Posts by Greg Yarnell

“Our Calling” (The following is an edited version of the sermon from May 7, 2023.) We have been cooking on all our burners lately. The fundraiser for Camp Sunflower was a huge success in so many ways. We raised funds for camperships, and good will beyond measure.  Last week someone who won a raffle came…

“From Kin-dom to Kin-ship” Caleb Jones is a writer for Progressive Christianity. In a recent Earth Day article he wrote: “Earth Day is about creating a world where peace reigns, justice prevails, and compassion permeates life.” Peace, justice and compassion, the great themes of Earth Day. Maybe they have always been the themes of Earth…

“Stay Woke in an Eastered World” The resurrection does not make sense. It does not fit into our experience of what’s real. It’s not rational, it is not reasonable, it is not routine. But maybe that is just the point. Maybe the point of Easter is to remind me that my definition of what’s rational…

“Our Palm Sunday Choice” Our Palm Sunday Choice I picture Jesus’ Palm Sunday Parade as masterful street theater carefully planned down to the smallest detail. It is an orchestrated event. I see Jesus coming into the capital city through the South Gate riding on a borrowed donkey. In the Bible the donkey is a symbol…

“Transmitters of Life” My annotated Bible says that the raising of Lazarus is the “crowning miracle” revealing Jesus as the giver of life.” For some of us this is a true statement. We believe in the physical bodily resurrection, without question. If John says that Jesus called Lazarus to come out of the grave, he…