When I was an amateur wrestler, I was a world-class champion wrestler. I take my hat off to the master. Holy Scriptures about Communion. Let us give thanks to our Creator. The liturgy was adapted by Dr. Bert Polman from a form prepared by the Liturgical Committee of the Christian Reformed Church for use during an Easter Service; this liturgy can be used for all Sundays in Eastertide. 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. Out of the familiar emerges the extraordinary that transformsthe ordinary. Breathe forth the goodness that is within you. When we do see ourselves in the story we are usually the lost the lost sheep or the lost coin and we take comfort in the reality that no matter how lost we may become GOD the supernatural being, out there, or up there, will find us. For us and for our salvation He came down from heaven, Most of us have travelled far above the Earth, we have sailed through the clouds and we know that there is no heaven up there. Then there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. He is risen indeed! THEME The Rapturous Awakening The Irrepressible God The Ever-present Mystery, From Good Fridays gruesome darkness. But on this autumn day St. Francis words provide warmth and peace. She went into her mothers study, holding in one hand a family treasure and her other hand couldnt be seen. Resurrection is a statement of how reality works. Crystal cried out, Mommy Im stuck. Imagine all the information you would miss if you simply focused upon Dr. Kings death. Welcome to the liturgy of The Namaste Church! Believing, as Jesus believed, that beyond pain and darkness and death, rising you restored our life. When I arrived, the place was empty, and I thought I was going to make a clean get-away. The Prayer of Thanksgiving. Through a simple meal of grain and grape, we, your children, unite. May 23, 2022 | Father's Day, Uncategorized. And all the kings horses and all the kings men, couldnt put Humpty together again. But I refused to believe that it would go as far as war. We lose our capacity for peace and joy, we struggle to show compassion and to connect with others, and we may find ourselves slipping into toxic and destructive attitudes and habits. ), The pattern of death and resurrection is the pattern of all our creating and all our loving. 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. I will only attempt to take you where this story took me out there on the ice of Lake Simcoe. My brother didnt stand a chance. The followers of Jesus were lifted up from a crouching or cowering position as they boldly proclaimed what they had learned from Jesus. Long ago, when torture broke the remnant of his will, It wasnt until that young Dad buried his face in his daughters chest that I recognized the face of CHRIST. All tears are part of the river of life. towards ourselves and towards all living beings. Unlike our ancestors who succeeded the writers of the bible and went on to develop the theology of the church, we dont believe that the round earth is the center of the universe. While others deliver the words in boldface type punctuated with lots of exclamation points. 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? 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. Frame 5: God is everywhere, in all of creation. Glory to the Three-in-One: To the Father, and the Savior, who the victoryhas won;glory to the Holy Spirit, fount of loveand sanctity; alleluia, alleluia to the triune Majesty! Your resurrection we affirm with joy. Let it be so. 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 Parliamentarians victory may have looked like the way to peace, but it was no peace at all, it was as Dom Crossan puts it, just a lull in the violence. Let us be LOVE in the world, by fearlessly serving the poor. After warming myself on my cars heating vent, I caught sight of sundog begin to emerge as the Sun was still setting. That beautiful, glorious embodiment of CHRIST is singing these words: Ukraine is not yet dead, nor its glory and freedom, She has courageously begun the difficult, painstaking, slow work which lies before her. Sometimes boundaries must be crossed in order to achieve justice.Peace-making requires risk-taking, and the reckless abandonment of some things we hold very dear. 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. 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. The underwater sight of two killer whales caused me to open my mouth to scream and water rushed into my lungs. var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); How deep? So, let me just cling to what I have accumulated and pay lip-service to the need for sacrifice. View the full Transfiguration Worship Video below, Yes! Let it be so among us. jQuery('#submit-action').click(); Leader: For Christ indeed has been raised from the dead [here the minister lifts the elements], the First-fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For the journey that life has been, Amen. Everyone knows that.. 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. Where truth has left its sketches on the slate below the ground. Christ is risen! Neither Anna nor I knew we were engaged in a long pointless argument which had been going on since round about the fourth century. Winter, with its cold and dark days has gone, just as Good Friday has passed to Easter and beyond. 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. HOMILY: Resurrection Springing to New Life. It is an image which will not leave me. To live the mystery is to flesh the idea and to share Resurrection. You are still in your sins, and those who have fallen asleep in Christ are the deadest of the dead. They thought I was in danger of being tormented in the bowels of Hell for all eternity. 