What Promises Shall Be Made?
Pinkie promise.
Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.
That’s a piecrust promise.
Do you solemnly swear…?
Do you…? I do.
We make promises throughout our lives, to friends, family members, therapists, judges, spouses, neighbors, just about everyone with whom we enter relationships. Some of those promises are explicit and some are tacit but no less real.
When Nothing/Everything Changes
So I set out to write a sermon about change this week, in keeping with this month’s theme of The Gift of Transformation—and then I changed my mind. I’m going to talk with you about the moment before us today–a moment that comes into all relationships, at least once and usually many times–the moment of commitment to a shared future.