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. (SYSJ). 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. I dont much care about silly arguments about Jesus rising from the dead unless those arguments lead us to a place where we ourselves can claim the power of resurrection to create a hunger for SHALOM, a passion for the justice which creates peace. Think about it, Jeff Bezos net worth is estimated at just shy of 200 billion dollars. Posted on September 28, 2022 by peddiebill. The distortion of maps deceived me into believing that it would be a short trip from Bergen to Narvik. The moss, the kelp, the zebrafish, the very mice and flies, Make them the food and drink of everlasting life, [After the Lords Prayer, the ministers and other worship leaders break the bread and place the pieces in baskets or on plates for distribution. This my body, given for you. Grandma took a good look at the vase that used to sit on her mothers kitchen table all those years ago. Resurrection is about seeing behind and beyond death, ugliness, injustice, pain and despair. Somehow, these long busy days working in my office at home, while we all do our best to cope with what we hope will be the last tidal wave of this pandemic, somehow this created a longing in me, strong enough to push me out on the ice despite the -23 which threatened to rob me of my breath. Do we have the courage to drink from the cup which Jesus offers to all who profess to follow him? For we are ONE with an evolving DEITY. Thich Nhat Hanh. by demonstrating this power of life, love and being. For a very long time, the story of Jesus appearance in the upper room where his followers were huddled in fear, conditioned me to focus my attention upon Jesus wounds, Thomas doubts, and back again to Jesus wounds, and then to Thomas belief. and for the mission of justice you have made our own. The Book of Common Prayer of 1662 (BCP) continues as a benchmark. Today, is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. 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. When I read the accounts of those early followers of the way who abandoned the tomb of the upper-room to gather together to build communities of compassion it is clear to me who was raised up by images of resurrection. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. Just before my blow connected with its victim, I realized that I was doomed. Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me.]. Pinging is currently not allowed. Well, for now, we weep. 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. Yesterday, when the sun was in the same position in the sky as it is now, we insisted that it was an hour later. Entering the synagogue on the Sabbath, as was his habit, Jesus stood up to do the reading. Today is the 35th annual International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. } Written by Rev. The profoundest act of worship is to try to understand. 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. Forget for a moment the layers of interpretations offered by generations of Jesus followers who have interpreted that little word ransom as some sort of cosmic escape clause offered by Jesus as a way out of the trials and tribulations of life on this planet. Disco dancing is one thing, but being slain in the SPIRIT, well lets just say, Theres a reason Im a Lutheran pastor. But let me assure you that you are looking at someone who used to be a champion wrestler. You might say my countenance betrayed me, because it wasnt long before I took my body and its language out of the apartment to the nearest bar, where among friends, I began to look for a new place to live. Amen. Amen. Because when you look at the shepherd, the woman, and the father in these parables, they come do come off as reckless fools, unless they are risking all that they have for the sake of something worth risking everything for. :+FI_!+zh}&7
qdhe'{p [&xQJX/nf69. For Christ is risen! All rights reserved. Nor can I believe that Jesus saw YAHWEH, the GREAT I AM as a fool. Wellspring Liturgies. Alas, the power of Pauls rhetoric has waned over the centuries. give us the new joy and justice of Easter, Responsive Chant Psalm 118: 1-6, 15-18, 24, Anthem, or Creed, Prayers or other Response of Faith here. Our gospel-storyteller wrote his story within a deeply wounded community to provide the much need hope for their own resurrection. Today, on this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, how many of us will satisfy ourselves with righteous indignation rather than sacrifice? SALTs Lectionary Commentary for Lent 3, Cross Purposes: SALTs Lectionary Commentary for Lent 2, Change Your Life: SALTS Lectionary Commentary for Lent 1, What Freedom Is For: SALTs Lectionary Commentary for Epiphany Week 5, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Mark 1, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Mark 1:29-39, Revised Common Lectionary Commentary Isaiah 40:21-31, What Is Salvation? Then Grandma rubbed little Crystals back, held her close and gentle, but firmly said: Let it go, child. And so in this spirit of brightness and life, we celebrate. We remember that he was laid in a borrowed grave. Let us be LOVE in the world. who was compassionate and stood up for justice. Seeking out the darkest place, to better see the light. According to the story, paralyzed by their fear, hiding behind a locked door, something happened that gave them the strength to burst forth from their own tomb and change the world. Resist making the characters in these parables all about us. //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); Thank you! She scooped the vase and her little girl up into her arms and carried them to the kitchen sink. We turn Easter back into Good Friday when we worship ugliness, sterility and unthinking conformity. He was teaching in the Galilean synagogues, and all were loud in their praise. Today, it is Easter Sunday for orthodox Christians. Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ We are not fallen creatures. My brother didnt stand a chance. In my mind, I saw old black and white faded images of other little families. It was written by Gord Waldie. Alas, if only. And in acknowledgment of our eternal connectedness with the spirit of life. Well, like, this egg falls off the wall and if you study biology or physics, you know you can never put an egg back together again. Im not sure how many whales entered the bay. A small but secure fortune in hand. What we refer to as the soul was a foreign concept to first century Jews. This time also allows a moment for the congregation to "get settled" and ready to hear God's written word. Killer whales. Jesus said, I have come that they might have life and may live it abundantly! LIFE and not death. It is right to give our thanks and praise. As the embodiment of LOVE, LOVE ensures that Jesus never dies. Paralyzed by their fear, hiding behind a locked door, something happened which gave them the strength to burst forth from their own tomb and change the world. 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. ELOHIM the MYSTERY which IS the god known by our ancestors as the GOD who IS the feminine plural of MAJESTY, the ONE Elijah knew as YHWH, the ONE who IS the verb TO BE, the I AM, this ONE comes to Elijah in the DAUGHTER OF A SOUND. 3:6 No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him. He is risen indeed! I will only attempt to take you where this story took me out there on the ice of Lake Simcoe. We know that humans are continuing to evolve. Among the passages was the text which is assigned for this very Sunday from Pauls letter to the church in Corinth. Pain and suffering perpetrated by our species vain conviction that violence is the way to peace. He greets us with peace the world does not know. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. 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. and proclaim the Resurrected Christ who offers life to all. It wasnt until the 15th century that the flatness of the Earth was seriously challenged by the likes of Columbus. we gratefully receive the Easter offering. Revealing your love, radiating your life, Jesus taught those who listened to him, Thousands of rotting corpses were left nailed to crosses in order to terrify the masses into submission. Send us into the world resurrected, refreshed and ready to share Christs unconditional love. But suddenly, those who had waited in silence saw the egg crack and a phoenix bird emerge and immediately fly away into the mysterious nothingness leaving the seekers sitting in the broken shells of their religious presuppositions and carefully crafted ceremonies. }); Alas, the sun does indeed shine at midnight in the summer months, but in Norway summer does not include the month of August. But we can do something, and we can work together. Faced with the task of communicating the gospel, the early followers of the risen Christ, began to articulate experiences of the risen Christ in ways that the Greek influenced Roman Empire could understand giving rise (pardon the pun), giving rise to the question of a physical resurrection. It is not a lofty mountaintop vision. The Apostle Paul wrote his first letter to the followers of Jesus Way in Corinth, about 20 years after Jesus was crucified, died, and was buried. How dare I posit a GOD who is LOVE? Listen for yourself to the skilled rhetorician Paul, who employs the tactic well in the reading assigned for this Sunday, by the powers behind the Churchs Revised Common Lectionary. Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. We lift them up to God. A SERVICE OF WORD AND TABLE II. The third face of CHRIST belongs to a Ukrainian Mother holding back her tears as she embraces her little family. His eyes are too beady. As the train finally pulled into Narvik, I couldnt quite believe my eyes. But like the indignant disciples of old, do we actually see the role we are playing in this race to escape the limitations of our one and only planet? Not because I had been driven out of my home. For far too long, my conditioning caused me to see this story as the story about casting away doubts and believing in Jesus physical resurrection. For after the fire came a BAT KOL. I am using it this Sunday and sharing your credit information! For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. Easter is the eternal moment that supersedes all time;the vision that puts into perspective all visionless living. 