Resisting Empire: Sermon Series on Esther

From Oct. 14-28 we will be spending time with the Book of Esther in worship.This three-week series will explore the characters of Queen Vashti, Mordecai, and Queen Esther as they work together and separately to resist the powers of Empire in their own ways. 

Read the sermons:
Oct. 14: Queen Vashti Refuses
Oct. 21: Mordecai
Oct. 28: Esther

If you've never read the Book of Esther or don't remember the story, you are encouraged to read it or watch Pastor Caela's video storytelling before attending services. (click on the image on this page to watch)

Additional resources you may want to explore:
"Say. Her. Name" sermon by the Rev. Kaji Douša, Sep. 30, 2018

"Birth" poem on Vashti's "no" by the Rev. Katy Hyman, 2006

"Saying 'No' and Saying 'Yes': Feminist Models of Change in the Book of Esther" by Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses

"Was Esther a Post-Colonial Feminist?" by Princess O'Nika Auguste at Christian Feminism Today

"Vashti is not a failure. Esther is not a bad feminist" by Leah Berkenwald at Jewish Women's Archive

"A Purim Teaching for our Time: Malbim’s Proto-Feminist Commentary on Esther" by Don Seeman  

"For Such a Time as This" sermon by the Rev. Lori Walke, Sep. 30, 2018