Friends:
Blessings to you on the Last Sunday of the Church
Year and the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Fall is definitely turning to winter
around here - below freezing before the wind - not as cold as some places around
the country but chilling none the less. We were blessed with another visitor
today - a young person from our past is in town for a short visit and came to
Church. We unveiled our Advent/Christmas postcard and distributed annual fund
pledge cards today.
Today is Christ the King Sunday - an odd set of
readings when realizing Jesus' birth will be celebrated in just over 4 weeks.
Principally we listened to tales of punishment, destruction, woe, and division.
The Gospel was Luke's account of the Crucifixion and the interchange between the
people of the story and Jesus. Ironically, all characters show up in that story
because all have a part to play in the life cycle of Christ. Our lives today
echo the need for all parts of the story - good, bad, and indifferent - because
without all the parts of the story the story isn't complete. We are encouraged
to know that our efforts to tell the story need not be heroic - simply truthful
- and God will do the rest. Please listen to the sermon on the link
below.
I invite your comments,
Les+
Les+
http://chirb.it/BBxF16
Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Canticle 16;
Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43
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