Sermons
Next Steps on the Journey
What progress have I made in my journey worth celebrating? What is the next step in my journey? In our shared journey? What is helpful about seeing Jesus as on a journey? What difficult but necessary action am I avoiding? What does this text tell me about wealth? How do we enter the Kingdom of God?
Job's Wife (Guest Speaker: Ashley Wilcox)
Ashley M. Wilcox is a Quaker minister and the bestselling author of The Women’s Lectionary: Preaching the Women of the Bible throughout the Year (Westminster John Knox Press). She currently serves as the Executive Director of Public Friends, a new nonprofit founded to support Quaker ministry. Ashley preaches, speaks, and teaches across the U.S. and internationally, and her writing has been featured in Geez, Working Preacher, Friends Journal, Fidelia, and numerous Quaker anthologies. You can learn more about Ashley on her website, www.ashleymwilcox.com.
Introduction to Extended Open Worship
Queries:
What is coming up for me as we sit with this text?
Where is wisdom “crying out in the street” today?
Where is wisdom being refused or ignored?
What does self-destruction look like, individually or collectively?
When is the wise thing the loving thing?
What wisdom have I taken to heart that is making a difference in my life?
Who is the Greatest?
Queries:
What is Jesus encouraging in this scene? What is he critiquing?
What really matters that needs your attention?
What really doesn’t matter that you need to release?
To Whom are We Responding? (Guest Speaker: Paul Parker)
Paul recently retired from Elmhurst University outside Chicago where for 32 years he taught courses on the Bible, theology, ethics, and world religions which included taking students to India, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. He has worked, studied, and volunteered in Israel and Palestine frequently since 2004. Most recently, he was the principal of Ramallah Friends School's upper campus which is located near the center of Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine. From its beginning in 1869 until today, RFS has taught Palestinian boys and girls—Muslims and Christians—in the rich tradition of Friends.
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