REPENT God Loses His Home. But like so many athletes, when my status changed from amateur to professional, I lost my championship status and although I still qualify as a professional wrestler, and I like to see myself as a champion, Im no longer what you would call world-class. thanksgiving prayers Add to Bin. I expect that whatever needs to be done will be done quickly, so that I can get back to normal. As a Pharisee, Paul believed in the resurrection of the dead and certainly he believed that Jesus had been raised from the dead. Resist the illusion that finding what we have lost will be a sweet, harmless, story. Many Christians understand the sacrament of Holy Communion as a means of grace that nourishes and strengthens our faith for life and ministry in the world. What and Where to use this ritual: Altar-building. Salvation is not about saving us for life after death. Would restore, would be a shepherd, foolish enough to care enough to save the lost, the wandering, the lonely, the one outside the bounds of the flock. Physics teaches us that nothing dies, everything is transformed. We pray to theLord. They were an unusual couple in that we shared the uncommon habit of going to church. You see the Pentecostal church was located down in the neighboring town of Hinton, about an hours drive away. I was unbeatable. 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. The sun has one kind of brightness, the moon another, and the stars another. 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. Only a foolWould risk a reputation as a wise shepherd, a careful guardian of the known and secure, to seek one lone sheep. accept our lives as holy offerings to you, (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"). Then Grandma rubbed little Crystals back, held her close and gentle, but firmly said: Let it go, child. This is my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for lands afar and mine; this is my home, the country where my heart is; here are my hopes, my dreams, my . To climb down from our lofty positions of wealth and privilege in order to serve the poor? It is long past time for the followers of Jesus Way of being in the world, to repent. 1 Corinthians 15. This week, I have compiled resources that can help in creatively planning worship services. Thanks be to ALL that is HOLY! Life in the spirit continues in ways beyond our imagining. Jesus life reveals images of God that point far beyond the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, to the Ultimate MYSTERY that lies at the very heart of all reality. In the same way he took the cup, saying: petitions prayers for strength a selection of modern petitions asking for God's strength to come, with a prayer for those grieving and a prayer for hope. In this, the 21st century, there is a movement among progressive Christians that focuses more on who Jesus was and why he had such an impact on the world rather than his death. Well, I deny the resurrection in the very same way as I suspect you deny the resurrection. It wasnt until Christianity moved beyond Judaism that it came into direct conflict with the Greek understanding of reality, which insisted upon the dualism of body and soul. Repent Metanoia let us think new thoughts so that we might ask: What can Jesus teach us? Our Hebrew storyteller paints such a vivid picture of the Thin Place in which Elijah stands. But I refused to believe that it would go as far as war. Above the passage, Anna had written, The Gospel in a Nutshell. I expect people to act. (I have searched for the source of this story, withoutsuccess. It was barely nine oclock and the sun was already beginning to set. Frame 11: When life hands you a lemon make lemonade!*. It was a very quiet little voice deep down inside of me, at least I think it was inside of me. The grace and passion to love wastefully, CLOSING We Will Rise Again David Haas, *Parts of the liturgy were taken and modified from Michael Morwoods Praying a New Story, **Slideshow was taken and modified from Sapphire Productions. Prayers. /* Pachena Bay with its warm Pacific waters, heated even more by virtue of its shallow depths, attracted schools of salmon, ling cod and halibut, who make up a veritable smorgasbord for the pods of whales, that continue to visit the bay to this very day. Today, like Jesus, we too can proclaim liberty to the captive minds and recovery of sight to those who have been blinded by ancient ways of knowing. They were never meant to be followed in their entirety. The Gospel this morning comes to us from the anonymous Gospel storyteller that we know as John. Living the Resurrection Second Sunday of Easter, Year B On the Sunday after Easter, there is a general let down. If you have not donated yet, please do so today. Amen. Perhaps a story will help us move beyond what we think were looking for to actual miracle of resurrection. Suddenly, the Cosmos reminded me that freedom from ancient ways of knowing does not mean freedom from REALITY. A momentary panic began to surface as my mind questioned the wisdom of standing on ice not knowing what lay below. When I read the accounts of those early followers of the