Prayers. Support our mission with a tax-deductible donation! According to the story humans are in bondage to sin and we cannot free ourselves. read more More Poetry Week of February 5, 2023 "Less is more." The BASILEIA ton THEON may not yet be the world we live in, but the BASILEIA ton THEON is already here. Glory to the Three-in-One: To the Father, and the Savior, who the victoryhas won;glory to the Holy Spirit, fount of loveand sanctity; alleluia, alleluia to the triune Majesty! Amen. Occasionally, I was able to hear Jesus say, Have you believed because you have seen me? Anna knew that Jesus was sent by God as a sacrifice for human sin, to pay the price for our evil ways. Above the sky were the Heavens. 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. It was Jesus who introduced this meal to his followers. Beatitude Nine: Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Let us begin the difficult, painstaking slow, work of wiping away every tear from the eyes of our sisters and brothers. The writings of the Apostle Paul contain the earliest writings that we have on the subject of the Resurrection. But Jesus did not let them linger for very long. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. 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. So, let us begin with our own lives, our own daily challenges, let us strip ourselves of our own entanglements with violence. The Risen One comes with hands full of love. This year, we at Holy Cross are giving up God for Lent. Only a fool Would resist the contentment, the satisfaction of a purse fat with nine shiny, weighty coins. We turn Easter back into Good Friday when we worship ugliness, sterility and unthinking conformity. Resist with reckless abandon, our fear of the very passions which flow from the LOVE which is the MYSTERY which allures us onto the pathways of justice and peace. McCourts story forces me to confess that for most of my life, I believed that Humpty Dumpty was an egg; a magical egg to be sure, with a face, and legs, and hands, a jolly fellow, but an egg none the less. Alas, such a deep breath choked on the frigid air, as if my lungs rejected their own impulse to breathe, lest they themselves freeze as solidly as the lake beneath my feet. Would leave ninety-nine sheep to look for one lost sheep. BAT KOL, the DAUGHTER OF A SOUND or as some translations put it the DAUGHTER OF A VOICE. This story provides the raw material for the idol that we have created to serve as our god. These parables cant just be about a lamb, or a coin, or even a couple of squabbling children. The vibrancy of the vision is only exceeded by the discovery thatones spirit has a home everywhere. But let me assure you that you are looking at someone who used to be a champion wrestler. }); Christ is risen! Peace is created by through the difficult work of LOVE, LOVE which is embodied when justice and not violence becomes our way of being in the world. 3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Practicing resurrection happens when we empower one another to rise.Practicing resurrection happens when we build communities of compassion that live fully, love extravagantly, and empower people to be all that they were created to be. healing, overcoming divisions, welcoming all. 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. Easter people, come now to the table with Christ! We have tasted your nourishing, nurturing presence; Well, with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek let me blame it on a dog. You dont want to miss Paul when hes worked himself up to his point. 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. So, let me get to the point, so that those who like nothing better than to use the Bible to bludgeon anyone who dares to stray from their narrow understanding of the text, they can simply hit ALL CAPS in their keyboards, without having to read any further. *All sing: ("Alleluia, Alleluia! Only a fool would welcome home with joy and abandon a wayward child who had used, rejected, dishonoured, and then returned only to try to use them again. The colossal profits we offer up to billionaires are not simply the result of corporate greed. The sun has one kind of brightness, the moon another, and the stars another. Send us your: ResourceEventNewsIdeasnow We join our tears to theirs and when we have no more tears to cry, we roll up our sleeves and we do what we can to help them. Thats where youre opponent wrenches your arm behind your back and applies just enough pressure to cause pain, but not enough to break anything. For: Only a fool. Dont try to see yourself as a character in the story. This week, two events stand in stark contrast to one another. Jesus reveals CHRIST. This week, I have compiled resources that can help in creatively planning worship services. That left my chamber-maiding at a local lodge where the housekeeper was always kind enough to keep my Sunday mornings free so that I could go to church, while hung-over colleagues struggled to clean up. Weve heard these interpretations of Jesus life, death, and resurrection so many times that they have almost become indistinguishable from the idol that we have created to stand in for the Mystery that we call God. This particular interpretation is a poor translation, but it was very popular way back in the day. To experience the liveliness of the resurrection is something quite different. Thich Nhat Hanh. If you have not donated yet, please do so today. Leader: We give thanks to God the Father that our Savior, Jesus Christ, gave us this memorial of his sacrifice, until his coming again. The response is Alithos Aneste! 