The call "to go" invites us out into the unknown, which can be anxiety-producing. But if we can accept and choose a sense of adventure in that call, it changes from fearful anxiety to expectant eagerness. God called to Abram and set him on a journey, not with full clarity, but with full trust. He promised blessing, and with it, purpose.
By day or night, in fire or flood, along highway or byway, God is ever present with us. His grace continually sustains us all along our pilgrim journeys. Today, let us experience the way His presence arcs through our universe, like a rainbow hanging in the sky; a momentary illumination of His ever-present wonder. Rev. Ron Bartlow's sermon "Flood? or Promise?" is taken from the story of Noah as told in Genesis.
In September through November, our worship services follow the “narrative lectionary,” working our way through the larger story of the Old and New Testaments. Today, we reflect on stories of Creation as told in Genesis 1:1–2:4a and John 1:1-5.