This summer’s theme is The Dinner Guest Series. Each service leader will choose a person/persons that they’d like to have dinner with and then base a sermon around the teachings of their life. This Sunday’s ‘dinner guest’ is Jesus. Led by Tamar Datan.
Summary:
This sermon features a reflection on the life and teachings of Jesus through a modern, liberal lens. The speaker humorously describes a hypothetical time-travel journey to the Sermon on the Mount to distinguish Jesus’s actual messages from the words often attributed to him. Throughout the sermon, she highlights how core values like justice, equity, and pluralism align with the historical teachings of the Beatitudes. By framing Jesus as a moral exemplar rather than a dogmatic figure, the speaker emphasizes a non-binary, inclusive perspective on faith. Ultimately, the sermon concludes that the essence of these teachings is a simple, profound call to practice kindness and love toward others in daily life.