866 24 26018 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/115831b290012fc260d978e1407e23e4.pdf 6d2a050495d3a48293ee62f21e4f8ec3 PDF Text Text The Grace to Recognize the Future Text: Luke 2:32 Richard A. Rhem Christ Community Church Spring Lake, Michigan Christmastide II, January 2, 1994 Transcription of the spoken sermon "…A light that will be a revelation to the nations and glory to thy people Israel.” It is the first Lord's Day of a new year, and the new year is a time for prognosticating - projecting the future. We have come through the old year and have taken inventory, and now it's the problem of trying to secure our future by strategizing and planning and figuring out what we want to do with our investments, with our business, with our profession, with our lives. As a community of God's people, this second Sunday in Christmastide allows us to return once more to the Christmas story, and on the first Lord's Day of a new year to ask ourselves what that story calls us to be as a people of God. I would like to suggest that we need grace. We need grace to recognize the future. The future is upon us whether we recognize it or not but, if God would give us grace, we might recognize and receive that future and become more closely identified with the purposes of God for the world and for us, God's people. We are a people who live by a vision. Stemming from the prophets, the whole Western World is a world that thinks in terms of a beginning and a consummation, in contrast to Eastern spirituality that lives in a kind of cyclical eternal return. We think more in terms of that linear movement, the drama of history. History had a beginning when God said, "Let there be," and that history will have a consummation when God says, "Time shall be no more." We have just celebrated and are celebrating the Good News that, in the meantime, in this historical drama of which we are a part, God is with us. God had visited God's people, and the "Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." So, we in Christmastide are a people who celebrate the presence of God with us as we move toward the future. We are a biblical people who live by that kind of vision. It is important for us to understand the contours of the future to the extent that is possible - to the extent that we can discern that from the word of God and the drama of salvation that is being played out in our midst. I call you this morning to seek the grace to recognize the future in order that we might be what God might have us be. In order to do that, it is always necessary to hear again the Gospel in a new way in terms of that concrete context in which we live, on the first Sunday of © Grand Valley State University   �Grace to Recognize the Future Richard A. Rhem Page 2   a new year, as we think about the future before us, set our goals and make our plans. In this concrete context, as those who would live by the Gospel, how ought we to fashion our lives and set our goals and make our plans? Simeon was a beautiful old man, and one of our favorite biblical characters, I suppose. Simeon was one who had the grace to recognize the future. Joseph and Mary brought the child to the temple to fulfill the legal requirements according to the Law of Moses for the child and for Mary. The Holy Spirit nudged old Simeon and said, "Go and look upon that child." He took that child in his arms and had the sense that now the future had been opened - that for which he had been watching and waiting was now present in this child. He had the grace to recognize the future as an old man who had lived righteously and devoutly; that is, he had lived with integrity in all his human relationships and he had been devout in that he worshipped God and trusted God. He is characterized as one of those who was watching and waiting, and trusting and hoping, and praying - and in the child he saw the fulfillment of his hopes, the realization that God was moving now in a significant way to effect God's purposes. So he sang a song. He sang a Psalm, "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for the nations, and a glory for thy people Israel." The Song of Simeon, Nunc dimittis, coming from the first two words in Latin of a translation of a Psalm. Luke begins the story of Jesus with singers. He laces into the nativity narrative the song of Zechariah, the song of Mary, and the song of Simeon. Those songs are at the beginning of the story of Jesus for a very good reason. We have beautiful old Simeon, having lived well, ready now to die in peace. That would really be a wonderful way in which simply to close the Christmas season. In fact, I would suggest that if I had my "druthers" I would quit now, we would take the offering and go home. For after all, it is a wonderful story. The child in the arms of an old man, an old man who had lived righteously, worshiped faithfully, lived with hope and trust and found the realization of his dream, and would die in peace. That is a wonderful story! It would be worth the price of admission this morning. We could go home how. But that's not all Simeon had to say. So, if I would be faithful to the Gospel, I have to go on to tell you what more Simeon said about this child. He said, "This child will be for the fall and rising of many in Israel. He will be a sign spoken against." Then he looked at Mary and he said, "And a sword will pierce your heart." I suppose I could have entitled this message "The Shadow Side of Christmas," because Simeon was not only a beautiful model of living well and dying peacefully, he is also one who had the grace to recognize the future and to see in Jesus a future that would call people into the crisis of decision because Simeon recognized that the future of God was a future that pointed to the transformation of human society, the transformation of the human condition. © Grand