"Ditch" -- Sermon from May 20, 2023

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Podcast

As we wrap up our MOMENTUM theme we move to our final focus “Embracing Transitions” an appropriate topic as some major life transitions occur in this season: graduations, weddings, new jobs, and new homes. This week Pastor Chad compares navigating these life transitions to navigating country roads. We spend a lot of time and effort avoiding the ditches of life (e.g. falling behind in your career advancement) that we choose to focus on and often then end up in the opposite ditch (e.g. stress, exhaustion, not having time for family). The Tower of Babel is not as much about the origin of different languages as it is about focusing on one ditch (a new technology, bricks, offering stability & security to a growing community) and ending up in the other ditch (disconnected from God). This story, like many in Genesis, is about falling out of balance focusing on the newest, best, most powerful item and losing sight of God’s dream for Creation & the role we are called to play in it! Gathering as a community of faith helps push us out of the ditches of life and back onto the road of life as God intended.