It wasnt about believing in resurrection it was about practicing resurrection. This bread and drink represents our life and all the giftedness that each of us bring to the table. Old and New Testament Canticles at Morning and Evening Prayer. by Alydia Smith and the Rev. Ive told this story before, but then havent we all heard the story of Thomas, every Easter. 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. And the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. 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. Ready: Perhaps some will ask, How are the dead to be raised up? We are told by the gospel-storyteller that after his one-line commentary on the words of Isaiah, Jesus hometown congregation were so incensed that they decided to hurl him off a cliff. Amen. You see having a brother who was just 18 months younger than me meant that I had ample opportunities to hone my wrestling skills. We are free to embrace this LOVE, to walk in this LOVE, and to be this LOVE. Jesus was steadfastly committed to non-violent resistance to the abusive powers of empire. Anna knew that Jesus was sent by God as a sacrifice for human sin, to pay the price for our evil ways. It began to seem like the only way to get Crystals hand out was to break the family heirloom. Why did they repeat these stories over and over again? Liturgy - Easter Liturgy Index Next Easter Day In Western Christianity, Easter marks the end of Lent, a period of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, which begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts forty days (not counting Sundays). We are blessed with riches beyond the wildest dreams of the generations who have gone before us. When I was an amateur wrestler, I was a world-class champion wrestler. Through a simple meal of grain and grape, we, your children, unite. Michael first walks the reader through the theological shifts that are necessitating changes to liturgical, group, and personal prayer and then demonstrates how these major shifts can be incorporated into a new template for meaningful . It is hard to maintain the heights that we attain on the celebration of Resurrection Day. The truth has left its living word for anyone to read. I can hear them tut tutting at the audacity of my taking such liberties with the Gospel. In the face of the pastors shouts, I stood as still as I could muster. For: Only a fool. Lets extend our hands over one another for a final blessing: May you have the power to live life fully. Used thoughtfully and intentionally, the written prayer of liturgy opens doors to an ageless and universal collective spirituality - even when the liturgy is used by an individual alone. Let us be LOVE in the world. Morning Prayer. Amen. They were both more than a little relieved to have Grandmas calming presence. 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. 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.. They were compiled over the years to complement the official resource, the Roman Missal. Please feel free to use in your faith communities with attribution. 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. Try as I might, I could never convince either of them that I was saved by grace. Moments when as Paul would say, we put away childish things. Moments in which the Christian short-hand explanation of Jesus death has died in you. Through this meal which has stood the test of time, we covenant to love you, God. But in my heart of hearts, I know that I must learn to see the face of CHRIST in my enemy. You can also watch the videos of the homilies our videorgrapher is enjoying the Family Day weekend so my head is missing from the first parts but thanks to a volunteers intervention my head is restored in the third video. Here at this table your promise of life is made tangible. Alleluia! Mark 10:35-45, Sermon: BAT KOL, the Daughter of a Sound Welling Up Within, Lent: Letting Go of our Tightly Held Piety to See Our Need of Confession, Wrestling With the Almighty: Locating Our Very Selves in the Sacred Story a sermon on Genesis 32:3-31, What Can We Learn from Jesus? Disco dancing is one thing, but being slain in the SPIRIT, well lets just say, Theres a reason Im a Lutheran pastor. Your support is needed to help ProgressiveChristianityorg. It is a scary proposition for a pastor to venture out on a journey without the familiar trappings of familiar liturgy. Our continued evolution relies upon our ability to metanoia, to move beyond primitive ways of thinking. Thank you for sharing this liturgy for communion. Let us be LOVE in our lives here and now so that peace can break out again, and again, and again. Jesus Now, Easter Day. What mechanisms do I use to attempt to tame the untamable wind of Gods Spirit? The distortion of maps deceived me into believing that it would be a short trip from Bergen to Narvik. 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. with the Son, God the Father praising;"Alleluia!" To which Jesus responded, From the cup I drink of, you will drink; the baptism I am immersed in, you will share. Frame 17: Look for the resurrections in your life. Perhaps someone will ask, How are the dead to be raised up? It occurred to me the other day, that it is quite peculiar that most of what has been written about Jesus in the New Testament and indeed our liturgies, even the hymns we sing about Jesus they tend to shift our focus to Jesus death. As a whale gently brushed the underside of the dingy, a strange calm came over me and I was not afraid. 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. Im not sure how many whales entered the bay. Perhaps photographers of old avoided them, maybe people back then were better had holding those tears back. Reformed Worship 2023 by Worship Ministries of the Christian Reformed Church. So, if Jesus isnt describing the characteristics of a personified deity, is Jesus actually teaching us how to embody the LOVE which is DIVINITY here in the world? 