way who abandoned the tomb of the upper-room to gather together to build communities of compassion it is clear to me who was raised up by images of resurrection. Suddenly, one of those magnificent monsters rubbed up against the bottom of our dingy. Imagine all the information you would miss if you simply focused upon Dr. Kings death. We are free to seek, to know, and to become this LOVE in which we live, and move, and have our being. To ask the question of whether the resurrection is true, and to mean by this that only a resurrected corpse constitutes such proof, is to impose the standards of the modern mind upon a pre-scientific culture of myth and magic. Peace be with you. She looked at the miserable look on her grand-daughters face, and she said, Crystal, sweetheart. Seeking out the darkest place, to better see the light. Do this in remembrance of me." Let it be so among us. The LOVE which is the SACRED MYSTERY which is the LOVE that we call GOD. When Grandma finally arrived, both Crystal and her mother were almost hysterical. A Prayer for Sad Days of the Pandemic. Heavenly bodies have a beauty of their own, and earthly bodies have a beauty of their own. As the night lengthened, Jesus took a simple portion of bread. When we say that we believe in the resurrection of the dead, we are proclaiming that no matter how dead someone may appear to be, no matter how dead we may feel, new life is always possible. The safety of the mountaintop must have been glorious. jQuery('#submit-action').click(); I expect things to be resolved. This knowledge has an impact on how we interpret the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Today, in the midst of colossal violence, it is long past time for us to see beyond our conditioning about what to believe about resurrection so that we can focus our attention on practicing resurrection. Our very freedom from ancient ways of knowing and being sets of a chain-reaction of freedom which can, if we let it, become Good News for the poor, as we finally begin to understand what Jesus knew all along, when Jesus insisted, I and the ABBA are ONE. For if Jesus and the ABBA are ONE, the Good News is that you and I and our neighbours, we are ONE with ABBA. According to the story humans are in bondage to sin and we cannot free ourselves. I can certainly identify with the disciples in the story who became angry with the sons of Zebedee for jockeying for seats alongside Jesus in the next world, when the forces of Empire in this world continue to suck the life out of the poor. Boys and their toys the put downs come, pardon the pun, a little too easily. First of all, I hadnt been born again, and then there was the dancing, and as for my serving beer to the crowd at the Legion, well, my roommates were concerned. 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. We remember on the night when Jesus and the disciples We celebrate the risen Christ in our midst. Thank you, God, for life in the Spirit of Jesus. I failed to capture the sunset. You are holy, O God of Life, and holy is Jesus Christ, your Son, the resurrected One. Easter offers meaning and hope to all people. April 17, 2022 (Readings on USCCB website) . Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.". Yes! Frame 1: We are about to enter a world of life-giving beauty. But Alan and I, we knew exactly what they were, and they certainly werent beautiful orcas to us. Yes, the shepherd should have been guarding the 99. The concluding prayer of thanksgiving was (heavily) adapted from a prayer by Katherine Hawker. give you joy as you share the Easter faith. Father's Day Video "Foster Kid Father's Day". I only know that they appeared to follow in my footsteps in the snow as they ventured out to the place where the Cosmos had made itself known to me. Humans have tried in vain to get themselves back into the garden, to restore our oneness with our creator. I do know that the followers of Jesus held dear their vison of Jesus, in whom they saw the CHRIST. He enacted peace in the midst of violence, love in the face of hate, Jesus taught this. Frame 9: When you think the world has turned its back on youtake another look. It was Jesus who introduced this meal to his followers. Jesus existed within time whereas the CHRIST exists in and beyond time. We are kin to beasts; no other answer can we bring. These tiny, humble, wordless things how shall they tell us lies? May your love be shared amongst us as we enjoy the gift of fellowship. Today, we, ourselves and our neighbours, no longer live captive to the contours of the very tiny universe in which our ancestors confined their thoughts. In a world that so often denies or ignores the humanity-robbing effects of pain and suffering, Staying Human in Hard Times will invite you to process your grief, remember your essential humanness, and follow Christ into a renewed experience of abundant life. The season of the church year called Eastertide lasts fifty days and includes Ascension, the day when we rejoice in the reign of Christ at God's right hand. Oh, how I miss those Sunday closings! Sure, it would be nice to just sit here in the relative comfort and safety of all that violence has built and maintained for us. