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 Last Sunday, we were almost a million miles away from Washington, D.C.

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 At least it seemed that way.

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 We were on a little island called Bowen Island off of the coast of Vancouver

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 in the British Columbia part of North America.

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 If you know that part of the world, it's the only place in North America

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 where the ocean actually meets the mountains.

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 It's a glorious place to see and to hear and to smell when the sun is shining,

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 which it isn't always, of course.

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 But I was preaching in a little chapel, a chapel on the side of a mountain

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 with islanders and mainlanders together reflecting on lamentation, longing,

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 and the promise of Pentecost.

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 So we're back in Washington, D.C., where we lived for 30 years,

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 the city known the world over for its monumental glories and its social shames.

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 As you all know, it's a city full of wonders and of wounds,

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 like every city and every society in every century.

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 I've called this common grace for the common good.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we give ourselves to you to worship you,

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 to listen to you, to learn from you,

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 to offer ourselves, heart and mind, soul and strength to you.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Words, words, and more words.

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 As one observer of the 20th century recently noted,

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 through mobile phones, the Internet, electronic mail, television, radio,

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 newspapers, books, etc.,

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 people receive about 105,000 words or 23 words per second in just half a day.

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 Although people cannot really read 105,000 words each day,

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 this is the real number estimated to be reaching the human eyes and ears every day.

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 After adding pictures, videos, games, etc.,

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 we reach the volume of 34 gigabytes of information per day on average.

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 If it feels overwhelming, it is overwhelming.

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 And what do we need to do with all that we see and hear,

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 word after word after word?

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 In the years I taught on Capitol Hill,

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 James Billington was the librarian of Congress in those years.

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 And one day in the Sunday paper of the Washington Post,

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 there was a top-of-the-fold interview with Billington,

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 and it was called The Info Glut Culture, blaring across the page.

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 And essentially, Billington was saying that we get thousands and thousands and thousands

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 of books into our library week after week, year after year.

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 And of course, that's only increased as the weeks have gone by since he did this interview.

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 But this question, which I've never forgotten, was this.

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 What are we going to do with all this information?

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 Will we become a wiser people knowing all that we know,

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 hearing all that we have heard?

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 If it feels overwhelming, it is overwhelming.

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 But sometimes, sometimes, words are well chosen.

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 They're artfully, insightfully giving us windows into the truth about life and the world,

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 about the truth about who we are as sons of Adam and daughters of Eve.

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 John Le Carre was a writer that I've read most of his work.

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 Maybe you know his work as well.

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 A British spy, many years ago, wrote a novel called The Spy Who Came In From the Cold,

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 which kind of threw him into a pantheon of globally listened-to writers.

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 Began to write and write about the Cold War until there wasn't a Cold War any longer,

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 and then finally began to write about this globalizing, politicizing world which is ours today.

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 And it seems that I read his work, whether it's The Constant Guard, which became a film along the way,

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 or you can kind of make your choices of his work.

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 It feels to me like his novels are about what I see in the front page of the newspapers

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 as I watch them day by day.

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 It's like I live in the world that John Le Carre writes about.

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 The hard part of Le Carre's work, in my mind, is this.

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 He masterfully understands his world.

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 He captures his world.

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 He understands the political economy, the way peoples are, nations are,

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 how we relate to each other, what places are.

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 He gets all that masterfully.

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 And the end of every story, though, is this.

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 We ought to all choose to be cynics.

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 Because, of course, at the end of the day, somebody's going to get shot in the back.

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 Somebody's going to get their life ruined.

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 Somebody's going to lose everything.

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 And so prepare yourself to be a cynic one more time.

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 One more time.

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 It's hard.

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 They're hard to read, except, of course, he's a brilliant writer.

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 And it's humbling to realize that he understands our world so well.

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 So very, very well.

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 He put it this way in a recent novel called Absolute Friends.

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 It says that we are people with a desperate appeal for a glimmer of hope in a world that has collapsed around his ears.

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 Hear these words again.

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 A desperate appeal for a glimmer of hope in a world that has collapsed around his ears.

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 More despairing than maybe we wanted on a Sunday evening.

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 Perhaps then it's also true that each one of us has come into this building, into this place tonight.

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 Among these people, having lived for the last six days in a very wounded, bent, and bruised world.

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 From global terrors to national griefs to the very personal hurts and sorrows that are ours.

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 We all long for glimmers of hope, don't we?

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 We all know that we are broken and that we live in a broken world.

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 How do we make sense of life, though?

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 How do we make sense of this life?

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 Of this world?

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 Of the world which we call our world?

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 Especially the fallen world, the bruised and the wounded world that it is.

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 I don't know of any question that's harder in my own living life as I do day by day.

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 Looking at the brokenness and the hurt and the wound of the world,

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 what am I going to do without it?

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 How am I going to respond to it?

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 How will I sing, holy, holy, holy, God?

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 How will I somehow confess that I don't want to stumble over the same earthly, heavenly realities that Nicodemus did?

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 It makes sense of who I am and what I'm to do in the world.

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 How am I going to hold what I believe about God and myself together in a coherent way?

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 Well, we confess week by week, don't we?

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 Liturgically remembering our deepest commitments.

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 We most believe to be true about who God is, who we are, what the world is like.

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 We say, we believe.

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 I believe.

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 People of Christ have been doing this for thousands of years.

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 I believe in God.

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 I believe that he is the maker of heaven and earth.

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 And these are the confessions of our faith.

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 But you see, even these words are weighted words because they are formed by a deeper belief about the way the world is,

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 about what it's possible to know about the world.

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 If we were in another setting, perhaps we might more easily use the language of meta-narrative.

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 But you see, the argument we make as a people of God is that we've been given a story to understand our own stories within.

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 A meta-narrative for all the narratives which make up who we are in this assembly tonight.