3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you. The pastor is often on vacation; the choir scales back. Ask congregation if they have any resurrections they would like to share. Fosdick Dr. NW #80 Let us pray: May each of us be aware of the Spirit of God within us today and respond to the Good News, we pray. The small voice within my very soul said only one word Swim.. After two long years of isolation, I have learned how to block out the world. Let us repent, metanoia Let us think new thoughts. For heavens sake, when you sow a seed into the ground and it bursts forth into new life, that new life doesnt come in the form of a seed, it comes to life as a plant! How deep? 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. For if we are clever enough see that violence begats violence, why, oh why does the GOD of our design seem incapable of coming up with a better way of winning us over. They may not want to hurl me off a cliff, although some have wished me dead, or at the very least judged and punished by their god of eternal torment. For he is risen! I know that we wont solve it in time to save Ukraine. THEME The Rapturous Awakening The Irrepressible God The Ever-present Mystery, From Good Fridays gruesome darkness. That Paul didnt much care about a physical resurrection ought to give us the courage to see the notion of a physical resuscitation of Jesus corpse for the late first century development that it was. But by the free gift of Gods grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free. 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. Jesus passions reveal to us the image of the Mystery that we call God that Jesus worshipped. And we who listen to the stars, or walk the dusty grade Easter Communion Liturgy Inspired by A Song of Faith. MEDITATION ON THE BREATH OF LIFE (Psalm 46:10a) Needed: a leader to welcome the people and lead the meditation. Im guessing that in vast majority of the interpretations of these parables, the shepherd, the woman, and the father are usually identified as a symbol for the MYSTERY which we call GOD. The Apostle Paul denies that Jesus resurrection was an actual physical resurrection. Before the congregation hears the weekly scripture readings, the Prayer for Illumination turns our attention to God to ask that we hear God's word in order to better know God's will for our lives. Said the sons of Zebedee, See to it that we sit next to you, one at your right and one at your left, when you come into your glory! Jesus warned them, You do not know what you are asking. . As far back as the sixteenth century, a Polish monk named Nicolaus Copernicus calculated that the Earth is not the center of a three-tiered universe. He enacted peace in the midst of violence, love in the face of hate, We give thanks for the spirit of new life active in our lives as it was in the life of Jesus. Progressive Christian prayers Wild God, talking to Jesus - John van de Laar, South Africa Wild God - words to Jesus It seems to us that things would be much easier if you would just do what we ask, Jesus, If you were more compliant and co-operative, more flexible and adaptable, more open to follow agendas other than your own. towards ourselves and towards all living beings. Repent from the Greek word metanoia made up of two Greek words: meta which means, beyond and noos which means mind. Metanoia is an invitation to move beyond your current way of thinking. the Divine thrives in our world. thanksgiving prayers jQuery('#submit-action').click(); Mishandling scripture to avoid traditional interpretations of it. But in my heart of hearts, I know that I must learn to see the face of CHRIST in my enemy. Why: This is an Evolutionary Moment. As we receive Communion, these words are said: You are the Bread of Life. (from Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 45). According to the story humans are in bondage to sin and we cannot free ourselves. Only a fool would rejoice with such extravagance. We offer ourselves as your people in your service. If a few well-placed bullets could reunite and restore that little Ukrainian family, maybe Jesus was wrong about non-violent resistance. It was just politicians doing what politicians do, rattling sabers like little boys, stomping their feet, and insisting on their own way. May we ourselves cease to be the cause of suffering to each other. They were never meant to be followed in their entirety. Humans were cast out of the perfection of the garden and alienated for their creator. Together, at this table, you have offered us life. } Resist looking for a saviour in these parables who will find us and put everything back together for us. All who are truly sorry for their sins, who sincerely believe in the Lord Jesus as their Savior, and who desire to live in obedience to him, are now invited to come with gladness to the table of the Lord. When we forgo our obsession with Jesus death and open ourselves to the passions of Jesus life, we begin to see new ways to understand the new images of the HOLY ONE that Jesus encouraged his followers to see. 