Valley State University �Grace to Recognize the Future Richard A. Rhem Page 3   The song of Simeon like the songs of Zechariah and Mary is a song of revolution. These are revolutionary ballads. Luke puts them intentionally at the beginning of his gospel in order to say that God intends to do something in this old world through this child, and that this child will set in motion what God intends, that the world be changed, that the human condition be transformed. That means that this child will not simply be sweet little Jesus boy, but one who will face us with the crisis of decision and call us to follow in a way that will result in the transformation of human society. It will be a sign spoken against. He will not be taken lightly, not perceived readily. Mary will bury her child for the way he will go. For in this child was the beginning of a guerilla warfare on this world, whose end is the kingdom of God, the Shalom of the messianic age. Maybe for just a few moments we ought to think about Jesus and the implications of Christmas for our lives as individuals and as a community. We have been looking at a mission statement or an identity statement in which we have recognized the grace of God that embraces all and excludes none. I believe that is the intention of the gospel. We have failed, I think, to recognize the revolutionary ferment that the gospel of Jesus Christ injects into the human situation. As I said, the song of Zechariah, and the song of Mary, and the song of Simeon were songs that might be compared to a Joan Baez in the 60s. These were the ballads of the underside of society. These were the people of no account who saw in Jesus the possibility of the transformation of the human situation. What was the human situation? Well, the human situation was set forth by Luke when he says that Caesar Augustus made a decree that all the world should be taxed. Governments tax people. That's what they are about. In Imperial Rome, they were not asking what was just or fair, or good for the provinces. They were asking, "How much revenue do we need in order to support the apparatus of the Imperial government?" So the decree went out and Joseph could load his very pregnant wife onto a mule and head for Bethlehem whether it was convenient or not. There were masses of peasant people who were displaced and dispossessed. It was a society in which the masses were marginalized and living at a subsistence level. The country priests, of whom Zechariah was a model, sang the Benedictus, saying now God finally has redeemed and visited God's people. Mary was just an ordinary girl, just a peasant girl, and she sang the Magnificat, in which she spoke about how the mighty were thrown down and the lowly were lifted up. Simeon said, "This one will be a sign spoken of again because he will be for the fall and rise of many in Israel." These were the revolutionary ballads of a people who were oppressed and exploited, dispossessed and dominated. The world was in the control of a Caesar in Rome, who had his Herod in Jerusalem, who had his Caiaphas in the Church. And in that collusion of government power and ecclesiastical power— the poor, the masses, were dispossessed, exploited, abused, and their lot was a sorry one. The story of Jesus is called Gospel, which means literally good news. But was it good news for Caesar Augustus? You had better believe it wasn't. Was it good © Grand Valley State University �Grace to Recognize the Future Richard A. Rhem Page 4   news for Herod? Not at all! Herod was so "antsy" at the announcement of the possibility of the birth of royalty that he had all the innocents slaughtered: all male children, two years and under, were put to the sword lest there be any pretender to his throne and to his power. Those who are in power will do everything possible for the perpetuation of that power, for the insuring and the securing of a position of power and influence. The world is no different today than it was then. It was no different then than it is today. The gospel was good news - not to those who were in charge, but to those who were underdogs. The shadow side of Christmas is a shadow side to the rich and the powerful. It is good news to the poor. Richard Horsley has a book published this past year called The Liberation of Christmas, and when I saw the title I thought perhaps it was another one of those spiritual harangues about how we have commercialized and sentimentalized Christmas. But when I got to reading it, I found it is one of those intense New Testament studies which is going on so much in our day, where the gospel and the story of Jesus is being rooted in its concrete historical, social, political and economic context. Richard Horsley, in order to help the likes of us to understand the nature of the gospel, gives us an analogy out of our own day and our own situation in this nation (North America) over against Latin America. He tells the story about what has gone on over the last thirty or forty years in Guatemala and Nicaragua. I am embarrassed to tell you I know very little about it. I think from the hints I get that you and I would be horrified at the atrocities that have been perpetuated south of our border. We have our hands clean, but like Caesar we have had our Herods. We have buttressed the strong men with their secret police forces. The news has leaked out to us. We learn, for example, when Oscar Romero, the Archbishop in El Salvador, is gunned down at the altar in 1980 because he had gone to the side of the peasant and the poor. We hear about it in our newspapers when six nuns are gunned down by the secret police. We hear about it when the oppressor gets out of bounds and the situation becomes so atrocious that the world finally sits up and takes notice. But until such time, what we really care about is not someone who is in power, who is