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-------- Original message --------From: Judy <judy_boli at ecunet.org> Date: 2/25/17  9:12 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Propertalk <propertalk.topic at ecunet.org> Subject: [propertalk.topic] Sermon for Epiphany- Last A 


Dear Friends,

 

This Sunday’s sermon is entitled “‘You Cannot Shake
Hands with a Clenched Fist.’ (Indira Gandhi)” and deals with the beginning of
Lent this Wednesday.  Here it is: 

 

Did you hear about the
Sunday school teacher who challenged her little first graders to write a letter
to God?  One little girl wrote: “Dear
God, please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter.  There is nothing good in there now.  Even if you don’t do as I say, you can still
be my God.  Love- Amanda.” 

 

Actually there is a
very important holy day- really HOLY SEASON between ChristMass and Easter, and
without it, Easter really would just be bunnies, candy, and eggs.  You know what I’m talking about- Lent (and
it’s almost here now).  I can’t believe
it, but Ash Wednesday is this coming Wednesday, and with it- the beginning of
Lent.  As you know, Lent is our yearly
reality-facing time.  Lent is when we
take a serious look at our lives and ask ourselves- “How’s it going?”  Lent is when we remember that Jesus said he
came to give us life, and we look at our lives to see how well we have accepted
his gift.  Jesus offers, but are we
accepting?  Are we actually choosing
life?  Test yourself out- if you found
out that you had only today to live, how would you spend these precious 24
hours?  What would be your regrets?  What goals have you wished to achieve, but
really haven’t given yourself fully to the effort?  If life were the Olympics, would you be going
for the gold, or just letting up when a bronze metal was in sight?  Lent is “Get Real” time.  This Wednesday, every single member should be
in church at either noon or 7 PM (unless you’re sick or working) to get real
with God, to face reality, to choose what life changes need to be made to
become the real you, and then- at God’s altar- make that your 2017 Lenten
covenant with God.

 (Continued in Part 2)

For anyone who is
interested, this sermon and updated African-American wisdom statements are
posted on our parish’s web site under “Sermons & Stuff”. The address is: http://www.stpaulsepisag.org .

 

Blessed preaching,

Judy Boli

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Saginaw, Michigan





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