Little By Little:
Spiritual Rebirth is a
Gradual Process
A Sermon by the Rev. Mark D. Pendleton
Lessons: John 1: 1-4, 10-13; Exodus 23: 20-30; Revelation 21: 1-7, 22:
16,20; Secrets of Heaven 9246, 9336: 1-3, 9334:2
W
e live in a world in which we are increasingly able to get from point A
to point B quickly:
• In Chicago (where I’m from) we get in a car and drive from the
downtown Loop to Half Day Road in the northern suburbs in 20
minutes to half an hour; that used to take half a day.
• We could celebrate New Years in England, then hop on a
Concorde jet (before it was discontinued), fly to New York City
and celebrate there again.
• We get a message from Pennsylvania to California (or anywhere
else in our world) in an instant via e-mail – something that used
to take days or weeks to accomplish.
Now compare these things to what we witness in nature:
• The movement of the tectonic plates
• The growth and then erosion of mountains
• The change of the seasons
• The turning of a tide
• The growth of a tree
• Or the physical growth of an infant to an adult
Isn’t it true that so many of the most beautiful things in life and in nature
don’t move or grow or develop with great