That is the one of the sermon questions for me this week. I am working with These Scriptures
It is my belief that we all need to be set free of something sometime. It is also my belief that we may not even know what is binding us until after the fact.
Anyone have any good religious podcasts to recommend? Could be interviews, sermons, talks, or whatever. I know CBC has podcasts of some of Tapestry's shows, but I wonder what else is out there. And while I prefer progressive/liberal material, I'm not averse to trying out some more conservative stuff if it is well done and thoughtful. Of course, given that I'm UU, there's no requirement that it be Christian.
... Jesus ... went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
This is what the Lord says – He Who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, Who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
10 But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”
11 Then the Lord asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has appointed me to preach Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the downtrodden will be freed from their oppressors, 19 and that the time of the Lord's favour has come.
12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
In the Abilities Church we like to quote the last line of this text, “when I am weak then I am strong”. After all, the core message of the Abilities church is that those with disabilities have something vital to contribute to the Church. This is an important message and something I affirm, but we need to understand the context and where our strength comes from.