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. In a world driven mad with bloodlust, we peddle as pleasurable, fascinating, and entertaining, the kind of violence which can efficiently torture and kill distant populations at the push of a button. Even though Jesus knew he would be betrayed and deserted by those at this supper, he still continued to join them at the table, sharing time and space with whom he grew closest. Remember those first gatherings of the people who followed Jesus teachings met in secret because they feared for their lives. Thats why, as we explore the meaning of [], John van de Laar2023-02-22T21:50:58+02:00Feb 22nd, 2023|0 Comments, John van de Laar2023-02-22T21:48:30+02:00Feb 22nd, 2023|0 Comments, John van de Laar2023-02-22T21:46:03+02:00Feb 22nd, 2023|0 Comments, By admin|2023-02-06T21:10:20+02:00Feb 6th, 2023|Categories: Lectionary Resources, Year A|, 02 April 2023 And so Holy Week begins! Jesus Way of being in the world rejects the myth of redemptive violence. 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. 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. Jesus taught this. As different as night and day these 21st century events are brought into focus by the first century story which just happens to be the assigned Gospel reading for this Sunday. For we are ONE with an evolving DEITY. The followers of Jesus were lifted up from a crouching or cowering position as they boldly proclaimed what they had learned from Jesus. Resist the illusion that finding what we have lost will be a sweet, harmless, story. 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13. Crystal was very upset and still very stuck. *Leader: Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord! //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); 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. Im not sure how many whales entered the bay. I confess, that I cant quite see CHRIST in that face yet. 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? I affirm the resurrection each and every time I look into your eyes and see the face of CHRIST.. We thank you, God, for the incredible gift of Jesus, the Word made flesh. Remember the precarious nature of the lives of the people who first heard these parables. But we can do something, and we can work together. The pastor is often on vacation; the choir scales back. But if all you hear is, this reading, then surely, my denial of the resurrection numbers me among, as Paul would say, the most pitiful of all the human race., So, lets skip ahead to next weeks reading, when Paul makes his point. Alleluia, amen! by Alydia Smith and the Rev. After the earthquake came a firebut YHWH was not in the fire. At this point, we would do well to remember that CHRIST is not Jesus last name. Alas Paul, if youd been there when the Church was cutting up your letters to be delivered in snippets on Sunday mornings, I can only imagine what you might have said, when they decided to cut you off in mid-stream. 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. Included here are just a few calls to worship, prayers, Scripture passages, and songs you can use in your Easter worship. For the LOVE expressed in the life and death of Jesus lives in you and in me. He urged them: Remember me. It is not a lofty mountaintop vision. What shalom there will be as SHALOM is restored through justice. In those sepia images of sad, forlorn, frightened faces. You created the world by speaking life into being. 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. by Alydia Smith. We are blessed with riches beyond the wildest dreams of the generations who have gone before us. We were Stayin Alive, Stayin Alive all week long, working toward Saturday Night Fever, when we Should Be Dancing, dancing the night away. Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. I had been watching the media reports for days, not really believing that war was imminent. We remember that his disciples met him on the road. Let us confess our sins. When I can bring myself to read these parables through the lenses of resistance, I can begin to tell these stories as a call to resist. A momentary panic began to surface as my mind questioned the wisdom of standing on ice not knowing what lay below. Even though we may be worshiping in individual spaces, Through the Spirit, we are forever united. The Bread of Life and the Cup of the Covenant: Gifts to unite the Body of Christ. Let us pray for an abundance of health, for prosperity, and for joy. And while we are at it, it is long past time for us to project LOVE onto the MYSTERY which is DIVINITY. See if you can pick them out. 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? Remember how many times these parables must have been told before they were written down. When he placed his hand on my forehead, I stiffened my entire being, because there was no way I was going down. The Liturgy of the Hours includes several specified times of prayer. Let it be so. Crystals mother tried to move quickly without panicking. Oh, how I miss those Sunday closings! There are flowers in the sanctuary during Lent! Peace begins with non-violent resistance. And if CHRIST has not been raised, then all of our preaching has been meaninglessand everything youve believed has been just as meaningless. 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. If you look into the dust for long enough and contemplate its mystery, you shall find a resurrection. Christ is risen. 