Oh, how I miss those Sunday closings! 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. Frame 3: Stop and smell the roses everyday. But I must tell you, when that first whale jumped up out of the water, and we saw the tell-tale signs of those white patches on its side, we moved faster than youd think two kids in a slowly deflating rubber dingy ought to be able to manage. Resurrection is not about the physical resuscitation of a corpse. This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood, shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This week, I have compiled resources that can help in creatively planning worship services. 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. Especially not when the Pastor insisted that there were sinners in need of prayer and headed over to the two of us and gathered us all in a prayer, a like no prayer, Id ever been part of. United States Surrounded by a treasured family heirloom, desperately clinging to a treasure. Alleluia! The third face of CHRIST belongs to a Ukrainian Mother holding back her tears as she embraces her little family. We share this bread and drink, as Jesus shared a Passover meal with his disciples, and we partake of it together as our pledge of openness to the Spirit of Love in our midst, and as our remembrance of Jesus who invited us to do even greater things than he did. Lectionary, study and worship resources from Faith Futures Jesus Then & Now. According to Nola, the Easter Morning Liturgy in today's Moravian Book of Worship is remarkably similar to that included in the 1778 German Moravian Hymnal (except, of course, ours is in English!) God the Holy Spirit, who lled the disciples with the life of the risen Lord, empower you and ll you with Christ's peace. Welcome to Contemporary Liturgy website. You would be correct to conclude that I do believe in resurrection. Bert Polman (bdp5@calvin.edu) is a hymnologist who is a professor and chair of the music department at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. One of the main attractions at Pachena Bay were the pods of whales that are attracted to the bay. Prayer of Communion So, let me get to the point, so that those who like nothing better than to use the Bible to bludgeon anyone who dares to stray from their narrow understanding of the text, they can simply hit ALL CAPS in their keyboards, without having to read any further. And count the countless aeons in the banding of the stone. Do we have the courage to serve? Try to hear the word ransom not with ears blocked by centuries of perverse theological atonement theories. 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. I will only attempt to take you where this story took me out there on the ice of Lake Simcoe. The small voice within my very soul said only one word Swim.. Neither of us had heard the word atonement before. Suddenly, one of those magnificent monsters rubbed up against the bottom of our dingy. We lift up these prayers in the belief that we are bonded in Gods Spirit with everything that exists. Send us your: ResourceEventNewsIdeasnow Nothing that exists is ever completely destroyed. Let us affirm the resurrection by living as Jesus lived, embodying the LOVE which IS the DIVINE MYSTERY. Alas, the power of Pauls rhetoric has waned over the centuries. Then one day that perfect relationship was severed when for one reason or another the humans disobeyed the rules established by the creator. We know that humans are continuing to evolve. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus. (Romans 3:21-26), Below these passages, Anna wrote: Repent and believe! However, in order to see more we must try to see our longing for the physical resuscitation of a corpse as the product of generations of conditioning designed to have us believe in a certain way, that is to say to believe in spite of our doubts. Today, thanks to daylight savings time, the earth hasnt quickened its course around the sun. Pinging is currently not allowed. You are holy, O God of Life, and holy is Jesus Christ, your Son, the resurrected One. I rented a small room in a basement apartment, which I shared young couple who worked in the same grocery store as I did. People: Almighty God, who through your Son overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life, grant that we who celebrate our Lord'sresurrection may arise from the death of our sin through the renewal of your Holy Spirit and may hear and obey your living Wordof truth;through Jesus Christ our Lord, who now lives and reigns with you and theHoly Spirit, one God forever. Their pastor had warned them that my countenance was putting us all in danger. The endless loop projects many faces of CHRIST. I suspect that pulling brothers together who have genuine axes to grind is the kind of recklessness that is worth the risk, if those siblings can learn to work together to pursue justice. 