Navigating the Road: Intersection Ahead
This Sunday we kicked off our new sermon series,
Navigating the Road: Discovering Purpose Along the Way. As we think together about how we live into God’s purposes for us throughout our lives, we are turning to the wisdom that comes to us from scripture. Each week, there will be a traffic sign that points to that wisdom, and this past Sunday we started with this sign, that calls our attention to an intersection that lies ahead.
The American theologian and author Frederick Buechner once wrote that “the place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness meets the world’s deep hunger.” It is these intersections that are the ones for which God calls us to be on the lookout. When we listen to our lives, pay attention to what brings us joy, what gifts we have been blessed with, what we care deeply about and then look for the places that deep gladness intersects with the deep needs of the world, we will find a place where we can step into God’s purposes for us.
Here are links to things Pastor Clare referenced in her sermon yesterday, if you would like to dig deeper this week.
Scripture from The Message - Ephesians 4:1-16 and 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
Frederick Buechner’s writing on vocation that can be found on his website, or in the book Wishful Thinking: A Seeker’s ABC.
Parker Palmer’s Book, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
Mark Tranvik’s commentary on Ephesians 4:1-16.
Sarah Henrich’s commentary on Ephesians 4:1-16.
If you are interested in exploring your spiritual gifts more, there is a free online spiritual gifts inventory you can take that was put together by the Methodist Church that can be a tool as you seek to look out for intersections ahead along the way!