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 But you see, it's an argument, a thesis, a conviction, a belief that in fact there is a story that makes sense of all the stories.

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 What world do we live in anyway?

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 What do our lives mean anyway?

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 How ought we to live?

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 How is it possible to live a good life?

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 A morally meaningful life.

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 The writers along the way that I've been listening to,

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 St. Alistair McIntyre, who wrote a book called After Virtue some years ago.

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 I spent most of a month of my life reading it very carefully.

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 But he has this simple sentence along the way.

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 I can only ask the question, what am I to do?

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 If I've asked the prior question, of what story or stories do I find myself apart?

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 Hear him say this again.

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 I can only ask the question, what am I to do?

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 If I've asked the prior question, of what story or stories do I find myself apart?

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 Well, I want to look tonight with you at a few ideas, bigger ideas.

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 And I've placed them under these categories.

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 The Bible as a completely unique book.

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 The Bible as a completely unique book.

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 And then secondly, looking at what I've simply called common grace for the common good.

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 And then finally, expectation affects program.

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 Expectation affects program.

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 So the Bible, a completely unique book.

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 Words, words, and more words one more time.

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 In the scriptures, there's a grand drama being set forth for us.

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 A story which claims to make sense of all the stories.

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 Probably almost 30 years ago, I was teaching on Capitol Hill.

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 And I had opportunity to invite a man named Leslie Newbigin to come to Washington, D.C. to speak.

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 He was in his 80s at the time and wasn't going to make many more trips to any parts of the world.

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 He was British.

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 Had lived 40 years in India.

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 He'd written a number of books.

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 His most recent book was sent to me by the Anglican Bishop of Pittsburgh at the time.

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 And we had been conspiring together to think about these questions of theology and culture and life in the world together.

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 And I got the book called The Gospel in a Pluralist Society.

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 And it was exciting to me to read this book.

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 This great, great question he was raising.

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 In a pluralizing world, can we still speak any longer about a gospel which claims to be true?

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 Is that a possibility?

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 And you realize, living in the world that we do, in the city in which we live, that's a huge question for us.

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 In a pluralist society, does it make sense to believe the Bible is true, true like that, for everyone everywhere?

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 Well, we had a lunch on Capitol Hill with him, some of my friends who were reading the book together.

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 They were in think tanks and the State Department and the Justice Department and the Senate and the Supreme Court,

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 all reading this book together, trying to make sense of our own vocations in the city of Washington.

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 And along the way, we were asking questions, and he asked lots of questions to us.

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 But I had a question for him, which I asked after the lunch that day.

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 And I said to him, who was your Hindu friend, the Hindu scholar that you write about?

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 If you know the book at all, maybe you know the story he tells of this Hindu scholar who said to him at one point,

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 I don't know why when Christian missionaries brought us this holy book, your Bible, your holy book,

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 that they said to us, add this to your supply, read this one too,

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 as if somehow it was just one more book to read.

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 And the Hindu scholar said to Newbigin,

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 I've now read this book from beginning to end.

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 And you need to know that I think of it as a completely unique book, actually.

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 There's no book like it I've ever, ever read.

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 It's a book which claims to make sense of,

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 because it does make sense of all of history from beginning to end.

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 And it makes sense of who we are as human beings,

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 as responsible actors in history.

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 And of course, the two go together, the view of history and the view of the human condition.

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 They go together because they define each other.

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 They shape each other.

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 A completely unique book, unique in its understanding of history and of the human condition.

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 I've often wondered, actually, being in rooms where Christian people have gathered,

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 thinking about these questions as I do week after week,

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 what would it be like just to walk along the pews, along the seats we have together,

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 and ask the question, well, how do you read the Bible?

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 Do you see it as a completely unique book?

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 Because you need to remember, of course, as we must tonight,

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 that the Hindu scholar is a scholar of the Hindu tradition,

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 the Hindu way of making sense of life in the world.

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 And the Hindu religion, Hindu worldview, of course,

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 there are many, many ways to go, because there are many gods.

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 There are many, many ways to make sense of life,

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 and we all are finding our way, finally, to a full and complete enlightenment along the way.

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 Someday, someday, that's our great, great hope as Hindus.

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 So for the Hindu to say, in fact, this is not like any other book.

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 It's a completely unique book.

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 I found those words chilling, actually.

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 Would we see what the Hindu scholars saw?

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 Would we see it as a completely unique book?

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 Well, this Bible, as we call it, offers us a story from beginning to end.

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 It is the history of redemption unfolded, book by book,

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 telling the story of the beginning of beginnings,

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 the skewing of human souls and all of life,

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 the disorienting and disordering of who we are and why we are,

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 with the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent

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 in deepening conflict throughout history.

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 Coming to the end of the end, of course,

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 which in reality is the end of a new beginning,

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 the very end of the story.

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 Story by story is what the Hindu scholars saw,

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 a completely unique book,

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 making sense of all of history

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 and of the human being as a responsible actor in history.

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 There's no other book like it.

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 But come with me for a moment back into this story

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 and dwell with me for a few moments

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 in the prophet Zechariah as we've come to see him in history.

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 His own vocation, of course,

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 was to speak the word of the Lord

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 in the last years of Daniel's life

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 in the reign of Darius.

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 Chapter by chapter,

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 it's a story of the great mercy of God,

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 the waywardness of the human heart.

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 And threaded through from beginning to end

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 is the promise that it will not always be this way,

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 that someday when the day of the Lord comes,

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 all will be made well.

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 Everything and everyone will be well.

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 If chapter 1 has the words,

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 come home,

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 come home,

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 don't be like your fathers.

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 Chapter 2 puts it this way,

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 be silent, all flesh,

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 before the Lord,

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 for he has roused himself from his holy hill.

