A Famine Not of Bread

Click here to listen to this sermon. Today I have three words for you. They are three words that are easy for you to remember for this day: Thank, think, practice. These are three things that you can do to celebrate tomorrow’s Day of Thanksgiving. We find all three of these ideas present in the Epistle lesson for today, from Philippians 4:6-9. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. Grace to you and peace from God our Father an...

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! I guess you could say that this is literally my day job.   As I await a full-time call to a parish, I work overnights as a support manager at Wal-Mart.   And as you might suspect, this past month has been a zoo.   Extra customers on the floor making it even more challenging to get the freight out so it can be stocked.   Longer lines at the checkout counters and service desks.   Extra freight on extra trucks, some of them running late due to weather concerns.   This isn’t surprising to any of you, I’m sure.   But what might surprise you is content of the freight.   You see, most of the special Christmas items—the electronic equipment, household appliances, toys, all of that came in weeks ago.   The extra freight that’s been coming in the last month is gearing up for the New Year—for people’s New Year’s resolutions to be more specific.   Workout equipment, pal...