Sunday's coming!

Readings are : Isaiah 6: 1-8, Romans 12: 1-18, John 20: 19-29 Today is the day when it all comes together. Your experience of God in other people, your study of the Bible, your training as a preacher, your theological learning, the people who have loved and encouraged you, and that strange, hard to explain sense of God’s call to ministry. All that comes together, and the Methodist church will ordain you into the Order of Prebyters. The many strands of each of your lives come together in this place, at this time, in a moment you will never forget. There will be tears and laughter here today, as we celebrate and thank God, as it all comes together. And it is not just the Methodist Church but the whole Christian church that celebrates with you today and if you listen carefully you just might even hear some of the angels of heaven, full of joy that you repentant sinners are going to be ministers of the Gospel, helping other repentant sinners to find their way back...

Dear far-flung web friends, I am on sabbatical from May 20-August 20 2015. If you want to read a sermon, you could do what I sometimes do & look back 3 years, when the lectionary readings were the same. Help yourself. I look forward to re-engaging with God's Word on a regular basis in August - meanwhile I am thinking about the power of words and images and ecumenism, or the work of building unity in Christ. Sabbatical is a change of pace, but the first three weeks have been pretty amazing for me so far. I hope you all have a blessed Summer.