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 It's a reminder

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 that some of our best songs, of course,

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 some of our most important songs

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 are Christmas carols,

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 let all mortal flesh be silent.

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 Chapter 3,

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 in that day,

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 declares the Lord of hosts,

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 every one of you will invite his neighbors

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 to come under his vine

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 and under his fig tree.

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 It's a remarkable vision of hospitality,

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 if you remember Abraham and the Trinity

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 in our earlier picture on the screen.

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 Chapter 4,

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 these seven lamps are the eyes of the Lord,

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 which reigns through the whole earth.

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 There are more visions, of course,

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 enough of flying scrolls,

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 women in baskets,

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 four chariots.

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 In chapter 7,

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 it comes like this,

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 in the fourth year of King Darius,

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 the word of the Lord came to Zechariah

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 on the fourth day of the ninth month,

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 which is Chislev.

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 Render true judgments,

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 show kindness and mercy to one another.

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 Do not oppress the widow,

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 the fatherless,

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 the sojourner,

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 or the poor.

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 Let none of you devise evil

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 against another in your heart.

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 As I called,

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 and they would not hear,

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 so they called,

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 and I will not hear,

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 says the Lord of hosts.

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 The next chapters are full of promises

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 of peace and prosperity to Zion,

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 with wonderful perennial images

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 that bring smiles to human hearts

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 in every century,

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 every culture,

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 every city.

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 Old men and old women

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 shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem,

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 and the streets shall be full of boys and girls

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 playing in the streets,

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 and it shall be marvelous in my sight.

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 This deep longing is satisfied,

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 is brought about by the king who comes,

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 quote,

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 humbled and mounted on a donkey,

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 who shall speak peace to the nations.

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 His rule shall be from sea to sea,

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 from the river to the ends of the earth.

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 And then someday,

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 someday the house of Judah will be restored,

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 because the Lord cares for his flock,

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 because God remembers,

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 Yahweh remembers,

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 says Zechariah,

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 who says to the people of Israel,

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 I will pour out on the house of David

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 and the inhabitants of Jerusalem

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 a spirit of grace

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 and pleas for mercy.

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 So when they look on me,

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 whom they've pierced,

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 they shall mourn for him

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 as one mourns for an only child.

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 And finally,

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 the prophecy comes to an end,

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 what we call the 14th chapter.

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 Behold,

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 a day is coming for the Lord,

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 who will be king over all the earth.

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 On that day the Lord will be one,

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 and his name one.

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 On that day,

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 there shall be inscribed

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 on the bells of the horses,

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 holy to the Lord.

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 And the pots in the house of the Lord

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 shall be as bowls before the altar,

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 and every pot in Jerusalem,

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 and Judah shall be called

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 holy to the Lord of hosts.

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 John Calvin,

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 the theologian,

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 pastor,

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 attorney,

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 of 400 years ago,

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 writing in Geneva,

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 Switzerland,

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 put it this way.

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 We now see that when Zechariah

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 meant was this,

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 that God would so claim

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 the whole world as his own,

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 as to consecrate people

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 and all their possessions

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 wholly to his own service.

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 So there'd be no longer

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 any uncleanness,

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 that whether they ate

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 or drank

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 or engaged in war,

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 or undertook any other work,

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 all things would be pure and holy,

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 for God would always be

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 before their eyes.

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 Well, yes,

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 for Zechariah,

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 for the people of the day,

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 there was muck,

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 and there was a lot of mess

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 to history.

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 The pots,

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 as they were,

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 were both full of wonder

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 and horror,

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 the stables of glory

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 and of stench.

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 And we are called

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 to remember to remember,

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 as Zechariah did for himself,

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 people of Israel,

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 that what is,

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 is not what someday will be.

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 Like the Hindu scholar,

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 if we have eyes to see,

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 if we read the Bible,

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 paying attention

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 to what God is saying

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 to history and to us,

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 then we begin to make sense

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 of who we are

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 and why we are,

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 and what the world is about

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 and what we are to be about.

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 Well,

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 the question of today is this,

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 what am I going to do

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 with the world?

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 We have to find a way

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 to see more seamlessly,

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 to understand our life

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 and world more coherently.

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 Again,

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 coming back to Nicodemus

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 and Jesus,

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 as they talked late one night,

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 the debate comes over,

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 how do you,

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 can understand earthly things

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 if you can't understand

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 heavenly things,

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 and heavenly if not earthly,

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 and you can see that

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 for Nicodemus,

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 the teacher of Israel

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 as he was,

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 he stumbled over

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 trying to make sense

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 of his own place

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 in the world,

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 in the world in which he lived.

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 I think that's a question

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 for all of us, actually.

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 It's a very difficult question

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 for all of us.

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 I have for years now

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 resided within

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 this simple phrase,

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 which comes to mean

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 a lot to me,

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 common grace

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 for the common good.

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 Why those words, though?

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 What do they mean?

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 Common grace

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 for the common good.

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 Because of what I do

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 with my life,

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 I've been doing

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 for most of my life,

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 I've spent hours

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 and hours

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 and hours

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 at the coffee tables

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 of the world,

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 the little coffee shops

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 of this city

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 and other cities,

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 often responding

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 to questions like,

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 what about me,

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 25-year-old that I am?

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 What about me,

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 a 32-year-old that I am?

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 What about me,

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 a 46-year-old that I am?

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 What about me,

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 what about me?

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 How do I make sense

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 of my life?

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 What am I supposed

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 to do with my life?

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 In different ways,

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 of course,

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 there are always questions

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 about the meaning

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 of vocation,

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 which is a good word,

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 even if it's

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 a complex word.

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 But there are always

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 questions about

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 the possibility

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 of a coherent life.

