Michelle Burkholder
Witness & Testify
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
I find stories like this in the Biblical text a bit scratchy. I’m never quite sure how I feel about the prevalence of demon possession and exorcisms in the life […]
Prone to Wander: Wilderness Vistas
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Lent is a season that invites us to take a journey. This year as we travel the path between Ash Wednesday and Easter morning we are invited to journey in […]
The Holiness of Night: Advent 1
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Once again we have arrived at the season of Advent. Advent is the liturgical season of waiting for the arrival of Christmas. Advent comes at the end of the calendar […]
Harmony & Healing
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
We have arrived at the final Sunday of the exploration we have been on for the last six weeks digging into three core values of Anabaptism as set forth by […]
We Are, I Am, Fear Not
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
This summer, as we look ahead to the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism next year, we are exploring 3 core values of the Anabaptist tradition as set forth by theologian Palmer […]
Wonder-fully Made
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Yesterday marked the beginning of Pride Month. Pride is a month-long celebration of all things LGBTQIA+. For those who identify as LGBTQ+, and for those that love them, Pride is […]
Witnesses of Wonder
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Tis a curious story we encounter in the text today as we begin to draw this long liturgical Easter season to a close – this account of the ascension of […]
Living Stereogram
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia! You might be thinking: “we’re still doing this?!” And yes, we are still saying Christ is risen! Easter continues again this week […]
Bearing Witness – Easter
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Each year we start our Easter sermons with this refrain – and yet, when […]
Altered by the Story
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Stories are powerful tools. They are outlets for expression, communication, revelation, and education. Stories offer us insights into the content of the story itself, and also, if we pay attention, […]