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Susan Scott

Soft Heart, Hard Feet – June 29, 2025

July 1, 2025

Luke 16: 1-9 RMC’s Susan Scott preached this week on what Jesus was trying to do when he spoke in parables. The parables Jesus spoke in are often confusing, indirect, and seldom leave the listener with clear answers to their questions. Why won’t Jesus get to the point? However, this storytelling tactic forces the listener […]

Soft Heart, Hard Feet – June 29, 2025

Tagged With: Gospel of Luke, Jesus, parables, Susan Scott

God is with us! – Nov. 3, 2024

November 4, 2024

Susan holding out a hand while preaching in front of a purple star-shaped quilt on Nov. 3, 2024

Isaiah 43:1-7, Hebrews 11:32-12:3 In just two days we have a national election. It’s something that has many of us anxious and concerned. The two texts for today are both addressed to people in anxious circumstances. Even with all of the anxiety of the situation in the first passage, the summation of the Isaiah’s prophecy […]

God is with us! – Nov. 3, 2024

Tagged With: anxiety, election, Hebrews, Isaiah, Susan Scott

The faith to be made well – June 30, 2024

June 30, 2024

Susan listening to Hans speak at RMC on June 30, 2024. They're in front of a banner with ribbons.

Susan and Hans provided a sermon dialogue based on the passage from Mark 5:21-43 of the woman with the hemorrhage and Jairus, a chief rabbi in the synagogue, whose daughter was deathly ill. They portrayed these two characters who met Jesus, allowing us to picture ourselves in the story. Through this imaginative retelling, we can […]

The faith to be made well – June 30, 2024

Tagged With: faith, Gospel of Mark, Hans Linnartz, healing, Susan Scott

No easy answers – June 23, 2024

June 23, 2024

Susan holding up her hands with "air quotes" while preaching on June 23, 2024

Susan Scott brought the message this morning from the book of Job. The story of Job is a literary construct. It’s about faithfulness in adversity and raises a lot of questions, with no easy answers. Suffering often prompts a crisis of faith. It’s okay to be angry at God; God can take it. Ultimately, God’s […]

No easy answers – June 23, 2024

Tagged With: job, Susan Scott

Marshmallow Prayers – May 7, 2023

May 8, 2023

Susan Scott preaching at RMC on May 8, 2023

Susan provided the message this Sunday from John 14:1-14 Jesus tells his disciples to, “Ask for anything in my name and I will give it.” That offer needs to be looked at in context!

Marshmallow Prayers – May 7, 2023

Tagged With: Gospel of John, prayer, Susan Scott

Shut up and Listen! – Feb. 19, 2023

February 20, 2023

Susan preaching at Raleigh Mennonite in front of a quilted background, Feb. 20, 2023.

Susan Scott spoke from Matthew 17:1-9, which shares the experience of Jesus and three of his disciples going up into a mountain where they meet Moses and Elijah. In that interchange Jesus’s divine nature is revealed, with God appearing in a cloud, claiming Jesus as God’s beloved Son, telling the disciples to listen to him. […]

Shut up and Listen! – Feb. 19, 2023

Tagged With: disciples, Gospel of Matthew, listening, Susan Scott, transfiguration

Holding Out for Hope – Dec. 4, 2022

December 6, 2022

Susan preaching at RMC on Dec. 4, 2022

On this second Sunday of Advent, the anticipation of Christ’s arrival, Susan Scott provided the message based on Isaiah 11:1-10. Most of us have plenty of light, hope and joy in our lives, but certainly it can be a struggle at times. Where in your life do you need to hold on to hope?

Holding Out for Hope – Dec. 4, 2022

Tagged With: Advent, hope, Isaiah, Susan Scott

Seeing Out to the Margins – Oct. 2, 2022

October 7, 2022

Susan preaching on Oct. 2, 2022 in front of a multi-colored quilt hanging.

Susan brought the message from Luke 16:19-31, telling the story of the rich man and Lazarus. How often are we so caught up in our own world that we miss those at the margins? And it’s not just about being blind to those at the margins but about being so sure you know what God […]

Seeing Out to the Margins – Oct. 2, 2022

Tagged With: blind, Gospel of Luke, least of these, Rich man and Lazarus, Susan Scott

Internalizing God’s Love – Aug. 21, 2022

August 21, 2022

Susan Scott preaching at RMC on Aug. 21, 2022

Susan Scott brought this Sunday’s message based on Luke 13:10-17, the story of Jesus healing the crippled woman at the synagogue on the Sabbath. Susan asked us to contemplate, “How does God feel about you at this moment?” Jesus was chastised for breaking strict Sabbath rules by the leader of the synagogue. This leader was […]

Internalizing God’s Love – Aug. 21, 2022

Tagged With: Gospel of Luke, healing, love, Sabbath, Susan Scott

Delighting in our Love, Understanding our Loneliness – Feb. 20, 2022

February 20, 2022

Susan Scott preaching at RMC on Feb. 20, 2022

Hearing a sermon from the sensuous passages found in the Song of Songs is pretty uncommon. Susan Scott provided an eloquent, humorous and insightful message on just that. What do the words in the Song of Songs teach us about God? For one, that God is not a prude. God is not squeamish or embarrassed […]

Delighting in our Love, Understanding our Loneliness – Feb. 20, 2022

Tagged With: Gospel of John, loneliness, longing, love, Song of Songs, Susan Scott

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