"John Wesley" Tagged Sermons
DEEP COMMITMENTS: DISCERNMENT
Luke 9:28-36 As we discovered last week, John Wesley believes that reason provides knowledge which informs our understanding of God and life, but reason alone cannot explain everything – thus the need for a faith and “spiritual” experience of God that continually transforms our lives into an expression and embodiment of the love of God, other(s), and self. In other words, although our faith and experience of God will express realities that are beyond the intellectual bounds of reason, our…
Haggai
While conservative interpreters might believe that prophets were predictors and progressives tend to believe the prophets to be simply social advocates, Dr. Walter Brueggemann argues that the prophets were “emancipated imaginers of alternative.” Emancipated from the dominant thinking of their societies, the prophets imagined an alternative reality and invited listeners to join them in their commitment to that new reality. This four-week worship series in November at The Table will invite our community of faith to reflect upon the themes…
An Audacious Legacy of Love & Justice
Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto, Lead Pastor of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, looks back on our vintage church by reflecting on the life of Lizzy Glide. Lizzy was a loose woman with audacious faith that led her to live for others. The holy ground of The Table at Central UMC and Glide are Lizzy’s legacies of love and justice. Like Lizzy, John Wesley modeled an audacious & generous way of living. Karen dares us, double dares us, to use…