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. After two long years of isolation, I have learned how to block out the world. Do this in remembrance of me." Surely, the Americans have an agency for this. Today, we celebrate this earth-shaking love of Jesus a love that sent him to the cross and a love that lives eternally with us, encouraging us to live a resurrected life. So, let us repent. My brother didnt stand a chance. However, Pete goes on, there are moments when I affirm that resurrection, few and far between as they are. This gospel was written some 70 years after the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth. Grant that being joined together in him we may attain to the unity of the faith and grow up in all things unto him who is the head, Christ our risen Lord. For heavens sake, when you sow a seed into the ground and it bursts forth into new life, that new life doesnt come in the form of a seed, it comes to life as a plant! If there is a natural body, then there is also a spiritual body., Theres more, lots more, but lets just stop and catch ou breath. Far too many progressives ready to rebuke you for not being progressive enough. Frame 10: Always remember the compliments that you received. 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. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Spoken Word - Christmas Mini Movie. February 19, 2023 - Transfiguration Sunday Majestic Lord, transfigure our simple gifts in a way that will inspire all people to proclaim your everlasting message of love. Your rhetoric is sublime! Our gospel-storyteller wrote his story within a deeply wounded community to provide the much need hope for their own resurrection. endobj
//jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); All rights reserved. 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. 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. REPENT God Loses His Home. If there is no resurrection of the dead then not even CHRIST has been raised. Yes, the woman should have been content with her 99 coins. and celebrate with joy the eternal Life offered to us through Jesus Christ. Grandma took a good look at the vase that used to sit on her mothers kitchen table all those years ago. The liturgy was adapted by Dr. Bert Polman from a form prepared by the Liturgical Committee of the Christian Reformed Church for use during an Easter Service; this liturgy can be used for all Sundays in Eastertide. My family had travelled to the west coast of Vancouver Island to what was back then, a mostly unknown treasure. your love came also to us in your servant Jesus. healed those who believed in him, received all who sought him. We take wine and drink, as Jesus invited his friends to drink, This piece of Scripture was followed by a passage from Pauls letter to the Romans, all of which was underlined in red: God puts people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. Can we ever learn to see the face of CHRIST in one such as him? History should have taught us by now that that justice and not violence is the way to peace. I know that we wont solve it in time to save Ukraine. 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. We lift them up to God. If you have not donated yet, please do so today. and out of the death of the old comes the birth of the new. Although it can sometimes feel like the demands of others, the restriction of our freedom that comes from living with others, and the constant struggle to maintain strong relationships with others are too painful and exhausting for what they cost us, the alternative, which is to isolate ourselves, is far worse. The Liturgy of the Hours includes several specified times of prayer. No sooner than I felt the freedom of union with the DIVINE, than it was time to seek the confines of my car to warm up. Written by Rev. The SPIRIT of DIVINITY is within all Creation, permeating all of the Cosmos! Close with quote from Michael Morwood: In nature we see superb aspects of transformation in supernovas exploding and in their dying giving birth to new possibilities resurrection producing abundant life. What is sown is a perishable body, what is raised is incorruptible. Introit "The Strive Is O'er"(Voices United (VU) 159) "Christ Is Risen from the Dead"(VU 167) "Now Christ Is Risen"(VU 172) "Halle, halle, halle" (VU 958) Call to Worship. The colossal profits we offer up to billionaires are not simply the result of corporate greed. If I could, I would comfort the young woman I was by reassuring her that whatever the MYSTERY which we call God is, it is not a vengeful murderer whose thirst for a blood sacrifice, compelled Him and I do mean him, to come up with a plan which required violence, torture, and a slow, painful death. But I suspect that like the sons of Zebedee, who earned renown by jockeying for privileged positions, the powerful images of an aging Captain James Kirk and his merry band of billionaires will earn far more renown than the 150 million poor souls who are about to slip into poverty as a result of the COVID pandemic. One morning when I was about 13 and my brother was 9 and a half, we were going at it, and to his credit my bother had me in an ingenious hold. I dont know about you but for most of my life I have been taught that the place to learn about God is the Bible. Too many Hollywood movies tempt me to flirt with violence, as I yearn for some secret agents to just take him out! We need to reach our year-end fundraising goal that will determine what we can do for 2023. Christ is risen! Such a strange dualism to entertain on the surface of a frozen lake, beneath a clear blue sky, staring out at a horizon, I have all too often entertained. It is time for us to be LOVE in the world. Violence, how long will we put our faith in violence? Pauls words were interpreted from the King James version of the bible to read like this: And now I want to remind you, my friends, of the Good News which I preached to you, which you received, and on which your faith stands firm. Time for quiet reflection: I am eternally linked with the source of all life, Please respond Amen after each of the following affirmations of our Eucharistic Prayer. 