“Building” - A Homily Given on November 9, 2008
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HOMILY “Building” Rev. Victoria Weinstein
Nov. 9. 2008
A funny thing happened on the way to this sermon…
I had intended to preach on the soul at work — integrating our spiritual selves and religious ideals more with the work we do outside of church (whether professional or otherwise). However, you can see from your Order of Service that the title of this homily is not “soul at work” but “Building.” I got the idea late Tuesday night while driving home and listening to President-Elect Barack Obama give his acceptance speech. He said,
For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to […]