This Sunday I ended up turning the first half of this sermon into a ‘children‘s sermon’ and then continuing with the second half of the sermon as the sermon. So, for those who want the entire sermon—here it is.
It begins like this and the whole sermon can be downloaded in either an OpenDocument or a pdf version.
Who am I?
Here we are, back at names again. We have had Abram change to Abraham and Jacob to Israel. The Pharaoh remains nameless but the midwives are named Shiphrah and Puah. Two women, slaves in the court of Pharaoh have names and their master has none.
Just a few verses ago Jesus was named truly by his disciples. As they worshipped him after the storm was over they named him, “Son of God”.
All these names.
My name means “man of the dark waters”. I thought that was so lame when I was young. Why couldn’t I be a Christopher or a David? Now those are strong names!
But dark waters run deep. And I have grown into my name as I have grown older. I am Douglas. That is my name.
All these names.