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 . Thats the thing with stories, one story, if it is even remotely engaging, that one story will inevitably lead to many more stories. Furthermore, I suspect that you do to. 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. 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. It wasnt until the 15th century that the flatness of the Earth was seriously challenged by the likes of Columbus. Lets try to focus on what is actually happening in the story. Thanks be to all that is HOLY! <> document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); *This liturgy is an adaptation of the traditional. 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. 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. You sent your only-begotten,in whom your fullness dwells, I cant begin to tell you how often well-meaning and not so well-meaning Christians quote to me the 15thchapter of Pauls first letter to the followers of Jesus Way in Corinth. If you have already donated, thank you! *Leader: Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord! These perfect humans enjoyed a perfect relationship with their Creator. It is as the renewed, redeemed, enlivened people of God A small but secure fortune in hand. We are gradually adding liturgies and liturgy ideas to our site. So, rather than side-step the subject of resurrection, I decided to include both readings today. My rail-pass covered all of Scandinavia, which before I had the opportunity to ride the Scandinavian rails, I had only seen on distorted maps which made it look ever so small in comparison to Canadas vast land mass. Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Christ is risen! Many: On this day, we celebrate resurrection in our lives. We gaze upon creation where erosion makes it known, I can certainly identify with the disciples in the story who became angry with the sons of Zebedee for jockeying for seats alongside Jesus in the next world, when the forces of Empire in this world continue to suck the life out of the poor. Jesus passions reveal to us the image of the Mystery that we call God that Jesus worshipped. The Bible was written by men who believed that they lived in a three-tiered universe. jQuery.noConflict(); It empowers us to hope in the coming resurrection and new life. Most Australian Anglicans use A Prayer Book for Australia (APBA) as the basis for our common prayer. Crystal sobbed. 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. and proclaim the Resurrected Christ who offers life to all. But we live in the 21st century and we have access to all sorts of information that the generations who have gone before us did not. I can also hear the voice of reason condemning me as a fool. Yes, the father should never have trusted his sons with all that he had, and when his lost son showed himself to be untrustworthy, he shouldnt have been welcomed with open arms, and as for the faithful, self-righteous son, well sometimes justice demands that we abandon the rules, if we are to achieve peace. thanksgiving prayers What might we wealthy followers of Jesus be prepared to pay to serve the needs of those held captive to the financial empire of our time? This knowledge has to change the way in which we see our relationship with the MYSTERY that lies at the very source of our being; our Creator if you will. The Cross and Easter are two faces of the one mystery. If it doesnt is it my heart or is it the worship that is dead? But I digress. if ( thisact == "contact" ) { } We love you, God, more than any chocolate, candy or toy. endobj When the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, he unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of our God is upon me: because the Most High has anointed me to bring Good News to those who are poor. During the breaking of bread, the Lamb of God or other appropriate song or chant is sung. But Jesus did not let them linger for very long. 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. <> Remember how many times these parables must have been told before they were written down. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.. I confess, that I cant quite see CHRIST in that face yet. Today, it doesnt matter how CHRIST rose nearly 2000 years ago. The SPIRIT of DIVINITY is within us! 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. I proclaim these words from Pauls conclusion to the chapter at every funeral I have ever presided over. Glory be to you, Lord Jesus. We just knew what we knew. We do tend to point to those characters in order to personify the MYSTERY. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); Sign up for our FREE monthly eNewsletter! 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. The prayer book revision Facebook group, with more than 4,000 members, was created in 2017 by the Rev. So, the thing about stories, really good stories is that they have a life of their own. Jesus suffered the worst of his worlds violence. This my body, given for you. Support our mission with a tax-deductible donation! What can we learn from Jesus life about who, or what the MYSTERY we call God is? Please feel free to use in your faith communities with attribution. For the LOVE expressed in the life and death of Jesus lives in you and in me. Lectionary, study and worship resources from Faith Futures Jesus Then & Now. 