Here’s another post for paid subscribers: the final version of the sermon I preached last Sunday, April 14, with the Washington City Church of the Brethren on Luke 24:36b-48. You can see my initial reflections on the text here.
I have quite a bit of guest preaching in the next couple of months - with Living Stream CoB, First CoB in Roanoke, and elsewhere - and I think I’ll keep sharing sermons with paid subscribers after I preach. At my last congregation, there was always a time of response and reflection from the congregation immediately after the sermon; I’d love to hear your responses and reflections here in the comments.
I was following this week’s action by Christians for a Free Palestine on Instagram, where both Pastor Jenn and Pastor Nate made appearances, witnessing outside and blocking access to a Senate staff cafeteria inside. “Congress and their staff will not eat,” they said, “until Gaza eats.”
Y’all know that Jenn and Nate are regularly involved in this work of witness. I knew that, too. But I didn’t expect to see other faces in those instagram videos that I recognized. There, putting on a stole and singing her way to join the chain of people blocking the cafeteria, was my seminary roommate, Katie. Jenn and Katie were arrested together from the cafeteria, and Jenn managed to re-connect us. So, I’ve been thinking about Katie this week.
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