Patriotic Stewardship: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost / US Semiquincentennial
My grandfathers were in their early twenties when they were sent to the South Pacific to fight World War 2. My uncle was nineteen when he enlisted in the United States Air Force and went to Vietnam. Reflecting: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall by grahamvphoto on flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 So many of our nation’s wars were like that: kids, not even old enough to drink, leaving home and putting their lives on the line, with so many not returning. Here we are, occupying such a unique position in human history, gathered for worship on Sunday morning in a church of our own choosing, without fear of persecution or violence. Sisters and brothers in other parts of the world risk death going to church, but they go anyway. I own more bibles than I can count. In many parts of the world, possessing just one can land you in prison. But the read them anyway and risk their lives to smuggle them so that others can know Jesus Christ. For all the talk about America be...
