Unrighteous blobs of goo - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

Sermons from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

I searched, can the ocean ever run out of salt? It seems like a ridiculous question or maybe just a rhetorical one. Can the ocean ever run out of salt? What an absurd thing to wonder. I always get this way in the dead of winter, the frozen Midwest tundra seems to elicit feelings of helplessness and heartache for me. Jesus' words of firing synapse of the taste buds of humanity, and the blazing presence of collective light, well they seem like a far off vision in this cold, cold little cave where we hibernate. So can the ocean ever run out of salt? Can I, in fact, hide the light that is in me? Can I hold it so tightly in that little squishy spot in my belly where fire rages and where passion comes from and where disciples long before me have found strength to preach the Gospel even in the midst of unspeakable violence, exile, and abandonment. Can the ocean run out of salt? And can the Christian ever unknow the glory of God? The God who gives them life.