Posts Tagged ‘Fearless’
Sermon – Lent 5, by Rev. Ken Wratten
Fear of Calamity We continue our exploration of the Christian response to many of the fears that we face in life. This week we look closely at the personal and global, physical, emotional, and spiritual, calamities of our life. This is the time to rally our faith, to call on the Holy Spirit who lives in us, and refuse to allow this brand of fear from robbing us of the joy of today because of what might happen tomorrow. In this sermon I present the case that everything – everything – that happens in your life has spiritual significance.
What example can you share of a personal calamity or adversity that led you to an important learning?
Sermon – Lent 1, by Rev. Dcn. Michael Ridgway
The sermon given by Deacon Michael today provided an introduction to our topic of “Fear”, which we will also be studying in our small groups, and in this blog, throughout Lent. Click the Play button below to hear his sermon. Then I invite you to use this blog posting to offer your Comments on the questions Deacon Michael presented at the end of his sermon.
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Fearless Week One
I was caught up by the idea of Max Lucado’s most recent book, ‘Fearless’. On the book co
ver is the picture of a young boy, fitted with snorkel, mask, and fins, jumping without a concern in the world off the end of a boat dock. I don’t remember much about fear when I was a boy. But as I grew older, I learned about fear of things known (like getting hit by lighting if I stood under a tree), and things unknown (as when I walked into my first college level class).
There is another fear, though, that seems to come in the package as we grow up. It is the fear of what might happen. These are the kinds of worries that Lucado writes about. I think we will make some discoveries from the discussions we have while we work through the next six weeks of topics.
So let’s begin this Lenten discussion with some of our experiences of fear. When you are up against fear in a situation, what things do you do to avoid feeling fear? How do you live with fear? And what lessons have you learned from fear?