Wow...
Still working on the sermon, have a birthday party to attend, meetings tomorrow...Thank God for chocolate chip cookies.
The lectionary readings for tomorrow are that "still small voice" passage from I Kings...and something about a guy named Legion from Luke's Gospel.
I am really intrigued by the history of the northern kingdom, Israel. It was such a chaotic mess...and then Omri comes along and fixes it. But it is just those efforts that get the Omri Dynasty, Ahab specifically, in so much trouble with the prophet Elijah. Utterly fascinating.
Both these passages are political...entirely political. The intersection of faith and politics is a very interesting topic...one of great interest with the Presidential election on the horizon.
Posted by tripp at June 23, 2007 04:06 PM