This is the seventh sermon in a series on the seven deadly sins.  It was delivered by John Griffith, a guest speaker.  Why are we discussing sin?  Because we have lost the meaning of the word.  In the original language it meant - missing the mark.  I set a goal, I don't make it. I want to be a certain way, but I do something else.  In terms of human nature, The writer Paul said something like, The person I want to be, I am not, and the person I don't want to be I see in the mirror in the morning.

I am wondering if anyone wants to continue the disucussion of the sunday sermon at Hillhurst United Church, Calgary Alberta.  The sermon is on the sixth dealy sin of lust and the virture of love.  If you missed the sermon you can hear it at www.hillhurstunited.com.  I got this idea last week and am posting this before the sermon on sunday morning.

Hi All,

Rumour has it that I am no slouch in the preaching department.

All the same. I recognize a great sermon when I see one.

Below, I have copied a sermon written by John Chrysostom for Easter Sunday. Since I uncovered this nugget several years ago I have quit writing Easter Sunday Sermons. This is, in my opinion, the finest sermon this season will hear read, preached or even thought.

I do edit it so that it has two responsive sections, other than that it is read intact.

Here it is:

So here I am, on this day of days, Saint Valentine's Day. It is raining, I am listening to some tuneful music, I am warm....So here I am, on this day of days, Saint Valentine's Day. It is raining, I am listening to some tuneful music, I am warm.

Outside, people are going about, filing paperwork, cleaning the streets, tuning their guitars, getting ready for the night shift, climbing trees to fix worn wires, swimming in the bay to look for some dumped cargo.

We are busy.

The world is a marvelous, twisty, strange, magical, beautiful place full of diverse, impractical, practical, wonderfully irrational, marvelously rational people. All going through life....The world is a marvelous, twisty, strange, magical, beautiful place full of diverse, impractical, practical, wonderfully irrational, marvelously rational people. All going through life.