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. Like many professional wrestlers my career began when I was but a child. He blessed it and broke it, and shared it with the disciples. 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. Turns out I was close. If the sacrament is not to be celebrated, the service may conclude with PartV.). 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. 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. 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. Even though I know full well that by doing so, I will undoubtedly open myself up to the wrath of those who would have me confess and repent the error of my ways. Carmel Lutheran Church, Portland, OR: Easter Morning: a service of the dawning of new light with Holy Communion. 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. And when she got stuck she did what all small children do, when they have gotten themselves into a situation that the cant get out of, little Crystal cried for help. A Liturgical and Devotional Guide for Lent When we face pain and suffering, we often feel like we become less than human. Here at this table your promise of life is made tangible. Fosdick Dr. NW #80 And the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. It was a very quiet little voice deep down inside of me, at least I think it was inside of me. Add to Bin. There is one more face of CHRIST which I would like you to see. It is an image which will not leave me. Well, we never did manage to escape. Wellspring Liturgies. Frame 6: You are a special and unique image of God. Life is somehow stronger than death. And count the countless aeons in the banding of the stone. Resources for planning and leading worship, Lift Up Your Heartsand Voices: Involving the congregation in the Communion liturgy through song, The Three Days: Celebrating the summit of Holy Week with four services and two sacraments. So, how is it that I deny the resurrection. The followers of Jesus stood up and got on with the business which was begun by Jesus. Does attending worship make my heart dance? As a kid, this Canadian epic always sparked my imagination, as I dreamed of those, strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. for The Artic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold;The Northern Lights have seen queer sights and on and on it goes spinning a which always fills me with glee as I warm my soul by the heat of the cremation of Sam McGee, wondering about all the other strange things done in the mid-night sun. Let it go. Sure enough, the vase slipped off as smooth as silk. We believe that death is not the end, but rather a transformation into new possibilities. Leader: How does Christ's resurrection benefit us? Where, O death is your sting?. 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. On this Easter, we pray in Your name. In a world that so often denies or ignores the humanity-robbing effects of pain and suffering, Irrepressible (Personal Spiritual Practice Guide PDF), More Than Words Living What We Pray (PDF), Living in the Promised Land: A Lent Journey (Year B) (PDF). Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote life. 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. Do we have the courage to serve? You would be correct to conclude that I do believe in resurrection. How deep? 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. Lift up your hearts. Youll find it in the first Book of Kings. By stem and root and branch we trace, by feather, fang and fur, Let us be LOVE in the world, by fearlessly serving the poor. 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. Liturgies. I went headfirst into the ocean, and I sank like a stone. Not all flesh is the same. Try as I might, I could never convince either of them that I was saved by grace. Strip away our biased convictions so that through our selfless giving we can gaze clearly on your vision for our lives. This gospel was written some 70 years after the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth. } 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. Salvation is about making us whole, ONE with one another and ONE with the ONE who is as Jesus taught with his very life is the LOVE we call GOD. The trouble is, we all live in the 21st century and we know that the definition of what it means to be human that these stories rely upon no longer rings true. 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. Sign up for an account and get your newsletters right away! Share as a whole group some responses: What do you know about the life of Jesus that sheds some light on who and what the MYSTERY that we call God is? Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Only a fool Would rather be relentlessly looking for one small, lone coin when nine, known and countable, are all that are really needed. When the complete vine suffers, we all suffer together. Evening Prayer Audio the silences are intentional. We are smart. The response is Alithos Aneste! You see Paul was skilled in the ancient art of rhetoric and would recognize my own rhetoric for what it is. Some will hurl the text at me in ways which communicate their anger, their disgust, and in some cases their hatred of me. Alas, the sun does indeed shine at midnight in the summer months, but in Norway summer does not include the month of August. You can see it in the reckless passion of justice-seekers fighting for affordable housing, equitable healthcare, and food security. Like each flourishing branch of the vine, we, too, blossom in our connection to God and neighbor. 2 0 obj