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 In very different ways,

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 we stumble over our lives,

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 we stumble over our world,

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 more often than not,

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 settling for some kind

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 of dualism,

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 for compartmentalizing

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 what we believe

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 about the world

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 from the way

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 we live in the world.

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 Psychologically,

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 we do so.

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 Politically,

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 we do so.

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 Sexually,

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 economically,

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 at work and at play,

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 not sure how to see

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 everything as holy

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 to the Lord.

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 common grace

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 is simply

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 ordinary grace.

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 Ordinary grace,

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 the stuff of life.

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 The stuff of your life,

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 of my life,

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 if we have eyes

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 to see it

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 as it is.

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 Common grace,

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 of course,

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 is not saving grace,

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 and the best theology

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 makes that distinction.

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 God's work

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 is saving grace.

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 But you see,

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 if the only way

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 we have to make sense

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 of life is that

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 these things are God's,

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 these things are heavenly,

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 these things are earthly,

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 well,

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 you see,

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 it's got to either be sacred

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 or it's going to be secular.

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 If we can only do that

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 with our lives in the world,

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 we stumble over

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 our lives in the world.

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 And the church

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 has been plagued

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 by that debilitating dualism

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 with many faces

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 over its many years.

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 In the best tradition,

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 though,

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 as the church in the world,

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 we're called to live

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 most of life

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 in ordinary time.

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 Ordinary time,

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 which is most of the time.

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 rhythmically making our way

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 through the year,

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 lingering over the days

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 and seasons of Advent,

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 of Christmas,

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 of Epiphany,

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 of Lent,

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 of Easter,

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 of Pentecost,

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 day by day remembering

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 to remember

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 that all of life

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 is holy to the Lord.

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 Day by day remembering

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 that everything,

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 everything,

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 every square inch

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 of the whole of reality

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 belongs to Jesus

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 who alone is Lord.

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 Even as we are being formed

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 in mind and heart

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 to live most of our days

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 in the ordinary world

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 of ordinary time.

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 There are many ordinary graces

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 in this fallen world

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 and when we offer them

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 in and through our lives,

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 our varied and various locations,

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 our cities and our societies flourish.

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 The smile of a baby,

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 the laughter of children,

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 the beauty of cherry blossoms

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 and of autumn leaves,

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 the hugs and kisses

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 of holy love,

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 a wonderfully imagined house

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 full of well-loved furniture,

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 good and just laws

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 that honor one another,

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 and cooking pots too,

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 of course,

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 cooking pots too,

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 ready to serve others

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 as,

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 to serve us

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 as we serve others,

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 full of mouth-watering smells

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 that finally satisfy

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 our stomachs

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 with taste

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 that God alone

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 could imagine.

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 We could,

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 of course,

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 if we were prone to do so

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 and had bank accounts

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 that allowed it,

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 go to the local

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 Williams and Sonoma store

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 and spend $800

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 on a fire engine red

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 cooking pot.

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 We could do that,

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 couldn't we?

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 We could also go to Home Depot

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 and find a $37.99

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 aluminum cooking pot

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 and do much the same

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 kind of thing.

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 But maybe you're like me

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 and you've eaten dinner,

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.640
 eaten supper

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 around a small little place

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 in western Kenya

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 in a small village

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:10.980
 where, in fact,

00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:12.259
 they've taken dirt

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.900
 from the ground,

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:13.920
 clay from the ground,

00:23:14.020 --> 00:23:15.280
 they've wetted it,

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.060
 they've fired it,

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.520
 they've built

00:23:16.520 --> 00:23:19.240
 their own clay pot

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.160
 and they've put their chicken

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:21.420
 and onions inside the pot

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.720
 and they've, of course,

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.300
 longed for food

00:23:24.300 --> 00:23:25.120
 for one more day

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:26.460
 and they've been satisfied

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.360
 that day.

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.480
 You see,

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.460
 every house

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.440
 on the face of the earth,

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.720
 whether it's a high-rise condo

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.759
 looking out of the city

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.320
 of Washington

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:35.080
 or Vancouver,

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.840
 whether it's a humble

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.480
 little hut

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.700
 in the western villages

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.259
 of Kenya,

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:41.500
 every, every, every home

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.700
 has a cooking pot.

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.700
 So for me,

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.480
 it's remarkable

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.120
 that, in fact,

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:47.240
 in God's own surprising gift

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.620
 to us,

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.120
 he would say,

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:50.019
 when the day of the Lord comes,

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.879
 it's the cooking pots

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.959
 that would be called

00:23:52.959 --> 00:23:54.679
 holy to the Lord.

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.339
 So very ordinary,

00:23:57.979 --> 00:23:59.039
 so very common,

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.959
 yet if we have eyes to see,

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.500
 it is a common grace,

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.959
 isn't it?

00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:04.459
 It's a gift for us

00:24:04.459 --> 00:24:05.599
 living our lives

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.199
 in the world.

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.259
 This is why

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:11.099
 I've loved my friend Hans

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:12.559
 and his hamburgers.

00:24:13.239 --> 00:24:13.859
 Maybe you've eaten

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:15.059
 an Elevation burger

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.839
 along the way

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.579
 in your life

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.119
 in Washington,

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:18.319
 but Hans

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.759
 has become a friend

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.779
 in his years here

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:22.179
 and he first just put up

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:22.859
 a little store

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:24.079
 in Falls Church, Virginia

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.179
 on Lee Highway

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:26.479
 and I entered into

00:24:26.479 --> 00:24:27.559
 his life early on

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.539
 in that period

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:30.059
 and I began to have

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.879
 conversation with him

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:32.059
 about who he was

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.679
 and why he was making

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:33.319
 hamburgers that

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.739
 tasted so good

00:24:34.739 --> 00:24:35.419
 and french fries

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:35.959
 that actually

00:24:35.959 --> 00:24:37.279
 were pretty good.

