"Carrie Newcomer" Tagged Sermons
Dirt and Water
In the book of Genesis, dirt (or ground) and water are created in the first narrative of the creation story and “given” to humankind to have “dominion” over all creatures living in both earth and seas. This narrative reinforces the hierarchical and anthropomorphic understanding of God–”God the Father, Humankind the children, Creation the subject”. Diana Butler Bass invites us to change our understanding of God, quoting the 20th Century German theologian, Paul Tillich, and the teachings of 4th century BCE…
Genesis
This week we begin at the beginning in both the Hebrew Scriptures (Genesis) and the New Covenant (The Gospel of John). Diana Butler Bass contends that our understanding of God and Jesus in the role of Creator (i.e., Genesis as the original act of creation and as a dynamic creative process that extends throughout history) is drifting away from the dominant theology of top-down, vertical institutions that describe God as the “majestic, transcendent, all-powerful, heavenly Father, Lord, and King” to…
Things Come Together Then Fall Apart
Worship is rooted in Psalm 146. Carrie Newcomer sings, “Things come together then fall apart.” Where do we turn as pandemic unfolds and languishing becomes a new normal for many of us? What wisdom and resilience might we find in from the ancient Psalmist for our day today? Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
