And then, just like that, we were back there, back in the unthinkable darkness our parents spoke about, the darkness of war in Europe. I had to confess right then and there, in my twentieth year of life, I struggled to believe that any GOD who sent His only Child to die, on a cross, is worth getting up on a Sunday morning for. Jesus reveals CHRIST. Killer whales. I had been watching the media reports for days, not really believing that war was imminent. Sacrifice one for the sake of the many. By John van de Laar|2023-02-22T21:53:14+02:00Feb 22nd, 2023|Categories: Daily Worship|, THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK When it comes to life, the Bible is clear that we can only be most fully alive when we are deeply and meaningfully connected with others. The unknown gospel-storyteller which we call Mark, captured something of the pathetic human condition of hubris when he wrote: James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus and said, Teacher we want you to grant our request. What is it? Jesus asked. Yes! As a result of this splendid isolation, we spent several weeks as the only family camped in this idyllic bay. Seeking out the darkest place, to better see the light. For the journey that life has been, Amen. He has served since October 2020 as priest-in-charge at St. John's Episcopal Church in Passaic, New Jersey. Heaven above the Earth and Hell below, all depending upon a smile or a frown from the omniscient god, Himself confined to sit in judgement in a celestial realm from which He sent His Son, to save creatures of His own creation from their own depravity. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); Psalm 25:1-10. But Jesus did not let them linger for very long. For after the fire came a BAT KOL. The Parliamentarians victory may have looked like the way to peace, but it was no peace at all, it was as Dom Crossan puts it, just a lull in the violence. Just as Jesus empowered the people he encountered to believe in themselves, we want you to walk away with an awareness not of how ordinary you are not of how unworthy you are but an awareness of your greatness and lovability. Entering the synagogue on the Sabbath, as was his habit, Jesus stood up to do the reading. But they will not be tears cried in vain. Think for a moment. On this the Feast Day of Saint Francis, an evening prayer service with texts from St. Francis. The Apostle Paul did not need there to be an actual physical resuscitation of a corpse in order to believe that Jesus is risen from the dead. It does not surprise me that Paul may have framed Jesus death in the context of both Pauls own Jewish sacrificial theologies and Romes violent philosophies. What kind of body will they have? What a stupid question! Children and youth might be used as servers and/or readers. What mechanisms do I use to attempt to tame the untamable wind of Gods Spirit? Why: This is an Evolutionary Moment. OK, if youve stuck with me this far, you are probably beginning to wonder how exactly you, or I deny the resurrection. The eradication of poverty is the work of LOVE in the world, this world, here and now, on this wonderful bountiful planet, upon which there is already more than enough to nourish abundant life for all. Maybe Jesus was wrong about justice as the only way to peace. My first conscious memory of hearing the BAT KOL, the Daughter of a Sound, the still small voice of DIVINITY happened on a sojourn into a Thin Place during a summer camping trip when I was just 13. In fact, in a specific celebration the Presider might select only one or two items from the many alternatives . //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); Continue reading . Jesus vision of peace through justice, what he called the BASILEIA ton THEON, the Empire of GOD, is the already but not yet SHALOM we long to find. Glory be to you, Lord Jesus. We give thanks for the way he opened our minds and hearts to see and appreciate the intimate and never-ending connection between loving and the spirit of love. When we invite the earth-shattering spirit of Easter into our lives,our images of God recede into the background and we are left walking hand in hand with the unknowable. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ Their pastor had warned them that my countenance was putting us all in danger. The text is taken in large part from Martin Luther's Small Catechism, with which Zinzendorf . A Progressive Easter Liturgy - Rev Dr Lorraine Parkinson 2 Replies Easter Liturgy [Power Point images] Easter 2022 Quiet music PP The God of Easter - Introduction What on earth can we do with Easter? Come, drink together from the Cup of Gladness! The people of Israel have abandoned your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death by the sword. You called forth prophets who dared to speak the truth of Life to worldly powers that promoted death. Thanks be to all that is HOLY! But just when Alan was approaching the point of no return, I managed with a feat of superhuman strength to rise up, twist around and swing for all I was worth and connect with what I though must be my brothers chest. It began to seem like the only way to get Crystals hand out was to break the family heirloom. Crystal had always been told that one day the magnificent vase would be hers. You see having a brother who was just 18 months younger than me meant that I had ample opportunities to hone my wrestling skills. Jesus called them together and said, You know how among the Gentiles those who exercise authority are domineering and arrogant; those great ones know how to make their own importance felt. It was Jesus who introduced this meal to his followers. Communion is a ritual that draws us into a longing for God's justice to find its place on earth. Traditionally, the season of Lent is a time of repentance. Whenever the news became more