Crystal had always been told that one day the magnificent vase would be hers. Youll find it in the first Book of Kings. You all know this story. For the death of what it took me years to learn about, the death of atonement theories has given birth to the resurrection of DIVINITY, a DIVINITY liberated from ancient projections onto the DIVINE of the myth of redemptive violence. So, there could have been half a dozen or there could have been only one whale. Thank you! It is not our beliefs about what happened in history that transform us but the extent to which we allow these glimpses into the heart of God to energize our lives. Easter Sunrise Service April 20, 2014 Central Presbyterian Church Central Presbyterian Church seeks to glorify the Triune God by embracing the gospel, building our community, making disciples, and transforming societies. and celebrate with joy the eternal Life offered to us through Jesus Christ. Not because I had been driven out of my home. 1 0 obj All glory and honor are yours, eternal God, now and forever. So, rather than side-step the subject of resurrection, I decided to include both readings today. ELOHIM, the GOD who is the feminine plural of MAJESTY, said to Elijah: Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of YHWEH, for YAHWEH is about to pass by. Imagine the MYSTERY, which is the I AM, the very essence of BEING is about to pass by. 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. Lets extend our hands over one another for a final blessing: May you have the power to live life fully. 4810 Pt. sermon 4 Giving Up God for Lent John 3:16, GOD IS DEAD! For more information on the Commission, its mandate and membership, please click here. A SERVICE OF WORD AND TABLE II. O God, let us take in the moment of this day of crucifixion, not remembering it in the context of what came after it, but how it left Jesus' disciples and followers in tragic sadness and heart-wrenched disillusionment. Boys and their toys the put downs come, pardon the pun, a little too easily. The eradication of poverty lies not in our efforts to escape the challenges of life in this world, here on this planet. Christianitys morbid preoccupation with Jesus violent death will not usher in the Kin-dom of DIVINITY which Jesus lived for. Jesus way did not include taking up the sword to achieve peace. The liturgy wasdeveloped for use during Lent. I fumbled for my phone and hopped out into the frigid air desperate to capture a photograph which has always eluded me. It is a scary proposition for a pastor to venture out on a journey without the familiar trappings of familiar liturgy. Posted by mictori in Church Life, Holidays, Liturgy, Pop, Communion, Communion Liturgy, Easter, Easter Communion, Easter Communion Liturgy, Easter Morning, Liturgy, non-violent Communion, progressive Christianity, Resurrection. God is with us! Resist the illusion that finding what we have lost will be a sweet, harmless, story. Crystal cried out, Mommy Im stuck. and of the sufferings that are going on around us, let us pray for the establishment of peace, in our hearts and on earth. Imagining the horizons of my ancient ancestors, I could see in my minds eye a familiar worldview, a three-tiered universe, complete with an omnipotent god smiling and then frowning down at me. give us the new joy and justice of Easter, Responsive Chant Psalm 118: 1-6, 15-18, 24, Anthem, or Creed, Prayers or other Response of Faith here. A reading from 1st Corinthians chapter 13: When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child. Some of the people remained in the fragmented remnants and developed compensating mantras. O God, how many times have we sought to bury you again, for fear of what you might do to our predictable grayness? Your coming we await with hope. One: On this day, we embrace the grace which reaches from the tomb. 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. Dont try to see yourself as a character in the story. And count the countless aeons in the banding of the stone. You covenanted with your people and gave them Law that showed the way of Lifea path of peace, justice, mercy, reverence, love. We are privileged. The PROMISED ONE has come not to be served, but to serveto give one life in ransom for the many.. Later, at work, Anna sat down with me in the lunchroom to explain that their pastor had explained to them that he suspected that I didnt believe that God sent Jesus to die for my sins. Little did I know that in 1977 it would take me almost three days to travel the more than 1,000 km; a trip which included disembarking over and over again to lend a hand to the conductors as we worked together to clear the tracks of snow. The followers of Jesus were lifted up from a crouching or cowering position as they boldly proclaimed what they had learned from Jesus. The stories about Jesus have been told in ways that paint a particular picture of what it means to be human. Let it go. Sure enough, the vase slipped off as smooth as silk. I knew I was about to drown. 