& all of these emotions are pouring out of me
i bring them to the light for you (it's only right) A sermon on the "binding of Isaac," Genesis 22:1-14 : It isn’t until Abraham and the child promised to him in his old age, Isaac, begin making their way up the mountain, that the tension in today’s scripture really starts… But, wouldn’t you agree that we never make it to the altar of the Lord until after a considerable journey? Maybe it’s the journey up mountain of everything you have to do at work. Or, the mountain of navigating family life. The mountain of newspaper headlines. The mountain of yet another unexpected call and everything that comes with it. The mountain of laying a loved one to rest, and the life we must now forge… It's true whether we admit it or not; we only come to this altar after a journey… That was certainly the case for Abraham that day. That day he found himself on a wild and windy mountain. That day the trail led to a terrible fork in the road. Where...