Jekyll2022-09-17T20:13:38+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/feed.xmlMariaGwynTheology | Ethics | Liberation | JesusMaria Gwyn McDowellDivision on Behalf of the Vulnerable2022-08-14T00:00:00+00:002022-08-14T00:00:00+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/ekklesia/sermon/2022/08/14/division-behalf-of-vulnerableMaria McDowellAre We Being Neighbors?2022-07-10T00:00:00+00:002022-07-10T00:00:00+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/ekklesia/sermon/2022/07/10/are-we-being-neighbors<p>A sermon on The Good Samaritan, Luke 10:25-37. Preached at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon, on July 10th, 2022 by The Rev’d Maria Gwyn McDowell.</p>Maria McDowellA sermon on The Good Samaritan, Luke 10:25-37. Preached at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon, on July 10th, 2022 by The Rev’d Maria Gwyn McDowell.So Much Left to Learn: A sermon for the Burial of Richard “Dick” Huneke2022-04-30T00:00:00+00:002022-04-30T00:00:00+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/ekklesia/sermon/2022/04/30/so-much-left-to-learnMaria McDowellChristian Ethics in the Anglican and Liberative Tradition (2021)2020-12-18T00:00:00+00:002020-12-18T00:00:00+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/courses/2020/12/18/EthicsAnglicanLiberative<p>Instructor: The Rev’d Maria Gwyn McDowell, PhD
Winter 2021</p>
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<p>This course introduces the field of Christian ethics by (1) studying major theoretical approaches focusing upon Anglican conceptions, and (2) exploring liberative ethics as critique and expansion of ‘traditional’ conceptions. The course aims to advance students’ theoretical knowledge in a way that provides resources for contemporary moral and liberative decision-making, pastoral leadership, and praxis. This course requires a willingness to see an issue from a variety of facets, listening primarily to those <em>who are made vulnerable</em> by the systems and structures in which we live, and the biases many of us share.</p>
<p>The structure of the course will combine lectures with class discussions throughout. Evaluation will be based on short reflection papers, a final paper, and class participation.</p>
<h2 id="course-details">Course Details:</h2>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lz5741139pwugue/AAD_TE83Y2nqOkGl586d5xdGa?dl=0">Dropbox Link to all course files</a></strong></p>
<h3 id="primary-texts">Primary Texts:</h3>
<p>These texts will be read in their entirety and should be purchased or checked out from a theological library.</p>
<ul>
<li>Kelly Brown Douglas, <a href="http://www.orbisbooks.com/stand-your-ground.html">Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God</a></li>
<li>Tisha M. Rajendra, <a href="https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/6882/migrants-and-citizens.aspx">Migrants and Citizens: Justice and Responsibility in the Ethics of Migration</a></li>
<li>Selected Articles (listed in weekly reading sections) *</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="suggested-texts">Suggested Texts</h3>
<p>Selections from these texts will be made available online via PDF. Purchasing the book is worthwhile, but not required.</p>
<ul>
<li>Victor Lee Austin, <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/christian-ethics-a-guide-for-the-perplexed-9780567032201/">Christian Ethics: A Guide for the Perplexed</a> *</li>
<li>Miguel De La Torre, <a href="http://www.orbisbooks.com/doing-christian-ethics-from-the-margins-en.html">Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins (2nd Edition)</a> *</li>
<li>Traci C. West, <a href="https://www.wjkbooks.com/Products/066422959X/disruptive-christian-ethics.aspx">Disruptive Christian Ethics</a> *</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="grading">Grading</h3>
<p>Each assignment will be graded according to the following criteria:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Writing Quality</strong>: Write as if your work will be made available to parishioners with whom you will work, whether printed in a church newsletter or as a part of adult formation. These are essays intended to help you communicate clearly. Use professional grammar, spelling, and punctuation.</li>
<li><strong>Focus</strong>: Make a <em>single</em> argument. Answer a specific question, wrestle with a particular text, method, or issue. Stay focused. The goal is not necessarily to address all related issues, but pick something and think about it well.</li>