00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:38.699
 You fried them where?

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.459
 You fried them in what?

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.299
 In olive oil?

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:41.139
 Well, why olive oil?

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.619
 Because you see,

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.819
 our stomachs take

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.899
 olive oil in better

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.959
 than other kinds of oil.

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:47.440
 And what are these hamburgers

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.059
 made from?

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.340
 From cows that you

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:50.620
 carefully picked out

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.259
 because they were

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.819
 naturally fed

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.259
 and they were

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.360
 organically produced

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:55.400
 and what is it

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.960
 about these?

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.900
 And I began to realize

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:58.779
 that some years ago

00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:00.079
 I was no longer

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:01.059
 18 years old

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.700
 and I couldn't eat

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:03.420
 a Five Guys hamburger

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.620
 or a McDonald's

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.259
 Big Mac

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:06.779
 at 11 o'clock

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.180
 at night

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:08.259
 and sleep for the rest

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.860
 and I would be

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:10.140
 sick to my stomach

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:11.200
 actually for hours

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.680
 to come.

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:13.299
 And I began to think

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.500
 though,

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.019
 but what is it

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.900
 about your food,

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:15.220
 Hans,

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.940
 that allows me

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.740
 to go back

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.840
 to work at 1 p.m.

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.519
 in the afternoon

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.480
 having had lunch

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.860
 with you

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.720
 and I don't even

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.299
 think about it

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.980
 because my stomach

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.539
 somehow takes in

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.720
 what you've made

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.220
 and I think,

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:25.440
 well,

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:26.440
 who are you,

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:26.740
 Hans,

00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:27.279
 and why do you

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.920
 make hamburgers

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.519
 like this?

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.380
 Tommy Hinson,

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.799
 your rector here,

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.840
 is a good friend to me

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.200
 and he went

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.080
 to a good seminary.

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:35.019
 We had some

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:36.019
 of his seminary students,

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.620
 not his,

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.920
 but the seminary students

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.380
 come to spend

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.980
 a week with us

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.660
 a few years ago

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.460
 wanting to think

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.240
 about vocations

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.680
 in the city

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.279
 of Washington.

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.480
 We took them

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.040
 to the hill

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:44.860
 and to downtown

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.680
 and to this

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.160
 and to this

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.080
 and had lunch

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.880
 with Hans

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.560
 and his hamburgers

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.100
 one day.

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.740
 They wondered

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.440
 why Hans

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.279
 didn't have signs

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.779
 in the store

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.680
 saying these

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.700
 are John 3.16

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.320
 hamburgers.

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.560
 And you think,

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.320
 you really asked

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:57.980
 that question?

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.480
 You wanted there

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.060
 to be some kind

00:26:00.060 --> 00:26:01.100
 of sign in the store

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.519
 saying,

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.880
 of course I'm a Christian,

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:04.160
 I make Christian hamburgers,

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.340
 holy hamburgers,

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.380
 of course they will be there.

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.440
 They asked that question

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.060
 to you, Hans?

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.379
 Well, they did

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.980
 and I still groan

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.819
 over that actually.

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.559
 Hans has this sign

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.379
 instead when you walk

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.019
 into the store,

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.379
 burgers the way

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.399
 they're meant to be.

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.079
 Burgers the way

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.919
 they're meant to be.

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.379
 You see,

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.539
 like with Jesus

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.659
 who tells a little story

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.240
 about a man

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.819
 who has seed

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.519
 and sows it

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.859
 and some comes up

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.519
 and some doesn't

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.000
 and he says,

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.779
 if you have ears

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.159
 to hear,

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.679
 then hear.

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:32.220
 Hans was essentially

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.480
 saying,

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.159
 if you have a tongue

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.779
 to taste,

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.779
 then taste.

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.179
 And come in

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.660
 and taste my hamburgers

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.279
 and my fries

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:39.320
 and then if you have

00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:39.759
 a question,

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.480
 you can ask more

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.759
 about why are they

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.320
 and what do you mean

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:42.820
 a hamburger

00:26:42.820 --> 00:26:44.019
 the way it's meant

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.560
 to be.

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.100
 I've teased him

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.640
 over the years

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.460
 of creating

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:49.299
 eschatological hamburgers

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.759
 and eschatology

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:52.079
 is the part of theology

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.740
 that speaks about

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.779
 the last things,

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:55.119
 the very end things

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.099
 and end of time.

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.980
 I can't promise Hans

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.579
 that his hamburgers

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.180
 will be on that

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.159
 marriage supper

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:00.680
 of the lamb

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:02.139
 long, long table.

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.539
 But what I am sure

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.079
 of is that everything

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.559
 on the table

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.700
 will be healthy

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.460
 and tasty

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:08.039
 at the very same time.

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.480
 There'll be no trade-offs

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.919
 of course.

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.240
 There won't be a donut end

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.119
 and an apple end.

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.819
 It'll all be wonderfully healthy,

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.359
 wonderfully tasty together.

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.159
 And so for Hans

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:18.259
 to do his best now

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.440
 to create healthy,

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.519
 tasty food,

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.299
 you see it's a signpost

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.039
 of a world

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.559
 that someday

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.519
 is going to be.

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:26.339
 Someday will be.

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:28.799
 They're eschatological hamburgers,

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.039
 hamburgers the way

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:31.339
 they're meant to be.

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.619
 A year ago

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.960
 the magazine Men's Health

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.720
 after doing

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.220
 what they called

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:38.740
 the burger chain smackdown

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.379
 starting with all

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:40.660
 the big chains in America,

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.839
 all of them

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.980
 down to this

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.619
 and then this

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.039
 and then this

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.500
 and finally

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.519
 who won at the end

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.900
 of the day

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:47.400
 last spring 2017

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:49.060
 Elevation Burger 1.

