Becca Griffin

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Brookmeade congregational church, ucc* “still” Becca Griffin Reign of christ Sunday, Last sunday after pentecost, next sunday starts advent Introduction: Brenda Perez, a fellow divinity student community organizer, Daca recipient, having come to the US with her family at 6, she is an advocate for immigration reform she tells a story about a nonviolent protest, a disruption             she was a part of at one of the detention centers where they were bussing in children.             the group she was there with wanted to cause disruption, to protest, but didn’t want to scare the children or stress them more than they already were…             So, they drew a Quetzal, native bird to guatemala, a symbol on the coin which it’s named after, and the bird on the guatemalan flag. it’s a beautiful bird with a long tail—it looks magical and it’s bright and these advocates for immigration reform knew it would be familiar for a child immigrating, seek

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“Fungi: A Network” -  A Sermon by Becca Griffin delivered in the company of Brookmeade Congregational Church, UCC, Nashville, TN, 1/26/2019 (click here for audio) This Sunday was UCC Health and Human Services Sunday/Affirmation of Ministry, we acknowledge the wonderful things our greater connection is doing and working toward as we do our local work here on our various teams.  What a great thing it is to be part of a wider community of care, what a great thing to be part of this community at Brookmeade, caring for each other and our world. The internet is a wonderful thing.  Most of the time? Some of the time?  Sometimes it’s difficult to nail down the internet’s purpose, though it has been described as something for “all of us.” It does help us communicate.  This is crucial, but what is it’s overall purpose? I suppose that is up to those using it. Fungi communicates in a network similar to the internet according to Fantastic Fungi, a documentary currently showing at the Belcourt

“Primal Story” at Glencliff UMC in Nashville, TN, on 8/18/2019 Thesis : Faith as Remembering Reading for the day from the Revised Common Lectionary : Hebrews 11:29-12:2 A Repeated Recognition of Perspective from Last Week's Sermon: I’m speaking from the space of a person with limitations…in case you were doubting that... One limitation I have: I manage anxiety and have to know when I’m getting too excited (I can get too happy) or anxious (I sometimes have spinning thoughts and dizziness due to certain triggers or fears)… Another limitation: I haven’t experienced everything…so there are certain things I do not know On the contrary, I’m also speaking from the space of a person with experiences some have not had…this gives me the ability to handle certain situations from a space of familiarity… A Story about Rock Climbing: One of those familiar settings is rock climbing. Now, I’m not the most experienced in the world when it comes to rock climbing, nor the most skill

“Remembering”—Brookmeade Congregational UCC, Aug. 11, 2019, Nashville, TN Thesis : Remembering or Memory grounds us as we act in faith (the reality of what our memories give us evidence for) in the kin-dom of God Readings for the liturgical calendar today :   Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Heb11:1 Words of Meditations :  from Toni Morrison's book  Beloved:  "Love either is or it ain't; Thin love ain't love at all." Sermon :  I’m speaking from the space of a person with limitations…in case you were doubting that... I manage anxiety and have to know when I’m getting too excited (I can get too happy) or anxious (spinning thoughts due to certain triggers or fears)… I am young and haven’t experienced everything…so there are certain things I do not know I’m also speaking from the space of a person with experiences some have not had…this gives me the ability to handle certain situations from a space of familiarity… A Story about Rock Climbing : One of th