Since hearing that interview, I’ve been thinking about saints and sinners. And about those who are marginalized in our society at large and in our churches – who they are, how they are treated and why. And I’m thinking about the “calling” that everyone –every one of us – has. Some give it a different name such as purpose or dream or vision. Most all of us wonder what it is, how we can recognize it, how we will know if we have or will achieve it. I wonder what the old time saints, whose day of recognition is tomorrow, thought about the lives they lived, the tasks they were given or chose, the elusive purpose they may have been seeking. And I have the same wondering about the sinners who have named themselves such or who are named by others. How did/do they struggle with those questions? Who are the saints and sinners of today?
to be continued next time……