Sermons from Lyndale
Labor and Vocation Sunday
Our Scripture this morning is a beautiful dream of an interconnected, mutually dependent, interwoven community whose respect and love and honor of one another means that it moves in the world as one body—the Body of Christ.
Lament as Sabbath Practice
So today, at Lyndale, we all offer and participate in a time of lament as sabbath practice, grieving the violence and harm we have caused and experienced. We do this following in the form of the ancient lament psalms, such as Psalm 22, which we will read today. Psalm 22, like most lament psalms, contains three sections: a section of lament, a section of reaching out to God, and a section of thanksgiving. The service is structured around those three parts. We will read a section of Psalm 22, offer a reflection on it, and offer a sung response; we will do this twice. The third time we read a section of Psalm 22 we will respond with a ritual.
Draw the Circle Wide
Feasting is about shared abundance. Communion is about sharing and equity. Salvation and liberation are intertwined and they are communal.