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Every Ending Is a New Beginning

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SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, May 16, 2021

Dear Friends in Christ – 

Each day I receive a number of emails, some of which I look forward to and others I should ditch. I imagine this is you as well. One of the blogs/news summaries I read daily stated, “Dave here, in for Allison who is having a spa day while the rest of us stockpile $3 gas, ration Chick-fil-A sauce and try to avoid the plague. Welcome to the end times. Let’s get into it.” Then the very next day we’re delivered that which we’ve longed for - mask mandates lifted for the fully vaccinated! 

All of a sudden we face a new set of questions, an array of possibilities and a fear that an old ‘normal’ may be lurking full of behaviors, habits, and attitudes that needed to be left behind. 

I’m not sure when or if a normal will appear. Not only has the act of worship changed, but where and how we work, travel, and care for each other – we who are created in God’s image (what’s that mean?) how we carry the message of endurance, perseverance, hope and promise, how we proclaim good news – a reality of health and hope for a world still reeling and a plague not done. So why bother? Well, I'll quote my favorite Old Testament prophet: Isaiah reports God as saying, “I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” 

I’m ready for what’s next. We’ll discern it together. See you in worship – can’t wait to see some smiles I’ve missed!

Best love -


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