Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons

Plans & Unplans

February 21, 2021
Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
Plans & Unplans
Show Notes

I make plans. I create checklists. Checking boxes on those checklists is one of my greatest joys. And I’m TOAST without my calendar and its checklists. But Luke’s gospel gives us two very familiar stories in a row (Jesus at the home of Martha & Mary, and the parable of the Samaritan that many call ‘good’), and when taken together, a thread emerges. A thread of invitation beyond the plans. Even the Very Good Plans that we have for our time, our money, our energy. This does not mean that plans are inherently bad; they just occasionally prevent us from being present and responsive to an opportunity or person presented to us, in a moment for which we didn’t plan. Which of these was a neighbor to the suffering one? The one who (chucked their plans and) showed mercy. Go and do likewise… [sermon begins at 23:25]

Scripture: Luke 10:25-42
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  • Be Thou My Vision -  Text: 10 10 10 10; ancient Irish; tr. by Mary E. Byrne, 1905; fr. Eleanor Hull's The Poem Book of the Gael, 1913, alt. Music: Trad. Irish melody; adapt. fr. The Church Hymnary, 1927.

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