<li><strong>Content</strong>: Ensure your work engages with the content of the class. Pick an ethical method or framework discussed in class or addressed in the reading. Your essays should not simply state <em>what</em> you believe, but <em>why</em>, and how your reasoning fits within or is challenged by an ethical framework.</li>
<li><strong>Format</strong>: All written material should be in 12pt, Times New Roman, double spaced. Papers that go over the required length will be graded down a half a grade for every portion of page over the required length. There will be no exceptions to the length requirement.</li>
<li><strong>Due Dates</strong>: Late work is either not accepted or graded down. “Critical Engagement Responses” will not count towards final grade if they are late (four days before each class session). These responses are meant to help us all reflect together and so require time to read, reflect, and inwardly digest. Project proposals are not graded, but if they are late, I may not be able to give the feedback you want. Final projects will be graded down a half grade for every two days they are late; exceptions are granted only with discussion at least one week before the final due date.</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="assignments">Assignments:</h3>
<h4 id="critical-engagement-responses">Critical Engagement Responses:</h4>
<p><strong>Four days</strong> before each session submit a <strong>2 page critical engagement</strong> and <strong>read the papers</strong> of your colleagues.</p>
<p>We will discuss these papers in class; they are a crucial part of the success of each session.</p>
<p>This paper can address any <strong>single</strong> aspect of the reading. These papers are short for a reason: no parishioner wants a five-page answer to a question. They want a concise, thoughtful response that helps them continue thinking through a dilemma. The point is not to cover every aspect of the readings, but focus on an element that stood out to you for its insight, interest, inadequacy, or controversy so you understand how a particular author or method helps you think through ethical questions.</p>
<p>This critical engagement is evidenced by asking questions of the text itself, discovering or inferring an author’s assumptions and assessing them, considering the strengths and weaknesses of an author’s argument, and considering the text’s relevance to our developing understanding of ethics in your ministry context.</p>
<p>Critical Engagement papers should be <strong>uploaded to Dropbox using link provided for each session</strong> at least <strong>four days</strong> before each session. Please clearly title your paper: <strong>your name</strong>, the <strong>session day</strong>, and a <strong>short title</strong> (optional). For example: “<em>mcdowell-session1-whyIjustcantwithKant.docx</em>”.</p>
<p>You may read <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g9pgz2pvdfmx06h/AAC7E_nLKIc-340RgRLqIJLja?dl=0">all the engagement papers here</a>.</p>
<h4 id="final-project">Final project:</h4>
<p>Participants taking the course for credit will propose a final project from among the choices below. Your choice should be informed by which will be most useful to your ongoing educational development.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Projects proposals due: April 8th</strong>. A 1-page description of project summarizing topic, approach, and format. These will be discussed and reviewed in class.</li>
<li><strong>Final project due: May 8th</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Project Options:</p>
<ul>
<li>Option 1: write a 10‐12 page paper on an ethical issue of your choice. The paper should summarize the key ethical dilemmas, and then make a case for a particular ethical response based on the thoughtful engagement with scripture, tradition, reason, and experience.</li>
<li>Option 2: design a 12‐week Christian education course on Christian ethics, which might be taught at your home church. Write session titles and descriptions, what readings or media you might draw from for each session, and give an idea in 4‐5 sentences of what each session would hope to cover.</li>
