This Week at St. Patrick's July 13, 2011

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This Week at St. Patrick's July 6, 2011

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"Is this how you get a wife?" - The Rev. Dr. Kurt Gerhard, July 3, 2011

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Genesis 24.34-38,42-49,58-67

You might have heard that Andrea and I are preaching on the Genesis passages over the next several weeks. This came about because Andrea is always looking ahead and making good plans for us and helping to connect these plans to our spiritual growth. I have learned to jump right in when Andrea gets an idea because it is usually right on. That is one of the many blessings that Andrea brings to her service here at St. Patrick’s.

Now this was not an easy task. Andrea knew that going in. She had looked ahead and knew that when I was away last Sunday at Church Camp, she would be responsible for preaching about God’s call to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. That is a story that challenges our sensibilities. I’m sure that any generation reading or hearing that story would be uncomfortable.

When I began preparing my sermon after returning from camp, I read another passage that seems odd in modern times.  It is not as repulsive as God asking Abraham to sacrifice his child, but the selection of wife for Isaac seems odd in our culture.