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. You responded with grace, humility, and welcome. But she couldnt see it, so she reached in for her candy and thats when she got stuck and she couldnt get her hand back out. But like so many athletes, when my status changed from amateur to professional, I lost my championship status and although I still qualify as a professional wrestler, and I like to see myself as a champion, Im no longer what you would call world-class. Sure, it would be nice to just sit here in the relative comfort and safety of all that violence has built and maintained for us. Vladimir Putin created in the image of the DIVINE. Christianitys utterly loveless atonement theories about substitution and payment, arguing down through the centuries about whether this ransom is paid to God or to the devil insult the very memory of the rabbi himself, whose death saves us not from the wrath of God, but rather from ourselves. All your creatures testify to your mighty deeds! 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. Re-create us too, we pray, by your holy Word. And he took a cup, and when he had given . Come then to the joyful feast of the Lord! This knowledge has an impact on how we interpret the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Yes! Today, during this season of Easter, our doubts about the possibility of resurrection are not as important as our doubts about the possibility of peace. Frame 17: Look for the resurrections in your life. }); Join thousands of others like you who are contributing their voice to Progressive Christianity and list your church, organization or yourself in our global directory. 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. Out of the familiar emerges the extraordinary that transformsthe ordinary. What mechanisms do I use to attempt to tame the untamable wind of Gods Spirit? Breathe forth the goodness that is within you. These tiny, humble, wordless things how shall they tell us lies? Theologian Richard Rohr reminds us that the CHRIST is the Christian code word for REALITY. 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. There werent many of us who made the effort. If the sacrament is not to be celebrated, the service may conclude with PartV.). 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. You are invited to this table of life as we join with each other and seek communion with God. Not even our fear, even fear expressed in domination, greed, hatred and violence, not even fear of death, can kill the LOVE which lies at the very heart of all that is, and rises again and again, whenever and wherever, arrogance is ransomed by humility, fear is ransomed by courage, hatred is ransomed by kindness, violence is ransomed by justice, war is ransomed by peace, greed is ransomed by generosity, and self-centredness is ransomed by service to others. if ( '' != thisact ) { The EMPIRE OF DIVINITY is not yet here. The stories about Jesus have been told in ways that paint a particular picture of what it means to be human. Mortal tongues and angels say: Alleluia! Letting go of our carefully crafted and tightly held images of the ONE who IS the SOURCE of ALL BEING is a daunting task. What could have changed these bumbling, terrified, betrayers, abandoners, who seemed to be always getting things wrong, into a bunch of leaders who began a movement that spread throughout the Empire within their own life-times and then based on the power of their witness, spread throughout the world and continues to nourish and sustain millions of people from generation to generation? 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. Frame 12: Good friends are like stars, you dont always see them but you know they are there. So, longing to escape the confines of my cozy isolation, out onto to the ice I trudged, as the cold air sharpened my vision. Well, perhaps I should qualify that statement. If our hopes in Christ are limited to this life only, we are the most pitiful of all the human race. Easter Sunrise We encourage you to celebrate the Resurrection with your family (and perhaps with neighbors, safely at a distance outdoors) by worshiping the Lord at sunrise using the liturgy below. What seemed lifeless now abounds with life, new possibilities and delights. } that in losing our life we might find true Life I was about to hit him again, when for no apparent reason Alan released me from his grip. For more information on the Commission, its mandate and membership, please click here. Bunnies remind us of all the animals You made, and all the beautiful things You created. Years ago, a good many years ago in fact, when my life as an adult had only just begun, I was backpacking around Europe, and I began to hear people talk about the land of the mid-night sun. Perhaps a story will help us move beyond what we think were looking for to actual miracle of resurrection. jQuery(document).on('change', '#submission-action', function(){ Living as the Vine and Branches in the Era of COVID-19: A Worship Liturgy. Our very freedom from ancient ways of knowing and being sets of a chain-reaction of freedom which can, if we let it, become Good News for the poor, as we finally begin to understand what Jesus knew all along, when Jesus insisted, I and the ABBA are ONE. For if Jesus and the ABBA are ONE, the Good News is that you and I and our neighbours, we are ONE with ABBA. Amen. The way of the cross and the way of the dance, an earthquake that destroys complacency and, The Risen Christ is the liberated Inner Child which is allowed to dance,to skip, to sing for as Jesus said, unless you become as a little child you are unable to enter the Kingdom of God (the commonwealth of God, the dancing space of God), Kingdom of heaven (your heaven. 