Epiphany 4B, January 29, 2012 — OSLC
Susan Thomas

Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Psalm 111
I Corinthians 8:1-13
Mark 1:21-28
Mark 1:14-20

MENDING THE UNIVERSE
PRAYER

Over the past couple of days, I periodically watched Michael bending over the kitchen counter, a small bright light shining down on his work, several small tools and types of […]

On Sunday, January 15th, we welcomed Leah Torrey to our pulpit. Leah Torrey is the Lead Organizer/Staff Director for United Valley Interfaith Project (UVIP). She began working for UVIP in June 2011 after moving to the Valley with her husband and dog. Before that, Leah was Lead Organizer for Faith In Action, […]

The Rev. Michael P. Thomas, OSLC
3rd Sunday after Epiphany, January 22, 2012
Mark 1:14-20

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “Now the time is fulfilled, and the reign of God has come near; turn from false ways of living, and believe in the good news.

As […]

Epiphany of Our Lord, Sunday, January 8, 2012
OSLC
Sermon: The Reverend Susan P. Thomas

Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-7. 10-14
Ephesians 3:1-12
Matthew 2:1-12

Prayer

One of the phrases that appears in our second lesson, Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, caught my attention among our texts today. It’s this one: “the wisdom of God in its rich variety.”

The wisdom of God in […]

ANNUAL REPORT NOW ONLINE:  Our Annual report is now available!  Please take time to read the report in preparation for next week’s Annual meeting (Sunday, 1/22, after worship).  The Visioning Report, Financials, and Proposed 2012 Budget will be published separately.  You can read the report online or download the file to your computer by clicking […]

Every Sunday we gather at 9:15 for conversation stimulated by what we read.  You are invited to join a conversation surrounding Karen Armstrong’s book “Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life”.  Books are in the Emmaus Room.  If you are able, please reimburse the church budget for the cost of the book, just $9.    You can […]

new way of being religious. Like Mr. Jobs’s creations, this new  way would be straightforward and unencumbered and absolutely intuitive. Most important, it would be highly interactive. I imagine a religious space that celebrates doubt, encourages experimentation and allows one to utter the word God without embarrassment. A religious operating system for the Nones among […]

This is not entirely the sermon I preached on Christmas Day.  This is only the printed copy of what I intended generally to say.  What I actually said was probably livelier and, I hope, more deeply grounded in the spirit of that Christmas morning long ago.  God came to us in the flesh in the […]

Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2011
Luke 2:1-20
The Reverend Susan P. Thomas, Our Savior Lutheran Church & Student Center
 
NOT A STAR BABY
 
Prayer
 
          During worship throughout this season of Advent, I’ve had the privilege of standing and sitting right over there, directly under a growing train of stars.  Each week that glorious train expanded, dipping down closer to […]