We give thanks and rejoice that Jesus so clearly and courageously linked our loving and our dying with living on in God. */ And also with you. DONATE NOW! For none of us can do this kind of relentless, reckless abandon constantly. For GOD is not safely ensconced in the Heavens and we do not need saving from our own depravity by a human sacrifice because there simply is no Hell below us. Im pretty sure that the anonymous gospel-storyteller we call Mark had no idea that Jesus life and death would be portrayed by the powers of empire as a ransom to be paid to the very MYSTERY which Jesus insisted is LOVE. What kind of body will they have? What a stupid question! My oh, my, oh my In my sacred imagination, I can see Paul sitting up from his letter writing and nodding as if to say, there that out to stop those endless arguments about the resuscitation of a corpse.. Jesus experienced that. Can you drink the dup I will drink or be baptized in the same baptism as I? We can, James and John replied. If you have already donated, thank you! Yes, I have my doubts about the possibility of SHALOM, especially now as we peer into the abyss which are the horrors of Ukraine, Syria, Myanmar, and countless other places where injustice has bred violence the likes of which seems unstoppable. The Easter Peace is shared *Hymn This Is the Day Introit "The Strive Is O'er"(Voices United (VU) 159) "Christ Is Risen from the Dead"(VU 167) "Now Christ Is Risen"(VU 172) "Halle, halle, halle" (VU 958) Call to Worship. You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it unless it was for nothing that you believed. Click HERE to DOWNLOAD the Worship Bulletin, ONE with the LOVE which permeates the Cosmos! Michelle L. Torigian. In my sacred imagination, I can see the Apostle Paul smiling and nodding. By stem and root and branch we trace, by feather, fang and fur, Christs peace is ours forever! This story was written by the anonymous gospel-storyteller we know as John some 70 years after Jesus death, some twenty years after the Jewish war with Rome in which the Empire destroyed the Temple, raised most of Jerusalem to the ground, and sent Jews and the followers of Jesus into exile. Would leave ninety-nine sheep to look for one lost sheep. Today, it only matters that CHRIST rises in us, rises in the people of Ukraine, rises in the people of Russia, rises in people wherever they are, who long for peace. var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); But by the free gift of Gods grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free. But he still had me. Lord, help us to make. Stephen Fearing /. We have been distracted by violence into compliance with systems which threaten our existence as a species, as we loot our planet of its life-giving resources so that we might increase our abilities to perpetrate violence on grander and grander scales. This year, we at Holy Cross are giving up God for Lent. Revealing your love, radiating your life, Jesus taught those who listened to him, It is time for us to be LOVE in the world. For the most part, the Bible points to the Heavens above the firmament as the home of God. In the tears of that little Ukrainian family, I began to see yet another face of CHRIST, a face I had refused to see before. Father's Day Service Outline and Ideas. Generations beyond any cameras reach, each with their own pain. As Jesus invited his friends to drink, mindful of a relationship of love and trust between ourselves and the spirit of life, <> Even though we may be worshiping in individual spaces, Through the Spirit, we are forever united. Our very freedom from ancient ways of knowing and being sets of a chain-reaction of freedom which can, if we let it, become Good News for the poor, as we finally begin to understand what Jesus knew all along, when Jesus insisted, I and the ABBA are ONE. For if Jesus and the ABBA are ONE, the Good News is that you and I and our neighbours, we are ONE with ABBA. For if we are clever enough see that violence begats violence, why, oh why does the GOD of our design seem incapable of coming up with a better way of winning us over. 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. You dont want to miss Paul when hes worked himself up to his point. In the face of the pastors shouts, I stood as still as I could muster. 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. Justice without which there can be no peace. Among the passages was the text which is assigned for this very Sunday from Pauls letter to the church in Corinth. 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. It was as if my whole being was alive. 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. Holy Scriptures about Communion. Posts tagged "progressive Christian Communion liturgy" . O God, who gifts us moments of amazement, help us to accept the rhythm of the ordinary and the extraordinary that we may retain a steady awareness of your presence both in grey days and in bright. (1 Kings 19:1-12) It is about a prophet named Elijah, who was struggling to understand the will of the they knew as YHWH, the HEBREW name for the MYSTERY we call God, which can be translated as I AM, WHO AM or I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE or the GREAT I AM. ), The pattern of death and resurrection is the pattern of all our creating and all our loving. Robert Solon Jr. When all the people have received, they rise to give thanks.]. My friend and radical theologian Peter Rollin says it much better than I ever could. 