Sunday to Monday
Sunday to Monday
In preparation for our Thursday morning men’s study this week, we read a stimulating and evocative piece in Devotional Classics by Kathleen Norris entitled, “Finding Faith in the Mundane.” In the final paragraph she writes, “It was in the play of writing a poem that I first became aware that the demands of laundry might have something to do with God’s command that we worship, that we sing praise on a regular basis. Both laundry and worship are repetitive activities with a potential for tedium, and I hate to admit it, but laundry often seems like the more useful of the tasks. Both are the work that God has given us to do.”
This resonates deeply with my core belief that the Four-Chapter Gospel (Ought-Is-Can-Will), the overarching narrative of Scripture, insists on the radical connection of Sunday and Monday. The inseparable nature of worship and work.
In the Psalm appointed for this week the admonition to us, in fact, is to worship God for the work of his hands. God himself desires—by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit—to be known as a worker (a word used to describe him seven times in the passage). And it’s his image in which we are created.
This Sunday we will explore the sacredness of both Sunday and Monday mornings.
See you then,
Steve+
Work Day—Tomorrow, January 27, 9AM-Noon (drop by if/when you can)
Our tasks for tomorrow will be grounds cleanup (weather permitting), more “junk” removal, kitchen cleaning, wall patching, and sundry odd jobs—something for just about everyone. Please bring:
gas-powered leaf blowers (again, weather permitting)
rakes, shovels, brooms, dustpans
tarps for moving leaves
work gloves
putty knives
safety glasses, masks (especially if you’re sensitive to dust), hearing protection
small step ladders/step stools
Lots of work that will be better together!
Important Upcoming Dates
Saturday, January 29, 9AM-Noon— Work Day at 1309
Week of February 5—Lenten Small Groups Begin
Wednesday, February 14, 7PM—Ash Wednesday Service
Sunday, March 24—1309 Grand Opening! (Palm/Passion Sunday)
Sunday, March 31—Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 7–1309 Consecration with Bishop Julian
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