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We are not accustomed to taking risks. There is safety in inertia and there is risk in stepping
out in obedient discipleship. The danger of doing something for others
exposes us to rejection, humiliation and even loss.
Taking risks can be fearful, even in church. While everything
else in society is changing so rapidly, we seek a place of stability. Too
often, the church has been that place of stability, even when it has
participated in injustice. The good
news is that there are those who step out because they seek to be
faithful rather than doing nothing because they were fearful. They took a risk
for the sake of the gospel that does not change.
Let’s discuss what it means to step out in faithfulness as
we examine The Parable of the Talents. Matthew 25:14-30
Several years ago I worked in
industry developing technology for printers.During the early years of the internet, interesting problems occurred in
printing from the web.One project that
I worked on was to ensure that what a person wanted to print from their
computer screen was actually what got printed.It sounds like a no-brainer, but this was a difficult task, and it was
quite dissatisfying to our customers when the printed item was different from
what showed on the screen.As always in
industry, we developed a nickname for our work.It was called WYSIWYG, (What You See Is What You Get) pronounced
wizzywig.
Last Sunday Heidi preached on Luke’s wonderful story of the Prodigal Son.She indicated it might just as easily been called the story of the Prodigal Father.After all, the father in that story was prodigal in his extravagant love.Given the norms of the day about what was acceptable behavior for a dignified man, the father risked ridicule and humiliation running in public to greet his rascal of a son. His love for his son was so extravagant he was willing to risk anything to welcome him home.Jesus was telling us a parable about God’s extravagant love for us.
A few
years ago I did an internship in a church, helping out with their youth and
young adult ministry. At one point I
co-led a mission trip for these groups.
We traveled to another state to a rural area where we helped elderly and
infirm folks do repairs on their homes.
We were based at a nearby campground, and it was the responsibility of
the camp director to send us to the different homes. Our group was larger than expected, which met
that we finished our work sooner than expected.
We ended up doing work around the campground for a day. No one wanted to be at the campground.
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Hello everyone and thank you for visiting the Pastor's Blog.
A few
years ago I did an internship in a church, helping out with their youth and
young adult ministry. At one point I
co-led a mission trip for these groups.
We traveled to another state to a rural area where we helped elderly and
infirm folks do repairs on their homes.
We were based at a nearby campground, and it was the responsibility of
the camp director to send us to the different homes. Our group was larger than expected, which met
that we finished our work sooner than expected.
We ended up doing work around the campground for a day. No one wanted to be at the campground. 
