Sunday #2

Well, I must say that this Sunday was much less eventful than last week, luckily!  The one funny thing that happened was when the organist was playing the song before the offering (before everyone was going to stand up) paused for a second and started playing loudly again.  So I was watching the head pastor in the first row, and he stood up for the doxology, so I stood up.  Everyone in the church stood up, and then we all sat back down because it wasn't time yet!  We all had a good laugh at least.  I thought about making a joke before my prayer about how we all just wanted to give the organist a standing ovation, but decided not to :)  At least my microphone didn't sound like aliens this week!  Corey's parents were in town this weekend, and Corey got a new car (used, but new to him), so we now have a Toyota RAV 4 in our little family.  

I preached on Romans 8 today, knowing that most people who follow the lectionary preached on the parable of the sower.  Since I had just taken a class on Romans, it just seemed right to preach on it.  I talked about how as human beings, we do not treat our bodies well in our own flesh, but Jesus himself took on a body so that we might have life in the Spirit.  Our whole lives are a process of discovering what life in the Spirit is and how we might live a life in the Spirit.  There were lots of other pieces to it, but I won't go into it here!  If anyone really wants to read my sermon, just send me an email...I'll send it to you!

But sometimes I wonder what Paul really meant when he says that we now have new life in the Spirit because we are set free from our body of sin and death.  What's so wrong with our bodies though?  And what does it really mean to live a life according to the Spirit? I have a few vague ideas, but I guess those will have to do for now.

I wish I had more exciting stories to tell or some interesting news, but it's pretty slow around here.  Especially with the head pastor being back in town, things might get even slower around the office for a little while.  I'm really hoping to start figuring out what I can do with the casual worship at Memorial.  It needs some work, but I'm not really sure where to start.  Maybe this will be a good time to start thinking about it while it's the summer and there is not much going on.  Corey is still waiting to hear about jobs, and our wedding ceremony in Knoxville is coming up!  We have the invitations sent out and everything is coming together.  I'm really starting to look forward to it!  We also booked our honeymoon cruise to Alaska, which will be at the beginning of September.  I can't wait!  Anyway, that's all for now :)