May 8, 2011 Peg Weissbrod
The front page of the Monday’s Plain Dealer was stunning. Deanne quickly went to our files and found the front page of the Plain Dealer from September 11, 2001. We wanted the kids, as they woke up, to remember the event from a decade ago and to attach the significance to the death of Osama bin Laden. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives | No Comments »April 24, 2011 Peg Weissbrod
First things first – Happy Easter! “Christ has risen!” What an amazing claim to make: “Christ has risen!” Before there was any of this… Easter dresses and huge crowds…egg dying and Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives | No Comments »April 17, 2011 Peg Weissbrod
I have mixed feelings about Palm Sunday. I have mixed feelings about the waving of palm branches, the smiles, laughter and the exuberant music. Don’t get me wrong: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives | No Comments »April 10, 2011 Peg Weissbrod
It is very good indeed to be back in the pulpit and back with you after the pilgrimage to Turkey and to Greece. No doubt there will be opportunities for this community Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives | No Comments »April 3, 2011 Peg Weissbrod
This is a story about boundary-crossing and encounter. It is about the transformative power of love and the capacity to receive and live into a new identity. As we unpack Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives | No Comments »March 27, 2011 Peg Weissbrod
OK, so what’s up with that story? Jesus gives sight to a man who has lived his whole life in darkness, and the reaction of everyone around him is “Whoa, was this authorized? Can’t have that!” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives | No Comments »March 20, 2011 Peg Weissbrod
As you might imagine, my mind is focused upon our upcoming pilgrimage. Thirty of us will depart this Friday to the land of our Christian roots: Turkey and Greece. I like to believe that each pilgrim is Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives | No Comments »March 13, 2011 Peg Weissbrod
“That night the Lord stood near him and said, “Keep up your courage! For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also in Rome.”
So we come to the end of our congregational study of Acts, a wonderful book written by Luke to show that Christianity belonged in the cosmopolitan Hellenistic world. Just like the Jefferson’s Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives | No Comments »March 6, 2011 Peg Weissbrod
I, like hundreds of millions of people across this country and across the globe, tuned in to this year’s Super Bowl… yes, to watch the game but more to watch the Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives | No Comments »February 27, 2011 Peg Weissbrod
Several portions of our Dancing Wheels AWE service can be heard on the download below:
~Sarah Bishop, peer counselor for the Cleveland Sight Center, testifying about her struggle with both blindness and lack of mobility
~the Descant Choir children singing “The Language of Love”
~Sue Bungard, social worker for the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, speaking about the challenges she faces as a deaf person
~the youth in the Sine Nomine choir singing “Can You Hear Me”
~Nicole Deegan, dancer with Dancing Wheels, sharing what it means to her to be both a dancer and a person in a wheelchair
~the congregation singing “All God’s Critters Got a Place in the Choir”
~Rene Solaru’s reading from Phillippians 2:5-11
~Ann Williams’ homily “The Disabled God”
~Clover Beal’s Prayers of the People
~the Chancel Choir performing Beethovan’s “Sanctus”
The Disabled God
Phillippians 2:5-11 is well-loved by many people, including myself. It gives us a picture of Jesus, God the Son, laying aside his power and privilege as God, to live a limited, Read the rest of this entry »
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