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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology
Plague Year, Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church

Resurrection in All Its Forms

April 17, 2022
Christ is Risen! In a new body that reminds us resurrection is not restoration, but the beginning of something new.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: John 20:1-18
Service Type: Sunday Worship
A Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church, Merely Christian, Plague Year

Merely Christian: On Christian Behavio(u)r

April 3, 2022
What does morality demand of us that come into a windfall? What does it demand of us in our interaction with others? And how do we square our grand idea…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Matthew 26:6-13
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 4

The Compassionate Servant

February 25, 2018
The story of people written off as having no chance in the Olympics nonetheless winning reminds us of Jesus's choice to be a servant to his disciples. None of us…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: John 13:1-17
Service Type: Sunday Worship

Jesus’ Compassion, Our Compassion

August 9, 2017
There is need all around us. Sometimes people take advantage. Compassion tells us it must not harden our hearts.
Preacher : Paul Johnson
Passage: Matthew 14:13-21
Insiders and Outsiders, Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Systemic Sores

March 26, 2017
The rich man ignored the cries of the poor on his doorstep. Will we?
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 16:19-31
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Familiar Strangers

March 5, 2017
In a world where government policies are being enacted to encourage fear of outsiders and immigrants, we are reminded that we have always had strangers in our midst, whose very…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 10:25-42
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Finding Compassion

February 5, 2017
Compassion means "suffer with." How do we find compassion, rather than cruelty, when we have the power to do so?
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 7:1-16
Service Type: Sunday Worship

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