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The Gift of Sweetness

November 27, 2016 by Meghann Robern

Watch and listen to the homily on Facebook I have a question. How many of you currently go to school? What do you do at school? You learn new things, right? Things you didn’t know before. Now, in order for me to be one of your ministers here, at this church, I had to go … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sermons, Worship Elements Tagged: community, covenant, fuun, gratitude, homily, sikhism

We Were Made For This

November 13, 2016 by Meghann Robern

Listen to the sermon here: We Were Made For This or watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook I’ve gotten lots of questions about what today’s sermon will be about. I’ve deflected all of them — partly because, well, I wanted people to show up. And partly because, I think, I wasn’t sure where … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sermons, Worship Elements Tagged: blm, community, covenant, ethics, fuun, humanism, resistance, sermon, sj, video

We Are Groot

October 16, 2016 by Meghann Robern

Listen to the sermon here: We Are Groot Or, watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook When I was initially working on this sermon, as evidenced by the description of the worship service from January, I thought the focus should be more on our first principle, the inherent worth and dignity of every person. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sermons, Worship Elements Tagged: blm, care, christianity, disney, ethics, exegesis, fuun, jesus, marvel, mlk, pop, sermon, video

Ten Days of Returning

October 2, 2016 by Meghann Robern

Listen to the homily here: Ten Days of Returning Or, watch and listen to the homily on Facebook I spent this summer working as a chaplain at Vanderbilt. And one of the most heartbreaking encounters I had was with a person I’ll call Alex. Alex had been admitted for observation, as they had a lot … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sermons, Worship Elements Tagged: forgiveness, fuun, judaism, sermon

I Love Supergirl

September 27, 2016 by Meghann Robern

I have confession to make. I love Supergirl. I watched it last year as it aired, and recently my seven-year-old daughter asked to watch it. So I’ve been watching it again, knowing what’s coming, and experiencing it through her eyes for the first time. Like most freshman shows, it takes an episode or few to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles & Reflections Tagged: article, comics, covenant, fuun, newsletter, pop, television

Jeanne D’Arc

September 25, 2016 by Meghann Robern

Listen to the sermon here: Jeanne D’Arc Or, watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook Joan of Arc. The name has passed into legend around the world, the Maid lifted up into sainthood. Her story has been re-imagined, retold, and adapted over and over again, from Mark Twain’s novelization of the historical records in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sermons, Worship Elements Tagged: christianity, covenant, fuun, humanism, sermon

The Revelator

September 18, 2016 by Meghann Robern

Watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook The Book of Revelation. It’s a letter written by a person who called themselves John, meant for seven communities in Asia that had gathered around a belief in Jesus Christ. Unlike today, when Christian identity is linked with power and empire, Christian communities (even before they were … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sermons, Worship Elements Tagged: blm, care, christianity, covenant, exegesis, fuun, history, humanism, jesus, mlk, resistance, sermon, sj, video

We Ask the Church

September 4, 2016 by Meghann Robern

Listen to the sermon here: We Ask the Church Or, watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook I used to be a screenwriter. Almost ten years ago, the Writers Guild of America went on strike, right when my career was about to take off. I’d sold a project to a big studio AND it … [Read more…]

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Water Communion Prayers

August 28, 2016 by Meghann Robern

These prayers were written to go with the verses of hymn #100 in Singing the Living Tradition, “I’ve Got Peace Like a River”. The choir sang each verse in response to the spoken prayer. In this sanctuary and beyond its walls are people working for peace in many different ways” peace within in themselves, their … [Read more…]

Posted in: Prayers, Worship Elements Tagged: care, fuun, music, prayer

The Feast

August 17, 2016 by Meghann Robern

This was originally posted on the Patheos blog Nature’s Path, August 17th, 2016. Last month I wrote about the holidays of Lammas and Lughnasadh, waxing both poetic and academic about their ancient origins and relevance to us in modern times. But this month, I’m writing about how I actually celebrated the holiday, possibly for the … [Read more…]

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