00:27:49.540 --> 00:27:51.080
 Healthy and tasty together,

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.580
 you see,

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.780
 a little bit of earth,

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.900
 a little bit of heaven

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:55.400
 somehow there together

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:57.259
 for us to not get sick

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.200
 to our stomachs over

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.800
 but to say,

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.180
 well thanks be to God

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.160
 for a good meal

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.780
 with you today,

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.160
 Hans.

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.620
 You see,

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.800
 common grace

00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:05.700
 for the common good

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.780
 is ordinary life

00:28:06.780 --> 00:28:07.800
 for ordinary people.

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.540
 It's always though

00:28:09.540 --> 00:28:10.140
 in the language

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:11.660
 which comes to us

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.840
 from Jeremiah the prophet,

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:14.300
 seek the flourishing

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.980
 of your city,

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.539
 to plant trees,

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.339
 to build houses,

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.099
 to get married,

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.019
 to have children.

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.599
 Do good work

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.759
 born of a love

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.279
 for God

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.440
 and for his world

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.659
 right in the midst

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.279
 of Babylon,

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.980
 right in the midst

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.539
 of Babylon.

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.299
 I know that

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.359
 living in other places

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.599
 in America

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:33.980
 and living in Canada now,

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.919
 not living in Washington D.C.

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.419
 all the time

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.460
 as I did for so long.

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.720
 People see Washington D.C.

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.119
 differently

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.759
 who don't live

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.799
 inside the city.

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.980
 Sometimes it's respect still,

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.859
 sometimes it's really,

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.500
 what?

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.399
 But the idea of praying

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.399
 for this flourishing

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.980
 of Babylon,

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.720
 it's almost like praying

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.339
 for the flourishing

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.879
 of Washington,

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.359
 isn't it?

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.119
 You think,

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.839
 well why would I pray

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.940
 for Washington to flourish?

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.220
 How is this word

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.980
 a word for me?

00:28:59.399 --> 00:29:00.500
 Unless Washington flourishes,

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.419
 you won't flourish?

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.980
 Unless Babylon flourishes,

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:04.059
 you won't flourish?

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.440
 These are difficult,

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.039
 historical,

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.119
 complex questions.

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:09.139
 It's quite a prayer actually

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:10.059
 that Jeremiah gave

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.619
 to Daniel,

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.519
 to Meshach,

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.019
 to Shadrach,

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.500
 and to Abednego.

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:14.139
 Seek the flourishing

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.779
 of your city.

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.399
 Common grace

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:17.700
 for the common good.

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:18.859
 Build houses,

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.799
 plant trees.

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:21.259
 These aren't saving graces,

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.839
 they're ordinary graces.

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.839
 I would say

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.740
 that we need words

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.579
 like this though

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.259
 to make sense

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.899
 of our lives.

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.200
 We need a theology

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.859
 deep enough

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.559
 and true enough

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.480
 to make sense

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.099
 of our world.

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.220
 We need to see

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.559
 scripture in ways

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.399
 that can make sense

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:35.919
 of history

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:37.460
 and of the human condition.

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.180
 Common grace

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.159
 for the common good

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.580
 gives me a place

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.279
 to stand,

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.800
 gives me a way

00:29:43.800 --> 00:29:44.700
 to keep my heart

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.519
 from the temptation

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.900
 to call some things

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.320
 sacred

00:29:47.320 --> 00:29:48.440
 and some things

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.880
 secular,

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.440
 to see some things

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.540
 in life as holy

00:29:51.540 --> 00:29:52.620
 and other things

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:53.240
 as not.

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:56.120
 my grandfather

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.980
 bought and sold

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:58.559
 cattle in Colorado

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.599
 and even though

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.640
 I grew up in California,

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.500
 most summers

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.859
 I spent some weeks

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.720
 with my grandparents

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.880
 and one summer

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.440
 at age 10

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.059
 I was with him

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:07.779
 in Cortez, Colorado,

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:09.220
 the very southwestern

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:10.039
 corner of Colorado

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.720
 and he was buying

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:13.079
 cattle that day

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.660
 and one of the buyers

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.180
 among many,

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.779
 many buyers

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.779
 from around Colorado,

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.880
 from New Mexico,

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.620
 from Albuquerque

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.079
 and Denver

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:20.120
 and other places

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:21.439
 and he was known

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:22.599
 to his colleagues

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.539
 and to the auctioneer

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.639
 and the auctioneer

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:26.019
 stopped his auctioneer

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.819
 call in the middle

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.639
 of his work

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.059
 that day

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:29.419
 and said to my grandfather

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.139
 sitting out

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.819
 with other buyers

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.159
 saying,

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.000
 Mr. Gilchrist,

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.699
 what are these cattle

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.819
 selling for this week?

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.919
 And I was 10

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:38.419
 and so I didn't understand

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:39.679
 all of it

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:41.059
 but what I do remember

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.679
 looking back

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.259
 even in that

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.519
 age 10 year

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.179
 of my life

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:45.379
 that the auctioneer

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:46.359
 knew that my grandfather

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:48.119
 would know the price

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:50.199
 even if nobody else did

00:30:50.199 --> 00:30:51.679
 but he'd also be honest

00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.459
 about the price

00:30:52.459 --> 00:30:53.739
 and he trusted him

00:30:53.739 --> 00:30:54.319
 to be honest

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.000
 about the price

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.859
 and to know the price

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:57.379
 and you think about

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:58.079
 the markets

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.839
 and marketplaces

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.399
 of the world

00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.419
 and how much actually

