Tag: Church
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Misericordias Domini (2nd Sunday After Easter) ~ 14th April 2024
The following sermon was not an easy one for me to write, and I’m still not sure how much I like it or how happy I am with it. But I got a fair bit of positive feedback from women from both congregations where I preached this past Sunday. One thing in particular stuck with…
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Sermon – Last Sunday After Epiphany 2024
I don’t know about you, but these days I feel as if there is a heaviness weighing on everything and everyone. Two young people violently lost their lives these past few days. The press conference about the “ForuM-Studie” on Thursday. The neverending images of war, violence, and death in Gaza, the Ukraine, the Sudan, and…
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When Hope Seems Lost…
It’s Friday night and I am sitting here on my couch in the comfort and safety of my four walls. It feels like the weight of the world is resting in my shoulders. 2024 is barely a month old. Yet so much has already happened. More than I can keep track of. The war in…
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Good Friday Sermon
Yesterday everything had seemed fine. We were sitting around a table with Jesus and shared a meal. We were happy and I was convinced that everything would remain like this forever. But suddenly Jesus started to talk about his own death again. I didn’t want to hear that. I didn’t want to think about what…
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Knowing Better Doesn’t Always Mean Doing Better
Last week a woman from my congregation whom I had visited for her 80th birthday invited me to the Sunday service she always attends. She had talked about how lively those services always are and how international the congregation is. I’m always curious to attend different services, and I’m a massive people-pleaser, so I said…
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“You are wonderfully made.”
[Translation of my part of the sermon for the “Queerer Gottesdienst” (Queer Service) on September 06, 2022. The theme of the whole service was bisexuality.] Bisexuality. A term that seems to be firmly rooted in binaries. And for a long time that was exactly the case. Being bi meant nothing more or less than being…
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Attending Conferences
This week I attend a 3-day conference with about 200 other people (the first one I attended since 2020). The topic is the future of the church and jobs within the church (pastors, musicians and social workers). Especially: what is our individual vision for the church. How can we use our strengths and passions for…
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Self-Advocacy, Self-Care And Self-Compassion
I find it really hard to say these words, but I am feeling a little proud of myself right. Standing up for myself, asking for something for myself, setting boundaries, expressing my needs or what works better for me … all of those things are incredibly hard for me. And always have been. At least…
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Self-Care And Day Trips
Tomorrow my boss and all my colleagues from the surrounding congregations will go on a day trip to another city in my Bundesland (state/province) and I’ll go as well. I’m really looking forward to it. Not only because we’ll visit a museum and the park of the palace in that city (two things I love…