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. My words are not up to the task of describing CHRIST weeping in this way. In preparation for communion, please join us in reciting the Prayer of Unity that is in your program. I dont know about you but when that giant phallic ship was trusting into the wild blue yonder, I became somewhat indignant. Some of these messages convey ways we might experience subtle resurrections and deaths in our everyday lives. We know we still have work to do. Risk it all for the sake of LOVE. As we enter this season of Easter, we ask that the warm winds of the Spirit encircle this table and accompany us on our journey. Add to Bin. I say quote to be polite, which is generally not the way these Christians impart these words of Scripture to me. We need to reach our year-end fundraising goal that will determine what we can do for 2023. Click HERE to DOWNLOAD the Worship Bulletin, ONE with the LOVE which permeates the Cosmos! *All sing: (suggested: "I Serve a Risen Savior" or "Christ Our Lord Is Risen Today"). The face of CHRIST which must be seen if we are to end this madness. Boys and their toys the put downs come, pardon the pun, a little too easily. They were concerned for my mortal soul. We thank you, God, for all the love You've given us and for the gift of Jesus. For more information on the Commission, its mandate and membership, please click here. You placed within us and within each plant and animal of your creation amazing abilities to form and nurture new life, so that your creation might be renewed, reborn, season by season, child by child. We give thanks and rejoice that Jesus so clearly and courageously linked our loving and our dying with living on in God. Our very own lifestyles, demand what they are selling. At the time, I didnt know what the word countenance meant. To which Jesus responded, From the cup I drink of, you will drink; the baptism I am immersed in, you will share. I dont know how to stop this loop from playing. Yes, the woman should have been content with her 99 coins. But there were no tears to be seen. Thats the loop which has been playing round and round in me, all week long. If we take off our rose coloured glasses, and pick up a pair of lenses permeated with the desire to resist persecution, violence, and the forces of Empire, these parables have the potential to inspire the kind of passion necessary to recover the one thing which is lost, justice. 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. We lift up these prayers in the belief that we are bonded in Gods Spirit with everything that exists. Where, O death is your sting?. An agency of The United Methodist Church, Discipleship Ministries helps local church, district, and conference leaders fulfill the shared dream of making world-changing disciples. We have rested in the depth of your love; I do know that the followers of Jesus held dear their vison of Jesus, in whom they saw the CHRIST. Forget about the rude remarks. /* Sure, we know there are still problems in the world. It is long past time for us to move beyond arguments about a physical resuscitation of Jesus body. Resist the empires to which we have lost the justice which has the power to create peace. These tiny, humble, wordless things how shall they tell us lies? Second Sunday of Advent. Friends, let us come out of the darkness and join together in the light of Gods love. Liturgies. The SPIRIT of DIVINITY is within all Creation, permeating all of the Cosmos! It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words we would like to share a slideshow with you that gives life both visually and in its various messages. Lift up your hearts. Only a fool would rejoice with such extravagance. Faced with the needs of so very many, what can I do? If ever we needed to be intentional about preserving and honouring our basic humanity and that of our neighbours, its now. Then it is given the body designed for itwith each kind of seed getting its own kind of body. (BL), www.methodist.org.nz/resources/hymns/boundlesslife, http://www.methodist.org.nz/resources/hymns/the_mystery_telling, Singing the Sacred, Vol 1 2011 World Library Publications, Jesus Christ is alive and lives in me. 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. Frame 10: Always remember the compliments that you received. 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. Alleluia! Our HEBREW ancestors, JESUS very own kin, understood the MYSTERY which we call GOD, as the verb TO BE, for this MYSTERY IS BEING itself. Peace be with you. Yet the story of Jesus Way of being in the world continued to be present among those who sought to live as Jesus lived. To climb down from our lofty positions of wealth and privilege in order to serve the poor? Jesus existed within time whereas the CHRIST exists in and beyond time. All rights reserved. Our continued evolution relies upon our ability to metanoia, to move beyond primitive ways of thinking. This week, I have compiled resources that can help in creatively planning worship services. But there are times. 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. He . Today, is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Grandma took a good look at the vase that used to sit on her mothers kitchen table all those years ago. For the Lord Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it (here the minister shall break the bread) and said, "This is my body which is for you. 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. if ( '' != thisact ) { You created the universe and all living things. Blessings on your Holy Week observance and Easter celebrations! My family had travelled to the west coast of Vancouver Island to what was back then, a mostly unknown treasure. 