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Sure, it would be nice to just sit here in the relative comfort and safety of all that violence has built and maintained for us. var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); The irony of having Pauls rhetoric used as a bludgeon by those who insist on a physical resuscitation of Jesus corpse, well the irony is lost on most Bible thumping fundamentalists who have engaged me with their own brand of humourless rhetoric. We are gradually adding liturgies and liturgy ideas to our site. Salvation is about making us whole, ONE with one another and ONE with the ONE who is as Jesus taught with his very life is the LOVE we call GOD. It occurred to me the other day, that it is quite peculiar that most of what has been written about Jesus in the New Testament and indeed our liturgies, even the hymns we sing about Jesus they tend to shift our focus to Jesus death. Jesus said, I have come that they might have life and may live it abundantly! LIFE and not death. We lift up these prayers in the belief that we are bonded in Gods Spirit with everything that exists. To believe in the historicity of the resurrection is one thing. Or study cells, or living things, seek truth with open hand. Re-create us too, we pray, by your holy Word. 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? Out of the familiar emerges the extraordinary that transforms the ordinary. Christ was alive to those early followers. Let me attempt to be kinder than the Apostle, whose willingness to call his opponents stupid, I do not share. 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. We were Stayin Alive, Stayin Alive all week long, working toward Saturday Night Fever, when we Should Be Dancing, dancing the night away. As we begin the Offertory, we prepare the gifts of this celebration. } 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 will never know what actually happened two thousand years ago, we will always. Give us today our daily bread. Amen. He offered Divine Life to all people suffering under worldly forces of death. Sign up for an account and get your newsletters right away! All risings of the human spirit are preceded by brokenness, loss or rejection. */ Jesus suffered the worst of his worlds violence. Frame 8: When you make the biggest mistake ever,something good comes from it.*. We are an Easter people! Alleluia! We join our tears to theirs and when we have no more tears to cry, we roll up our sleeves and we do what we can to help them. Perfect! We turn Easter back into Good Friday when we worship ugliness, sterility and unthinking conformity. 4 0 obj The truth has left its footprints in the dust between the stars. The Royalists placed their biggest cannon on the wall which surrounded the city of Colchester. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.. It was an epic trip on which my once innocent 20-year-old self learned to swig akvavit like a Viking. All tears are part of the river of life. Thats when I heard the small voice. When I arrived, the place was empty, and I thought I was going to make a clean get-away. When we set aside the institutional narrative of atonement that the church has relied upon to interpret the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, the idol that masquerades as god, the idol whose contours are reinforced in our worship services, by our hymns, prayers, creeds, choice of scriptures, and rituals, this idol begins to crumble. Or are we afraid that stripped of the security which our wealth affords us, our privileged positions will disappear, and we too shall find ourselves dependent upon the goodness of others? When Grandma finally arrived, both Crystal and her mother were almost hysterical. United States [on the night before he died, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Bit by bit, hope has begun to build upon hope as we look forward to Spring when we call launch forth into fuller more robust living. . It wasnt until this endless loop exposed the presence of yet another face of CHRIST that I begin to be transfigured. 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. REPENT God Loses His Home. If there is a natural body, then there is also a spiritual body., Theres more, lots more, but lets just stop and catch ou breath. We must be punished. The LOVE which is the SACRED MYSTERY which is the LOVE that we call GOD. The trouble is, we all live in the 21st century and we know that the definition of what it means to be human that these stories rely upon no longer rings true. Alleluia! Jesus lived and died giving his life to ransom us from ourselves, from our fears, so that free from the captivity in which our fear has confined us, we might walk freely away from our own self-centredness. As far back as the sixteenth century, a Polish monk named Nicolaus Copernicus calculated that the Earth is not the center of a three-tiered universe. Boys and their toys the put downs come, pardon the pun, a little too easily. Imagine if you will, trying to understand the life of Martin Luther King, or Mahatma Gandhi simply by focusing upon their death. This despite the fact that the biblical author of the book of Joshua wrote that God stopped the rotation of the sun around the earth in order to provide Joshua with an extended period of daylight in which to kill his enemies. 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. