Monthly Archives: March 2013

A Good Friday poem by Sandhya Jha and Tai Amri Spann-Wilson

Tai Amri and I had five minutes to preach on the “third word” at a Good Friday service yesterday. We co-created this poem, each taking a stanza and passing the growing work back and forth, over the course of an hour, in response to the following passage: John 19:25-27: Standing near the cross of JesusContinue reading “A Good Friday poem by Sandhya Jha and Tai Amri Spann-Wilson”

Malcolm, Martin, the Mahatma and a couple of Mary’s: A resurrection story

Malcolm, Martin, the Mahatma and a couple of Mary’s: A resurrection story Holy Saturday sermon By Sandhya Jha New Spirit Community Church, Berkeley, CA March 30, 2013 The Gospel : Mark 16:1-8 When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go andContinue reading “Malcolm, Martin, the Mahatma and a couple of Mary’s: A resurrection story”

Consensus, my congregation, and a miracle in progress

“I can’t wait to tell my friends back home that I’m a Quaker missionary,” said my co-pastor at the end of the meeting. Born into the Friends tradition, he had just led us through a Spirit-based consensus model for decision making as the second half of our meeting to determine what our next steps togetherContinue reading “Consensus, my congregation, and a miracle in progress”

One straight Christian’s journey into Ally-hood (and a plea for ally-hood with people in the hood)

You may know the weird and sad story of my first college boyfriend. I don’t talk about this a ton, because it was a messy and complicated and deeply personal issue, and publicly I usually only talk about it in terms of how it shaped my commitment to gun safety. But the fact is, itContinue reading “One straight Christian’s journey into Ally-hood (and a plea for ally-hood with people in the hood)”