Sep 24, 2017 |
God's Wait Staff
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
God's Wait Staff
“There’s something powerful about YOU living love into other peoples’ lives, and proclaiming blessing
in peoples’ lives, and talking about forgiveness in peoples’ lives. Will God
heal and save these people without you? Sure… But he has hired you for the job
anyway.”
Exodus 16:2-15
Exodus 16:2-15
Sep 17, 2017 |
Debt Free Love
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Debt Free Love
“When those waters collapse down upon the Egyptians they are
collapsing down upon all of the things that get in the way of the Israelites knowing
who their God is, and knowing who they are. God is a God who wipes away
everything that keeps us from knowing love. God is a God who obliterates all of
the things that stop us from knowing that our brother, our sister, belongs to
God. God is a God who washes that away and delivers us into a freedom… a
freedom from keeping score… a freedom from any kind of debt… The freedom to
believe that I don’t owe you anything and you don’t owe me anything, but to
love one another.”
Exodus 14:19-31
Matthew 18:21-35
Exodus 14:19-31
Matthew 18:21-35
Sep 17, 2017 |
God's Mercy
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
God's Mercy
“So, we do not have to wait for great tragedies. We do not
have to wait for dramatic events. We do not have to wait for hurricanes, or
parting of the seas. We have the opportunity in each moment to deal with each
other with compassion… with mercy. We have in each moment the opportunity to
express gratitude to God for the mercy we have been given, and to give that
mercy in return.”
Exodus 14:19-31
Exodus 14:19-31
Sep 10, 2017 |
Let Us Keep the Feast
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Let Us Keep the Feast
“Salvation, liberation… redemption in Christ… is about
something God does, and we do… God does through us as a people. We keep the
feast by being aware of God’s redemptions for each one of us for us as a people,
but we also keep the feast by simply keeping the feast… By celebrating the
Eucharist every week, but also by celebrating with other people; welcoming to
the table those from whom we differ.”
Exodus 12:1-14
Exodus 12:1-14
Sep 03, 2017 |
It's Not About You
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
It's Not About You
“Any justice that we understand, any way we’re going to be participating
in the way that God makes the world right – it’s going to begin with
relationship. It’s going to begin when we’re drawn out of ourselves and out of
the thinking that it’s our job to fix… to look at this world, diagnose the problem
and fix it, and drawn into a reality of participating in the changing of this
world with others, in love. The good news is, it’s not about you. The better
news is, it’s about a God who is with you.”
Exodus 3:1-15
Exodus 3:1-15
Aug 27, 2017 |
Drawn Into Life
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Drawn Into Life
“God is working like he works in Moses’ life and in the life
of the Israelites, to draw us out of the power of our own selfishness and fear,
and into a life of generosity and love; to draw us out of our own sense of
vengeance and anger and contempt and into a life of mercy, and forgiveness, and
kindness. Draw us out… God draws us out of inhumanity, and looking at other
people and demonizing them, and draws us into deeper relationship.”
Exodus 1:8-2:10
Exodus 1:8-2:10
Aug 27, 2017 |
To Be an Exodus People
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
To Be an Exodus People
"We need to renew our minds. We need to see what is around us
through fresh eyes. We need to continuously seek, to discern, the will of God.
And, as an Exodus people, we need to move out into the world."
Exodus 1:8-2:10
Exodus 1:8-2:10
Aug 20, 2017 |
Hidden Yesses
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Hidden Yesses
“I suppose all of us have those times, those occasions, when
our lives seem to have come to a dead end… or simply a relationship or a job… when
someone has died, a relationship has ended. When somehow there seems to be one ‘no’
after another. Can we trust that God is behind the scenes? That in that ‘no’
somewhere is hidden a ‘yes…’ a way forward?”
Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28
Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28
Aug 13, 2017 |
Big Faith
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Big Faith
“This is the story of the cross, of the crucified Christ:
that even in adversity… even with fallen humanity… the folks that put him to
death, the brothers that threw their brother into a pit, sold him off into
slavery and hatred… the people in our country who hate those that are other
than them and wish them harm… that in the midst of this adversity, in the midst
of suffering and struggle, come the possibilities of life and joy.”