than I thought I could bear, I just switched it off. Ask congregation if they have any resurrections they would like to share. I know it is much easier to poke fun at billionaires and lay the blame for suffering at the feet of self-serving fools. But in my heart of hearts, I know that I must learn to see the face of CHRIST in my enemy. - Trinity Sunday, Moon-Dancing Bears, Jesus and Nicodemus: a sermon on John 3:1-17. O God, how many times have we sought to bury you again, for fear of what you might do to our predictable grayness? Contact Us. Others, they looked confused and terrified as they are loaded on board trains. It was written by Gord Waldie. Boys and their toys the put downs come, pardon the pun, a little too easily. How dare I claim freedom from the old-manin the sky-god only to embrace half-baked notions of a MYSTERY which is called LOVE, as if LOVE is the answer? 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jQuery(document).on('change', '#submission-action', function(){ The Liturgy of the Hours includes several specified times of prayer. Christ is risen! I confess, I was in denial. Ice and water below me, the Sun shining before me, and behind me the Moon rising, all holding me in the embrace of a Cosmos the likes of which exceeds the farthest horizon of my ability to comprehend. Your email address will not be published. How safe? O God, help us to let go of those mental pictures of you which prevent us from accepting that we will never know you fully and save us from pointless theological argument which reflects our insecurity rather than your mystery. You are invited to this table of life as we join with each other and seek communion with God. I also want you to resist making the story all about you. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. Only a foolWould search and look and scour and puzzle, bend and peer, lift and move everything, to find a single coin. Justice is what LOVE looks like in the world. Some will hurl the text at me in ways which communicate their anger, their disgust, and in some cases their hatred of me. If we fix our gaze upon the surface, we limit the power of these parables to do what parables are designed to do, to turn worlds and lives upside down and inside out. Faced with the task of communicating the gospel, the early followers of the risen Christ, began to articulate experiences of the risen Christ in ways that the Greek influenced Roman Empire could understand giving rise (pardon the pun), giving rise to the question of a physical resurrection. Heavenly bodies have a beauty of their own, and earthly bodies have a beauty of their own. Crystal sobbed. } else { So, today Im inviting you to stop trying to identify the DIVINE MYSTERY as an individual person in these parables. Jesus lived for this. Surrounded by a treasured family heirloom, desperately clinging to a treasure. The underwater sight of two killer whales caused me to open my mouth to scream and water rushed into my lungs. What tombs are there in the Church that exercise the same function? When humankind struggles, we all struggle together. REPENT God Loses His Home. Easter 2A in Quarantine: Peace Be With You. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words we would like to share a slideshow with you that gives life both visually and in its various messages. You can skip to the end and leave a response. In the tears of that little Ukrainian family, I began to see yet another face of CHRIST, a face I had refused to see before. Pinging is currently not allowed. jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); One of the main attractions at Pachena Bay were the pods of whales that are attracted to the bay. And each and every time we find what has been lost is a time for celebration. To which Jesus responded, From the cup I drink of, you will drink; the baptism I am immersed in, you will share. For more than a decade and a half churches around the world have been relying on Sacredise for prayers, liturgies, sermon starters, and devotional materials to help them create worship gatherings that draw people in and that connect them more deeply with God, themselves, others, and our world. Paul insists that there are natural bodies, which he equates with earthly bodies what we would call physical bodies and there are spiritual bodies which Paul equates with heavenly bodies. Deep in flower and in flesh, in star and soil and seed, In the face of the pastors shouts, I stood as still as I could muster. When the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, he unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of our God is upon me: because the Most High has anointed me to bring Good News to those who are poor. Not all flesh is the same. You will find service ideas, readings, prayers, seasonal resources and much more-many you can search by scripture text. *Easter Peace Beloved in Christ, God's love pours out from the grave of despair. Reformed Worship 2023 by Worship Ministries of the Christian Reformed Church. Whether your interpretation of the resurrection is literal or metaphorical, Easter morning is always welcome. Church that is. She scooped the vase and her little girl up into her arms and carried them to the kitchen sink. to be for us the way, the truth, and the life. So, longing to escape the confines of my cozy isolation, out onto to the ice I trudged, as the cold air sharpened my vision. I deny the resurrection every time I participate in an unjust system. While others deliver the words in boldface type punctuated with lots of exclamation points. and the capacity to give people an experience of God. The proud questioned your power, devised your death. Hell, I dont want to see it. COLLECT PRAYER. I suspect that most of us have heard these parables of loss so many times that it is the many and varied of interpretations of these