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. You simply asked the members of the First Nation for permission to pitch your tents on their land. *The ThanksgivingLeader: Lift up your hearts. So, I will not presume to answer for Jesus hometown congregations murderous intentions. The followers of Jesus stood up and got on with the business which was begun by Jesus. Thanks be to all that is HOLY! } Ive got to say that even though we shared the same weight class for most of our childhood, when it came to world class wrestling holds, I had him beat. I will only attempt to take you where this story took me out there on the ice of Lake Simcoe. Here's a call to worship and opening prayer for Memorial Day or Remembrance Day. And now let us recite a creed, that is, an affirmation of faith, based on a contemporary view of Christianity: We believe in God, the power of life, love and being, We believe in Jesus, who revealed the good news. For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. A natural body is sown, and a spiritual body is raised up. The flat Earth was surrounded by the waters. COLLECT PRAYER. Morning . Where, O Death is your victory? Mortal tongues and angels say: Alleluia! by Alydia Smith and the Rev. If you are watching this on a screen, chances are that your own wealth far exceeds the expectations of billions of people struggling to survive on this planet. Steve and Anna were very quiet on the ride home. These perfect humans enjoyed a perfect relationship with their Creator. Excuse me if I sound a little too indignant but jockeying for a seat during a global pandemic is more than a little tone deaf, when according to the United Nations, yet another 150 million or so people will be plunged into poverty this year, swelling the ranks of the global poor to over one and a half-billion people, over half of which are children. HOMILY: Resurrection Springing to New Life. by our lack of courage to say yes to the Voice within. Many: On this day we shout, Christ is risen! and of the sufferings that are going on around us, let us pray for the establishment of peace, in our hearts and on earth. Gracious God, 3 0 obj They all knew the dangers of traveling to Jerusalem. Far too many progressives ready to rebuke you for not being progressive enough. Enjoy! Surely, Jesus cant be pointing to the GREAT I AM, the MYSTERY which we call GOD and saying that GOD is a fool. Tis the season of resurrection. If theres one thing Ive learned after nearly a quarter of a century of preaching on the subject of resurrection, its that when it comes to resurrection, we look for what we have been conditioned to see. We jumped into the rubber dingy, and we paddled as fast as we could, determined to chase whales. So, let us repent. Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Later, at work, Anna sat down with me in the lunchroom to explain that their pastor had explained to them that he suspected that I didnt believe that God sent Jesus to die for my sins. Breathe forth the goodness that is within you. Lets extend our hands over one another for a final blessing: May you have the power to live life fully. All your creatures testify to your mighty deeds! Did Jesus really believe that people ought to forsake everything they have in order to find the one thing they have lost? 1 0 obj Assurance of Pardon, Call to Confession, Confession, Easter, Easter Sunday, Year C. confession, easter, easter sunday, year c, call to confession, prayer of confession, assurance of pardon, resurrection. A quick glace toward the shoreline confirmed that I was well beyond where I would safely swim on a summer day and a strange sort of vertigo began to take hold over me. And we give you thanks. Only a foolWould find. You called forth prophets who dared to speak the truth of Life to worldly powers that promoted death. 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. jQuery(document).on('change', '#submission-action', function(){ Psalm 25:1-10. Death, not even violent death at the hands of a powerful empire could keep Jesus commitment to compassionate resistance to the forces of empire from those who longed for the Shalom of the Reign of GOD which Jesus proclaimed with his life. The face of CHRIST which must be seen if we are to end this madness. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); Then I discovered the card placed in the center of my bed. Bert Polman (bdp5@calvin.edu) is a hymnologist who is a professor and chair of the music department at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. I suspect that pulling brothers together who have genuine axes to grind is the kind of recklessness that is worth the risk, if those siblings can learn to work together to pursue justice. When the complete vine suffers, we all suffer together. Vladimir Putin created in the image of the DIVINE. When we invite the earth-shattering spirit of Easter into our lives,our images of God recede into the background and we are left walking hand in hand with the unknowable. Life finds a way. Call to Worship & Opening Prayer. Together, by your grace, we accept the life you offer. Surrounded by a treasured family heirloom, desperately clinging to a treasure. One: It is through our neighbors and creation that we see the rising of Christ, O God. if ( thisact == "contact" ) { You see Paul was skilled in the ancient art of rhetoric and would recognize my own rhetoric for what it is. Christ is risen! The term liturgy merely means "the . Jesus Now, Easter Day. The number crunchers tell us that Bezos hubristic space jaunt cost him 5.5 billion dollars for 4 minutes in space, which kinda makes a ticket on Bransons Virgin Galactic sound like a bargain. Resist the distractions of all that we have, all our treasures, our land, our homes, all the trappings of the empires in which we are entangled. My reign as world champion would have continued if it werent for the abrupt ending of my amateur status. Forgive us, Merciful One. The colossal profits we offer up to billionaires are not simply the result of corporate greed. Infused, inspired, and incarnating as CHRISTs body, as