A Sermon Preached at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark Proper 24, Year A The Very Reverend Tyler B. Doherty, Dean & Rector Over the past weeks we’ve been journeying with Israelites out of slavery into eventual freedom in the Promised land, the good and broad land, the land of milk and honey. It’s a journey through which God fashions for Godself a people, a people who will be beacon of justice, peace, and mercy to the world. Rooted and grounded in the experiential knowledge of beauty, truth, and goodness of God, they are slowly shaped into a people who know that God is for, with, and ahead of them. They come to realize, in fits and starts, that even in a place of apparent barrenness and lack, God provides. They come to learn that fear doesn’t have to have the final word. They come to see that what they put at the center of their lives, that to which they give ultimate concern and ultimate worth, determines the kind of lives they’ll lead. When fear, scarcity, and lack ar...
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