[amc] a note from the pastor
- From: Garland Robertson <pastor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Austin Mennonite Church <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:06:43 -0600
Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church
I pray you are encouraged as you experience the gift of life.
Divine engagement is obviously at work in the preservation of the
collection of Old Testament books represented as the declarations of
prophets. No doubt many other observations about the current state of
the community and predictions about happenings in the future existed,
yet these are the ones that survive. The persons who spoke these lines
are peculiar people. They have the capacity to look beyond the
immediate situation and recognize a more substantial definition of life
as it is influenced by both history and future.
To us the prophets seem detached from reality. Rather than letting the
facts speak for themselves they insist on speaking for the facts. They
produce explanations that are totally illogical and unsubstantiated, and
fantastic forecasts of upcoming events occurring years, even centuries
beyond their time. Jesus is one of these starry eyed characters,
looking at immediate discouraging events and forecasting the beginning
of a new way of living, even a new world in which to live.
Perhaps we can find a way to perceive this amazing world of the
prophets, not only to see the kingdom of God already nearby but also to
enter into it.
These thoughts will compose the sermon for this next Sunday, 'Finding
the entry point.'
May it go well with you. Sincerely,
Garland Robertson
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Austin Mennonite Church, (512) 926-3121 www.mennochurch.org
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