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of our God. It was quite a beginning to what promises to be an exciting journey. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Jesus. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of our God. Do this in remembrance of me. How solid? *People sing: ("Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain," stanza 3)"Alleluia!" One: It is through our neighbors and creation that we see the rising of Christ, O God. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). A star exploding or a leaf falling: both offer new possibilities and will live on in ways unknown to stars and leaves. The conflation with Spring and new life is no coincidence we are grateful for the cycle of renewal in all its forms. Bit by bit, hope has begun to build upon hope as we look forward to Spring when we call launch forth into fuller more robust living. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); Let us affirm the resurrection by living as Jesus lived, embodying the LOVE which IS the DIVINE MYSTERY. Prayer of Thanksgiving We are free from the captivity of a way of thinking which insists that we believe what our own experience confirms is no way to live in the very reality our ancestors were struggling to fathom. Perhaps photographers of old avoided them, maybe people back then were better had holding those tears back. As the ancient storytellers weave their tail, Elijah was familiar with the voice of YHWH, so much so that he dared to argue with the voice. And also with you. Frame 10: Always remember the compliments that you received. Do you still have a hold of that candy? Mmm humm. When we set aside the institutional narrative of atonement that the church has relied upon to interpret the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, the idol that masquerades as god, the idol whose contours are reinforced in our worship services, by our hymns, prayers, creeds, choice of scriptures, and rituals, this idol begins to crumble. the Divine thrives in our world. Life is somehow stronger than death. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ Repent: Metanoia: to think new thoughts Let us repent, metanoia Let us think new thoughts. Like many professional wrestlers my career began when I was but a child. 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. Lets try to focus on what is actually happening in the story. And now let us recite a creed, that is, an affirmation of faith, based on a contemporary view of Christianity: We believe in God, the power of life, love and being, We believe in Jesus, who revealed the good news. So, when the possibility arose to actually travel up to Narvik in Norway to see the mid-night sun I was off. These parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost sons, point us in a direction of a way of being in the world characterized by foolish and passionate abandon. Excuse me if I sound a little too indignant but jockeying for a seat during a global pandemic is more than a little tone deaf, when according to the United Nations, yet another 150 million or so people will be plunged into poverty this year, swelling the ranks of the global poor to over one and a half-billion people, over half of which are children. For we are ONE with an evolving DEITY. It is not a lofty mountaintop vision. Alleluia! *Leader: Congregation of Jesus Christ, since the Lord has blessed us with his Word (and Holy Supper), let us praise his name with thanksgiving. Would leave ninety-nine sheep to look for one lost sheep. Leader: For Christ indeed has been raised from the dead [here the minister lifts the elements], the First-fruits of those who have fallen asleep. And he took a cup, and when he had given . Only a fool Would rather be relentlessly looking for one small, lone coin when nine, known and countable, are all that are really needed. Send us into the world resurrected, refreshed and ready to share Christs unconditional love. The magnitude of loss was positively unbearable. We can only begin to imagine the magnitude of what a conquered, oppressed, suffering people has lost. Every time I do not serve my neighbour, every time I walk away from the poor. }); Join thousands of others like you who are contributing their voice to Progressive Christianity and list your church, organization or yourself in our global directory. Surely, Jesus cant be pointing to the GREAT I AM, the MYSTERY which we call GOD and saying that GOD is a fool. This story was written by the anonymous gospel-storyteller we know as John some 70 years after Jesus' death, some twenty years after the Jewish war with Rome in which the Empire destroyed the Temple, raised most of Jerusalem to the ground, and sent Jews and the followers of Jesus into exile. John 20:19-31, Parables of Loss Through the Lenses of Resistance Luke 15, CLICK HERE to DOWNLOAD THE WORSHIP BULLETIN. Through a simple meal of grain and grape, we, your children, unite. 