Mondays with Martin – August 30, 2010

Continued from last Monday …

 

You and I have been blest by God to find a spiritual home in this place. Under these spacious, guarding eaves of this vaulted roof, like sparrows and swallows, we are.  We come to the altar of God and build our own spiritual nests, where we might raise our children, where we might live out our lives faithfully to God, together.  We need always to be mindful how we might help others do just that!

 

This is the season of the year when more visitors than usual are present with us.  If you are visiting with us this day, please know that we hope you find a spiritual home here alongside us.  If there is anyway that we can be of assistance to you doing that, let us!

 

Being a Christian and being a follower of Jesus Christ is not always easy and it should not be just left up to each individual disciple in isolation.  Whoever you are, whether you are a long time member of this congregation or this is the first Sunday that you have been in this place, know that we are all in this together.  For the teachings are hard, the sayings are difficult and the things that we are called to do, forgive others, love enemies, has been considered impossible by a great many in this world.  So certainly, we need a home … we need a place … we need THIS place and we need each other. AMEN.

 

Well, some sermons really do seem like they last a month! Welcome Home …

-mra