This sermon was preached for Sunday, October 27, 2024 at St. Andrew's, Ayer. The texts for this sermon were: Job 42:1-6, 10-17, Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22), Hebrews 7:23-28, and Mark 10:46-52. So I’m not a fan of the horror movie genre in general but I do love dystopian fiction. One monster that featured in both science fiction and Halloween-y stories is the zombie - the reanimated undead who go around trying to eat and/or infect people. If you watched or read any zombie stories, then you know there’s this classic trope that happens in pretty much every zombie flick. One member of the hero’s party - the friend, the mom, a survival buddy - gets bitten by a zombie but they don’t tell anyone. It’s only later, at a particularly dramatic moment, that they reveal they’ve been bitten but by then it’s way too late - now they’ve endangered everyone by hiding their wound. Maybe they even start turning into a zombie right then. I love how the trope is played out in the zombie parody movie, Shau
This sermon was preached for Sunday, October 20, 2024 at St. Andrew's, Ayer. The texts for the sermon were: Job 38:1-7, (34-41), Psalm 104:1-9, 25, 37b, Hebrews 5:1-10, and Mark 10:35-45. Last week on our family walk, my two year old and three year old were pointing out every huge truck that passed by - dump trucks, crane trucks, and carry-car trucks, always a favorite. “That truck is almost as big as my head!” my daughter would exclaim. “That truck is as big as my head!” my son would reply excitedly. It’s not until four or five years old that most children are really able to understand “big,” bigger,” and “biggest” - and not until seven years old when most kids will consistently be able to order a sequence of objects by size. It’s why really little kids will try to fit their whole bodies into tiny matchbox cars. And why a toddler will often tell you that a tall, thin glass has more water in it than a short, fat one, even if they just saw you pour the same amount of water from