Sermons
The Pitfalls of Being the Most Wise Person in the World (Guest Speaker: Jazmin Miller)
Jazmin Miller is a healthcare chaplain, thriving childless cat lady, and a Portland enthusiast. She has been part of Camas Friends since 2018 and is grateful to have a spiritual home that is supportive of her interfaith work. Jazmin enjoys trying out new things, like karaoke and Pickleball, and also enjoys hiking and reading. Her favorite book is East of Eden and she’s reading it again this summer.
Bread for the Journey
Queries:
What important work am I doing? What is sustaining me in this work?
How can I provide sustenance to others, in the work they are doing?
What “bread” do I need for my journey? What even is my journey?
Truth and Consequences
What can a person do to repair the harm they have caused? How can we center the victims/survivors of harm in our apologies? What is the best way to speak truth to power? To one another? Am I being honest with myself about my mistakes and growth areas? How can we steward what power we have to help, not to harm?
What is Spirituality?
Queries:
What is most striking, to me, about Paul’s words? (Eph 3:14-21)
What is true of my (or our) spirituality? How do I experience reverence, connection, power, indwelling presence, Love, understanding, limits, movement, and hope?
As I reflect on my own “experience of conscious involvement in the project of life-integration through self-transcendence toward the horizon of ultimate value (I) perceive,” what do I notice?
Repairing Trauma: Too Much, Too Soon, Too Fast (Guest Speaker: Jim Miller)
Queries:
What are issues I need to address?
What strength and tools do I have to use?
How can I support others, the planet, and myself to heal?
Justice in the Land
Queries:
How does “love of neighbor” inform how I approach this year’s election?
What might Jeremiah–or Jesus–say to USAmericans in this election year?
How am I experiencing grief, anger, or hope in response to our nation and world?
Where do I long to see reparative justice?
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