Isaiah 52: 1 – 7; Mark 11: 1 – 11 – Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN I once had a professor read today’s scripture passage to the class aloud and invite us to imagine ourselves in this story. “With whom do you identify?” she asked. Some people imagined themselves as Jesus riding into town on a donkey; others imagined themselves as Jesus’…
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Sermons on Beguiled by Beauty
Exodus 16: 1 – 15 – Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN Our Wednesday evening Lenten Study is entitled “Grateful” and is based on Diana Butler Bass’s book with the same title, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks. This past Wednesday evening, I found the discussion to be particularly stimulating as we discussed Butler Bass’s connections between tables of abundance and gratitude.…
Song of Songs 4: 1 – 7 – Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN – To wonder is to let in a sense of awe and openness, a sense of deep curiosity. It is to look upon the face of anyone or anything and say, “You are a part of me I do not yet know.” Song of Songs affirms that we are…
Matthew 5: 13 – 16 – Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN We continue our sermon series, “Beguiled by Beauty.” Last week, I encouraged you to contemplate nature, to be beguiled by the beauty of creation. Today, on this last Sunday of Black History Month, we will reflect on the extraordinary life of Howard Thurman. Thurman was a nature mystic and he discovered…
Mark 1: 9 – 15 – Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN Welcome to the Lenten journey as we begin a new sermon series entitled “Beguiled by Beauty.” This Lenten sermon series is inspired by the video that you just watched and inspired by the book with the same title written by Religion Professor, Wendy Farley. What does it mean exactly to be…