00:31:00.419 --> 00:31:01.759
 is dependent upon

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:03.019
 the common grace

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.939
 of knowing

00:31:03.939 --> 00:31:04.539
 what you're supposed

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:04.979
 to know

00:31:04.979 --> 00:31:06.099
 and being honest

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.539
 about it

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.500
 to the watching world

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:09.279
 I knew though

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.159
 from my grandfather

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:12.119
 that good as he was

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.799
 at what he did

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:14.299
 that night by night

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.839
 he would lead

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.719
 my grandmother

00:31:15.719 --> 00:31:17.079
 my parents

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.859
 my aunts and uncles

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.359
 and cousins

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.879
 and me

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.939
 night by night

00:31:19.939 --> 00:31:20.699
 gathering together

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:21.779
 after supper

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:23.299
 with worship together

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.959
 as a family

00:31:23.959 --> 00:31:25.259
 on our knees

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.479
 and he would pray

00:31:26.479 --> 00:31:27.019
 and pray

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.839
 for God's work

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.399
 in the world

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:29.439
 and some of the words

00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:29.939
 of his prayer

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:31.500
 still ring their way

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.559
 through my mind

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.699
 most of my life

00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:34.500
 to get later

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:36.240
 Saint Benedict

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.979
 called this

00:31:36.979 --> 00:31:38.459
 Ora e Labora

00:31:38.459 --> 00:31:39.740
 when he called people

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.659
 to follow him

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.619
 and to take up

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.719
 a common life together

00:31:42.719 --> 00:31:43.939
 as Roman civilization

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:44.899
 was crumbling

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:46.319
 and falling apart

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.980
 Ora e Labora

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.759
 to pray

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.379
 and to work

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:49.919
 together

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:51.019
 not to somehow

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.259
 choose one life

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.579
 against another life

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.939
 the prayers over here

00:31:54.939 --> 00:31:55.799
 the workers over here

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.519
 but how would you

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.639
 have a coherent life

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:59.159
 a more seamless life

00:31:59.159 --> 00:31:59.939
 where praying

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.500
 and work

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.559
 were held together

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.579
 for Benedict

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.879
 for my grandfather

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.939
 I've learned

00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.460
 from both

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.980
 of course

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:07.980
 well

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:09.519
 for gardeners

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.279
 for mechanics

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.980
 for butchers

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.619
 and bakers

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.859
 for carpenters

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.479
 and professors

00:32:13.479 --> 00:32:14.740
 for librarians

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.459
 and nurses

00:32:15.459 --> 00:32:16.919
 for painters

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.779
 and philosophers

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:19.139
 for dentists

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.699
 and doctors

00:32:19.699 --> 00:32:20.579
 for accountants

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.179
 and lawyers

00:32:21.179 --> 00:32:22.179
 janitors

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.479
 and business executives

00:32:23.479 --> 00:32:24.439
 architects

00:32:24.439 --> 00:32:25.279
 and artists

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.039
 journalists

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.799
 and farmers

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.799
 economists

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.919
 and politicians

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:30.240
 everyone

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.959
 everywhere

00:32:30.959 --> 00:32:32.119
 in and through

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.939
 who we are

00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:33.799
 in and through

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.559
 what we do

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:36.000
 the call is to see

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.079
 seamlessly

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:38.439
 to see

00:32:38.439 --> 00:32:39.839
 sacramentally

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.519
 I would say

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.519
 where heaven

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.920
 and earth

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.480
 meet

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.759
 where the truths

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.259
 of heaven

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.519
 meet the reality

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.079
 of earth

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:47.339
 where what God

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.980
 cares about

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.160
 is what we care about

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.559
 what God loves

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.960
 is what we love

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:55.799
 burgers

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.339
 the way

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.519
 they're meant to be

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:59.299
 the way they ought

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.779
 to be

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.579
 the way they

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.900
 someday will be

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:03.980
 loves and longings

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:05.299
 hopes and dreams

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:06.619
 friendships and families

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.500
 everything

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.680
 even cooking pots

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:10.440
 and especially hamburgers

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.620
 and yet

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.600
 and yet

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:14.320
 it's not that way

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:14.700
 is it

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:16.700
 it's not that way

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.640
 and all day long

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.840
 it isn't that way

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.940
 and I said earlier on

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.500
 this evening

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.580
 we've all come from

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:22.059
 a world where

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.480
 it's just

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.820
 not that way

00:33:23.820 --> 00:33:26.019
 hear again

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.500
 these words

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.299
 of John Le Carre

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:29.100
 a desperate appeal

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:30.279
 for a glimmer of hope

