Sermon for Sept. 2 2012

Closer by Grace. Sept 1 2012.

Texts: James 1:17-27. Mark 7:1-8

By Rev. James Murray at Dominion-Chalmers United Church.

It has been an interesting summer in the world of sports. At the London Olympics, Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus was the only athlete to lose their medal after failing a drug test. Another twenty athletes were also caught and sent home for cheating with drugs. The Olympic Committee says they will hang on to everyone’s samples for eight more years, and if better tests can prove someone was cheating, they will be punished.