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Earth Day for People People

Earth Day for People People

April 22, 2016
by Pastor Vicki
Change, Church, Conflict, General Conference, Scripture, Social Justice, Uncategorized, United Methodist

A sermon preached by Pastor Vicki on Creation Sunday at Church of the Village, April 17, 2016.   A couple weeks ago, I was walking…

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Breathing Again

Breathing Again

April 4, 2015
by Pastor Vicki
Church, Conflict, Identity, Race, Social Justice, Tragedy

On this Holy Saturday, we are sharing a few of the sermons from the last month of Lent, during which we have been focusing on…

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Zombies in the Wilderness

Zombies in the Wilderness

February 26, 2015
by Pastor Vicki
Conflict, Grief, Race, Social Justice, Tragedy, Uncategorized

When I think about wilderness, I now think of Georgia. And I think of the zombie apocalypse. One of my favorite shows is “The Walking…

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Trials and Tribulations

Trials and Tribulations

October 20, 2014
by Pastor Vicki
Church, Kids, LGBT, Tragedy, United Methodist, We Did

I remember that day in seminary well. I walked into the chapel for our midday worship, and by the end of the first hymn, tears…

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Weeds

Weeds

July 30, 2014
by Pastor Vicki
Conflict, God, Identity, Scripture, Social Justice, Spiritual Practice

I have been really thinking a lot about some of the insights from Bishop J’s sermon a few weeks ago, “Navigating the Weed”, on the…

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Standing Between Heaven and Earth

Standing Between Heaven and Earth

July 9, 2014
by Pastor Vicki
God, Kids, Parenting, Scripture, Spiritual Practice, Uncategorized

Yesterday, I stumbled upon a story about Shia women and girls in Baghdad training to use AK-47’s. With the men of their families gone to…

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Taking My Baby to Kara Walker's Sugar Baby

Taking My Baby to Kara Walker’s Sugar Baby

June 25, 2014
by Pastor Vicki
Gender, God, Identity, Kids, Parenting, Race, Social Justice

I have a pretty raw blister on my left pinky toe right now. It is my battle wound from making the long trek out to…

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Our Cultures of Violence

Our Cultures of Violence

June 19, 2013
by Pastor Vicki
Gender, Identity, Jesus, LGBT, Life, Race, Scripture, Social Justice, Tragedy, Uncategorized

A few years ago, when I was serving in the suburbs of Connecticut, I was involved in an anti-hate crime event. That year, I did…

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