Faith Fixes You
This is the manuscript from my November 27 sermon that I worked off of. The lesson for the day was Joel 2:12-13 and 28-29. We are one week ahead of the Narrative Lectionary. Yesterday, I saw online that an actor named Ron Glass passed away. You might know him from Barney Miller ; he played Det. Ron Harris. I knew him better for another role, sci-fi show Firefly. He played a pastor, known as Shepherd Book. Besides enjoying sci-fi, I connected with Shepherd Book. The series came right at the time I was first considering the ministry, and seeing a man of faith who had not always been a man of faith spoke to me. I watched a couple of episodes of Serenity before writing this, because I wanted to see one particular scene. Shepherd came into his quarters to find another character is “fixing the Bible,” trying to reconcile contradictions, develop a more unified message. In response, Shepherd says, It’s not about making sense. It’s about believing in something, and letting that belief