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? What do you know about the life of Jesus that sheds some light on who and what the MYSTERY that we call God is? Here at this table your promise of life is made tangible. Now, today, let us become Good News for the poor, let us embrace our freedom to be LOVE in the world! Resist reading into the parables a too small personal shepherd, woman, or father to act the part of a too small recklessly, foolish god. It is right. Jeremiah 33:14-16. And we who listen to the stars, or walk the dusty grade Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Christ is risen. Easter Grace Blessing May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us this day. The storyteller writes: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. But as for sitting at my right or my left, that is not mine to give; it is for those to whom it has been reserved. When Jesus other ten disciples heard this, they became indignant at James and John. The truth is Humpty Dumpty was not an egg. I share these tears with you knowing full well that tears wont put an end to war, nor will they end our constant reliance upon violence to maintain a fragile peace. by Alydia Smith. } People: We praise you, Lord, for these gifts of bread and wine. var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); }); healing, overcoming divisions, welcoming all. They not yet but already here EMPIRE of DIVINITY is here in every stranger who welcomes a refugee, in every aid worker, doctor without borders, in every reckless fool who risks it all for the kind of justice which makes peace. We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. Anna knew that Jesus was sent by God as a sacrifice for human sin, to pay the price for our evil ways. Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. For GOD is not safely ensconced in the Heavens and we do not need saving from our own depravity by a human sacrifice because there simply is no Hell below us. Our HEBREW ancestors, JESUS very own kin, understood the MYSTERY which we call GOD, as the verb TO BE, for this MYSTERY IS BEING itself. and out of the death of the old comes the birth of the new. But try as we might we are in bondage to sin and we cannot free ourselves. Im afraid that sacrificing more than just a pittance of my own wealth and privilege wont accomplish much more than landing me among povertys captives. He is risen indeed! It is as the renewed, redeemed, enlivened people of God United States Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. In the 17th century, Galileo Galilei a personal friend of the Pope, published a paper demonstrating that the sun could not possible revolve around the earth. The Bread of Life and the Cup of the Covenant: Gifts to unite the Body of Christ. Christ is risen! //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); Hosanna in the highest. The underwater sight of two killer whales caused me to open my mouth to scream and water rushed into my lungs. There far away from their world, they were could safely worship Jesus. we stand against the powers of sin and death. Well, for now, we weep. I cant begin to tell you how often well-meaning and not so well-meaning Christians quote to me the 15thchapter of Pauls first letter to the followers of Jesus Way in Corinth. Thank you! we gratefully receive the Easter offering. But when I became an adult, I put childish ways aside. No wonder Jesus took Peter, John, and James up there to pray. by demonstrating this power of life, love and being. The word literally translates as EL the generic term for a god, put together with the feminine form of the word for majesty so clearly LORD is not a correct translation for ELOHIM the God who is described as more than one QUEEN?) (I have searched for the source of this story, withoutsuccess. One quiet afternoon my brother Alan and I were playing on the shore. You created the universe and all living things. Holy Scriptures about Communion. Or perhaps it is that both are dead. Imagine knowing everything there is to know about that final day in Memphis, about the motel, about the people who were on that balcony when Dr. King was shot, about the shooter, the gun that was used, about the funeral procession, the grieving, and about the people who tried to go on walking in the ways of Dr. King. 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Metanoia is an invitation to think new thoughts. The parts of the service preceding the text in UMH are guided by a bulletin or by announcement. Said the sons of Zebedee, See to it that we sit next to you, one at your right and one at your left, when you come into your glory! Jesus warned them, You do not know what you are asking. There are times when risks must be taken. We have tasted your nourishing, nurturing presence; Let us do everything we can possibly do to challenge our own assumptions, to see beyond our own violent tendencies, our own selfish desires, and slowly, painfully slowly learn to love our enemies. 2021 All rights Reserved | Site by Fix8, Communion: SALTs Lectionary Commentary for Twelfth Week after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary John 6:51-58, Three and One: SALTs Lectionary Commentary for Trinity Sunday, What Does This Mean? 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