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The Process of Being Saved – May 10, 2020

May 10, 2020

Melissa preaching via Zoom, with small photos of others at the top who attended the service.

Acts 18:1-4 I Corinthians 1:10-18 In the scripture passages for today we see the early church is in disarray. There is division and tumult. But Paul urges the church in Corinth to keep their focal point on one place: on Jesus. For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but […]

The Process of Being Saved – May 10, 2020

Tagged With: Acts, COVID-19, cross, I Corinthians, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Paul

Lamentations – Nov. 3, 2019

November 3, 2019

Melissa preaching Oct. 6, 2019

Lamentations 4:1-9 What did you bring today that you have not said aloud? What corner of sorrow have you left covered? We work without pause, return again to a race for efficiency, too busy to attend to the grief we bury in our chests. So pause here… Pause here among others who have come to […]

Lamentations – Nov. 3, 2019

Tagged With: cross, lamentations, Melissa Florer-Bixler, sorrow

The Banality of Evil – March 11, 2018

March 11, 2018

Melissa Florer-Bixler preaching at Raleigh Mennonite Feb. 18, 2018

Before Melissa’s sermon, we listened to Billie Holiday’s rendition of the haunting song “Strange Fruit.”  The sermon was based on John 18:28-40, about Jesus’ trial before Pontius Pilate. Crucifixions were a common thing during Roman rule. They served not so much as death penalties as they were a form of social control.  Bodies on crosses […]

The Banality of Evil – March 11, 2018

Tagged With: cross, Gospel of John, Lent, lynchings, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Pilate, Strange Fruit, trial

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