mspennycostMar 9, 20232 min readChrist Was Crucified at Club Q:A Poem of Lament in the wake of the Club Q Shooting Christ was Crucified at Club Q, Nailed on Caesar's cross of hollow points and...
mspennycostNov 18, 20226 min readAgainst the Gentrification of GraceA Sermon on Jerimiah 23: 1-6 NRSV Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary - Evanston, IL I want to recognize that my presence as a Drag...
mspennycostOct 3, 20225 min readAgainst the God of Capitalism: Habakkuk's LamentA Sermon on Habakkuk 1:1-4 & 2:1-4 NRSV Allendale United Methodist Church- St. Petersburg, FL We live in a society which worships the God...
mspennycostJun 18, 20227 min readWhy Stand We Here Idle: Micah's Call for Social Transformation A Sermon on Micah 4:1-4 NRSV for Hope United Methodist Church of Bloomington, IL Today we continue in our new Sermon Series, titled...
mspennycostMay 12, 20227 min readWhen will we be Satisfied: The Satiation of Change in the Desert of HarmA Sermon on Amos 5: 21-24
mspennycostMay 3, 20221 min readWe: the Collective WatersA Liturgy for the Remembrance of Baptism From the chaotic waters of creation To the tumultuous seas of the unknown Down the gutters of...
mspennycostJan 11, 20224 min readGod’s Campy Creation: Finding Beauty within Chaotic Absurdity(A sermon delivered at the 2021 Somerville, Massachusetts Drag Gospel Festival) “In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth.”...
mspennycostJan 10, 20228 min readJust Another F*cking Meditation: Grief, Courage, Memories, & PeaceTo merely search for a healthy and meaningful way to process sorrow and grief, can feel fucking debilitating. When you walk into your...
mspennycostNov 23, 20217 min readA Seed of Gratitude: Change Making, System Shaking, and Legacy Shaping(As preached at Hope United Methodist Church, Bloomington, IL: 11/21/2021) Today, we are finishing up our sermon series titled Staying...
mspennycostNov 9, 20215 min readA Death Drop of Honey in a Bitter Medicine: My Carnivalesque Faith(As published at Whosoever Magazine) "I can not do this,” I thought to myself as I began my inaugural ascent out of the basement of The...
mspennycostNov 9, 20213 min readIf Christ Can Cry, So Can You: Healing Toxic Masculinity Through the Empathetic Incarnate(As published at Whosoever Magazine) Here I sit in quiet stillness. For 30 minutes, there is no scrolling, swiping, messaging, emailing,...
mspennycostNov 9, 20215 min readOur Collective Quandary: Re-Examination, Reformation, and Liberation(As published in Whosoever Magazine) It is easy for the blinded oppressor, from an ivory tower of privilege, to look around at the...
mspennycostMay 26, 20216 min readA Sermon for Pentecost 2021Pente-Chaos: The Holy Spirit of Drag By: Ms. Penny Cost First Church Somerville UCC May the holy spirit swell in the words of this page,...
mspennycostMay 13, 20212 min readPrayers for the People Amongst a Pandemic Tonight we pray for those in isolation. For those who long for interaction and beg for intersession. Tonight we pray for those who felt...
mspennycostMay 12, 20212 min readA Prayer for Reform: Sensible Gun Laws in the USSo often in our country’s history, have “thoughts and prayers” been utilized as tools of deflection. Prayers have been offered up as...
mspennycostMay 12, 20212 min readAn Ecumenical Prayer: End the Israel-Palestine Crisis and Genocide Divine One, we come together today, not as strangers, not as neighbors, but as siblings of Your Creation. We recognize that we are called...
mspennycostMay 11, 20211 min readA Reconciliatory PrayerHoly spirit wash over the words of this sermon so that justice may drip from every letter, love may linger on every comma, and grace may...
mspennycostMay 11, 20212 min readSilenced Prattle: Strangers Seen and Stories HeardAs a person prone to prattle it is ever more powerful to see just how often I have been stirred into silence. Tranquility. Peace. Quiet....
mspennycostMay 11, 20213 min readThe Good Samaritan: Slacktivists Reimagined In many progressive Churches, we often find ourselves circling around the story of the Good Samaritan. In sermons, the pastor speaks to...
