the future descending
like a bright chandelier Matthew 5:13-20 Prayer: May the words of my lips and the mediations of all our hearts be called great in your kingdom. Intro: It has been a little over a year since I found out I was going to do my internship in Seattle at St. John United with all you. Given this occasion, I want to tell you a little about the experience of getting assigned an internship location. We have all spoken about St. John United losing ELCA funding to help pay for the internship. St. John United receives ELCA funding because you are a “horizon internship site.” Horizon internship sites are specific locations that have a dynamic ministry, and therefore the ELCA helps fund these sites so future pastors can learn at these locations. Now, this might sound silly, but there is a lot of competition for these horizon internship sites. You would think future pastors wouldn’t get so caught up in all that, but honestly reading about these sites and their wonderful ministries, many of...