October 27, 2013 – Gratitude from John Knox Kirk on Vimeo.
A sermon preached at John Knox Kirk of Kansas City, Missouri on October 27, 2013.
NPR this week offered an expose on the Canadian band Arcade Fire.
They’re a bit of an indy favorite these days, Arcade Fire,
and they even won an Album of the Year Grammy in 2011
for The Suburbs.
So they share that honor this decade with such luminaries
as Taylor Swift, Adele, and Mumford and Sons.
I really wish I could like them more,
but its not really my style of music.
Not enough acoustic guitar, perhaps.
But my pastor friend Marci was reflecting with me on this[i]
text from Luke, these ongoing biting, incisive,
deeply exposing parables of Jesus
that are recorded in Luke,
and she was listening to the song City with No Children
when she heard this parable coming through the lyrics…[ii]
You never trust a millionaire
quoting the sermon on the mount
I used to think I was not like them
but I’m beginning to have my doubts
my doubts about it.
When you’re hiding underground
The rain can’t get you wet
But do you think your righteousness
could pay the interest on your debt?
I have my doubts about it….
I used to think I was not like them, but I’m beginning to have my doubts..
