Preached at the Congregational Church UCC in Iowa City, July 7, 2013
Sermon text Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
I felt inspired on the fourth of July, and wrote out most of the sermon text for this week. I was really inspired by the recent political developments around the voting rights act, and found the insistence on proclaiming our freedom while at the same time watching it be restricted in a day-to-day way (voting, increased security at public events) somewhat jarring. Because so much of what I believe about the Gospel of Jesus focuses on freeing ourselves from fear, I could not help but think of all those people who took up the job in front of them in spite of the fear of repercussions. I think they followed in the best steps of the disciples in this story of Luke’s, who were not allowed even to bring shoes on the road to heal and preach the Gospel.
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