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. To experience the liveliness of the resurrection is something quite different. But by the free gift of Gods grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); Life in the spirit continues in ways beyond our imagining. Your support is needed to help ProgressiveChristianityorg. Re-create us too, we pray, by your holy Word. According to these traditional interpretations humans were originally created in a state of perfection to live in a perfect creation. Nothing that exists is ever completely destroyed. The Royalists placed their biggest cannon on the wall which surrounded the city of Colchester. The congregation is encouraged to move around the sanctuary. We can be transfigured by the face of CHRIST which is revealed to us through the tears of all who suffer the ravages of injustice. This week, I have been transfigured by the face of CHRIST, not glowing on a mountaintop, but weeping. Second Sunday of Advent. "Ground Us and Grow Us in Love," rtf or pdf file of liturgy at Worship Ways. If you have not donated yet, please do so today. Jeremiah 33:14-16. Contact Us. We covenant to love as Jesus the Christ loved us- loving our neighbors as ourselves. Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Dying you destroyed our death, For the LOVE expressed in the life and death of Jesus lives in you and in me. 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. Easter Sunrise We encourage you to celebrate the Resurrection with your family (and perhaps with neighbors, safely at a distance outdoors) by worshiping the Lord at sunrise using the liturgy below. The first face of CHRIST belongs to a Ukrainian Father who is struggling to say good-bye to his young daughter. You are holy, O God of Life, and holy is Jesus Christ, your Son, the resurrected One. if ( thisact == "contact" ) { Social Justice Lectionary, Bruce Sweet, 2014. Yesterday, I travelled out onto the frozen surface of Lake Simcoe. From desert cliff and mountaintop we trace the wide design, I dont mind confessing my own fear. There are those who name the stars, who watch the sky by night, All week long, I have been emersed in the anonymous gospel-storyteller we know as Lukes account of Jesus first sermon, in which Jesus declares that he has been anointed to bring Good News, and it wasnt until my own frozen epiphany set me to dancing on ice that I actually noticed that part of the Good News of which Jesus speaks involves the proclamation of liberty to those held captive! Listen to the way the anonymous gospel-storyteller recounts Jesus words: Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and his reputation spread throughout the region. 4810 Pt. One: On this day, we embrace the grace which reaches from the tomb. This time also allows a moment for the congregation to "get settled" and ready to hear God's written word. Today, during this season of Easter, our doubts about the possibility of resurrection are not as important as our doubts about the possibility of peace. But when we begin to see the DIVINE MYSTERY, the CREATOR of the Cosmos, and try to imagine the ONE WHICH IS the GREAT I AM, WHO I AM, I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE, YAHWEHas so much more than a person, well the idea of a shepherd, or a woman, or even the father who loses his son, these mere personifications begin to lose their ability to symbolize the MYSTERY. Do we have the courage to serve? Settle into your seat, close your eyes and imagine a place that brings you comfort and peace. Physics teaches us that nothing dies, everything is transformed. 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. 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. Death is vanquished. Humans were cast out of the perfection of the garden and alienated for their creator. Deep in flower and in flesh, in star and soil and seed, %
Alleluia! Christ was alive to those early followers. If you have already donated, thank you! */ Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me.]. In both Ukraine and in Russia a wounded CHRIST is struggling to rise from death. I affirm the resurrection when I stand up for those who are forced to live on their knees,I affirm the resurrection when I speak for those who have had their tongues torn out,I affirm the resurrection, when I cry for those who have no more tears left to shed. 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. The writers of our creeds firmly established that God lived in heaven. God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the means by which peoples sins are forgiven through their faith in him. Prayer of Communion THEME The Connecting Solitude THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION The spiritual desert is not a foe to be conquered but an emptiness to be affirmed: for when we are full, we perceive nothing, but when we are empty we can receive everything. I assumed that it had something to do with counting myself out of their way of worshipping. I proclaim these words from Pauls conclusion to the chapter at every funeral I have ever presided over. 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. 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, The Earth was flat. World in Prayer, the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Lodi, California. <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 594.96 842.04] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>>
