February 07, 2009

boy scout sunday

I think we're ready, but I'm not convinced. Tomorrow is Boy Scout Sunday. We'll have a whole lot of visitors. We'll also be making an Eagle Scout, honoring a kid who has spent a lot of time and energy on being a Boy Scout...on service. Afterward we'll have a reception. God-Talk 101 continues as well at noon.

The Challenge of History: Is the Bible True?

Is it up to each individual to determine what is true? Is it up to the individual to decide what is right and what is wrong? We hear those assertions all the time, and they have venerable origins in the philosophy of the great Immanuel Kant. But if such claims are true in this popular formulation, if they are accurate as they are usually stated, then "truth" has no meaning. Worse yet, it becomes impossible to say that anything is morally wrong. Such "anything-goes" nihilism may be repugnant, but so is totalitarianism--and where does that leave us? Until or unless we can find a way out of this trap, there's no way to say anything meaningful about religion. Or about life. Or about politics or policy or, umm, whether or not to license civil engineers or regulate leverage on Wall Street.

It's going to be a full house tomorrow morning.

Just to keep everyone hopping we also have our annual meeting tomorrow night. So, I think we're good. Right.

I have a homily for tomorrow morning on the subject of service. Since we're making a Boy Scout during worship, it only makes sense that we talk about service. And though I am tempted to say something like "in times like these" it really should not matter. The purpose of, say, Jesus washing the feet of the disciples is to say that at all times in all places service of others comes first.

So, yeah. That's what I'm doing. Then beginning on Monday I get to enjoy several days of "staycation." Yahoo!

Posted by tripp at February 7, 2009 06:09 PM
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we also will be celebrating scouting. we also will be recognizing an eagle scout. should I be worried that the scouts plan on presenting the colors and the American flag was absent from the sanctuary tonight (I am pretty sure they took it to practice).

Posted by: Jeff at February 7, 2009 11:00 PM

I dunno. We decided to not present the colors. That should help some of my congregation cope. And I will preach a very short homily. It should be interesting.

Posted by: Tripp at February 8, 2009 07:04 AM