How brave it is to follow

Today's Scripture reflections feature Jesus, a heap of fish, and pondering the BRAVERY of following.  That leads directly into Brenda Salter McNeil's powerful storytelling of clergy in Ferguson in 2014 being asked by the young generation of leaders who'd witnessed a lack of integrity in the church: "Are you coming or not?" It is brave to show up, brave to receive critique, brave to change plans, brave to cede power, brave to remain rooted, brave to be humble, brave to follow.
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Sermon begins at minute 12:50.
Scripture: Luke 5.1-11
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Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

• Sizohamba Naye (We will walk with God) - Text and Music Swaziland traditional, ©2002 WGRG Iona Community, GIA Publications.

Additional Resources

• Afternoon Prayer - by Michael Bade. ©2021, shared with permission
• Jesus walked this lonesome valley - Traditional Spiritual
• Call to worship: Joanna Harader at SpaciousFaith.com
• Brenda Salter McNeil, "Becoming Brave: A Tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." Link to video: https://vimeo.com/496349681 (her 8-minute message starts at minute 19:50).