Lectionary, study and worship resources from Faith Futures Jesus Then & Now. 2023 ProgressiveChristianity.org, A Joyful Path, Childrens Curriculum Sample Lessons for Years One, Two and Three, Find Faith Communities Using A Joyful Path, The Core Values of Progressive Christianity, Bishop Spong Newsletter Progressing Spirit, Advertising on ProgressiveChristianity.org. 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. Easter (250) Easter 2 Year A (102) Easter 2 Year B (114) Easter 2 Year C (122) Easter 3 Year A (49) Easter 3 Year B (29) Easter 3 Year C (50) Easter 4 Year A (120) To be ransomed from our very selves, ransomed from the fear which holds us captive to empires built on the backs of the poor. The Book of Common Prayer of 1662 (BCP) continues as a benchmark. jQuery.noConflict(); Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountain apart and shattered the rocks by YHWEHs powerbut YHWH was not in the whirlwind. So, when I was preparing for this worship service, I confess I was tempted to leave out the reading from 1st Corinthians 15 which is prescribed for this particular Sunday by the Revised Common Lectionary. People: It is right for us to give thanks,It is our joy and peaceat all times and in all placesto give thanks to you, almighty, everlasting God,through Christ, our Lord. During his blessing, Jesus reminded them how he would go to the ends of the earth in his love for them. Come, drink together from the Cup of Gladness! Somehow, hed managed to secure me with what we professional wrestlers call an arm bar. It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give you our thanks and praise, O God! easter with prayers and blessings for easter services. We have been distracted by violence into compliance with systems which threaten our existence as a species, as we loot our planet of its life-giving resources so that we might increase our abilities to perpetrate violence on grander and grander scales. Too, many Hollywood movies, inspired me to flirt with violence as I yearned for some secret agents to take him out. ~ 1 Corinthians 11:26. Easter offers meaning and hope to all people. The Apostle Paul denies that Jesus resurrection was an actual physical resurrection. According to the story, paralyzed by their fear, hiding behind a locked door, something happened that gave them the strength to burst forth from their own tomb and change the world. Remember those first gatherings of the people who followed Jesus teachings met in secret because they feared for their lives. You sent Jesus, your Son, to walk in the way of Lifethat we might follow. May we live in a way which will not deprive other beings. Christ is risen! Christ is risen! Thank you. 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. Heavenly bodies have a beauty of their own, and earthly bodies have a beauty of their own. But she couldnt see it, so she reached in for her candy and thats when she got stuck and she couldnt get her hand back out. They all knew the dangers of traveling to Jerusalem. My youth and inexperience allowed the more ornery side of my nature to come to the fore. That is the gospel, the message that I preached to you. I failed to capture the sunset. On this the Feast Day of Saint Francis, an evening prayer service with texts from St. Francis. How double-dog dare I? Prayers. Justice is what LOVE looks like when LOVE is unleashed here on Earth. When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: Death has been swallowed up in victory. It was Jesus who introduced this meal to his followers. When we face pain and suffering, we often feel like we become less than human. Resurrection is about seeing behind and beyond death, ugliness, injustice, pain and despair. The parts of the service preceding the text in UMH are guided by a bulletin or by announcement. The injustice of it all explodes into our living rooms day after day. God is with you! When I think about the churchs practice of public confession, I can see how desperately I have been holding on to candies that no longer satisfy my need for forgiveness. The face of CHRIST which must be seen if we are to end this madness. Grandma sat little Crystal on her knee. Lectionary Liturgies, Easter B, 2015, Thom M. Shuman, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). As the train finally pulled into Narvik, I couldnt quite believe my eyes. Whilst many were written for specific purposes or occasions, many are adaptable to suit others. We accept you into our bodies, into our lives. 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. May our hearts be filled with wisdom and spirit so that we may listen to the Spirit, the Voice Within that always guides us toward our sacred self and what is best for us. 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. 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. Crystal sobbed. For Paul, like Jesus, lived as a Jew in Palestine under the oppression of Roman Empire, which insisted that peace could only be established and maintained through violence. 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. All tears are part of the river of life. But then I looked at the readings assigned for next Sunday and discovered that, yet another section of 1st Corinthians 15 is included. What followed was a long, useless argument about the theories of atonement. It is right. Thich Nhat Hanh. !P$: \6M8eQU@}gv4f~ _W
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