U2 Eucharist

Today was the U2 Eucharist at Holy Covenant Church. Carolyn, Michelle and Tim joined Chris and I at the 11:15am service. The entire service was filled with U2 songs about social justice, peace and faith. It was fun hearing the band and watching people sing out to the songs!

Today's sermon was wonderful, as Trey's sermon's tend to be. It was about The Bible and how each and every person can approach the Bible and find something new and different in it. How, whatever you are looking for in life...whatever questions you may have, you can find those answers in the Bible. He made a great point that the Bible can also give you the weapons you want to hate the people you hate, even more. Or love the people you love, even more. I thought that wording was quite powerful.

And then Trey touched on the point of how people tend to think that God fell on the 'side' of the Hebrews, when He drowned the Egyptians in the Red Sea. And how most people feel like if they are anything in the Bible, they are usually the Hebrew character. Someone who is kind-hearted and hard-working; someone who is always the protaganist of the story.

But Trey raised the idea that actually, if we really took an honest look at ourselves, we are all Hebrews and we are all Egyptians. We are all the oppressed and the oppressor, at different points and places in our life.

Those can be uncomfortable thoughts. that perhaps at times I am not being as kind as I can be....that I fall short of being a good person....that I can be selfish and rude and jealous. But there is truth in these thoughts.

I was reminded over brunch today of that truth when a mirror was held up to me and I got to see an uglier side of myself. And I was ashamed.

The point, though, is to forgive others when they fall short, because we've been forgiven by others when we've fallen short. And we have all fallen short before. So this afternoon I keep hoping for grace and forgiveness for my shortcomings and I will wake up tomorrow and try to be a better person.

Thanks Carolyn, Michi and Tim for coming to church this morning. :)