Its a beautiful church, right?Today is Josh's (the husband) last Sunday of vacation at St. Luke's Eastchester. We had a great day of it. I've been wanting to go to Astrid Storm's church, St. Nicholas. The long drive up was scenic, the little church gorgeous, and Astrid's sermon was spot on. The gospel was the one about Jesus telling his disciples about eating his flesh and drinking his blood and their responses to it. Most seemed freaked. Some left. And then Jesus asks Simon Peter if he too wished to leave. Simon Peter says, "Lord, to whom can we go?" Astrid preached about the times in our lives when we have a choice to make. We can head for the hills or we can stick it out. Relationships, commitments, communities, we all have places in our lives when we can choose whether or not to stick it out. I like this. I particularly like that she went on to say that sometimes we stick it out because we know everything will work out and sometimes we stick it out and have no idea what will happen.
This was the perfect sermon to hear the day before I start seminary orientation.
As hard as I've worked to get to this point. All the interviews, exams (physical and psychological), and, God willing, spiritual work still leave me thinking, "Is this really where I'm headed?" And yet, this is the moment when the dive happens. The commitment really starts. And it happens with little knowledge of what the outcome will be.
This was the perfect sermon to hear the day before I start seminary orientation.
As hard as I've worked to get to this point. All the interviews, exams (physical and psychological), and, God willing, spiritual work still leave me thinking, "Is this really where I'm headed?" And yet, this is the moment when the dive happens. The commitment really starts. And it happens with little knowledge of what the outcome will be.
