Why weren’t they at your church?

Thanks to a group called The Official Street Preachers, “Homo Sex is Sin” was the message that congregants at the Cathedral of Hope United Church of Christ were greeted with this morning. Unfortunately, our family was not at church this morning. Our son Phillip has the flu and the rest of the kids are considered carriers until the Tamiflu runs out. I would have loved the opportunity to show my children how foolish people look when hate takes over. Regardless, I felt like I got much of the experience from the numerous videos and pictures people shared. Ever the preacher, I started to wonder what the message of the moment was? Then, I saw all the posts from people at other churches expressing their disgust. Thinking about the protestors and naysayers that followed Jesus around, I knew what the sermon of the day was. Why weren’t they at your church?

Amen.