In the name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
This fall, I’m going to
take my sermons in a different direction. My focus will be a bit more inward
than outward. Of the 19 sermons I’ve preached this year, 3 have had what you
might call a prophetic edge; they have challenged our relationship of
complicity with our flawed economic and political systems. And while I firmly
believe that sometimes preaching a challenging sermon is called for, I realize
that it can create an “us versus them” mentality.
