Because: a sermon on Bishop Budde, faith, and the work of mercy
Mike Angell
by Mike Angell
1w ago
After hearing Bishop Budde's words to the president in Washington this week, a sermon about the connection between our faith and our work for justice. If hearing Bishop Budde’s words this week gave you a new sense that faith might be a viable option for you, if hearing her name so clearly that it was because of her faith that she needed to plea with this president for mercy, you are not alone ..read more
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Build Power not Panic
Mike Angell
by Mike Angell
2w ago
This week a friend who advocates for immigrants shared some words that are commonly used in immigrant advocacy circles, words that I would like to offer you this Sunday. My friend said these days she is repeating the phrase to herself again and again: “Build power not panic ..read more
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Epiphanies
Mike Angell
by Mike Angell
1M ago
This Epiphany season, take permission to lessen the busyness. If you’re holding on to anger or bitterness, let that relax as well. Loosen the knots between your shoulders. Know you can do so and strengthen your resolve at the same time. Trust God is out there, working beyond our boundaries, beyond our grudges, beyond our sense of rightness or wrongness. God is out there, beyond our political orthodoxies and our faith traditions. God is waiting to be manifest to us, and for us to show up resolved to make a difference for the sake of love ..read more
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The Impossible at Christmas
Mike Angell
by Mike Angell
1M ago
You were built to long for miracles. We are created to long for more than is possible. Let your heart yearn for God to be born in ways that astound, in ways that push you beyond what is comfortable. Only there, only when we are out beyond our usual borders, can we encounter the One who can save us ..read more
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“Mary” Christmas
Mike Angell
by Mike Angell
1M ago
Before Christmas, I think we need to spend some time with Mary, the real Mary, because she helps us understand what it means to be a person of faith in a dark time ..read more
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Joy
Mike Angell
by Mike Angell
2M ago
On the second Sunday of Advent, a sermon about John the Baptist and deep subversive joy. What if, in these anxious days, what we really need to repent is the meagerness of our hope ..read more
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Translating Advent
Mike Angell
by Mike Angell
2M ago
The current moment makes talking about hope all the more challenging. Which is why Advent begins where it does. Today we encounter Jesus talking about the end of the world. Jesus begins with ominous signs in the heavens, the rushing of the seas, the distress of the people. Jesus begins where all hope for change begins, with disruption ..read more
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The Architecture of Hope
Mike Angell
by Mike Angell
2M ago
Today, against the backdrop of Jesus’ prophecy, I want to talk about the architecture of desire and power. We are living through our own great upheaval, a moment when the powers and principalities of the world are rattling. How do we find hope ..read more
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Spiritual Survivors
Mike Angell
by Mike Angell
3M ago
We will face what is to come with wild and foolish grace. We will pray that God will grant us wisdom and courage. If you need a minute to grieve. That’s okay. But also know, as Howard Thurman told us, ours is a faith that teaches us how to survive. We will survive. And we will become the love-spreading difference-makers our world again so desperately needs ..read more
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God Help us to Be Saints Too
Mike Angell
by Mike Angell
3M ago
On All Saints Day, two days before the election: the saints have a way of reminding us that our moment is just that, our moment. There have been moments like this before. There have been moments when hate has held sway over a large portion of the population. There have been times when violence and threats of violence were all around. The saints helped us survive. The saints helped chart the way through ..read more
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