parables, which tend to stick with us, rather than the details and circumstances under which these particular parables were born and raised. We are kin to beasts; no other answer can we bring. Frame 15: Honor the Divine in everyone and in all creation. Nor can I believe that Jesus saw YAHWEH, the GREAT I AM as a fool. Vladimir Putin created in the image of the DIVINE. Free from misguided struggles to appease the idol god of our design, we are free to see beyond our blind self-centered desire for a life beyond this life, free to see the face of DIVINITY in our neighbours face, free to see DIVINITY in the majesty of the Cosmos, and in the beauty of the Earth. that we may further your reign of peace and justice in every place. Prayer of Thanksgiving For those of you preaching on the text fromGenesis 32:3-31: You may not be able to tell from looking at me. Living accommodations were not a priority. Limitations which the evolving nature of our understanding of reality compel us to reject. jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); Well, perhaps I should qualify that statement. Just before my blow connected with its victim, I realized that I was doomed. He suffered and died because of his refusal to participate in the death-dealing violence of the world. -Michael Morwood. Neither Anna nor I knew we were engaged in a long pointless argument which had been going on since round about the fourth century. Let us pray: May each of us be aware of the Spirit of God within us today and respond to the Good News, we pray. We thank you, God, for all the love You've given us and for the gift of Jesus. This communion liturgy seeks to be worshipful, educational and inspirational. The texts contained in this site are unofficial. Surely, today, when troops are again amassing in Europe and the world cant seem to sake itself loose from the myth of redemptive violence, surely today, it is time for us to move beyond thinking of DIVINITY as the ultimate purveyor of violence and Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice. O God, who gifts us moments of amazement, help us to accept the rhythm of the ordinary and the extraordinary that we may retain a steady awareness of your presence both in grey days and in bright. One day, Elijah demanded of the voice, I have been very zealous for YHWH God Omnipotent. As for that little Ukrainian family, what do we do in the wake of their tears? In those sepia images of sad, forlorn, frightened faces. The third face of CHRIST belongs to a Ukrainian Mother holding back her tears as she embraces her little family. You sent Jesus, your Son, to walk in the way of Lifethat we might follow. Let it be so among us. All risings of the human spirit are preceded by brokenness, loss or rejection. It was an epic trip on which my once innocent 20-year-old self learned to swig akvavit like a Viking. (During the distribution Scripture may be read or the congregation may sing songs such as the following: "He Is Lord," "Abba, Father," "Eat This Bread," "In the Quiet Consecration"). We remember that he was laid in a borrowed grave. We trust that with your grace present, even the smallest act of kindness, the shortest practice of goodness, or the slightest gesture of generosity can have significance well beyond all expectations. Lectionary sermon for 2 October 2022 on Luke 17: 5-10. Perhaps photographers of old avoided them, maybe people back then were better had holding those tears back. Dont try to see yourself as a character in the story. United States Easter 5A in Quarantine: Refuge in God. Christ is risen! They were compiled over the years to complement the official resource, the Roman Missal. THEME The Rapturous Awakening The Irrepressible God The Ever-present Mystery, From Good Fridays gruesome darkness. When we face pain and suffering, we often feel like we become less than human. Turns out I was close. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ Paralyzed by their fear, hiding behind a locked door, something happened which gave them the strength to burst forth from their own tomb and change the world. Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountain apart and shattered the rocks by YHWEHs powerbut YHWH was not in the whirlwind. Lord, help us to make. It can be deadly. Let LOVE live in, us, through us, and beyond us, for now as always, LOVE lives, LOVE dies, and LOVE rises, again, and again, and again. I had three jobs, but back in the day, the grocery store, and the Legion Hall, where I worked as a cashier and a waitress, they closed on Sundays. Frame 6: You are a special and unique image of God. The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 148, Easter 5C, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2016. A neighbour suggested Vaseline. EASTER WORSHIP SERVICES The liturgy, and particularly the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter, are never a re-enactment of the events that happened two thousand years ago. We know that humans have been evolving over millennia. Here at this table your promise of life is made tangible. It can all tend to become a nice "show" or a good academic exercise, but with little impact on us as we seek to follow this Jesus. Only a fool, would run head-long, open armed to kiss such a wayward fool, extravagantly bestow more household treasures, and expect the faithful to join in the rejoicing.Only a fool, would cajole the self-righteous, indignant child to join the celebration. In the past few weeks, Ive been thinking a great deal about the systems of domination and the pain inflicted by the unjust empires of our world. High above the mountaintops, where only distance bars, I dont much care about silly arguments about Jesus rising from the dead unless those arguments lead us to a place where we ourselves can claim the power of resurrection to create a hunger for SHALOM, a