The Here and Now
No, this isn't a scary time; it is an exciting time. This isn't a time to be afraid, this is a time to ground yourself more deeply in scripture and tradition so that you might hear how God might be using new voices, new ways of expressing spiritual realities to you and to me and to this nation. It's a time to be alive and excited about the presence of God. Test the Web; test your neighbor's faith. Test what God might be calling you to become. It is God's world. It is God's spirit. Rejoice and be thankful that you are living in such a time that you, too, might give thanks for the power of the Spirit of God in a time of genuine awakening.
--From the sermon "Branching Out Toward God"
by The Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews

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