<li>Option 3: write a series of 3 sermons on a single contemporary issue. As in any sermon, these should be prepared with worship in mind (in other words, they are not primarily academic). Each of the three sermons should focus on a different scripture passage, but each should in some way illuminate some facet of the ethical issue you are preaching on. It may be useful to choose lectionary texts to focus on in these sermons. Your sermons should be no more than about 1800 words.</li>
<li>Option 4: propose your own final project! If none of the three options named above strikes you as helpful, propose another project.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="week-1-9-january-a-crash-course-in-ethical-frameworks">Week 1 (9 January): A Crash Course in Ethical Frameworks</h2>
<p><i class="fas fa-upload large"></i> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/request/nC6YTYCqsjbb0MmW1W5p">Upload Critical Engagement</a> paper.<br /><i class="fas fa-book-reader"></i><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ehrjd4kwqn4rgz8/AADNipStCoZZeWlSTDtfgVeja?dl=0">Read the work</a> of your colleagues.<br /><i class="fas fa-clipboard"></i><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10M7-xEdG9JRgQtH-zFOTTv552PL2U2dApnEqMqCHaQw/edit?usp=sharing">Lecture Slides</a>.</p>
<h4 id="required-reading">Required Reading:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Harrison, Beverly Wildung <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7bztopfsm8uxc0v/Harrison_DoingChristianEthics_JusticeinMaking.pdf?dl=0">"Doing Christian Ethics"</a> in <em>Justice in the Making: Feminist Social Ethics</em>. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2004.</li>
<li>Wells, Samuel, Ben Quash, and Rebekah Eklund. <em>Introducing Christian Ethics</em>, Second Edition. 2nd ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2017.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ouf3ev50h875bup/Introducing-Christian-Ethics_05-Universal-Ethics.pdf?dl=0">Universal Ethics</a>, ch. 5</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/fn731qa0kskceha/Introducing-Christian-Ethics_06-Subversive-Ethics.pdf?dl=0">Subversive Ethics</a>, ch. 6</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/uoeu8k5t9l4bnmx/Introducing-Christian-Ethics_07-Ecclesial-Ethics.pdf?dl=0">Ecclesial Ethics</a>, ch. 7</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="further-optional-reading">Further (Optional) Reading:</h4>
<p>Beverly Wildung Harrison, <em>Making the Connections: Essays in Feminist Social Ethics</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Austin, <em>Christian Ethics</em>, Ch Intor, 1 and 2:
<ul>
<li>“<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/yasyb81tr611iuf/Austin_ChristianEthics-Intro-Chapter1.pdf?dl=0">Intro and Ch1:</a>”</li>
<li>“<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/unryradsoeg0y79/Austin_ChristianEthics-Chapter2.pdf?dl=0">Ch. 2: What is Christian about Christian Ethics</a>”</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="week-2-6-february-baptized-into-virtue">Week 2 (6 February): Baptized into Virtue</h2>
<p><i class="fas fa-upload large"></i> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/request/RD4xAWqZCgp4BQKbJOSB">Upload Critical Engagement</a> paper.<br /><i class="fas fa-book-reader"></i><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fxcf06bn9c8lt3l/AAC5MdMd-Mq-m2yeJW08JFpGa?dl=0">Read the work</a> of your colleagues.<br /><i class="fas fa-clipboard"></i><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hHHy_D1uHAhs0W4x32NDUs4aZomNq-x6GbxElrK7hZU/edit?usp=sharing">Lecture Slides</a>.</p>
<h4 id="required-reading-1">Required Reading:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Austin, <em>Christian Ethics</em>, Ch 3 and 4:
<ul>
<li>“<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wjnw0588l6jszu/Austin_ChristianEthics-Chapter3.pdf?dl=0">Three Approaches to Being Fully Human</a>”</li>
<li>“<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/l9eu692ayn4w4ib/Austin_ChristianEthics-Chapter4.pdf?dl=0">How to Succeed as a Human Being</a>””</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Mattison, William C., “<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/u4cmuqiqye0j0r6/Mattis_WhyVirtue-IntroducingMoralTheology-Ch3.pdf?dl=0">Why Virtue? The Moral Life as More than Actions</a>” from <em>Introducting Moral Theology</em>, 2008.</li>
