resurrection & Pentecost and the Spirit’s work and desire that all might have enough air to…
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Grace Actually Makes Us Bold (A Sermon on Ruth 1:1-14 & 18-22)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on May 3, 2020. Listen to the sermon below or watch the whole service on YouTube. 1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his…
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Grace Actually Sees (A Sermon on Luke 19:1-10)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on April 19, 2020. You can listen to the sermon below or watch the whole service on YouTube. 1 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was,…
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Easter Sunrise Audio Experience: Hope Interrupts Death
At Colonial Church where I am a pastor, we typically host a sunrise service. It’s amazing…the group gathered on a hill awaits the morn together. The bagpipes play. A cross is on the hill. And then, like a long awaited miracle, the sun rises and the dawn is reborn. Obviously, in this time of Coronavirus,…
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Hope Interrupts Power: A Sermon in the Midst of Coronavirus (Zech. 4:1-7)
A sermon given for Colonial Church during COVID on March 29, 2020 *Note- The text below reflects an edited version of the sermon that was actually shared with the Colonial Church community (it was edited for time). You can watch the whole original sermon on my YouTube page! 1 The angel who talked with me…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 