Slow Seeds [Proper 9C - Galatians 6:1-16]
The Rt. Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Galatians 6:1-16 Slow Seeds St. John’s, Richfield Springs It is hard to know what to do in these turbulent times. The news is often awful. The problems of the world sound overwhelming. Violence and war bubbles and boils and threatens to consume large swaths of humanity. The divisions in our own nation appear intractable and entrenched. The foundations are shaking and the future is ominous. And here we are: so small on the world’s stage. Each one, one in 8 billion. Individual members of a small church in a beautiful little village. It can feel like we do not have enough leverage to turn the world in the direction of the Kingdom of God, that we don’t have the power to fix everything, to make everything OK. And so, if you are like me, you are probably wondering what to do in these turbulent times. While I suspect the ultimate answer to the f...