What is Launching Sunday? It's the beginning of our new year together as a people that God has formed here at Saint Paul's in Port Townsend, Washington! Elizabeth's+ sermon, "How Does God Make a People into a People? Into God's People?" was delivered outside on the Labyrinth in the delectable sunshine of an early Autumn Sunday.Do we realize the sacred power with which we have been entrusted by Christ Himself? What do we hold and what do we loose? What do we refuse to let go of? And what will we do with this power to forgive and reconcile that Christ has given us?
Last week a friend and I were discussing Matthew 18:15, the verse from this week's lectionary that states that if another member of the church sins against you, then you should go to that person to point out the fault when the two of you are alone. I'd much rather tell a half a dozen other people, who I know will feed my fragile ego then confront the one who I think has sinned against me! My friend wondered just how often we are actually sinned against - or whether it is just our own pettiness. Elizabeth+ reminded us that this is that which will help us to become aware of our potential to set one another free - which will make us into a people - into God's people.
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