<li>Maurice, Frederick Dennison. Excerpt from <em><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3nc60xvfc949dr8/Maurice_Snippet.pdf?dl=0">The Kingdom of God</a></em> in Forell, George W. <em>Christian Social Teachings: A Reader in Christian Social Ethics from the Bible to the Present</em>. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2012.</li>
<li>Sedgwick, Timothy F. “<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1t2ur8ypi86bne4/Sedgwick_ATR94-2_AnglicanExemplaryTradition.pdf?dl=0">The Anglican exemplary tradition</a>.” <em>Anglican Theological Review</em> 94, no. 2 (2012): 207-231.</li>
<li>Greenman, Jeffrey P. “<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7uycjv2bln85g0i/Greenman-ATR94-2_Anglican-Evangelical-Ethics.pdf?dl=0">Anglican Evangelicals on Personal and Social Ethics</a>.” <em>Anglican Theological Review</em> 94, no. 2 (2012): 179–205.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="week-3-27-february-whose-liberation">Week 3 (27 February): Whose Liberation?</h2>
<p><i class="fas fa-upload large"></i> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/request/BzFuTwxYOSPsF2Ru7Yxz">Upload Critical Engagement</a> paper.<br /><i class="fas fa-book-reader"></i><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ukg46iok5q0tmoj/AADwYTxU9D8GWg4T5aGJ45c7a?dl=0">Read the work</a> of your colleagues.<br /><i class="fas fa-clipboard"></i><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sPoBD6r3ySjnf4iO0qdSvmXtThB4bJL0qj2gLgVGgxI/edit?usp=sharing">Lecture Slides</a>.</p>
<h4 id="required-reading-2">Required Reading:</h4>
<ul>
<li>De La Torre, Miguel: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/65uqd5j3jwaq0ui/DeLaTorre-Doing-Christian-Ethics-from%20the-Margins_1-3.pdf?dl=0">Doing Ethics from the Margins, Chs. 1-3</a>.</li>
<li>West, Tracy: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/zlikaurqbo5vay3/West_Ch3-Policy.pdf?dl=0">Policy: The Bible and Welfare Reform</a> from <em>Distruptive Christian Ethics</em>.</li>
<li>Boff, Leonardo and Clodovis Boff: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/0x0fu4udmp3ci93/Boff_IntroductionLiberationTheology_chp4.pdf?dl=0">Key Themes of Liberation Theology</a> from <em>Introducing Liberation Theology</em>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5hqqryhnrylfx49/Gibson_ATR94-4_postcolonial-feminist-anglican-contributions.pdf?dl=0">Gibson, Elizabeth McGovern. 2012. “Ethics from the other side: postcolonial, lay, and feminist contributions to Anglican ethics.”</a> <em>Anglican Theological Review</em> 94, no. 4: 639-663. </li>
</ul>
<h2 id="week-4-20-march-white-supremacy-and-black-bodies">Week 4 (20 March): White Supremacy and Black Bodies</h2>
<p><i class="fas fa-upload large"></i> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/request/Pn01xEXsUa3t0VPy8UUa">Upload Critical Engagement</a> paper.<br /><i class="fas fa-book-reader"></i><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/29lcx46dwb8kmnv/AABfGqhSxAjAu26ch4Kud--Ka?dl=0">Read the work</a> of your colleagues.</p>
<h4 id="required-reading-3">Required Reading:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Douglas, <em>Stand Your Ground</em></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="week-5-10-april-immigration-and-citizenship">Week 5 (10 April): Immigration and Citizenship</h2>
<p><i class="fas fa-upload large"></i> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/request/4v5u5ZjJ7PU8mVazeXgY">Upload Critical Engagement</a> paper.<br /><i class="fas fa-book-reader"></i><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3zv3tra3rebpjvi/AAClMDDIAOaNvxXfolo_k_pea?dl=0">Read the work</a> of your colleagues.</p>
<h4 id="required-reading-4">Required Reading:</h4>
<ul>
<li>The Berkely Forum, <a href="https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/rethinking-religion-and-u-s-refugee-resettlement">“Rethinking Religion and U.S. Refugee Resettlement”</a>. Read all Editorial responses.</li>
<li>Rajendra,Tisha <em>Migrants and Citizens</em></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="week-6-1-may-public-safety-and-just-policing">Week 6 (1 May): Public Safety and Just Policing</h2>
<p><i class="fas fa-upload large"></i> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/request/LGs78JYIwmtJwBvzIiAm">Upload Critical Engagement</a> paper.<br /><i class="fas fa-book-reader"></i><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1hbzmuh9u6ggd1y/AADVTfOy76yCpnG8zGZfHe7ga?dl=0">Read the work</a> of your colleagues.