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?) You can skip to the end and leave a response. Others stretched the wings of their spirituality and flew off into the magic darkness joyfully singing: All will be well and all manner of things shall be well! (Julian of Norwich). Living as the Vine and Branches in the Era of COVID-19: A Worship Liturgy. It was barely nine oclock and the sun was already beginning to set. Perfect! Today, when each of us is coping with the loss of an hours sleep, perhaps it is easier for us to understand that the way in which we describe reality does indeed change over time. Jesus, the archetypal human, in which DIVINITY is embodied, confirms that human life, does not die, but is resurrected, transformed. We thank you, God, for all the love You've given us and for the gift of Jesus. [Meal is shared according to custom of congregation.]. 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. Frame 6: You are a special and unique image of God. - Trinity Sunday, Moon-Dancing Bears, Jesus and Nicodemus: a sermon on John 3:1-17. I know it is much easier to poke fun at billionaires and lay the blame for suffering at the feet of self-serving fools. What might we wealthy followers of Jesus be prepared to pay to serve the needs of those held captive to the financial empire of our time? Peace be with you. 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. In LOVE, we are ransomed from our fear, ransomed from our arrogance and ransomed from our self-centredness, set free to trust the MYSTERY which is LOVE so that we to might live the way of LOVE, so that we might be LOVE in the world, here on this planet. Alleluia! Here at this table your promise of life is made tangible. } So, let us see the wounds inflicted by violence, and practice resurrection. Im a child of my times. Remember, should you have to choose between them in the strife, Is that right?, Crystal was a little breathless from all the crying she had been doing and all she could manage was a whimpered, Mmm hummm. Honey, tell grandma the truth now. I first heard it at a retreat on the West Coast a lifetime ago), In this fast paced world of ours, I often find myself in little Crystals predicament. For Paul, Jesus was not God but a human in which God was revealed. Continue reading . (BL), www.methodist.org.nz/resources/hymns/boundlesslife, http://www.methodist.org.nz/resources/hymns/the_mystery_telling, Singing the Sacred, Vol 1 2011 World Library Publications, Jesus Christ is alive and lives in me. I suspect that pulling brothers together who have genuine axes to grind is the kind of recklessness that is worth the risk, if those siblings can learn to work together to pursue justice. Required fields are marked *. Perhaps photographers of old avoided them, maybe people back then were better had holding those tears back. As a Pharisee, Paul believed in the resurrection of the dead and certainly he believed that Jesus had been raised from the dead. The small voice within my very soul said only one word Swim.. He is risen indeed! Yes, I have my doubts about the possibility of SHALOM, especially now as we peer into the abyss which are the horrors of Ukraine, Syria, Myanmar, and countless other places where injustice has bred violence the likes of which seems unstoppable. Believing, as Jesus believed, that beyond pain and darkness and death, The concluding prayer of thanksgiving was (heavily) adapted from a prayer by Katherine Hawker. Alas, the power of Pauls rhetoric has waned over the centuries. It is beautiful! Little Crystal was only two and a half years old when she got hopelessly stuck. Winter gives way to sprin Now the green blade rises from the buried grain; Wheat that in dark earth for may days has lain; Love lives again, that with the dead has been: Love is come again like wheat that rises green. He suffered and died because of his refusal to participate in the death-dealing violence of the world. We lose our capacity for peace and joy, we struggle to show compassion and to connect with others, and we may find ourselves slipping into toxic and destructive attitudes and habits. 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13. But we do know that whatever happened it transformed a people hiding from the endless violence into courageous followers of a Way of Being in the world which death could not destroy. I had been watching the media reports for days, not really believing that war was imminent. Indeed, we are shown to be false witnesses of God, for we solemnly swore that God raised Christ from the deadwhich did not happen if in fact the dead are not raised. My point is Paul was just warming up. Maybe Jesus was wrong about justice as the only way to peace. The profoundest act of worship is to try to understand. So, in the same way, we, of the Namaste Church, honor the Divinity in all people and this is why we called this church Namaste which means We honor the Divinity Within You.. And all the kings horses and all the kings men, couldnt put Humpty together again. We need to reach our year-end fundraising goal that will determine what we can do for 2023. 