The Pulpiteer

Today I spoke a few words at the Dimondale Parade about Memorial Day. I thought I’d post what I said.

I think you can know something important about a people by what they choose to remember. Remembering is an important part of living. I recently read the statement that, “remembering is the opposite of forgetting,” which seems kind of obvious, but then when you think about it, those are our two options: remember or forget. The things we remember are the things that we choose to bring forward with us. The things we forget are gone. Things forgotten lie dead in the past, whereas the act of remembering brings to life things from the past into the present. The things we remember from yesterday have an impact upon us today and shape our tomorrow. Remembering is an active thing. It is not passive. Good remembering is the activity of bringing to your mind, intentionally, those things of the past. In the Christian Church, when we are at our best, we are remembering well. We remember the sacrifice of Christ on Good Friday. We remember the resurrection on Easter Sunday. And to do these things we have activities, songs, prayers, traditions. We do stuff in our community of believers to remember, because remembering is an active activity. I think you can know something important about a people by what they choose to remember.

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I am pretty much speechless about the situation in Myanmar. In this news report there are an estimated 100,000 dead. I cannot even fathom that number. When I think of the lives lost in the Hurricane Katrina disaster and then compare that with 100,000 I cannot imagine what that would do to a country. Certainly prayers and support for this country are needed, although it appears that it is difficult to get aid into the country at this time. All I can think and pray is that God’s Kingdom would come here on earth as it is in heaven.

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