A Crozier Story [Proper 18C - Jeremiah 18:1-11]
The Rt. Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Jeremiah 18:1-11 A Crozier Story St. John’s, Johnstown The prophet Jeremiah went down to the potter’s house. And in the house he found, no surprise, a potter. The potter was working at his wheel, spinning clay into earthen vessels. Or at least trying to turn clay into earthen vessels. Sometimes the clay did not quite cooperate. And so Jeremiah watched as the potter took a deep breath, slowed the wheel, wrapped some messy fingers around the awkward lump, and started again. Until that lump of clay became what the potter dreamed it would be. Tuesday is the two-year anniversary of my election as your bishop. Election day was a wild day. The family woke up early – because mountain time zone – unsure if everything or nothing in our lives would change. A few hours later, it was everything. The election thrust us, suddenly, into a season of total tra...