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. The EMPIRE OF DIVINITY is not yet here. The ravages inflicted by Rome were as horrendous as any barbaric acts of war the world has ever seen. Not all flesh is the same. This, dear ones, is Good News indeed! So, let us forget about what we have been conditioned to look for in order to see what needs to be seen, today in the midst the violence in which our world seems incapable of forsaking. } easter with prayers and blessings for easter services. When he placed his hand on my forehead, I stiffened my entire being, because there was no way I was going down. Faced with the needs of so very many, what can I do? Some will hurl the text at me in ways which communicate their anger, their disgust, and in some cases their hatred of me. Lift up your hearts. 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. From desert cliff and mountaintop we trace the wide design, jQuery(document).ready(function(){ Sunday between December 4 and December 10. In the same way he took the cup, saying: Neither of us had heard the word atonement before. The occupying Roman forces not only publicly executed their teacher as a warning to any of Jesus would be followers,The Roman Empire, crucified as many dissenters as they could catch. We give thanks for the spirit of new life active in our lives as it was in the life of Jesus. Nor can I believe that Jesus saw YAHWEH, the GREAT I AM as a fool. We will never know what actually happened two thousand years ago, we will always. Why: This is an Evolutionary Moment. delivered us from slavery to sin and death, and made us a new people. Physics teaches us that nothing dies, everything is transformed. Amen. Send us your: ResourceEventNewsIdeasnow Mortal tongues and angels say: Alleluia! A Liturgical and Devotional Guide for Lent When we face pain and suffering, we often feel like we become less than human. I was suspicious of the kind of youth I would meet on a Tuesday at a Pentecostal church, I convinced a fellow chambermaid to come along with me, so that if we had to, Id have company as I hitch-hiked my way back to Jasper. Limitations which the evolving nature of our understanding of reality compel us to reject. You are the Cup of Blessing. It was just politicians doing what politicians do, rattling sabers like little boys, stomping their feet, and insisting on their own way. The people of Israel have abandoned your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death by the sword. Thank you, Divine Crafter of the Table, for fashioning us a holy meal unites us with the Body of Christ. Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. What followed was a long, useless argument about the theories of atonement. */ What we all missed is what was there all along, Humpty Dumpty you see was a cannon. Maybe if we are unwilling to fight, all we can do is join our tears to the tears of that little Ukrainian family. God the Holy Spirit, who lled the disciples with the life of the risen Lord, empower you and ll you with Christ's peace. Even though we may be worshiping in individual spaces, Through the Spirit, we are forever united. 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? SALTs Lectionary Commentary on Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Acts 2:1-21, Abide in Me: SALTs Lectionary Commentary for Easter 5, Progressive Christian Resources for Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Easter 5 Year B, Love and Mercy: SALTs Lectionary Commentary for Lent 4, Progressive Christian Lectionary Resources, Why is Jesus Angry? Pinging is currently not allowed. He was teaching in the Galilean synagogues, and all were loud in their praise. Click here to listen to a meditative sung liturgy inspired by Julians writings, Crystal was a little breathless from all the crying she had been doing and all she could manage was a whimpered, Mmm hummm. Honey, tell grandma the truth now. Some of these messages convey ways we might experience subtle resurrections and deaths in our everyday lives. As the earth sheds its snow, it begins to drink in the warm rains and creation comes alive once again. Amen. He greets us with peace the world does not know, he give us peace the world cannot give. You sent Jesus, your Son, to walk in the way of Lifethat we might follow. It is long past time for the followers of Jesus Way of being in the world, to repent. The Resurrection is witness to the golden incandescence at the heart of life which neither suffering nor death can destroy. Leader: Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord has prepared this table for all who love him and trust in him alone for their salvation. They were both more than a little relieved to have Grandmas calming presence. Standing beneath a clear blue sky, looking out towards the horizon, I tried to breath in some of the vastness which stretched before me. 