concerned about peace and justice. What we really care about and in a matter of national policy is that someone who is in control will keep the natives from being too restless, and who will, for God's sake, keep the communist threat from invading our hemisphere. That was the story for the last forty years. When Horsley gives the analogy of our involvement in the poverty and destitution and hopelessness of the masses of Latin America, he tells also of how in these base communities, little household groups are springing up all over the place down there. He tells how these poor folk begin to read these stories and they read those songs at the beginning of Luke's gospel and they say, "God cares about us. God is into liberation." It is not accidental that liberation theology has arisen in South America and Latin America, and that the model, the paradigm in the biblical © Grand Valley State University �Grace to Recognize the Future Richard A. Rhem Page 5   story that they have latched onto is the Exodus -when God with a mighty hand delivered a band of slaves out of Pharaoh's power. Now, the Christmas story is a story of radical revolution. In order not to hear it, we have successfully spiritualized it. For most of my ministry, and most of your experience, the message would have been stopped ten minutes ago with Simeon, an old man, hoping watching, praying, living well - dying in peace. Period! And to the likes of us, that's good news, and it doesn't reach into the dark corners of our community and national and ecclesiastical situations at all. It's comfortable. In fact, it's inspiring, and it's true. But it is not the whole story. With every returning Christmas it gets more difficult for me to figure out how in the world the likes of us can speak of Christmas as the Good News. It wasn't good news in Rome, it wasn't good news in Jerusalem, and it isn't really good news in the church. There is a guy I don't like very well. I am glad that it seems as though his sun is setting. His name is Jesse Jackson. But, I don't like him very well. In a presidential election or two ago when Jesse was running, he made a speech before the Democratic convention and there was one statement that struck me and has stayed with me. He was talking about his Rainbow Coalition. He was talking about race, poverty and the ghettos of the city, etc. Then he said, "Someone said to me, ‘Why do you meddle in these unpopular issues?'" (I suppose it's like someone saying to me, "Preacher, why don't you be user friendly?") "I deal with these issues," he said," because they are moral issues, and if they are moral issues, they will become political issues." I heard that and had to admit he was right. Do you want an example? South Africa (ten years ago, fifteen to twenty years ago). Didn't we wonder whether it would end in an explosion and a blood bath? Then events move along to a point at which someone like de Klerk comes along to see the inevitability of a sharing of power and, against great resistance, exercises leadership and moves it to a place where today there is the possibility of the first universal election and democratically elected government in their history. Chief Buthelezi, the black chieftain who wants to maintain his own power may yet undercut it. The white supremacists who want to maintain their own power and prestige and position may yet torpedo it. But, maybe it will happen. Sometimes it is easier to see the dynamics half a world away. All the dynamics were there - the same dynamics that operated with Caesar and Herod and Caiaphas when this child was born. Those in power would do everything possible to perpetuate power, even to the use of police force intimidation whatever it took. When you are in power, and when you have the wealth and the authority of the organization, you can hold the lid on for a long time. But - if it's a moral issue, it will become a political issue. You know why? Is it just because people finally will rise up? No, I will tell you why. Do you know why people will finally rise up? Because God loves people, and God is on the side of the poor and the oppressed and the exploited and the dominated, and the Good News of the Gospel was not about God sending a Savior into the world that I might be forgiven and go to © Grand Valley State University �Grace to Recognize the Future Richard A. Rhem Page 6   heaven. My goodness, haven't we domesticated the Gospel? Is that what it's about? Or is it about changing the world? Is it about changing society? Is it about facing up to the moral issues and using every bit of power we have in order to be on the side of justice and righteousness, leading toward peace? Will we have the grace to recognize the future? That's where the future is. Isaiah knew it. Micah knew it. Jesus knew it. Old Simeon knew it. And, therefore, they joined God's guerilla corps for the casting down of the mighty who held rule by intimidation, coercion and oppression, and joined the side of those who were looking for a humane existence. You know, even if we didn't believe in God, even if we didn't believe in the future that God intends, even if we didn't feel the call of the Gospel to be involved with God's spirit in the world. If we were just smart, we would try to wipe out every situation where there is inhumanity, where people live with less than human dignity, where they might come to the conclusion finally that "burn baby, burn, I've got nothing to lose anyway"—where there is violence in our streets, where people gun down people because, if my life doesn't mean anything to me, your life doesn't mean anything either because human existence has degenerated to that point. If we were nothing but smart, shrewd, clever we would recognize that we ought to be about the humanization of the human lot of every human being. But why not do it with God—with grace, with God's grace—recognizing that that is where God would have us go. If I had quit twenty minutes ago, it would have been one more wonderful Christmas at Christ Community—live well, die in peace. All of that is true, friends, but it is only half of the story. It is actually a distortion of the real story. Frankly, I would rather not preach this sermon, but I can't help it—it is true. Merry Christmas. © Grand Valley State University � https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2392bbcbda31bdaa55f7ebc75ae7434b.mp3 7eecca40329aab002645d2cb8f8ac740 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. 