LOVE here and now in this place and in this time, we are anointed to this bring Good News to the poor and to free the captives! It was so good to be there, where they could see in Jesus the face of CHRIST. Michael first walks the reader through the theological shifts that are necessitating changes to liturgical, group, and personal prayer and then demonstrates how these major shifts can be incorporated into a new template for meaningful . jQuery(document).on('change', '#submission-action', function(){ We are free to seek, to know, and to become this LOVE in which we live, and move, and have our being. O Easter God, who shatters all the familiar tombs which we create, enable us to move beyond slavish conformity either to old understandings or to new fashions and with joy embrace your ever-changing, ever challenging future. It is right. The concluding prayer of thanksgiving was (heavily) adapted from a prayer by Katherine Hawker. What can we see in the wounds which are depicted in this story? So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The text is taken in large part from Martin Luther's Small Catechism, with which Zinzendorf . During the breaking of bread, the Lamb of God or other appropriate song or chant is sung. I fumbled for my phone and hopped out into the frigid air desperate to capture a photograph which has always eluded me. Through this meal which has stood the test of time, we covenant to love you, God. Your support is needed to help ProgressiveChristianityorg. Why: This is an Evolutionary Moment. Support our mission with a tax-deductible donation! So, Im trusting that it doesnt much matter whether or not you or I or anyone believes or doesnt believe in the physical resuscitation of Jesus corpse. Humans were cast out of the perfection of the garden and alienated for their creator. Let us be LOVE in the world, by fearlessly serving the poor. Long ago, when torture broke the remnant of his will, As for seeing the face of CHRIST in our enemies, let us try. Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote the sky. Alleluia! On this Easter, we pray in Your name. *Leader: O sing unto the Lord, for he has done excellent things. The second face of CHRIST belongs to a Ukrainian Child rubbing her eyes in a desperate attempt to stem the flow of her own tears. Today, it doesnt matter how CHRIST rose nearly 2000 years ago. This piece of Scripture was followed by a passage from Pauls letter to the Romans, all of which was underlined in red: God puts people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. Leader: We give thanks to God the Father that our Savior, Jesus Christ, gave us this memorial of his sacrifice, until his coming again. To live the mystery is to flesh the idea and to share Resurrection. ~ 1 Corinthians 11:26. Easter offers meaning and hope to all people. Ready: Perhaps some will ask, How are the dead to be raised up? Jesus insisted with all that he is, that justice and not violence is the only way to establish and maintain peace. This week, two events stand in stark contrast to one another. Most Australian Anglicans use A Prayer Book for Australia (APBA) as the basis for our common prayer. It is as the renewed, redeemed, enlivened people of God Your resurrection we affirm with joy. endobj So, when the possibility arose to actually travel up to Narvik in Norway to see the mid-night sun I was off. We know that humans were not created as perfectly formed creatures who fell into sin. We, too, experience new possibilities arising from our failures or disappointments or what has come to an end. Resurrection is not a solitary endeavor. We celebrate the risen Christ in our midst. The hands are up like a shot. He blessed it and broke it, and shared it with the disciples. We accept you into our bodies, into our lives. jQuery.noConflict(); That is the gospel, the message that I preached to you. So, let us begin with our own lives, our own daily challenges, let us strip ourselves of our own entanglements with violence. Resist the empires to which we have lost the justice which has the power to create peace. You can put it The Bread of Life and the Cup of the Covenant: Gifts to unite the Body of Christ. We must put all our many blessings to use, to seek justice where-ever we can whenever we can.We cant do it all and we cant do it alone. Free from images and idols created by the inhabitants of a universe of misconceptions, we can abandon lives devoted to a god preoccupied with judging our journeys end, dispatching us to Heaven or Hell. Today, is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. we invite your Spirit to lead us ever more faithfully to be the body of Christ in the world. Easter is the festival of the irrepressible God whom not even death can contain. Set free from a Three-Tiered Universe! Let it go. Sure enough, the vase slipped off as smooth as silk. It wasnt about believing in resurrection it was about practicing resurrection. As a Pharisee, Paul believed in the resurrection of the dead and certainly he believed that Jesus had been raised from the dead. Peace begins with non-violent resistance. Get their attention and then, deliver your point! Many of the pages are "decorative" but material can simply be cut and pasted into a word-processing program. When I was an amateur wrestler, I was a world-class champion wrestler. You can also find "Affirmations of Faith" by clicking on Affirmation of faith in the list of "Labels" at the lower right side of the page. As frightened as I was, I was determined to get close to these magnificent beasts. 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. 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