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. If a few well-placed bullets could reunite and restore that little Ukrainian family, maybe Jesus was wrong about non-violent resistance. 4 0 obj 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. Yet Easter is about a God who bursts tombs of the familiar, the ordinary and the mediocre. But Anna and Steve were always at it. Somehow, the flight of the billionaire Bezos phallic Blue Horizon thrusting its five privileged passengers across our screens will capture more attention from those of us who are wealthy enough to own screens, than the roughly one and a half billion men, women, and children who are consigned to live in poverty. But I suspect that justice, the kind of justice which ensures that everyone has enough so that everyone can live in peace, is something worth leaving behind everything you have in order to pursue. For we have been blessed with the ability to grasp so many more details about the Cosmos in which we live and move and have our being, than our ancestors could ever have imagined. 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. She looked at the miserable look on her grand-daughters face, and she said, Crystal, sweetheart. Perfect! Anyone among you, those who aspires to greatness must serve the rest; whoever wants to rank first among you must serve the needs of all. and the capacity to give people an experience of God. However, Pete goes on, there are moments when I affirm that resurrection, few and far between as they are. Father, Son, and Holy . . There are those who name the stars, who watch the sky by night, Perhaps photographers of old avoided them, maybe people back then were better had holding those tears back. They were big giant killer whales, and we knew that we were their lunch. Crystal sobbed. This, dear ones, is Good News indeed! In the past he was patient and overlooked peoples sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. Please come, the meal is ready. He conveyed to us the importance of love and compassion. One morning when I was about 13 and my brother was 9 and a half, we were going at it, and to his credit my bother had me in an ingenious hold. He rose again in victory because the powers of death cannot overcome the Divine power of Life. Turns out I was close. 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. Some were staring vacantly through time, like the tens of millions of Ukrainians who were starved to death during the Holodomor by yet another brutal Russian dictator. Jeremiah 33:14-16. Sadly, far too many of us have been conditioned to look for what we have been conditioned to see instead of what is all around us, if we could only see beyond our conditioning. So, if Jesus isnt describing the characteristics of a personified deity, is Jesus actually teaching us how to embody the LOVE which is DIVINITY here in the world? Try to hear the word ransom not with ears blocked by centuries of perverse theological atonement theories. Can, will, or indeed, should the Church Survive?. First of all, I hadnt been born again, and then there was the dancing, and as for my serving beer to the crowd at the Legion, well, my roommates were concerned. ], [The Communion elements are distributed. 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. Or perhaps it is that both are dead. When soap didnt work she reached for the butter. You all know this story. The Risen One comes with hands full of love. You can skip to the end and leave a response. There are times when risks must be taken. Rejecting the concept of original sin or sin nature. Today, we celebrate this earth-shaking love of Jesus a love that sent him to the cross and a love that lives eternally with us, encouraging us to live a resurrected life. For a mere $450,000 dollars you could join these daring old men in their flying machines. Or study cells, or living things, seek truth with open hand. If that means violence, well maybe Im not the pacifist I claim to be. You dont want to miss Paul when hes worked himself up to his point. There is so much more we can do and offer our readership with your support! Anybody??? World in Prayer, the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Lodi, California. Set free from a Three-Tiered Universe! Thank you for sharing this liturgy for communion. Last week, I compiled a list of online video resources for worship. Together, by your grace, we accept the life you offer. Continue reading . We lose our capacity for peace and joy, we struggle to show compassion and to connect with others, and we may find ourselves slipping into toxic and destructive attitudes and habits. Ever since they began to practice resurrection, people have been trying to figure out exactly what may have happened. Leader: For he is the true Lamb who has taken awaythe sins of the world.By his death he has destroyed death for us.By his rising again, he has restored life to us.Therefore, with the whole company of saintsin heaven and on earthWe worship and glorify you, God most holy,and we sing with joy: People sing: ("Good Christians, All Rejoice andSing," stanza 4)Your name we bless, O risen Lord,And sing today with one accordThe life laid down, the life restored.Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! How dare I flirt with new ways of understanding REALITY, new discoveries about the Cosmos, new theories about the nature of human consciousness? Alleluia, amen! Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). 1 Corinthians 15. Crystal had always been told that one day the magnificent vase would be hers. 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