This sermon on Matthew 12:46-50 was given by Carrie Fry-Miller at the Church of the Brethren Young Adult Conference, May 30, 2010. My family has always been very important to me. When I was a kid, I remember each week we would have family fun nights - we’d get to eat ice cream and play games together - I especially remember sitting in the living room, using the hearth of the fireplace for our stage as we played charades. I also remember we sang together a whole lot. My favori

This speech was given by Dylan Haro at BMC’s luncheon during the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, July 5, 2010. ​ I’d like to tell you a story about feet. A few weeks ago I stepped off a plane in Boston to participate in a conference presented by the Fund for Theological Education (FTE*). The ecumenical worship services reflected the variety of the assembled traditions; there were roughly one hundred rising leaders from across the nation who were gathered for the con

This speech was given by Anita Smith Buckwalter at BMC’s luncheon during the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, July 5, 2010.​ The Lansing Church of the Brethren has been a publicly open and affirming congregation for 13 years (1997). We have been marching in Michigan Pride parades for the last 7 years. A dozen of us walked this year. However, it was our first year to have a booth at the diversity festival after the parade. We handed out 240 cups of cold water. Then we

From For Life is a Journey Epiphany, a sudden realization, a sudden intuitive leap of understanding, especially through an ordinary but striking occurrence. It was an epiphany moment for me. As is the practice in our congregation, the bread and cup communion was being offered on this first Sunday of Epiphany. I have sometimes been indifferent about taking part in communion. But this day I decided that I was going to participate. As I moved, along with others, into the center