Mark Sermons

1 Corinthians 11:23-26 I have been thinking a lot about rituals this week and their meaning. Rituals are such an important part of how humans make meaning and make sense of life. It is how we tell our story. It is how we put together various strands of life and purpose and understanding […]

Psalm 51:1-3, 10-12 This sermon comes with a warning! It is a warning for all of us celebrating and looking back right now at our Anabaptist-Mennonite history at 500 years. It is a warning to all those who hold up a Mennonite understanding of faith as the way that makes sense to them

Matthew 2:1-12 Magi: I thought we had finally arrived, finally made it after such a long and arduous journey. Here we are, in Jerusalem, in this city of such beauty and grandeur and history and layers of religious meaning. All these bright lights after so much darkness. They call it Zion, the city

Matthew 1:18-25 Joseph: (at table with tea mug) I had the wildest and weirdest dream last night. It was so clear and vivid that it is almost like it wasn’t a dream, but actually happened. What is it saying to me? So often I don’t remember my dreams. I wake up and know

Shirley Redekop and Mark Diller Harder Luke 1:5-25, 57-80 (Zechariah and Elizabeth are on opposite sides of the stage. Zechariah is sitting at a desk with a scroll. Elizabeth is baking bread at a table) Zechariah: I had pretty well stopped praying, offering my voice up to a God who I wasn’t sure

“Promised Land” Deuteronomy 34:1-8 This Eternity Sunday feels more personal to me this year than it ever has. Today I will be lighting a candle for my Dad Gary Harder, who died on March 18 this year. It is the closest person to me that I have lit a candle for before, and