This sermon focuses most specifically on Acts 3:1 – 4:12
… In that moment, I can see that gate being beautiful.
That gate that was closed
suddenly open
suddenly inviting
suddenly a place of healing and wholeness
where it had simply been a marker of division.
How beautiful it is when brokenness is mended
and illness is healed
and community is brought together.
The thing is, it is also disturbing when this happens.
Because this means that something has changed
that people who had not been allowed in are suddenly allowed in
and all our senses of what belongs where and who belongs where
get turned on their heads…
I am, well ... me.
I am probably most defined by my diversity of experiences: I have lived in three countries and visited (or lived on) six continents.
I love to garden and take pictures and think about theology (and grace and justice and all that jazz) and I love Jazz (and a whole lot of other music too) ... and I do yoga and go hiking and enjoy meeting new people and talking international politics and working on justice issues and watching wildlife in my yard and wandering in NYC and kayaking. I especially love sitting in coffee shops and talking to friends. I hate sitting in my office.
Oh, and they call me "Pastor," at least some of the time.
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