
John Morris
June 15, 2024
Trinity
Deborah gave us a sermon a few weeks back called “Listening for the Word of God.” As always, she said so many excellent things that I’m tempted to just reshuffle them and call them my sermon. But I’ll resist, and quote just one statement that really got my attention and led to my volunteering to preach today. Here it is:
“Rather than simply ignoring the parts of the biblical record that today seem immoral, unjust, or downright cruel, we can acknowledge the whole truth of our past and use that knowledge to move forward into a more just, merciful, and inclusive future.”…