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. Sometimes boundaries must be crossed in order to achieve justice.Peace-making requires risk-taking, and the reckless abandonment of some things we hold very dear. By your Spirit unite us with the living Christ and with all who seek to follow in his life-giving way, We can only begin to imagine the magnitude of what a conquered, oppressed, suffering people has lost. MASS READINGS. Alison Etter. The reality of the systems in which we are intimately entangled is being played out on our screens. After work, I convinced the housekeeper at the lodged where I worked, to rent me a room for a couple of nights at a reduced rate and I headed over to the apartment to pack up my things. We lift up these prayers in the belief that we are bonded in Gods Spirit with everything that exists. and proclaim the Resurrected Christ who offers life to all. The SPIRIT of DIVINITY is within us! I have come that you might have life and live it abundantly.. Liturgy Ideas. The dualism of body and soul was a Greek idea, for the Jews there could be no resurrection without a resurrection of the body. Living the Resurrection Second Sunday of Easter, Year B On the Sunday after Easter, there is a general let down. Easter offers meaning and hope to all people. Your support is needed to help ProgressiveChristianityorg. But Alan and I, we knew exactly what they were, and they certainly werent beautiful orcas to us. These tiny, humble, wordless things how shall they tell us lies? Heavenly bodies have a beauty of their own, and earthly bodies have a beauty of their own. But I suspect that justice, the kind of justice which ensures that everyone has enough so that everyone can live in peace, is something worth leaving behind everything you have in order to pursue. Too many Hollywood movies tempt me to flirt with violence, as I yearn for some secret agents to just take him out! Yes, the shepherd should have been guarding the 99. When you sow, you do not sow the full-blown plant but a kernel of wheat or some other grain. It is hard to maintain the heights that we attain on the celebration of Resurrection Day. Or are we afraid that stripped of the security which our wealth affords us, our privileged positions will disappear, and we too shall find ourselves dependent upon the goodness of others? The nursery rhyme dates back to the English civil war, when the Royalists were being attacked by the Parliamentarians, they put their faith in the size of their cannons, one of them was so large it went by the name Humpty Dumpty, which at the time was a term used to describe fat rich guys. Somehow, hed managed to secure me with what we professional wrestlers call an arm bar. After two long years of isolation, I have learned how to block out the world. But it cannot be like that with you. Alleluia! Alas, if only. The moss, the kelp, the zebrafish, the very mice and flies, Alleluia! Carmel Lutheran Church, Portland, OR: Easter Morning: a service of the dawning of new light with Holy Communion. } We give thanks for Jesus of Nazareth who inspired us to put our hope and trust in the spirit of Life and Love moving in the depths of our being. Recklessly abandoning the status quo, is never sweet, never harmless. For a mere $450,000 dollars you could join these daring old men in their flying machines. 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, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Then he said to them, Today, in your hearing, this scripture passage is fulfilled. (Luke 4:14-21). Only a foolWould search and look and scour and puzzle, bend and peer, lift and move everything, to find a single coin. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. Among the passages was the text which is assigned for this very Sunday from Pauls letter to the church in Corinth. 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. When the complete vine suffers, we all suffer together. MEDITATION Music: In the Garden Eddie Watkins. Today, when science confirms that humans did not rise out of the Earth fully formed, but are continuing to evolve, surely today we can metanoia, think beyond the primitive, childish notions of original sin, and begin to see humanity as an incomplete, ever- evolving species which runs the very real risk of extinction if we dont move beyond the myth of redemptive violence. Salvation is not about saving us for life after death. and proclaim the Resurrected Christ who offers life to all. we gratefully receive the Easter offering. The sequence of death and resurrection is the pattern of all creating and of all loving. (LogOut/ Followers of the Way are called to reject the myth of redemptive violence. I can see on that endless loop little families in Jerusalem, fleeing to the safety of the countryside, passing endless crucifixion sites. This time also allows a moment for the congregation to "get settled" and ready to hear God's written word. Thank you, God, for life in the Spirit of Jesus. all nourished from the same source of life. 