A Child Crossed a River I want to open this edition with the words of Rev. Dr. David Vasquez-Levy: A child crossed a river, against the law, as his mother sought desperately to protect his life. On the other side, Pharoah’s daughter saw the child, heard his cry, and was moved to act. She enacted …
Paula Anema Sohl 10 June 2018 Ephesians 6:10-20 Indian Tapestry by Juliana Esquival Call to Worship: Adapted from My Grandmother’s Prayer, by Daniel Caño Ajaw is a name for God from one of the indigenous Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala One: I am praying. I am talking with Ajaw. Of course I will teach …
May 27, 2018 // Narrative Yr. 4 Trinity & Memorial Day Weekend // First Congregational UCC Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “This Life, Revealed”: I John 1:1-4; I John 4:9-17 Intro If we’re at all familiar with the words of this little letter, the First Letter of John, it’s most likely from …
May 20, 2018 // Narrative Yr. 4 Easter/New Members 1 // First Congregational UCC Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “From Hostility to Hospitality”: Acts 16:16-24; Acts 16:25-34 Intro When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the …
May 6, 2018 // Narrative Yr. 4 Easter/Stewardship 1 // First Congregational UCC Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “Making Room”: Mark 10:17-22; Mark 10:23-31 Intro I will not make you raise your hands this time. Maybe you can cross your toes, though. I’m curious. How many in this room this morning have …
April 15, 2018 // Narrative Yr. 4 Easter 2 // First Congregational UCC Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “Something Like Scales”: Acts 9:1-10; Acts 9:11-19 Intro The scene is 1934 in rural Germany, a mining town. Up in the attic dormer of an orphanage, two small children are crouched around a beat …
February 19, 2017 // Narr 27 // Epiph 7 // First Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR // Rev. Christina Grace Kukuk // “Saving Sin” // “My Sin” a poem by M. L. Liebler; Luke 7:36-50 Intro Catherine[1] had a pattern. Usually, when she called me to schedule an appointment, she was drunk. Those calls came during …
April 1, 2018 // Narrative Yr. 4 Easter // First Congregational United Church of Christ, Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “While It Was Still Dark”: John 20:1-10; John 20:11-18 Intro While it was still dark… On the first day of the week, we are told that while it was still dark, Mary …
Paula Anema Sohl 28 January 2018 Born from Above: Redefining Human Possibilities John 3:1-21; Poems by Hadewijch Do these babies make you think the stork might have brought them? and that they have been “born from above?” (3 dolls in pride flag stork slings hang from ceiling) Well, we teach Our Whole Lives sexuality …
Dec. 31, 2017 // Narrative Yr. 4.17 Christmas 1 // First Congregational United Church of Christ, Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “Endings and Beginnings”: excerpt from “The Wasteland” by T. S. Eliot; John 1:19-34 I. We gather here this morning on the threshold of a new year. If we were Scottish, …