Easter Sunday (April 12, 2020) Online Worship. Sermon: Resurrection People Have the Power

Easter Sunday is the most important date on the Christian calendar, and the reason why is it is a reminder that God is always making the world new, and does so using our hands, feet, hearts, and heads. The gospels stories of Jesus's resurrection reminds us that our faith is one of opposing the injustices that go against God's commandment for community and life, and teaches us that we don't have to be afraid because we have the power as resurrection people. We choose courage, hope, and justice. Easter isn't about whether we believe a specific set of dogma, but whether we believe that life and love have the last word, and that choice is the choice of this Easter Day. How we make that choice determines whether we become a people of good news.

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March 22, 2020: Online Worship, Sermon: "Choosing the Path of Justice"

Choosing to follow God often can mean having to make a decision about what way of life you will follow. Christian tradition often frames this choice in terms of turning our backs on the world in order to align with heaven. But a Progressive Christian -- and prophetic Christian -- understanding of this choice doesn't pit the world and heaven as against one another, but making a choice for peace, justice, and hope with and for the world, and opposing the systems of greed, exploitation, and violence.

Scripture: James 4:1-8

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