August 21, 2019

SOME  SERMONS

Some sermons wake us up.

Some sermons put us to sleep.

Some sermons pull us up.

Some sermons put us down.

Some sermons grab us by the shoulders,

shake us, and ask, “What about this?”

Some sermons take us into our past.
Some sermons take us into our future.

Some sermons put us in the sacrament

      of the present moment.

Some sermons get us to say,

“I wish so and so was here to hear this.”

Some sermons get us to say, “I disagree!”

Some sermons get us to laugh.
Some sermons - a few of them - get us to cry.

Some sermons get us to ask,

“What does this have to do with Jesus?”

Some sermons are full of grace and we say,

“Lord, it is good for us to be here.”

Some sermons get us to say,

“I’m out of here.”

Some sermons get you thinking,

“He didn’t prepare this?”

Some sermons get you thinking,

“Why don’t we give women

the next 2000 years to do this?”

Some sermons are homilies; 

      some are somebody's else's stuff?

Some sermons are from God.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019