NOTE: This section is still being developed, please check back for updated resources.</p>
<h4 id="required-readingwatching">Required Reading/Watching:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Just & Unjust Policing: Reflections from a Catholic Ethicist and Ex-Law Enforcement
<ul>
<li>Watch: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/105079634628476/videos/705154230400561">Winright, Tobias on “Just and Unjust Policing,” 10/20/20</a></li>
<li>Watch: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/105079634628476/videos/863301757755508">Davila, MT - Response to Winright</a></li>
<li>Watch: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/105079634628476/videos/435537790762527">Q & A with Winright & Davila</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Fisher-Stewart, Gayle. 2017. “<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zmi6f38g4xl78y/Fisher-Stewart_ATR99-3_ServeProtect.pdf?dl=0">To Serve and Protect: The Police, Race, and the Episcopal Church in the Black Lives Matter Era</a>.” <em>Anglican Theological Review</em> 99, no. 3: 439-459.</li>
<li>Paul, Dwane David. <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/10/15/reforms-dont-work-defund-police-black-lives-.matter">“Reforms don’t work. The police must be defunded.”</a></li>
<li>Winright, Tobias <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/10/15/dont-abolish-police-reimagine-law-enforcement">Don’t abolish the police. Reimagine law enforcement.</a></li>
<li>Read or Listen: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/874339977/cahoots-how-social-workers-and-police-share-responsibilities-in-eugene-oregon">‘CAHOOTS’: How Social Workers And Police Share Responsibilities In Eugene, Oregon</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://whitebirdclinic.org/cahoots-faq/">CAHOOTS FAQ</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>Maria Gwyn McDowellThis course introduces the field of Christian ethics by (1) studying major theoretical approaches focusing upon Anglican conceptions, and (2) exploring liberative ethics as critique and expansion of ‘traditional’ conceptions. The course aims to advance students' theoretical knowledge in a way that provides resources for contemporary moral and liberative decision-making and pastoral leadership.Maundy Thursday2019-04-18T00:00:00+00:002019-04-18T00:00:00+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/ekklesia/sermon/2019/04/18/maundy-thursdayMaria McDowellChrist is Risen!2019-04-18T00:00:00+00:002019-04-18T00:00:00+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/ekklesia/sermon/2019/04/18/easter-sunday<p>Are there any who are devout lovers of God?<br />
Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival!</p>
<p>Are there any who are grateful servants?<br />
Let them rejoice and enter into the joy of their Lord!</p>
<p>Are there any weary from fasting?<br />
Let them now receive their due!</p>
<p>If any have toiled from the first hour,<br />
let them receive their reward.</p>
<p>If any have come after the third hour,<br />
let them with gratitude join in the feast!</p>
<p>Those who arrived after the sixth hour,<br />
let them not doubt; for they shall not be short-changed.</p>
<p>Those who have tarried until the ninth hour,<br />
let them not hesitate; but let them come too.</p>
<p>And those who arrived only at the eleventh hour,<br />
let them not be afraid by reason of their delay.</p>
<p>For the Lord is gracious and receives the last even as the first.<br />
The Lord gives rest to those who come at the eleventh hour,<br />
even as to those who toiled from the beginning.</p>
<p>To one and all the Lord gives generously.<br />
The Lord accepts the offering of every work.<br />
The Lord honors every deed and commends their intention.</p>
<p>Let us all enter into the joy of the Lord!</p>
<p>First and last alike, receive your reward.<br />
Rich and poor, rejoice together!</p>
<p>Conscientious and lazy, celebrate the day!<br />
You who have kept the fast, and you who have not,<br />
