We Are Not Alone, Sermon from August 27, 2023, Proper 16A, Pentecost 13
Sermon, Preached on August 27th, 2023, Proper 16A, 13 Pentecost As we went on our trip out west, to drop Eliot off, I was definitely trying to look at my relationship with him from a 10,000 foot level. I intended to kind of reflect on the last 19 years, and understand how cancer, divorce, switching schools, step parents and all the challenges he faced formed him into the person he is today. But I never reached 10,000 feet. I don’t think I even reached 5,000 feet. Stopping in the Badlands, he took off and started climbing around and taking selfies and panoramic pictures and just being generally overwhelmed by the beauty of that place. Erin and I and our arthritic knees and old bodies could barely handle the trails off the beaten path much less climbing the same dunes he was. Looking much past 10 feet in front of me was nearly impossible. And so it went all week, given sight to see, or form to fill out, we were kept right in the present, trying to navigate this new college experience and