Maybe Jesus was wrong about justice as the only way to peace. . In a world that so often denies or ignores the humanity-robbing effects of pain and suffering, Staying Human in Hard Times will invite you to process your grief, remember your essential humanness, and follow Christ into a renewed experience of abundant life. One of the main attractions at Pachena Bay were the pods of whales that are attracted to the bay. The truth has left its living word for anyone to read. We are not alone! Starters for Sunday. I suspect that even offering all you have to a wastrel and a scoundrel is worth a shot if it means finding peace. O God, how many times have we sought to bury you again, for fear of what you might do to our predictable grayness? According to these traditional interpretations humans were originally created in a state of perfection to live in a perfect creation. Their pastor had warned them that my countenance was putting us all in danger. and for the mission of justice you have made our own. He was teaching in the Galilean synagogues, and all were loud in their praise. So, today Im inviting you to stop trying to identify the DIVINE MYSTERY as an individual person in these parables. Thank you, Divine Crafter of the Table, for fashioning us a holy meal unites us with the Body of Christ. We break and share this bread, as Jesus broke and shared it. In the face of the pastors shouts, I stood as still as I could muster. The Apostle Paul did not need there to be an actual physical resuscitation of a corpse in order to believe that Jesus is risen from the dead. Ive told this story before, but then havent we all heard the story of Thomas, every Easter. Today, it doesnt matter how CHRIST rose nearly 2000 years ago. Most Australian Anglicans use A Prayer Book for Australia (APBA) as the basis for our common prayer. Grandma sat little Crystal on her knee. Pinging is currently not allowed. Easter is the sky that encloses the broken egg. They thought I was in danger of being tormented in the bowels of Hell for all eternity. REPENT God Loses His Home. If there is a natural body, then there is also a spiritual body., Theres more, lots more, but lets just stop and catch ou breath. The delight of new awareness can be a prelude to a life lived inthe mellow light of love. Where, O Death is your victory? The seed you sow does not germinate unless it dies. Easter Sunday Liturgy 4.12.20 WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS EASTER ACCLAMATION P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit . Last week, I compiled a list of online video resources for worship. Do you still have a hold of that candy? Mmm humm. Liturgy - Easter Liturgy Index Next Easter Day In Western Christianity, Easter marks the end of Lent, a period of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, which begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts forty days (not counting Sundays). I was suspicious of the kind of youth I would meet on a Tuesday at a Pentecostal church, I convinced a fellow chambermaid to come along with me, so that if we had to, Id have company as I hitch-hiked my way back to Jasper. Or break the very atoms down to see how they are made, Frame 15: Honor the Divine in everyone and in all creation. My first conscious memory of hearing the BAT KOL, the Daughter of a Sound, the still small voice of DIVINITY happened on a sojourn into a Thin Place during a summer camping trip when I was just 13. April 17, 2022 (Readings on USCCB website) . Try to hear the word ransom not with ears blocked by centuries of perverse theological atonement theories. In fact, in a specific celebration the Presider might select only one or two items from the many alternatives . What is the anonymous gospel-storyteller we know as Luke trying to tell his community with these parables? 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. If there is no resurrection of the dead then not even CHRIST has been raised. Posts tagged "progressive Christian Communion liturgy" . As we toasted ourselves by the fire, my mind wandered back to the Cremation of Sam McGee and I wondered, if Id ever learn what strange things are done beneath the mid-night sun. 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. But when I became an adult, I put childish ways aside. Beautiful! Perhaps Jesus sensed that even their anger was a type of jockeying for position, when he insisted that, Anyone among you who aspires to greatness must serve the rest; whoever wants to rank first among you must serve the needs of all. Mark 10:35-45, Sermon: BAT KOL, the Daughter of a Sound Welling Up Within, Lent: Letting Go of our Tightly Held Piety to See Our Need of Confession, Wrestling With the Almighty: Locating Our Very Selves in the Sacred Story a sermon on Genesis 32:3-31, What Can We Learn from Jesus? Only a foolWould leave the ninety-nine unguarded: to wander aimlessly, to be ravaged by some unknown predator, to fall prey to who knows what. But by the free gift of Gods grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free. World in Prayer, the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Lodi, California. Then I discovered the card placed in the center of my bed. As we recall the trusting of impotent rocket ships escaping for mere moments the confines of the empires we thrive in, do we have the courage to see our own hypocrisy? 