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? We proclaim and celebrate this Easter season because it links Jesus with all life, with transformation, and with possibility of life beyond our imagining. With open minds and hearts, may the God-in-us find generous and courageous expression in our words and actions as we endeavor to make the presence of God evident in our world. . As we recall the trusting of impotent rocket ships escaping for mere moments the confines of the empires we thrive in, do we have the courage to see our own hypocrisy? When we face pain and suffering, we often feel like we become less than human. 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? The Easter Peace is shared *Hymn This Is the Day With humility, with awareness of the existence of life. Anna and Steve were Pentecostals who were convinced that my slack Lutheran ways simply werent serious enough to earn me a coveted spot in the Heaven of their dreams. So, I will not presume to answer for Jesus hometown congregations murderous intentions. I was prepared to move out on my terms, but not on some jumped up pastors terms. Amen. Dying you destroyed our death, What matters is that LOVE rises. Gig Harbor, WA 98335 McCourt was a schoolteacher, and he tells this story about a particular class in which he was challenging the assumptions of his young students. What we refer to as the soul was a foreign concept to first century Jews. It is as the renewed, redeemed, enlivened people of God This despite the fact that the biblical author of the book of Joshua wrote that God stopped the rotation of the sun around the earth in order to provide Joshua with an extended period of daylight in which to kill his enemies. Well, with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek let me blame it on a dog. view on video. . Non-violent resistance is dangerous. Jesus lived and died giving his life to ransom us from ourselves, from our fears, so that free from the captivity in which our fear has confined us, we might walk freely away from our own self-centredness. This knowledge has an impact on how we interpret the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. A Communion Liturgy for the Whole People of God. The texts contained in this site are unofficial. And he took a cup, and when he had given . What can Jesus teach us about God? We know we still have work to do. //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); We have tasted your nourishing, nurturing presence; Only a foolWould sweep and sweep and sweep, leaving her purse unguarded, to search for one lone coin. A Prayer at the End of a Quarantined Day. I take my hat off to the master. jQuery(document).on('change', '#submission-action', function(){ We jumped into the rubber dingy, and we paddled as fast as we could, determined to chase whales. We believe that death is not the end, but rather a transformation into new possibilities. Theologian Richard Rohr reminds us that the CHRIST is the Christian code word for REALITY. The number crunchers tell us that Bezos hubristic space jaunt cost him 5.5 billion dollars for 4 minutes in space, which kinda makes a ticket on Bransons Virgin Galactic sound like a bargain. 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. Wellspring Liturgies. //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); 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. We are free to live in the abundance of life here and now, in a Cosmos permeated by the DIVINE MYSTERY which is LOVE. But let me assure you that you are looking at someone who used to be a champion wrestler. But there are times. Pinging is currently not allowed. It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give you our thanks and praise, O God! 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. 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. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. Justice is what LOVE looks like in the world. The Risen One comes with hands full of love. Psalm 25:1-10. 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. Christ is risen. Please feel free to use in your faith communities with attribution. We give thanks and rejoice that Jesus so clearly and courageously linked our loving and our dying with living on in God. In the same way the cup, after supper (here the minister shall pour the wine and lift up the cup) saying, "This cup is a new covenant of my blood. He had the extraordinary capacity to recognize the Divinity in all human beings. accept our lives as holy offerings to you, The big challenge of this period in the Church Calendar is that the focus is so very clearly on events that happened to "Someone else" so very long ago. Crystal sobbed. Resurrection is a statement of how reality works. 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