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.180
 in a world

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.920
 that's collapsed

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.500
 around

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.620
 his ears

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:35.460
 we know

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.920
 it's true

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.400
 that we live

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.779
 and move

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.640
 and have our being

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.519
 in a badly

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.440
 broken world

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.779
 what do we do

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.279
 with the great

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.160
 question of the day

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.680
 and of our lives

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.539
 can we know

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.200
 this world

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.940
 and still love

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.600
 this world

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:48.320
 living in the now

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:48.880
 but not yet

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.400
 of history

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.840
 our common vocation

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.740
 is to give ourselves

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:53.299
 to untwisting

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.440
 the twistedness

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.940
 of life

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.400
 and by the mercy

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.960
 of God

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:58.420
 being common grace

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.720
 for the common good

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:01.340
 we spend ourselves

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:02.420
 twining together

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.180
 heaven and earth

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.580
 being and becoming

00:34:04.580 --> 00:34:05.620
 signposts

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.519
 of the coherent

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.039
 cosmos

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.940
 that God

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.460
 has made

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.259
 and that we

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.920
 are to steward

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.380
 do you know

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.239
 these words

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:13.239
 I hope you do

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:14.539
 Gandalf

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:16.059
 I thought you were

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.480
 dead

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.940
 but then I thought

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.719
 that I was dead

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.279
 myself

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:20.400
 is everything

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.059
 sad

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.960
 going to come

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.599
 untrue

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:24.059
 what's happened

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.820
 to the world

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:26.739
 a great shadow

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.360
 has departed

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.500
 said Gandalf

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.460
 and then he laughed

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.940
 and the sound

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:31.000
 was like music

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.259
 or like water

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:33.239
 in a parched land

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:34.259
 and as he listened

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:34.900
 the thought came

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.320
 to Sam

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.360
 that he had not

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.059
 heard laughter

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:38.400
 the pure sound

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.019
 of merriment

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.660
 for days upon days

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.320
 without count

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:43.500
 of course these

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.980
 are the words

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.519
 of Tolkien

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.480
 from the Lord

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.079
 of the Rings

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:47.240
 is everything

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:48.300
 sad going to

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:49.440
 come untrue

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:51.539
 everything sad

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.119
 going to come

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.599
 untrue

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:54.579
 I have for much

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.019
 of my life

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.460
 thought about

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.240
 this phrase

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:57.420
 expectation

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:59.019
 affects program

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:00.220
 expectation

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:01.260
 affects program

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.940
 what we believe

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.420
 to be true

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.139
 about the end

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.659
 of history

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.739
 affects the way

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.139
 that we live

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.639
 our lives

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.460
 day by day

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.599
 I dropped

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.319
 out of college

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:09.519
 about age 20

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.500
 for a couple

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.920
 of years

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.259
 and lived

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.619
 in a couple

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.319
 of communes

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:12.699
 one in the

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.539
 Bay of California

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.500
 one in Europe

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.559
 and hitchhiked

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:15.960
 a lot

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.639
 and asked a lot

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.159
 of questions

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:19.139
 and ended up

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.579
 in Phoenix

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:19.900
 Arizona

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.659
 for a while

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.579
 with an Indian

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.139
 philosopher

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.699
 with a great

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.599
 Indian name

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:25.500
 Surrendra Gangadine

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:27.579
 and he took me

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.199
 into his own

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.639
 council

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.099
 and his own

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.480
 studies

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.400
 and his thinking

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.000
 for a summer

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.980
 and I asked

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.639
 question upon

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 question upon

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 question

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 one of his

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 gifts to me

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 that summer

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 were these words

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 expectation

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 affects program

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 and of course

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 it's true of

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 Hindus

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 expectation

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 affects program

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 it's true of

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 Muslims

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 it's true of

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 Jews

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 it's true of

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 evolutionary

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 materialists

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 it's true of

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 hedonists

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 it's true of

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 Christians of course

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 that our expectation

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 about the future

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 shapes our lives

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 in the here

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 and now

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 well

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 expectation

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 affects program

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 so the day

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 of the Lord

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 and cooking

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 pots

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 have something

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 to say

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 to us

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 a last word

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 brothers and

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 sisters

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 and it's a

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 prayer

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 from generations

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 ago

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 from centuries

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 ago

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 echoing across

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 time

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 in this city

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 and this place

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 in it we hear

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 that other men

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 and women

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 have had the same

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 questions that we

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 do

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 have longed

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 just as we

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 do

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 wanting in their

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.799
 hearts to see

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 seamlessly

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 to see all

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 of life as

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 holy to the

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 Lord

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 even as we

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 make peace

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 with the

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 proximate

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 character

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 of love

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 the proximate

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 reality of

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 our best

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 efforts

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 at work

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 the proximate

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 nature of

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 political life

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 and on and on

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 with every son

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 of Adam

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 and daughter

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 of Eve

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 we yearn for

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 the day

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 when everything

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 that is sad

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 will come

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 untrue

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 well

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 pray with me

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 as I pray

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 with the church

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 over the centuries

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 these words

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 first given

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 to God

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 in prayer

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 in Geneva

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 Switzerland

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 400 years

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 ago

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 grant almighty

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 God

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 as you have

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 deigned to

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 choose us

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 choose us

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 as your

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:06.140
 peculiar treasure

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 and to

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 consecrate us

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 to yourself

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 in the person

00:37:09.520 --> 00:37:10.020
 of your only

00:37:10.020 --> 00:37:10.860
 begotten son

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 oh grant

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 that we may

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 so follow

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 holiness

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 through the

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 whole course

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 of our life

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 that thy

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 glory may

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 shine forth

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:20.860
 in all

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 our works

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 that we may

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 never undertake

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 anything

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 except for

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 this end

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 that thy

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.679
 name may

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 be ever

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 more

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 and more

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.900
 glorified

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 we may

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 be holy

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 both in

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 body and

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 soul

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 and free

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 from all

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 the pollutions

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 of the

00:37:34.319 --> 00:37:34.699
 flesh

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 and of the

00:37:35.359 --> 00:37:35.679
 world

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 that we

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 may be

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 thus

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 confirmed

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 in the

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.739
 hope

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.039
 of our

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.440
 calling

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 and be

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 encouraged

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 to proceed

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 during the

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 remainder

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.799
 of our

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 course

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 till we

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 at length

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 shall reach

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 that glory

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 which has

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 been

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.739
 procured

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 for us

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 by the

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 blood

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 of your

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 only

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 begotten

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 son

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 amen

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:51.739
 yes

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:53.039
 that thy

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.659
 glory may

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.319
 shine forth

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.660
 in all

00:37:54.660 --> 00:37:54.840
 our

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 works

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:56.140
 even

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 and especially

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:57.660
 in our

00:37:57.660 --> 00:37:58.500
 cooking pots

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.640
 our ordinary

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.420
 lives and

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:00.980
 labors and

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.340
 loves

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.660
 common grace

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:03.039
 for the

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.660
 common good

00:38:03.660 --> 00:38:04.340
 as they

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.660
 are

00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:05.620
 amen

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:06.800
 and amen