passion for the justice which creates peace. View the full Transfiguration Worship Video below, Yes! Together, by your grace, we accept the life you offer. Above the sky were the Heavens. Looking at it from any angle the . For all who are striving to form new governments, for thepeople of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine: that God will enlighten and inspiretheir leaders to build structures that will respect rights, promote life andhealth and establish educational and economic opportunities. After what seemed like hours but was probably just a few minutes, the whales moved on and I was left to clumsily put words onto the depth of my experiences, in what the ancient Celts would call a Thin Place; a place where the lines between the ordinary and the sacred are thin, and we can see, feel, touch, hear the MYSTERY which lies at the very heart of reality. Apparently, some Lutherans are in this Pentecostal pastors opinion, a bit losey-goosey when it comes to atonement theories. So, let us see the wounds inflicted by violence, and practice resurrection. We must be punished. We are free to live in the abundance of life here and now, in a Cosmos permeated by the DIVINE MYSTERY which is LOVE. Is the anonymous gospel-storyteller really saying that Jesus taught his followers to risk everything they have in order to find the one thing they have lost? And the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. A Communion Liturgy for the Whole People of God. Pray deeply, reverently, and then fast-forward to the music. //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); Surly, even Putin will come to his senses. We all must take care of ourselves. Morning Prayer. Gone are the vestments, the prescribed lectionary readings, and the familiar words. Sunday between December 4 and December 10. Im a scientific kind of guy and to tell you the truth I do deny the resurrection and Im guessing that you do too! your love came also to us in your servant Jesus. In the past he was patient and overlooked peoples sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. When all the rhetoric is said, and done, I lean in close to the beloved ones who have gathered, and I proclaim the same truth which Paul proclaimed, and the science of REALITY confirms to us: Listen, I will tell you a mystery! *People sing: ("Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain," stanza 3)"Alleluia!" Perhaps Jesus sensed that even their anger was a type of jockeying for position, when he insisted that, Anyone among you who aspires to greatness must serve the rest; whoever wants to rank first among you must serve the needs of all. Progressive Christian prayers Wild God, talking to Jesus - John van de Laar, South Africa Wild God - words to Jesus It seems to us that things would be much easier if you would just do what we ask, Jesus, If you were more compliant and co-operative, more flexible and adaptable, more open to follow agendas other than your own. Today! Robert Solon Jr. For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. Some walking away to become refugees, joining the endless flow of the displaced. For more information on the Commission, its mandate and membership, please click here. *Leader: O sing unto the Lord, for he has done excellent things. In his new book, Unbelievable, our friend, Jack Spong writes: The laws by which the world operates have not changed since the dawn of time, but the way human beings explain and understand those laws has changed dramatically over the centuries of human history. Jack has a way of reminding us of the obvious. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, He opened the scriptures, explaining everything; and they knew him in the breaking of the bread. My words are not up to the task of describing CHRIST weeping in this way. yet again to the Spirit raising. Lift up your hearts. of our connectedness with God and with all people. ], [The Communion elements are distributed. It was as if my whole being was alive. Strip away our biased convictions so that through our selfless giving we can gaze clearly on your vision for our lives. As we prepare to eat the meal, let us share together the proclamation of our faith: Concessions will be made, and war averted. And he took a cup, and when he had given . And if CHRIST has not been raised, then all of our preaching has been meaninglessand everything youve believed has been just as meaningless. //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); The congregation is encouraged to move around the sanctuary. But lets just leave Humpty Dumpty up there on the wall for a while, and shift our focus to todays story, from the anonymous gospel-storyteller we know as John. "Our Father". Gig Harbor, WA 98335 (SYSJ). We have tasted your nourishing, nurturing presence; On this Easter, we pray in Your name. How solid? Christ was alive to those early followers. So, this morning Id like us to take our focus off Jesus death and all we may have heard, or learned about why Jesus died so that we can see what it was about Jesus life that endeared him to his followers. Today, it only matters that CHRIST rises in us, rises in the people of Ukraine, rises in the people of Russia, rises in people wherever they are, who long for peace. Can you drink the dup I will drink or be baptized in the same baptism as I? We can, James and John replied. Alleluia! Out of the familiar emerges the extraordinary that transformsthe ordinary. Amen. For there is no division within the divine. The Earth was flat. 2 0 obj