But I digress. I suspect that even offering all you have to a wastrel and a scoundrel is worth a shot if it means finding peace. 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. A natural body is sown, and a spiritual body is raised up. Think for a moment. 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. Justice without which there can be no peace. So, longing to escape the confines of my cozy isolation, out onto to the ice I trudged, as the cold air sharpened my vision. As for seeing the face of CHRIST in our enemies, let us try. 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. The flat earth was supported over the waters on pillars. We share it as our pledge of openness to the spirit in our midst, Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. Out of the familiar emerges the extraordinary that transformsthe ordinary. Traditional interpretations of the life of Jesus insist that Jesus sacrificed himself, took all our respective punishment onto his shoulders, died for us, upon a cross, so that our relationship to our creator could be restored. Today, on this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, how many of us will satisfy ourselves with righteous indignation rather than sacrifice? Advent C. First Sunday of Advent. Only a foolWould find. In the face of the pastors shouts, I stood as still as I could muster. pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these your gifts of bread and cup. (from Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 45). Thank you, Divine Crafter of the Table, for fashioning us a holy meal unites us with the Body of Christ. Christianitys morbid preoccupation with Jesus violent death will not usher in the Kin-dom of DIVINITY which Jesus lived for. Then it is given the body designed for itwith each kind of seed getting its own kind of body. Lutheran good order can and does ensure that such ecstatic behavior never happens in worship. Only a foolWould sweep and sweep and sweep, leaving her purse unguarded, to search for one lone coin. Today! After all, could one rise without a body to rise in? So, the thing about stories, really good stories is that they have a life of their own. People: First, by his resurrection he has overcome death, so that he might make us share in therighteousness he won for us by his death.Second, by his power we tooare already now resurrected to a new life.Third, Christ's resurrectionis a guarantee of our glorious resurrection.This is our faith and hope. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); 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. 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. and we bless the earth and all that fills it. Sure, we know there are still problems in the world. Human beings have one kind, animals have another, birds another, and fish another. Their beloved leader had been brutally executed by the powers that be and they were terrified that they would be next. MEDITATION Music: In the Garden Eddie Watkins. For Christ is risen! your love came also to us in your servant Jesus. Most of us would prefer a cozy God to a God who shatters our complacency. Repent: Metanoia: to think new thoughts Let us repent, metanoia Let us think new thoughts. God at that moment was transformed into a violent, murderer, willing to put my beloved Jesus to a torturous death. 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. The Third Sunday of Easter - April 18, 2021 Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 I John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 You can't manage or control a resurrection. Frame 4: A smile from you can bring joy to anyone and everyone you encounter. A Liturgical and Devotional Guide for Lent. When I was an amateur wrestler, I was a world-class champion wrestler. We are privileged. MEDITATION ON THE BREATH OF LIFE (Psalm 46:10a) Needed: a leader to welcome the people and lead the meditation. Continue reading . jQuery(document).on('change', '#submission-action', function(){ It is hard to maintain the heights that we attain on the celebration of Resurrection Day. So, the next morning I rose early, and as the mist was rising over the water I paddled out toward the mouth of the bay and waited. Text and image William Livingstone Wallacebut available for free use. 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.. The following liturgy was submitted by Rev. What can we learn from Jesus life about who, or what the MYSTERY we call God is? Today, thanks to daylight savings time, the earth hasnt quickened its course around the sun. According to this story, a bunch of rag-tag Jesus followers were huddled together in fear. She scooped the vase and her little girl up into her arms and carried them to the kitchen sink. The truth has left its footprints in the dust between the stars. As Jesus invited his friends to drink, mindful of a relationship of love and trust between ourselves and the spirit of life, Among the passages was the text which is assigned for this very Sunday from Pauls letter to the church in Corinth. How solid? It was the summer of 1978, when twenty-somethings like myself, we couldnt get enough of the Bee Gees and their Disco tunes. ], [The Communion elements are distributed. The writers of our creeds firmly established that God lived in heaven. There was work to do. We know we still have work to do. 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