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. Looking at it from any angle the . Im afraid that sacrificing more than just a pittance of my own wealth and privilege wont accomplish much more than landing me among povertys captives. For Christ is risen! In both Ukraine and in Russia a wounded CHRIST is struggling to rise from death. It was a very quiet little voice deep down inside of me, at least I think it was inside of me. You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it unless it was for nothing that you believed. reflections upon the Death of God Lent 3, Giving Up GOD for Lent the Journey Begins Lent 1, Commemorating Julian of Norwich (1342-1416), Lent: Letting Go of Our Tightly Held Piety to See Our Need of Confession, METANOIA the First Words Out of Jesus' Mouth - Mark 1:14-15, Like Nicodemus we have blinders on! 2014-04-20 liturgy [Easter sunrise] Author: Mike Farley We remember that his disciples met him on the road. A quick glace toward the shoreline confirmed that I was well beyond where I would safely swim on a summer day and a strange sort of vertigo began to take hold over me. and the capacity to give people an experience of God. And if CHRIST has not been raised, then all of our preaching has been meaninglessand everything youve believed has been just as meaningless. Killer whales. Advent C. First Sunday of Advent. Christ the Lord is risen today Alleluia! Nov 10, 2022 | Christmas, Featured 1, Mini-Movies, Seasonal, Videos. Children and youth might be used as servers and/or readers. We have tasted your nourishing, nurturing presence; Herman Praamsma, pastor of the Fellowship CRC ofRexdale, Ontario. Now, talk of the mid-night sun always took me back to my childhood memories of my Dad reciting the Robert Service poem, the Cremation of Sam McGee. 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! Jean and Mike give some personal examples of deaths and resurrections in their lives, both big and small. Theres a story in the Hebrew Scriptures which resonates with me in light of some of my own experiences in Thin Places, in the presence of MYSTERY. Grant that being joined together in him we may attain to the unity of the faith and grow up in all things unto him who is the head, Christ our risen Lord. One: On this day, we celebrate the risen Christ But as it is, Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep., Ah Paul, you sure know what youre doing! Our continued evolution relies upon our ability to metanoia, to move beyond primitive ways of thinking. People: Your death, O Christ, we proclaim. This collection of liturgies is . You see Paul was skilled in the ancient art of rhetoric and would recognize my own rhetoric for what it is. Luke 21:25-36. Easter 3A in Quarantine: God Sightings. Send us your: ResourceEventNewsIdeasnow Send us into the world resurrected, refreshed and ready to share Christs unconditional love. The sermon is broken up into three short homilies. People: We praise you, Lord, for these gifts of bread and wine. Death, not even violent death at the hands of a powerful empire could keep Jesus commitment to compassionate resistance to the forces of empire from those who longed for the Shalom of the Reign of GOD which Jesus proclaimed with his life. 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. Well, we never did manage to escape. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. All risings of the human spirit are preceded by brokenness, loss or rejection. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Whilst many were written for specific purposes or occasions, many are adaptable to suit others. A Liturgical and Devotional Guide for Lent. Psalm 25:1-10. Take a few moments to walk across the sanctuary and have a word with someone about who Jesus was? Im in real danger of losing my ability to follow Jesus on what appears to all the world to be the foolish path of non-violent resistance to empire. Thanks be to ALL that is HOLY! Anna explained that unless, I was prepared to be born again, under the tutelage of her pastor, I would need to find someplace else to live. Office for Worship, Doctrine and Artistic Matters, Church of Scotland, 2017. No wonder Jesus took Peter, John, and James up there to pray. I had this wicked arm-hold sleeper, and that together with my full Nelson followed by a knee-arm press, was guaranteed to have my brother screaming uncle and agreeing to be my obedient servant until in no time at all. And there was no official campsite back then. The dualism of body and soul was a Greek idea, for the Jews there could be no resurrection without a resurrection of the body. Close with quote from Michael Morwood: In nature we see superb aspects of transformation in supernovas exploding and in their dying giving birth to new possibilities resurrection producing abundant life. It can be deadly. The SPIRIT of DIVINITY is within us! Surely, Jesus cant be pointing to the GREAT I AM, the MYSTERY which we call GOD and saying that GOD is a fool. God does this to all who believe in Christ, because there is no difference at all:everyone has sinned and is far away from Gods saving presence. 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. Alleluia! Christ was alive to those early followers. DONATE NOW! The conflation with Spring and new life is no coincidence we are grateful for the cycle of renewal in all its forms. - Trinity Sunday, Moon-Dancing Bears, Jesus and Nicodemus: a sermon on John 3:1-17. Sometimes, when I manage to muster up my courage and try to view these parables of loss through lenses of resistance, I can begin to feel a kind of reckless abandon welling up in me, inspiring the kind of passion, which tempts me to take leave of my senses, to risk everything for the sake of what is currently being lost. Free from images and idols created by the inhabitants of a universe of misconceptions, we can abandon lives devoted to a god preoccupied with judging our journeys end, dispatching us to Heaven or Hell. They must have seen me gazing at them, or at least I like to imagine they did. Peace is created by through the difficult work of LOVE, LOVE which is embodied when justice and not violence becomes our way of being in the world. O God, let us take in the moment of this day of crucifixion, not remembering it in the context of what came after it, but how it left Jesus' disciples and followers in tragic sadness and heart-wrenched disillusionment. Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Suddenly, in the tears of that little Ukrainian family, I began to see the tears of generations of weepers. We break and share this bread, as Jesus broke and shared it. In fact, in a specific celebration the Presider might select only one or two items from the many alternatives . For Paul, Jesus was not God but a human in which God was revealed. But they will not be tears cried in vain. Support our mission with a tax-deductible donation! Practicing resurrection happens when we gather to build communities of compassion. Let us be LOVE in the world. *Leader: Grace be to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of kings on earth. All risings of the human spirit are preceded by brokenness, loss or rejection. You dont want to miss Paul when hes worked himself up to his point. We have rested in the depth of your love; But let me assure you that you are looking at someone who used to be a champion wrestler. The SPIRIT of DIVINITY is within all Creation, permeating all of the Cosmos! (1 Kings 19:1-12) It is about a prophet named Elijah, who was struggling to understand the will of the they knew as YHWH, the HEBREW name for the MYSTERY we call God, which can be translated as I AM, WHO AM or I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE or the GREAT I AM. Indeed, we are shown to be false witnesses of God, for we solemnly swore that God raised Christ from the deadwhich did not happen if in fact the dead are not raised. February 19, 2023 - Transfiguration Sunday Majestic Lord, transfigure our simple gifts in a way that will inspire all people to proclaim your everlasting message of love. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of our God. Alleluia! Are we prepared to make sacrifices in order to ransom those who suffer the indignities of the hell we have created here on Earth for the one and a half billion people held in the captivity of poverty? And he took a cup, and when he had given . Im a child of my times. I like the Apostle Paul, do not believe in the resuscitation of a corpse. This week, I have been transfigured by the face of CHRIST, not glowing on a mountaintop, but weeping. I remember flying out of there in a hot rage. There is so much more we can do and offer our readership with your support! And we who listen to the stars, or walk the dusty grade But we have seen the face of CHRIST, and CHRIST compels us, through CHRISTs tears, to go out from the safety of our lofty positions, down into the violent world to be the LOVE which creates peace through justice. 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. We do tend to point to those characters in order to personify the MYSTERY. The seed you sow does not germinate unless it dies. In his new book, Unbelievable, our friend, Jack Spong writes: The laws by which the world operates have not changed since the dawn of time, but the way human beings explain and understand those laws has changed dramatically over the centuries of human history. Jack has a way of reminding us of the obvious. Now, today, let us become Good News for the poor, let us embrace our freedom to be LOVE in the world! Forget about the rude remarks. Easter 2A in Quarantine: Peace Be With You. good times, bad times - give me some of that: blogging on faith and life. Lets extend our hands over one another for a final blessing: May you have the power to live life fully. 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. Times when we must leave all that we have, all that we know, in order to seek, to find and to restore the lost, the abandoned, the wayward, and yes even the self-righteous religious types. Most Australian Anglicans use A Prayer Book for Australia (APBA) as the basis for our common prayer. accept our lives as holy offerings to you, It is beautiful! 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. 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. Leader: Let us pray.Lord God, send your Holy Spirit upon us, that the bread which we break may be to us the communion of the body of Christ, and the cup which we bless the communion of his blood. What we all missed is what was there all along, Humpty Dumpty you see was a cannon. }); 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. your love came also to us in your servant Jesus. The big challenge of this period in the Church Calendar is that the focus is so very clearly on events that happened to "Someone else" so very long ago. Amen. [on the night before he died, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Steve carefully explained to me that I was in mortal danger. Amen. Father's Day Video "Foster Kid Father's Day". We lift them up to God. The reality of the systems in which we are intimately entangled is being played out on our screens. 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. We believe that death is not the end, but rather a transformation into new possibilities. Second Sunday of Advent. To free the captives? One: On this day, we embrace the grace which reaches from the tomb. If we fix our gaze upon the surface, we limit the power of these parables to do what parables are designed to do, to turn worlds and lives upside down and inside out. 