Humans are incomplete beings. The sun is in the same place at the same time as it was yesterday, but today all our clocks insist that it is actually 11:00 and not 10:00. Some of the people remained in the fragmented remnants and developed compensating mantras. You can see it in the reckless passion of justice-seekers fighting for affordable housing, equitable healthcare, and food security. The delight of new awareness can be a prelude to a life lived inthe mellow light of love. The way of the cross and the way of the dance, an earthquake that destroys complacency and, The Risen Christ is the liberated Inner Child which is allowed to dance,to skip, to sing for as Jesus said, unless you become as a little child you are unable to enter the Kingdom of God (the commonwealth of God, the dancing space of God), Kingdom of heaven (your heaven. What can we see in the wounds which are depicted in this story? The truth has left its living word for anyone to read. It wasnt about believing in resurrection it was about practicing resurrection. Let us pray for an abundance of health, for prosperity, and for joy. towards ourselves and towards all living beings. Jesus way did not include taking up the sword to achieve peace. and for the mystery of life beyond death. Yes, the father should never have trusted his sons with all that he had, and when his lost son showed himself to be untrustworthy, he shouldnt have been welcomed with open arms, and as for the faithful, self-righteous son, well sometimes justice demands that we abandon the rules, if we are to achieve peace. The Earth, the Heavens, and the seas.Now even though the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras proposed that the Earth was round in the 6th century before the common era. The free worship planning material is easy to locate using an extensive index. Pete said it this way, and I couldnt agree with him more: I deny the resurrection of CHRIST every time I do not serve at the feet of the oppressed, each day that I turn my back on the poor; I deny the resurrection of CHRIST when I close my ears to the cries of the downtrodden and the oppressed. When I arrived, the place was empty, and I thought I was going to make a clean get-away. BAT KOL, the DAUGHTER OF A SOUND or as some translations put it the DAUGHTER OF A VOICE. My own desire to resist the urge to respond to violence with violence weakens with every report of the injustices perpetrated as innocent lives are lost. The EMPIRE OF DIVINITY is not yet here. You placed within us and within each plant and animal of your creation amazing abilities to form and nurture new life, so that your creation might be renewed, reborn, season by season, child by child. Amen. A sacred offering of for the sake of life here on this our one and only planet, a planet capable of nourishing life for all of Earths inhabitants? Grandma sat little Crystal on her knee. I thought, or hoped, sometimes even believed that the myth of redemptive violence could no longer tempt me. Death is vanquished. If the sacrament is not to be celebrated, the service may conclude with PartV.). Frame 8: When you make the biggest mistake ever,something good comes from it.*. As the earth sheds its snow, it begins to drink in the warm rains and creation comes alive once again. 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13. sermon 4 Giving Up God for Lent John 3:16, GOD IS DEAD! May this Spirit help us to recognize the Christ-presence in our midst. SALTs Lectionary Commentary for Epiphany Week 4, Progressive Christian Lectionary Commentary, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Epiphany 4, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Epiphany 4B, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Epiphany 4 Year B, Magnificat: SALT's Lectionary Commentary for Advent Week Three, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Advent Week 3B, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Advent Week 3, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Luke 1:39-56, Understand and Connect: SALT's Lectionary Commentary for Pentecost Sunday, Revised Common Lectionary Pentecost Year A, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Pentecost Year A, "Ash Wednesday" by Rev. It does sadden me that succeeding generations have projected their own violent proclivities onto the DEITY and offered up various atonement theories which rely on the DEITY embracing our primitive reliance upon violence. You simply asked the members of the First Nation for permission to pitch your tents on their land. We will never know what actually happened two thousand years ago, we will always. Our Hebrew storyteller paints such a vivid picture of the Thin Place in which Elijah stands. Resurrection is beauty appreciated, love shared, justice implemented. Leader: Brothers and sisters in Christ, the gospels tell us that on the first day of the week, the same day on which our Lord rose from the dead, he appeared to his disciples and was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. if ( thisact == "contact" ) { Our friend, Dom Crossan makes the point that, it is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally. I believe that in order to understand the power of this particular story of resurrection we must move beyond simplistic literal explanations and open ourselves to the more-than-literal symbolic dare I say it, spiritual understanding of resurrection. We rejoice that Jesus lives on, as we all will, in the reality we call God. Your email address will not be published. I have come that you might have life and live it abundantly.. To free the captives? However, Pete goes on, there are moments when I affirm that resurrection, few and far between as they are. DONATE NOW! These perfect humans enjoyed a perfect relationship with their Creator. Well, like, this egg falls off the wall and if you study biology or physics, you know you can never put an egg back together again. When I opened it, I found several passages of scripture written out in Annas immaculate style. We need a saviour to rescue us from our sinfulness. I expect things to be resolved. 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