Sunday, January 22, 2006
Be Where You're At...
This morning I'm preaching on the lectionary passages for the third Sunday after the Epiphany (if you're from Marengo Pastoral Charge, I may ask again this morning what epiphany is - so you have fair warning - granted it's only an hour, but it's still warning!). The lectionary readings are: Jonah 3:1-5 & 10, Psalm 62:5-12, 1 Corinthians 7:29-31, and Mark 1:14-20.
The basic message is to put God first, and to be present in the moment. After I finished writing my sermon, I had time to take Zen out for a long walk (the irony of her being named Zen when she is, in fact, NOT, was especially intense today since one of my sermon illustrations is Zen monks whose meditation focuses on being in the moment). I was thinking as I was walking with her....
"Where am I at this morning?" I am in a small farming village in rural Saskatchewan, just after sunrise, all of my preparation for today's service is finished, I've eaten my breakfast, and am outside enjoying my first "real" Canadian winter, walking my dog. What a glorious place to be! Here are some pictures of what it's like in my world this morning:
