"Re-Member"
Pentecost and Memorial Day put together opposite impulses and that is what we have to do on Sunday. We have to think about how young men and women have visions and old men and old women have dreams. It's in the 2nd Chapter of Acts. It is the Pentecost event reported by the writer who wrote the Gospel of Luke. Peter gives a speech and he talks about the Spirit of God and how the sun turns to blood and how the Spirit comes into the people and there are dreams and visions.
Memorial Weekend is a time for dreams. We look back to the past and we remember the way things were and the people who were important to us. We remember the men and women who gave their lives for our freedom. We remember the legacy they have left for us.
Pentecost is a time to think about the birth of the church and to tap into the vision we have for the future; the future of the church; the future for our nation; the future for each of us.
Pentecost and Memorial represent the merger of conservative/liberal. There is a part of the liberal aspect of our thinking that is conservative and there is a part of the conservative part of our thinking that is liberal. In fact liberal and conservative; holding on to the past and moving toward the future; reactionary thinking and progressive thinking are part of the same thought.
We can embrace one without the other; Are you conservative? Are you liberal? Do you have dreams? Do you have visions?
Are your dreams related to your visions and are your visions growing out of your dreams?
If you have thoughts on this write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to share your thoughts with the readers of this blog click on the 'comments' box below.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Charles Schuster
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