Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
Seattle Mennonite Church is an active Anabaptist Mennonite Christian congregation working faithfully at following Jesus in our urban context. All are welcome! Listen in to our Sunday morning sermons to get a sense of who we are.
Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
Mary Stayed
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SMC preachers
Death may not be the end of the story, but death is in the story. Like many of us, Mary is deeply feeling grief, loss and trauma after the loss of a beloved friend. She goes to the tomb, sad and disoriented and from the midst of those feelings, she encounters God. The resurrection joy she experiences does not take away her trauma but it does transform it. God is calling each of our names too, coming alongside and desiring joy and wholeness for all God's children even in the midst of our pain.
John 20.1-18
Image: SMC's Flower Cross, Easter 2022, Vija Merrill
Resources:
- ING Podcast from Menno Media: "Rejoicing" with Angela Williams Gorrell (mennomedia.org)
- Willie James Jennings in conversation with Miroslave Volv: Joy and the Act of Resistance Against Despair | YCFC (yale.edu)
- Bibleworm podcast on the empty tomb: Episode 338 Come to the Tomb (John 20:1-18)