Removal, Resistance, Return: Ezekiel 37.1–14
Delivered at Ames UCC on December 3, 2017 ©The Rev. Eileen Gebbie Sermons are written to be heard, rather than read. Please join us for worship on Sunday mornings at…
Continue ReadingDelivered at Ames UCC on December 3, 2017 ©The Rev. Eileen Gebbie Sermons are written to be heard, rather than read. Please join us for worship on Sunday mornings at…
Continue ReadingDelivered at Ames UCC on November 19, 2017 ©The Rev. Eileen Gebbie Sermons are written to be heard, rather than read. Please join us for worship on Sunday mornings at…
Continue ReadingDelivered at Ames UCC on November 12, 2017 ©The Rev. Eileen Gebbie Sermons are written to be heard, rather than read. Please join us at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays. JUSTICE…
Continue ReadingDelivered at Ames UCC on November 5, 2017 ©The Rev. Eileen Gebbie LIKE JONAH? Why is this story in the Bible? Why have we preserved a story of a prophet…
Continue ReadingDelivered at Ames UCC on October 29, 2017 ©The Rev. Eileen Gebbie This service of worship was unusual, for several reasons. First, I broke with my rigid adherence to liturgical…
Continue ReadingPublished October 27, 2017 in the Ames Tribune By Eileen Gebbie On Thursday night I sat down with my wife in a church basement for pie. We were attending a…
Continue ReadingDelivered at Congregational UCC in Newton, IA during the Central Association of the Iowa Conference of the United Church of Christ Fall 2017 Meeting October 28, 2017 ©The Rev. Eileen…
Continue ReadingOn Saturday, October 28, 2017, the Des Moines Register published this Op-Ed piece, Ames church deserves kudos, not hate Campaign, for inclusive Halloween party for teens by Rekha Basu, in…
Continue ReadingOn the evening of Tuesday, October 24, a Christian blogger posted about a planned Halloween party at my church. The party was explcitly for LGBTQIA+ kids and their friends. When…
Continue ReadingDelivered at Ames UCC on October 1, 2017 ©The Rev. Eileen Gebbie Sermons are written to be heard rather than read. Please join us for worship at 10:30 a.m. on…
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