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28
Matthew 14:22-33
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28
Matthew 14:22-33
Aug 13, 2017 |
Walk On Water
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Walk On Water
“And so it is for us. We are people who have been set apart
to participate with God in his work of love and reconciliation in this world.
We are people who God pointed to and said, “I am going to redeem the world and I
want you to help. I am healing the world and I want you to heal with me. I am
forgiving, and showing mercy and love, and that’s what justice looks like, and I
want you to participate in that.”
Matthew 14:22-33
Matthew 14:22-33
Aug 06, 2017 |
Can You Imagine?
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Can You Imagine?
"Can we look at the world as God sees it and imagine it?
Imagine injustice transfigured into justice. Imagine hatred transfigured into
love. Imagine our greatest enemies transfigured into friends. Can we join Jesus
in imagining this kingdom, the kingdom of God"
Luke 9:28-36
Luke 9:28-36
Aug 06, 2017 |
Jesus, Wonder Woman, and Friendship
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Jesus, Wonder Woman, and Friendship
“But the beauty of this story and the good news of this
gospel is that when we allow ourselves to love and be loved
fully, and to love others fully … to allow them to tell
their story and live their lives, and listen to them for
who they are… we will not be
turned off, we will not be pushed away. When we
really get to see someone for who they are in love,
we see them as beautiful sons and daughters of God.”
Luke 9:28-36
Luke 9:28-36
Jul 30, 2017 |
Starstruck
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Starstruck
“God is love. God is love and you may be start struck by
that love and you may not know how to deal with that love and you may not know
how to deal with yourself but God knows what it means to be love and God knows
what it means to be in relationship and love with you.”
Matthew 13:31-33,44-52
Matthew 13:31-33,44-52
Jul 23, 2017 |
Judge Not
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Judge Not
We are called to love God, and our neighbor as ourselves. We are called to spread the good news. We are called to use the gifts we have been given, whatever they might be, in service to God and those in need. We are not called to judge. We are not called to judge. We are not called to be the ones who sort the week from the grain. That falls to a much higher court."
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Jul 23, 2017 |
Nirvana, Foot Loose, and the Reality of Evil
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Nirvana, Foot Loose, and the Reality of Evil
"In this story, good and evil are not always obvious in terms of how they take root in the lives of people. And so Jesus says wait, reserve judgment. In fact, don’t even judge the other people. Leave that to the angels, they’ll have work to do later. In the mean time grow amongst one another, grow with each other, grow towards each other, in love."
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Jul 16, 2017 |
Living Into Abundance
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Living Into Abundance
“So often in our lives, and often in our children’s lives we
are in such a world of competition as if there were limited love, as if there
were limited opportunity and space and we need to run to get it first, to hold
onto it. There are no winners or losers in God’s economy. God keeps sowing the
seed.”
Genesis 25:19-34
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Genesis 25:19-34
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Jul 16, 2017 |
You Are What You Are
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
You Are What You Are
“So often we are left with the question, or presented with
the question, ‘What kind of soil are you?’ I’ve decided it’s a dumb question.
I’m done with it. Or, maybe it’s a good question for a little while but its
only gonna get me so far. Because here’s what I’ve figured out about soil… soil
doesn’t have a lot of say about what kind of soil it is, right?”
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Jul 09, 2017 |
Glimpses of Grace
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Glimpses of Grace
“We don’t get to choose how God comes into our world. If we
spend too much time figuring out what God should look like, we might miss the
very presence of God in our midst.”
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Jul 09, 2017 |
Expectations
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Expectations
“We have high hopes for the next generation and yet each
generation has its burdens, its challenges, its growing edges. We look for
greater wisdom, greater justice, greater altruism or enlightenment, greater
faith… and we find some of these things among the human struggles that we seem
to continue to have and that can overwhelm our access to wisdom.”
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Jul 02, 2017 |
You Can't Pick and Choose
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
You Can't Pick and Choose
“But we live in the tension of these things and we can’t pick and choose which kind of God we want to have. We can’t pick the God of endless mercy and love and forgiveness, and somehow ignore the God who asks us to amend our lives, to change in light of that mercy and forgiveness.”
Genesis 22:1-14
Matthew 10:40-42
Genesis 22:1-14
Matthew 10:40-42