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. It didnt take very long before the many layers of clothing, with which I had hoped to insulate myself from the dangers of the cold, failed to keep me moving very far into the expanse of white snow drifts which glistened as the Suns glorious rays danced incapable of warming much of anything but my heart. The Apostle Paul wrote: We who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. When followers of Jesus in the first century and in the twenty-first century talk about the resurrection of Christ, we are proclaiming that death did not have the last word in the Jesus story because his followers were raised up to be his body right here, right now. Christianitys morbid preoccupation with Jesus violent death will not usher in the Kin-dom of DIVINITY which Jesus lived for. We are kin to beasts; no other answer can we bring. Rile em up! Support our mission with a tax-deductible donation! We must be punished. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of our God. May this Spirit help us to recognize the Christ-presence in our midst. 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. Welcome to the liturgy of The Namaste Church! 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. Abundant life is the Shalom we long for, for without justice there can be no peace, and without peace there can only be abundance for some and not for all. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); Just when I thought I had God under control the wild wind of the spirit blew me away. Today, we, ourselves and our neighbours, no longer live captive to the contours of the very tiny universe in which our ancestors confined their thoughts. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The apostle Paul, both a Jew and a Roman citizen, would have known from the perspective of both the conquer and the conquered the Roman motto, vini, vedi, vici I came, I saw, I conquered. Let us be LOVE in the world, by fearlessly serving the poor. For a mere $450,000 dollars you could join these daring old men in their flying machines. You see having a brother who was just 18 months younger than me meant that I had ample opportunities to hone my wrestling skills. read more More Poetry Week of February 5, 2023 "Less is more." stream
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Frame 15: Honor the Divine in everyone and in all creation. Little Crystal was only two and a half years old when she got hopelessly stuck. For years I reigned as the champion of our little world! How solid? Resurrection is about the wisdom and the courage to proclaim with our lives that Jesus vision of the Reign of LOVE continues to rise in us. Remember how many times these parables must have been told before they were written down. When all the rhetoric is said, and done, I lean in close to the beloved ones who have gathered, and I proclaim the same truth which Paul proclaimed, and the science of REALITY confirms to us: Listen, I will tell you a mystery! I know it is much easier to poke fun at billionaires and lay the blame for suffering at the feet of self-serving fools. We ask you to bless this bread and this cup. There was work to do. that we gather this morning and remember together that . Prayer of Communion Then one day that perfect relationship was severed when for one reason or another the humans disobeyed the rules established by the creator. I deny the resurrection every time I participate in an unjust system. Here at this table your promise of life is made tangible. Holy, gracious, God, Everyone knows that.. now we cry to our King immortal, who, triumphant, burst the bars of the tomb'sdark portal; "Alleluia!" 1 0 obj
Ready: Perhaps some will ask, How are the dead to be raised up? A momentary panic began to surface as my mind questioned the wisdom of standing on ice not knowing what lay below. *This liturgy is an adaptation of the traditional Great Thanksgiving liturgy. You responded with peace, forgiveness, and new life. Embrace the HOLY foolishness which lives, in, with, through, and beyond you. Somehow the Parliamentarians managed with their smaller cannons or battering rams to shatter the wall and the cannon, Humpty Dumpty came tumbling down, shattered, irreparable. Evening Prayer Service Bulletin which is to be printed double-sided. Repent Metanoia let us think new thoughts so that we might ask: What can Jesus teach us? SPRING - EASTER The Dance Of Transformation. We need a saviour to rescue us from our sinfulness. And the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. 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