2014-04-20 liturgy [Easter sunrise] Author: Mike Farley Let us be reckless in our LOVing, Grounded in our service, outrageously generous in our ransoming life on this planet. When our heartbeats returned to normal, we decided that wed made a clean escape and we chose not to share the adventure with our sleeping parents. The PROMISED ONE has come not to be served, but to serveto give one life in ransom for the many.. Thank you, God, for life in the Spirit of Jesus. This communion liturgy seeks to be worshipful, educational and inspirational. He is risen indeed! window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); The nursery rhyme dates back to the English civil war, when the Royalists were being attacked by the Parliamentarians, they put their faith in the size of their cannons, one of them was so large it went by the name Humpty Dumpty, which at the time was a term used to describe fat rich guys. 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. Living as the Vine and Branches in the Era of COVID-19: A Worship Liturgy. 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? When humankind struggles, we all struggle together. Jesus Way of being insists that justice for everyone is the only way to peace. It is long past time for us to move beyond arguments about a physical resuscitation of Jesus body. Thank you. Just as Jesus empowered the people he encountered to believe in themselves, we want you to walk away with an awareness not of how ordinary you are not of how unworthy you are but an awareness of your greatness and lovability. After what seemed like hours but was probably just a few minutes, the whales moved on and I was left to clumsily put words onto the depth of my experiences, in what the ancient Celts would call a Thin Place; a place where the lines between the ordinary and the sacred are thin, and we can see, feel, touch, hear the MYSTERY which lies at the very heart of reality. It is not a lofty mountaintop vision. On this Easter, we pray in Your name. Accept our praise and thanksgiving, The pastor is often on vacation; the choir scales back. Yet, with the unique calling and nature of Jesus, and the unique character of these events, it can be a stretch to find ways to [], admin2023-02-20T10:39:19+02:00Feb 6th, 2023|0 Comments, admin2023-02-13T17:15:16+02:00Feb 6th, 2023|0 Comments, admin2023-02-06T21:15:25+02:00Feb 6th, 2023|0 Comments, Copyright 2012 - 2020 | Sacredise | All Rights Reserved, Sacredise | Liturgical Resources for Progressive Communities. Michelle L. Torigian. Not all of us are up to the challenges. Only a foolWould risk a reputation as a wise shepherd, a careful guardian of the known and secure, to seek one lone sheep. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The LOVE which is the SACRED MYSTERY which is the LOVE that we call GOD. So, this morning Id like us to take our focus off Jesus death and all we may have heard, or learned about why Jesus died so that we can see what it was about Jesus life that endeared him to his followers. If you have already donated, thank you! 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. Easter offers meaning and hope to all people. Posted on September 28, 2022 by peddiebill. I know it is much easier to poke fun at billionaires and lay the blame for suffering at the feet of self-serving fools. The apostle Paul who was the first to write about Jesus, portrays Jesus as a doorway into the ultimate. The liturgy wasdeveloped for use during Lent. Settle into your seat, close your eyes and imagine a place that brings you comfort and peace. Your mommy told me that you reached into the vase for candy. The eradication of poverty is the work of LOVE in the world, this world, here and now, on this wonderful bountiful planet, upon which there is already more than enough to nourish abundant life for all. Surely, the Americans have an agency for this. Give us the gifts of this holy communion , [This triple blessing and sending/commissioning may be delivered by three different voices.]. Thats the thing with stories, one story, if it is even remotely engaging, that one story will inevitably lead to many more stories. jQuery('#submit-action').click(); 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. Their beloved leader had been brutally executed by the powers that be and they were terrified that they would be next. I could feel the temptations to violence rising in me. It is right to give our thanks and praise. And our Creator needs us to pay for our sinfulness. } We are free to embrace this LOVE, to walk in this LOVE, and to be this LOVE. //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); In my mind, I saw old black and white faded images of other little families. Your support is needed to help ProgressiveChristianityorg. Sacrifice one for the sake of the many. 