Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                        December 4, 2022      John 3:1-12                                                                                                  “Into the Wilderness” In my opinion, John the Baptist doesn’t get nearly enough credit for the role he played in sharing the Gospel message.  At best he is remembered as the one who baptized Jesus.  At worst he is remembered as simply an itinerant […]

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                      November 27, 2022   Matthew 24:36-44                                                                                      “A Thief in the Night” Every single day I take my dog, Boomer, on a walk around the same block.  And as he is getting pretty old and slow, the walk is taking longer and longer.  It takes us a solid 20 minutes to […]

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                      November 20, 2022   Matthew 27:11-14, 27-37                                                                                  “A Call to Action” I just want to say right up front that while I often use the Sunday before Thanksgiving as an opportunity to preach a Thanksgiving message, I am not doing that today.  There will be Thanksgiving service on Tuesday at […]

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                      November 13, 2022   John 2:1-11                                                                  “A Year with the Womanist Lectionary” Next week we will conclude our year within the Womanist Lectionary.  Next Sunday is Christ the King Sunday, the traditional way to end all lectionary years, and I will keep my focus on that – but today, on […]

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                        November 6, 2022 John 2:14-22                                               “From Money-Changers Tables to Christ’s Table”             For those who spend any amount of time online know the algorithms that have been developed to place a well-targeted ad on your screen are often eerily accurate.  And, for me anyway, they sometimes actually work.  I […]

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                          October 30, 2022 Isaiah 25:1, 4a, 6-10a                                                                     Wisdom in the Midst of Grief             The celebration of All Saints Day in the church is an opportunity for us to not only acknowledge the losses we have sustained throughout this last year, but it is also a time when, […]

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                          October 23, 2022       John 7:37-44                                                                       “Water from the Whitewater River” In January of this year, as we were approaching the Sunday when we remember the baptism of Christ, I had an idea.  Jesus was, as we know, baptized in the river Jordan.  So I decided I wanted to have […]

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                          October 13, 2022 Revelation 6:9-11                                                                                             Hope in Tomorrow I want to first admit something.  I picked this scripture specifically because I thought it would be an interesting challenge.  The Womanist Lectionary, like nearly every lectionary, has four scriptures for each Sunday: Old Testament, Psalm, Gospel, New Testament (not Gospel).  […]

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                            October 9, 2022         Mark 6:1-6                                                                                                           “God’s Melody” It is important, I think, for me to begin by stating I fully believe there continues to be prophets today.  People who speak the word of God, no matter how hard it is to hear, who do so no matter the consequences, […]

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                            October 2, 2022         Mark 10:13-16                                                                                                               Child-Like This Tuesday morning as my clergy group was gathering for its weekly text study, we were catching up on life news as we settled in.  One member of our group was tired and explained why.  At the moment he is the primary caregiver […]