It matters [Proper 17B - Psalm 15]
The Rt. Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Psalm 15 It matters Christ Church, Hudson It all matters. What you say and what you do and who you are: it all matters. Your thoughts and your intentions: it all matters. If today’s lessons make anything clear it is that: it all matters. These scriptures don’t leave us much wiggle room; they take things seriously. It matters to Moses in Deuteronomy. It definitely matters in today’s psalm. It matters when James explains what we must understand to be pure and undefiled. It matters when Jesus reveals the contents of the human heart. And it matters because there is water in the font and a baptismal covenant on today’s menu. And I think, maybe, that feels like a lot of pressure, like today’s scripture passages are conspiring with the Baptismal Covenant to overwhelm us and weigh us down, to set an impossibly high standard. If you listened closely t...