Almost six years ago I came to St. James s after having experienced the strongest spiritual call I have ever felt in my life. I knew that I needed to be here. Consequently, St. James s can say without shame or hesitation that we have tried to be part of God s future in mission, in worship, in prayer, in the diocese, and especially in the world. This Sunday, churches in England, Ireland, Israel, the West Bank, Honduras, Rwanda, and Atlanta are praying for you and me and for our future. Let those connections not disappear, for they are part of the threads of God s love, in this wonderful, unfinished tapestry of the Kingdom that is coming into the world.
Time is the primary experience of our lives.
We live our lives by our clocks. Time focuses our lives. We divide, categorize and commit our lives based on time. It is probably the biggest shortage that we have in our lives. The prophets, like Isaiah, know of a different time.