Sermons
John Bergen on Hebrews
John Bergen, who pastors at Germantown Mennonite Church, reflects on Hebrews11:2-40, ancestry, and Mennonite legacies.
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“Rejoicing,” Nancy Lyn
Nancy Lynn, pastor of First Methodist Church of Ann Arbor, who own the building where we meet, shared the sermon on May 2. She reflects on Zenos Frudakis’ sculpture, “Freedom,” and the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch.
Sermons
Images of God in Drag
Matt Yoder, of First Mennonite Church of Champaign Urbana, reflects on Exodus 3:1-15, Hosea 13:4-8, and RuPaul’s Drag Race. You can also watch the sermon on YouTube.
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A Day on Bierstadt Wilderness
David Klaassen | Shalom Community Church | March 14, 2021 Anita and I have the wonderful opportunity of being able to spend time frequently in the house that she and Galen built in Breckenridge, Colorado about 20 years ago. We spent six weeks there last summer, long enough to do Read more…
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A Day in the Wilderness
Nelson Shantz, Lent 2021 When our nest was empty, I began to join Ruth on some business trips–business for her, fun for me. One of these trips took us to Las Vegas, me for the first time. Ruth has some history with the city but that’s another story! Her conference Read more…
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On Reconciling
Michelle Webster-Hein It is February, and everything is frozen, and all of our forays into homesteading have screeched to a halt. The sheep fencing sags at the last attempted corner. The little barn stands, still roofless, filling up with snow. The rabbit trench has toughened to a rigid scar. The Read more…
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God’s Demand for Reconciliation
These are intense and anxious times and we long for a sense of family and communal healing and cohesion. We struggle to know where, and how, to bring some sanity into our many broken relationships. A story is told about two warring congregations that were once were one. An intense Read more…
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For Justice In the U.S. Criminal Legal System
Elizabeth Reimer and Zack Begly, two Goshen College students who are advocating within the Mennonite Church for a greater engagement with mass incarceration and its impact in the U.S. wrote a proposed resolution for the 2021 Mennonite Convention–read it here–and discussed it with Shalom in this weeks message.