Bringing Faith Home

Sermon delivered by Rev. Debra Garfinkel, Minister of Pastoral Care, Nov. 25, 2007.

It’s the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Wow! What a rush: a time for food, family, friends, and fund. (Oh, I mean Fun!) Of course, the holidays bring on all kinds of excesses that build and build into all kinds of stresses (including, it seems a tendency for me to lapse into Dr. Suessisms.)

Every year at this time, clergy and lay folk alike lament the seemingly manic focus on activities, parties, home decorations, and lavish spending instead of keeping the focus on “the reason for the season.� This is, of course, a matter of faith.

Where am I going with this? I’m saying, let’s bring Faith home. Let’s hear what Faith has to say for a change. We might be surprised.