The Rev. Grace Imathiu

The Rev. Grace Imathiu is a United Methodist minister who has served congregations in Kenya Africa, Washington, Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

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The Rev. Grace Imathiu is a United Methodist minister who has served congregations in Kenya Africa, Washington, Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

She was born in Kenya and raised in the town of Meru and the city of Nairobi. She is an ordained elder in the Methodist Church in Kenya. She has served in congregations in Nkubu and Lavington, Kenya; Richland, Washington; Delaware, Ohio; Nashville, Tennessee; and Green Bay and Brown Deer, Wisconsin.

As a preacher and Bible study teacher, Grace is in constant demand all around the world. She is especially a favorite among the youth and has been a regular preacher at the International Christian Youth Conference in Germany, USA and Ireland and the National Christian Youth Conference in Victoria and Sydney, Australia. Grace has ministered in Kenya, Togo, Germany, Denmark, Australia, Malaysia, Brazil, England, Ireland and all throughout the United States. She has led Bible Studies and has been a guest preacher in many Conferences in The United Methodist Connection.

Rev. Imathiu was educated in Kenya, USA, Israel, and England. She is author of Words of Fire, Spirit of Grace, a collection of sermons. She is married to renowned landscape and nature photographer David Hay Jones (Journeying Through the Days, Upper Room, 2002), and they have a son, Erik.

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The Rev. Grace Imathiu, pastor of Brown Deer United Methodist Church in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, shares her personal insights and experiences of preaching at the 2006 Festival of Homiletics.

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Medicine for Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Day of Pentecost - Year A

September 24, 2000

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There is an African proverb that says when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. I often think of this proverb when parents fight because often it is the kids that get caught in the middle, and I think of this proverb when I read the newspapers about leaders fighting for power and it is the ordinary citizens who suffer. When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. I was thinking of this proverb when I was reading the history surrounding the prophet Ezekiel. I took out the map and looked at little old Judea caught in the middle of two giants, to the north, Babylon, to the south, Egypt, and little Judea sits right in the middle of the warpath of two giants. Whichever of the two giants won, Judea was part of the spoils, Judea was part of the loot. When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

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August 27, 2000

The Prodigal

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July 30, 2000

A Picnic on the Mountainside

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May 23, 1999

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