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! Little did I know that in 1977 it would take me almost three days to travel the more than 1,000 km; a trip which included disembarking over and over again to lend a hand to the conductors as we worked together to clear the tracks of snow. We believe that death is not the end, but rather a transformation into new possibilities. But there is more going on in this story than just the literal words on the page. This dear friends is what it means for you and me to sit at Jesus side. He blessed it and broke it, and shared it with the disciples. In the same way the cup, after supper (here the minister shall pour the wine and lift up the cup) saying, "This cup is a new covenant of my blood. that we gather this morning and remember together that . jQuery('#submit-action').click(); Living the Resurrection Second Sunday of Easter, Year B On the Sunday after Easter, there is a general let down. I had to confess right then and there, in my twentieth year of life, I struggled to believe that any GOD who sent His only Child to die, on a cross, is worth getting up on a Sunday morning for. MEDITATION Music: In the Garden Eddie Watkins. Above the sky were the Heavens. We have been distracted by violence into compliance with systems which threaten our existence as a species, as we loot our planet of its life-giving resources so that we might increase our abilities to perpetrate violence on grander and grander scales. stream Robert Solon Jr. healing, overcoming divisions, welcoming all. Children and youth might be used as servers and/or readers. Lutheran good order can and does ensure that such ecstatic behavior never happens in worship. We can be transfigured by the face of CHRIST which is revealed to us through the tears of all who suffer the ravages of injustice. So turn and look where best you think the story is unfurled. Our friend, Dom Crossan makes the point that, it is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally. I believe that in order to understand the power of this particular story of resurrection we must move beyond simplistic literal explanations and open ourselves to the more-than-literal symbolic dare I say it, spiritual understanding of resurrection. Jesus way did not include taking up the sword to achieve peace. They were never meant to be followed in their entirety. But lets just leave Humpty Dumpty up there on the wall for a while, and shift our focus to todays story, from the anonymous gospel-storyteller we know as John. Her unseen hand was stuck inside her great-grandmothers vase. Even though we may be worshiping in individual spaces, Through the Spirit, we are forever united. Thats the loop which has been playing round and round in me, all week long. Frame 4: A smile from you can bring joy to anyone and everyone you encounter. Neglecting the truth that choosing to follow Jesus results in a changed life. Resist the illusion that finding what we have lost will be a sweet, harmless, story. Today, when science confirms that humans did not rise out of the Earth fully formed, but are continuing to evolve, surely today we can metanoia, think beyond the primitive, childish notions of original sin, and begin to see humanity as an incomplete, ever- evolving species which runs the very real risk of extinction if we dont move beyond the myth of redemptive violence. 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. The Earth was flat. Its not all about you. Do you still have a hold of that candy? Mmm humm. Lift up your hearts. 2023 ProgressiveChristianity.org, Re-Pitching the Tent: Reordering the Church Building for Worship and Mission, Transforming the Stone: Preaching Through Resistance to Change, A Joyful Path, Childrens Curriculum Sample Lessons for Years One, Two and Three, Find Faith Communities Using A Joyful Path, The Core Values of Progressive Christianity, Bishop Spong Newsletter Progressing Spirit, Advertising on ProgressiveChristianity.org, There are different kinds of life and death: our physical bodies most obvious but we also experience a kind of life and death emotionally and in our interaction with others, We all experience death and resurrection in our everyday lives, New Life we are constantly recreating life, We dont want to change dont want to let go but in the dying, new life emerges. Resist reading into the parables a too small personal shepherd, woman, or father to act the part of a too small recklessly, foolish god. You dont want to miss Paul when hes worked himself up to his point. I had just moved up to Jasper, Alberta, determined to make enough money during that summer, so that I could continue my backing excursions in Europe. When he placed his hand on my forehead, I stiffened my entire being, because there was no way I was going down. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. But they will not be tears cried in vain. Christ is risen! Frame 9: When you think the world has turned its back on youtake another look. These parables cant just be about a lamb, or a coin, or even a couple of squabbling children. Congregational Prayers (may be solicited), which may be preceded by other joyful and appropriate responses to the Easter Gospel. easter with prayers and blessings for easter services. Just when I thought I had God under control the wild wind of the spirit blew me away. Lets try to focus on what is actually happening in the story. The Book of Common Prayer of 1662 (BCP) continues as a benchmark. (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. */ The unknown gospel-storyteller which we call Mark, captured something of the pathetic human condition of hubris when he wrote: James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus and said, Teacher we want you to grant our request. What is it? Jesus asked. Petes words remind me over and over, and over again that Jesus lived and died embodying the CHRIST which is the DIVINE LOVE which rises