Wednesday's thoughts

"We Stand Neither For or Against Apathy"
This sermon will try to address a major problem in our faith. It is the issue of drifting through life; of waiting for things to happen and doing nothing to make them happen.

An argument could be made that Jesus viewed his mission as confronting the issue of apathy. He was more concerned with what happens when we allow our lives to fold back into nothingness and meaninglessness. Life is to be lived; not tolerated. It is to be savored; not just allowed. You could link apathy with sin; you could link it with injustice; you could link it with evil.

Someone said once that evil isn't the result of bad people doing bad things; it is the result of good people who become indifferent to the bad things that happen.

The sermon will take off on three directions and it will be based on three things Jesus said to people with frequency:
1. He said, "When you think we're all in the same boat, get out of the boat".
2. He said, "When you think you don't have anything worth giving, reach into your pockets; it's more than you know."
3. He said, "When you are looking for spiritual food, let's go over to your house and have dinner."

Apathy can be confronted if we are willing to risk, and if we are able to give of ourselves, and if we are prepared to listen to the "still small voice".

How do you confront apathy in your life and how do you think our faith prepares us to confront it?
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I look forward to hearing from you.

Charles Schuster