i will walk out of the darkness
& i'll walk into the light & i'll sing the song of ages & the dawn will end the night The HolyGospel according to St. John the 12th Chapter! Today's Lenten sermon, is a stewardship sermon. Before we get into the meat of the sermon, though, I have a story - or maybe it's a confession... Sometimes when people ask me why I'm a pastor; sometimes I tell them it is because I am having a great game of dare with God. Yes, a game of dare. I say this for two reasons. Well, three sort of... The first time I said it, was because I was exasperated. So sometimes exasperation is a reason. Once I blurted my answer, though, I realized how true it was. The first real reason I am fond of saying that I am playing a great game of dare with God, is because of Jesus. Jesus apparently trusted God so much that he gave up any semblance of a normal life and spent his days traveling, eating with the poor and the outcast, and finally his li...