in with through and beyond you and I, again, and again, and again. But try as we might we are in bondage to sin and we cannot free ourselves. It didnt take very long for me to realize that I was in the presence of something much larger than myself. by Alydia Smith and the Rev. and celebrate with joy the eternal Life offered to us through Jesus Christ. Lectionary Commentary Elizabeth Myer April 27, 2021 Progressive Lectionary Commentary, Progressive Christian Resources for Advent, Lectionary Commentary, Progressive Liturgical Resources, Revised Common Lectionary Year B, Revised Common Lectionary Easter 5 Year B, Revised Common Lectionary Easter 5, Lectionary Commentary Easter 5 Year B . EASTER WORSHIP SERVICES The liturgy, and particularly the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter, are never a re-enactment of the events that happened two thousand years ago. 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. 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. Every time I do not serve my neighbour, every time I walk away from the poor. 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. After warming myself on my cars heating vent, I caught sight of sundog begin to emerge as the Sun was still setting. Galileo recanted, but the Earth is moving still But I suspect that like the sons of Zebedee, who earned renown by jockeying for privileged positions, the powerful images of an aging Captain James Kirk and his merry band of billionaires will earn far more renown than the 150 million poor souls who are about to slip into poverty as a result of the COVID pandemic. My reign as world champion would have continued if it werent for the abrupt ending of my amateur status. Let us begin the difficult, painstaking slow, work of wiping away every tear from the eyes of our sisters and brothers. Or perhaps it is that both are dead. who was compassionate and stood up for justice. (SYSJ). Support our mission with a tax-deductible donation! And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. 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. Through this space and time together today, we celebrate the covenant that ties us with God, Jesus the Christ, our neighbors and creation. So, I will not presume to answer for Jesus hometown congregations murderous intentions. !P$: \6M8eQU@}gv4f~ _W $>5b?hVQqD%cf(HC +l8Z%ooP~>Q?(`0j4PCI3lho"`1R1ZZsMf7sNG? During his blessing, Jesus reminded them how he would go to the ends of the earth in his love for them. Nor can I believe that Jesus saw YAHWEH, the GREAT I AM as a fool. So, it made it difficult for us to work up much speed. What we refer to as the soul was a foreign concept to first century Jews. As frightened as I was, I was determined to get close to these magnificent beasts. Easter is the eternal moment that supersedes all time;the vision that puts into perspective all visionless living. Remember, should you have to choose between them in the strife, He opened the scriptures, explaining everything; and they knew him in the breaking of the bread. The face of CHRIST which must be seen if we are to end this madness. God has sent me to proclaim liberty to those held captive, recovery of sight to those who are blind, and release to those in prison to proclaim the year of Gods favour. Rolling up the scroll, Jesus gave it back to the attendant and sat down. As for that little Ukrainian family, what do we do in the wake of their tears? Entering the synagogue on the Sabbath, as was his habit, Jesus stood up to do the reading. We thank you, God, for the incredible gift of Jesus, the Word made flesh. The SPIRIT of DIVINITY is BEYOND Creation, BEYOND the Cosmos, even as it is in, and with, and through, all of Creation, all of the Cosmos. The Royalists placed their biggest cannon on the wall which surrounded the city of Colchester. Well, perhaps I should qualify that statement. You are the Cup of Blessing. The Easter Peace is shared *Hymn This Is the Day var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); Practicing resurrection happens when we empower one another to rise.Practicing resurrection happens when we build communities of compassion that live fully, love extravagantly, and empower people to be all that they were created to be. Sign up for an account and get your newsletters right away! The question of a physical body makes no sense to the ancients. For the death of what it took me years to learn about, the death of atonement theories has given birth to the resurrection of DIVINITY, a DIVINITY liberated from ancient projections onto the DIVINE of the myth of redemptive violence. The eradication of poverty lies not in our efforts to escape the challenges of life in this world, here on this planet. When we invite the earth-shattering spirit of Easter into our lives,our images of God recede into the background and we are left walking hand in hand with the unknowable. /* You sent Jesus, your Son, to walk in the way of Lifethat we might follow. Resist the distractions of all that we have, all our treasures, our land, our homes, all the trappings of the empires in which we are entangled. Easter is the season of stone rolling rolling away guilt, fear, hatred, monotony, lifelessness and blandness. Weakness is sown, strength is raised up. Your resurrection we affirm with joy. All your creatures testify to your mighty deeds! But because I had been