Podcast appearances and mentions of Mark A Miller

Sermon preached on 2021-04-04 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, “Welcome: The New Jerusalem” Scripture, Jeremiah 31: 1-6.This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, “Welcome” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH64DtCDDMUThis is the day we proclaim that justice does indeed roll down in a stream of love that cannot be stopped! No matter what, we will continue to work to invite and welcome all people to “a city built of love and light, the new Jerusalem.” For it is in walking together, talking together and dreaming together that we are all saved from the things of death and made heirs to life as we create a better, safer and more hospitable world.Support the show (http://tinyurl.com/donatecumc)

Sermon preached on 2021-03-28 by Rev. John Conway Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, “The Day is Coming.” Scriptures, Matthew 21: 1-11.This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, “The Day is Coming” https://vimeo.com/154877021The entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem was a vision of a coming day when power is displayed not with military might but through the solidarity of all people in the name of love and justice. We pray this day for a time when we are one and we support one another on the road of life, not tear one another down because of our differences. We will affirm our oneness with the whole human family this day.Support the show (http://tinyurl.com/donatecumc)

Jesus is always surprising the crowds around him with his attentions; sometimes offending with his attentions. To whom is Jesus drawn? How often Jesus walks his body to the edge of the crowd and speaks directly to the marginalized or stigmatized one; calling them by name, or asking what they want, or offering them healing of some kind, or going to their home for a shared meal. And the crowds are left befuddled, or occasionally outraged. When Jesus gives his attention to a shouting blind beggar, and then to tree-climbing “tax guy” Zacchaeus, he enacts their belonging to the crowd. And the community has the opportunity, if they’ll resist the urge to reduce these beloved and complex humans to a stereotype, to experience salvation. Will they? Will we? [sermon begins at minute 29:05]Series: Narrative Lectionary - Year 3 - LentLuke 18:31— 19:10Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.Let's Walk Together - Text: Laurie Zelman; Music: Mark A. Miller © 2007As A Sigh with Great Yearning - Text: Pierre Jacob (France) © SECLI; English adapt. Andrew Donaldson (Canada) © 2017 Music: Gaetan de Courreges (France) harmony Didier Godel (Switzerland) © FEEPR © 1988We Will Walk with God - Text and Music: Swaziland traditional; translated by John L. Bell © 2002 Additional ResourcesLand Acknowledgement: Mennonite Worship and Song Committee, 2019, from Voices Together, 878; Real Rent Duwamish: https://www.realrentduwamish.org/ Blessing our Offerings: http://seattlemennonite.org/donate Enemy Pie by Derek MunsenMoon's Prayer - Michael BadePrayers of the People adapted from "Prayer for Others" by Bruce PrewerBibleworm podcast: Episode 230 – The Blind Man and Zacchaeus, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr.“Zacchaeus in the Present Tense,” C Wess Daniels, November 13, 2013.“The danger of a single story,” TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2009.Image: Photo by Amer Mughawish on Unsplash 

Sermon preached on 2021-03-21 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, "God Has Work for Us To Do." Scripture, Isaiah 58: 6-12.This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, "God Has Work For Us To Do." https://vimeo.com/154877053Our featured scripture this week speaks of being a “well-watered garden like a spring of water that won't run dry.” Baptismal waters continue to feed the streams of justice as we allow the Holy Spirit to work within us every time we set our hands and feet to the work God has for us to do. As we break bread today, we remember that as long as there are those who are hurting, hungry, excluded and oppressed, we are called be faithful disciples, setting a table and inviting all to the feast.Support the show (http://tinyurl.com/donatecumc)

Sermon preached on 2021-03-14 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, “I Choose Love.” Scripture, Luke 23: 32-43.This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, “I Choose Love” https://vimeo.com/154877032Each time someone is baptized, the whole church body gathered also makes vows. One of the things we promise is to be a community of love and forgiveness. Each day we must choose between letting the difficult things about life create resentment in us or allowing the work of forgiveness to make way for love. Our song of justice this week was written as a response to a modern-day act of forgiveness that reminds us of the power of Jesus’ forgiveness, even on the cross.Support the show (http://tinyurl.com/donatecumc)

Sermon preached on 2021-03-07 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, "I Dream of a Church." Scripture, Matthew 25: 31-40.This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, "I Dream of a Church." https://vimeo.com/154877038At our baptism, we promise to nurture others and are reminded that we are to “serve as Christ’s representatives in the world.” Today we ask the question, “do we as the church look and act like Jesus?” Our song of justice today invites us to dream of a church “where justice is flowing with hope and peace growing.” What thoughts and behaviors do we need to shed in order to make room for hope and peace to grow in and through our lives and this church?Support the show (http://tinyurl.com/donatecumc)

Sermon preached on 2021-02-28 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen. Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, “How Long?” Scripture, Psalm 13.This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, “How Long?” https://vimeo.com/154877065Over half of the liturgical songs of the Israelites were Psalms of Lament. Penned in a time of exile and persecution, these were poets trying to give voice to the pain of the people. Today we lament the injustice of our time and yet, like the Psalms of Lament, we end in praise anyway for “God is good, all the time.” We remember that even and especially in times of despair, through our baptism we are given the “freedom and power to resist evil in all its forms” as we “put our whole trust in God.” How will we put these words into action to show hope to the world?Support the show (http://tinyurl.com/donatecumc)

Bayard Rustin was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. His journey offers some lessons on our journey towards collective liberation. Music: Virtual Chalice Choir, Creation of Peace, by celebrated Methodist composer, Mark A. Miller   

Sermon preached on 2021-02-21 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, "Child of God." Scripture, Romans 8: 31-39.This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, "Child of God." https://vimeo.com/145909282In our baptismal rituals, we take a special moment to repeat the precious name of the person being baptized. In a world that seems obsessed with who is “right and wrong,” “good or bad,” “in or out” or on “this side or that side,” it is a radical endeavor to name each person as “Child of God”–no matter what people say. This, indeed, is where love of the other begins… love for the self, as God loves us.Support the show (http://tinyurl.com/donatecumc)