Back in the Saddle Again
Our old home church in Highland Park was short a "guest minister" for this coming Sunday, so they scraped the bottom of the barrel and asked me.
That's right, fans, I will be preaching this Sunday, in West Seattle. The theme: Speak Boldly. Oh yes... yes, I will.
The Old Testament has 44 books in it (well, almost). The scripture for this Sunday? The story of Esther, a daring heroine who saves the Jewish people from disaster in Persia!
Esther is practically a Marxist dramedy (seriously!). It is one of the only books in the Bible not to mention God at all (really!). It is fraught with tension, irony and humor (no, really!). The collaborationist bourgeoisie get their comeuppance (well, they get hanged), and the ruling class is a pawn of their own vanity and the conspiracies of capitalist climbers, and in the end the workers come out on top (well, they survive at least).
Yeehaw! That's right, folks, the greatest show on earth is BACK! (And, besides the Puyallup Fair, I'm preaching, too!)
Seriously, if you have any inkling, you're more than invited (I mistyped "incited" just now... hmmm) to come.
Show starts at 11AM at 8611 11th Avenue SW, Seattle WA 98106.
And who knows, afterward lunch buffet at Maharaja?!
Labels: CofChrist, Economic Justice, Local Events, Mission, Personal, Politics
posted by Christian at
8:01 PM
1 Comments:
Unfortunately Seattle was a bit to far to commute this morning... otherwise I might just have been there to hear you (why does Ohio have to be so far away from the Pacific NW?) but I did decided to go with a friend and visit a different congregation (Elyria, OH) this morning... now I'm scheduled as a guest minister there on the 18th... I think you might be contagious... at least it's Good News your spreading ;)
Peace be with you
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Lyle II, at 8:36 PM
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