Reverend Marci Scott-Weis, MDIV Well dear ones, today we continue our consideration of Jesus’ Upside Down Kingdom and his more radical and counter-cultural teachings. Today we are taking on both […]
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Category: Stories of people
Being Changed for Good – Lessons from Wicked
Reverend Marci Scott-Weis, MDIV My dear friend Rev. Carson Hawk frequently reminded me that God is everywhere in life, in the color purple of a field of flowers, in movies, […]
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Mr. Rogers Spiritual Lesson on The Power of Self-Reflection
Reverend Marci Scott-Weis, MDIV Okay so dear ones, this week we come to the end of our series on the spiritual lessons of Mr. Rogers. Over the past weeks, we’ve […]
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Mr. Rogers Spiritual Lesson on How and Why Feelings Matter
Reverend Marci Scott-Weis, MDIV In 1969 before the U.S. Senate, Mr. Rogers said, “I feel that if we in public television can only make it clear that feelings are mentionable and […]
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Mr. Rogers Spiritual Lesson on Acceptance on Pride Sunday
Reverend Marci Scott-Weis, MDIV This Pride Sunday, as we lift up in celebration 30 years of being an Open and Affirming Church to the LGBTQ+ community, we’re going to turn […]
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Mr. Rogers Spiritual Lesson on Empathy
Reverend Marci Scott-Weis, MDIV Friends, today we kick off a summer series of Meditations focused on the spiritual wisdom of Mr. Rogers, the creator of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood as well as the […]
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On Being a Resurrected People
Reverend Marci Scott-Weis, MDIV Let’s take a look at the very last story in John’s Gospel because it echoes so many critical themes that flow throughout John. The disciples have […]
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Celebrating the Fully Authentic Self
Reverend Marci Scott-Weis, MDIV So, friends the story we just heard is of Jesus’ Transfiguration, his journey to the mountaintop, that thin place between here and God. And on that […]
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Living the Gospel: Reflections on the 2024 Election
Reverend Marci Scott-Weis, MDIV So, here is something that I don’t think I have shared with you all before…. My lowest grade in Seminary was Introduction to Preaching. That class […]
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The Comfort of Confession and the Call to Rethink Sin
Reverend Marci Scott-Weis, MDIV This morning we did something a bit different for our worshipping community. Instead of an Opening Prayer, after our Gathering Words and Opening Hymn, we joined […]
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