PSA 13.11.11 Remembrance Sunday

Ken Howcroft. “Don’t bury the grace of God, risk living it!”. A sermon on Remembrance Sunday as Italy is changing its government in the midst of the Eurozone crisis. Last week we learned that just because Jesus has not yet returned in person, we must not think that we can forget about preparing his path or about living, loving and acting as his disciples, and then, when things so start to happen and the kingdom does appear to have come, try and rush around in a panic to get everything done. This week we hear that this means that we are not to trust political slogans that say “There will be peace and security” to the extent of sitting back and doing nothing. The gift of peace that occasionally emerges after people have given their lives or had them taken away in war is not a resource or a talent that we can bury in the ground. Nor is the grace or love of God. We have to risk using God’s grace, love, peace and salvation as we help to make those things real for others. The readings were 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 and Matthew 25:14-30.