by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | May 27, 2018 | Sermons
Psalm 35 I have a difficult and tender question which I offer for your reflection. Can you remember a time when you were standing near someone who, in that moment, was cursing up a storm? This experience of being so close to someone else’s outrage —so close you can...
by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | May 13, 2018 | Sermons
(Psalm 103:1-20) and Matthew 5:1-12 For the past few weeks, each Sunday we’ve been hearing a snippet from Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke. It was early in Jesus’ ministry; he was gaining a reputation as a traveling teacher and healer. On this day, the...
by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | May 6, 2018 | Sermons
(Psalm 34:1-14) and Luke 6:27-31 A few years ago, journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates published a book called Between the World and Me. It is an open letter he wrote to his young son describing what it is to be a black man in the United States today. I am grateful that I read...
by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | Apr 15, 2018 | Sermons
Psalm 30 and Luke 6:21 and 25 Jesus walked this lonesome valley. He had to walk it by himself. Nobody else could walk it for him. Nobody else could walk it for you or me; we have to walk it by ourselves. About five years ago, I learned about a debate that had been...
by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | Apr 8, 2018 | Sermons
Psalm 49:1-9,16-20 and Luke 6:17-20, 24 Introduction to the Scripture: First Words Last Sunday we celebrated the promise of resurrection: Christ is risen, he is risen indeed. As you might recall, our Gospel reading did not end with the women shouting Hallelujah or all...
by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | Apr 1, 2018 | Sermons
Psalm 146 and Mark 16:1-8 A few years back, I remember sitting in a clergy meeting hearing Reverend Kuenning tell the origin story of the Community Caring Conference. Some of you might remember what was happening here in the seventies. Our neighborhood was changing....