rejoice, this day, for the table is bountifully spread!</p>
<p>Feast royally, for the calf is fatted.<br />
Let no one go away hungry.<br />
Partake, all, of the banquet of faith.<br />
Enjoy the bounty of the Lord’s goodness!</p>
<p>Let no one grieve being poor,<br />
for the universal reign has been revealed.</p>
<p>Let no one lament persistent failings,<br />
for forgiveness has risen from the grave.</p>
<p>Let no one fear death,<br />
for the death of our Savior has set us free.</p>
<p>He who was taken by death destroyed it.<br />
He descended into Hades and took Hades captive.<br />
He put Hades in uproar even as it tasted of his flesh.</p>
<p>Isaiah foretold this when he said,<br />
“You, O Hades, were placed in uproar when he encountering you below.”</p>
<p>Hades was in an uproar having been eclipsed.<br />
It was in an uproar because it is mocked.<br />
It was in an uproar for it is destroyed.<br />
It was in an uproar for it is abolished.<br />
It was in an uproar for it is made captive.</p>
<p>Hades took a body, and discovered God.<br />
Hades seized earth, and encountered heaven.<br />
Hades took what it saw, and was overcome by what it could not see.</p>
<p>O death, where is your sting?<br />
O hell, where is your victory?</p>
<p>Christ is risen, and you are cast down!<br />
Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen!<br />
Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice!<br />
Christ is risen, and life is set free!<br />
Christ is risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead.</p>
<p>For Christ, having risen from the dead,<br />
is become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.</p>
<p>To Christ be glory and power forever and ever. Amen!</p>
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<p>Notes:</p>
<p>This is an excerpt from a longer sermon, traditionally ascribed to St. John Chrysostom (“Golden Tongue”). It may not be by him, but as is common in ancient practice, texts ascribed to famous theologians indicate the respect given to the text. This sermon has been preached at the Easter Vigil services for centuries (if not a millennia and a half), and is, in the East, the only sermon preached at the Great Vigil.</p>
<p>Typically, the word “uproar” is more accurately translated “embittered.” This is a reference to Jonah, read on Holy Saturday (the whole book) in the East (and at St. Philip, read as a part of the Great Vigil). Like the whale, Hades spits out Jesus because the flavor of the-human-who-was-really-God was bitter. However, not only do we not typically read Jonah in the Episcopal Church, the word “embittered” is a bit odd. “Uproar” captures the sense of the utter turmoil in which Hades is thrown by the unexpected presence of the God-Human, captured in the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chora_Anastasis2.jpg">icon of the Anastasis</a> in which the very gates of Hades are destroyed and Adam and Eve are being pulled forth by Christ. This sermon is all about call and response! When the preacher says “uproar” and “risen”, the congregation shouts those words back. If your congregation is not aware of this practice, it is worth explaining before hand. It makes for a very energetic moment in the vigil.</p>Maria McDowellAre there any who are devout lovers of God? Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival!Fear and Resurrection: ‘The Fear of the Jews’ and its Aftermath2019-04-18T00:00:00+00:002019-04-18T00:00:00+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/ekklesia/sermon/2019/04/18/fear-and-resurrectionMaria McDowellAsh Wednesday2019-03-06T00:00:00+00:002019-03-06T00:00:00+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/ekklesia/sermon/2019/03/06/ash-wednesdayMaria McDowellBeginning. Again.2018-12-30T00:00:00+00:002018-12-30T00:00:00+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/ekklesia/sermon/2018/12/30/beginning-againMaria McDowellChrist is Born!2018-12-24T00:00:00+00:002018-12-24T00:00:00+00:00http://mariagwyn.com/ekklesia/sermon/2018/12/24/christ-is-bornMaria McDowell