forced to grapple with something I could not at the time reconcile with the person of Jesus whom I loved. So, the thing about stories, really good stories is that they have a life of their own. Hosanna in the highest. % 4810 Pt. This story with which we have been conditioned to look at the issues of our doubts about the resurrection itself, was written in the midst of colossal violence, violence which had escalated in the 70 years since the execution of Jesus of Nazareth. A Liturgical and Devotional Guide for Lent When we face pain and suffering, we often feel like we become less than human. Let me remind you that a generation before our anonymous gospel-storyteller wrote his account of Thomas doubts, somewhere around the years 50 to 53, the Apostle Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthian followers of the Way, that such questions about physical resurrection were in fact stupid. He is risen indeed! THEME The Rapturous Awakening The Irrepressible God The Ever-present Mystery, From Good Fridays gruesome darkness. by our unbelief and lack of understanding of Gods presence in us. So, let us forget about what we have been conditioned to look for in order to see what needs to be seen, today in the midst the violence in which our world seems incapable of forsaking. *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. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. You covenanted with your people and gave them Law that showed the way of Lifea path of peace, justice, mercy, reverence, love. Let it be so. If we look at the stories that have been told about Jesus, the stories that have contributed so much to the creation of the idol that masquerades as the Mystery we call God, we discover a narrative that seems preoccupied with Jesus death. You can put it He greets us with peace the world does not know, he give us peace the world cannot give. Humans were cast out of the perfection of the garden and alienated for their creator. The Bible was written by men who believed that they lived in a three-tiered universe. How dare I flirt with new ways of understanding REALITY, new discoveries about the Cosmos, new theories about the nature of human consciousness? Apparently, my body language suggested that I was filled not with the SPIRIT but with Satan himself. McCourts story forces me to confess that for most of my life, I believed that Humpty Dumpty was an egg; a magical egg to be sure, with a face, and legs, and hands, a jolly fellow, but an egg none the less. A neighbour suggested Vaseline. I can see on that endless loop little families in Jerusalem, fleeing to the safety of the countryside, passing endless crucifixion sites. TODAY! Alleluia, amen! John 1:1-5, Captain Kirk and His Merry Band of Billionaires! We know that humans have been evolving over millennia. give you joy as you share the Easter faith. We are free to live in the abundance of life here and now, in a Cosmos permeated by the DIVINE MYSTERY which is LOVE. Excuse me if I sound a little too indignant but jockeying for a seat during a global pandemic is more than a little tone deaf, when according to the United Nations, yet another 150 million or so people will be plunged into poverty this year, swelling the ranks of the global poor to over one and a half-billion people, over half of which are children. Michael first walks the reader through the theological shifts that are necessitating changes to liturgical, group, and personal prayer and then demonstrates how these major shifts can be incorporated into a new template for meaningful . The sequence of death and resurrection is the pattern of all creating and of all loving. No wonder Jesus took Peter, John, and James up there to pray. Alleluia! Others, they looked confused and terrified as they are loaded on board trains. }); The endless loop projects many faces of CHRIST. It is as the renewed, redeemed, enlivened people of God It is time for us to be LOVE in the world. He is risen indeed! The congregation is encouraged to move around the sanctuary. of air water, food, shelter, or the chance to live. Let us confess our sins. For we are ONE with an evolving DEITY. 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. If you have not donated yet, please do so today. The small voice within my very soul said only one word Swim.. Not all bodies are the same! Glory be to you, Lord Jesus. Only a fool Would resist the contentment, the satisfaction of a purse fat with nine shiny, weighty coins. 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. 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. As different as night and day these 21st century events are brought into focus by the first century story which just happens to be the assigned Gospel reading for this Sunday. In preparation for communion, please join us in reciting the Prayer of Unity that is in your program. So the question about the kind of body the risen Jesus had was, as Paul puts it, quite simply, stupid. Crystal was very upset and still very stuck. Yet Easter is about a God who bursts tombs of the familiar, the ordinary and the mediocre. The people of Israel have abandoned your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death by the sword. By J. Wayne Pratt. A Prayer Book for Australia ( APBA ) as the renewed, redeemed, enlivened people of have... 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