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. Amen. Let us do everything we can possibly do to challenge our own assumptions, to see beyond our own violent tendencies, our own selfish desires, and slowly, painfully slowly learn to love our enemies. You covenanted with your people and gave them Law that showed the way of Lifea path of peace, justice, mercy, reverence, love. Call to Worship & Opening Prayer. that we gather this morning and remember together that . The term liturgy merely means "the . Through this meal which has stood the test of time, we covenant to love you, God. Lent & Holy Week BEYOND Atonement! (LogOut/ And the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. I am after all just one person after all is said and done. Let it go. Sure enough, the vase slipped off as smooth as silk. . The Earth, the Heavens, and the seas.Now even though the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras proposed that the Earth was round in the 6th century before the common era. Only a foolWould search and look and scour and puzzle, bend and peer, lift and move everything, to find a single coin. But when I became an adult, I put childish ways aside. Enjoy! What can we learn from Jesus life about who, or what the MYSTERY we call God is? 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. Today, in the midst of colossal violence, it is long past time for us to see beyond our conditioning about what to believe about resurrection so that we can focus our attention on practicing resurrection. BAT KOL, the DAUGHTER OF A SOUND or as some translations put it the DAUGHTER OF A VOICE. My friend and I were doing our level best not to laugh, we were too young to be sensitive, and to this day I find it difficult to keep a straight face in the presence of that particular kind of spirited movement. Im convinced that it will not be difficult to see the glorious face of CHRIST in this: view on video. *This liturgy is an adaptation of the traditional Great Thanksgiving liturgy. In LOVE, we are ransomed from our fear, ransomed from our arrogance and ransomed from our self-centredness, set free to trust the MYSTERY which is LOVE so that we to might live the way of LOVE, so that we might be LOVE in the world, here on this planet. Today, it doesnt matter how CHRIST rose nearly 2000 years ago. We live a resurrection life. Phos hilaron - a Song of the Light Verses from Psalm 141 Verses from Psalm 104. Frame 9: When you think the world has turned its back on youtake another look. 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. Abundant life, where everyone has enough to live fully, love extravagantly, and be all that they are created to be, this is the basileia ton THEON, the REIGN of DIVINITY, the Empire of the LOVE which is GOD. Let us be resurrection by practicing resurrection, that is by resisting violence, resisting injustice, so that the Reign of LOVE ushers in the peace we long for the SHALOM which is abundant living. Many Christians understand the sacrament of Holy Communion as a means of grace that nourishes and strengthens our faith for life and ministry in the world. Surly, even Putin will come to his senses. Fosdick Dr. NW #80 He lives, and presides at this Feast! Morning Prayer. Shalom. Remember how many times these parables must have been told before they were written down. Easter Communion Liturgy Inspired by A Song of Faith. Today, when each of us is coping with the loss of an hours sleep, perhaps it is easier for us to understand that the way in which we describe reality does indeed change over time. The number crunchers tell us that Bezos hubristic space jaunt cost him 5.5 billion dollars for 4 minutes in space, which kinda makes a ticket on Bransons Virgin Galactic sound like a bargain. For the most part, the Bible points to the Heavens above the firmament as the home of God. Above the sky were the Heavens. Im not sure how many whales entered the bay. Read More. They were big giant killer whales, and we knew that we were their lunch. *Leader: Congregation of Jesus Christ, since the Lord has blessed us with his Word (and Holy Supper), let us praise his name with thanksgiving. Lent is observed in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, Moravian, Oriental . Jesus knew this. Only a fool Would resist the contentment, the satisfaction of a purse fat with nine shiny, weighty coins. But just when Alan was approaching the point of no return, I managed with a feat of superhuman strength to rise up, twist around and swing for all I was worth and connect with what I though must be my brothers chest. Repent: Metanoia: to think new thoughts Let us repent, metanoia Let us think new thoughts. And each and every time we find what has been lost is a time for celebration. Today, like Jesus, we too can proclaim liberty to the captive minds and recovery of sight to those who have been blinded by ancient ways of knowing. Another great reference and guide, if available to you, is The Worship Sourcebook, published by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.It's an excellent collection of prayers, texts, and litanies, with worship resources for every church season. Yes, I have my doubts about the possibility of SHALOM, especially now as we peer into the abyss which are the horrors of Ukraine, Syria, Myanmar, and countless other places where injustice has bred violence the likes of which seems unstoppable. 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. Believe it or not, my wrestling skills actually helped me rise to the level of a world champion wrestler. Today is the 35th annual International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. We are an Easter people! Alleluia! Posted by mictori in Church Life, Holidays, Liturgy, Pop, Communion, Communion Liturgy, Easter, Easter Communion, Easter Communion Liturgy, Easter Morning, Liturgy, non-violent Communion, progressive Christianity, Resurrection. 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