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Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Event Christmas Eve Scripture Text John 1:14, II Corinthians 5:19 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19931224 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-12-24 Title A name given to the resource Incarnation Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on December 24, 1993 entitled "Incarnation", on the occasion of Christmas Eve, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: John 1:14, II Corinthians 5:19. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1f0eb8bdb27a860615ab0cce16d87bab.mp3 67cbf05aa9604aee596a5a22b0d97e4d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. 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Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/b061da81247c292c3342d9946c828b5a.mp3 7b0ce20859bad14ad88bf4c1c87940bb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. 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Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Event Pentecost XXV Scripture Text Job 4:7, Philippians 2:1-4 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19931121 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-11-21 Title A name given to the resource The Embrace of Grace Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. 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Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on October 31, 1993 entitled "Word and Wind and World", on the occasion of Reformation Day & All Saints Day, Pentecost XXII, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Jeremiah 31:31, 33, II Corinthians 3:3, 17. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2f338b51acab93fb395564c6ef0a60e5.mp3 82ebe18f7638867cab47097987e550cc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. 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Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/bc649d608e392515c70c708de8748298.mp3 eeaf502917df6aea5cce6c306982c08a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. His journey is important, in part because it is reflective of the questioning, the yearnings, and the gradual revision of beliefs that many persons in this part of the century have experienced and continue to experience. It is important also because of the affirming and inclusive way his questioning was done and his thinking evolved. His sermons and other written and spoken materials together document the steps in his journey as it took a turn in 1985, yet continued to revolve around the framework and liturgies of the Christian calendar. Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Religion Interfaith worship Sermons Sound Recordings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rhem, Richard A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/514">Richard A. 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Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on October 17, 1993 entitled "For Love of the World", on the occasion of Pentecost XX, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Matthew 5:44-45, Isaiah 44:15-16. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/84e3615b39ae093179ee17d24fb1d376.mp3 2e20b5d360537e1e732aa68a2d7468a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. 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Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Event Pentecost XIX Scripture Text Hosea 11:8, Revelation 1:10-11, Luke 4:17 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19931010 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-10-10 Title A name given to the resource A Community of Inclusivity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. 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Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on October 3, 1993 entitled "In the Awe of Worship", on the occasion of Pentecost XVIII, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Isaiah 6:8, Revelation 1:10-11. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. 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Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on September 26, 1993 entitled "Breaking Through, The Future Emerging", on the occasion of Pentecost XVII, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Isaiah 43:18-19, Acts 11:4. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/0c3c47a3c1c806fb9b59cdd2c5760a93.mp3 52deb69c62fa6b487bb50b5dbd5dc20f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. 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Rhem papers (KII-01)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kaufman Interfaith Institute Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1981-2014 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 text/pdf Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Event Pentecost XIV Scripture Text Genesis 2:3, Mark 2:27 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19930905 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-09-05 Title A name given to the resource Hallowed Time That Hallows Time Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on September 5, 1993 entitled "Hallowed Time That Hallows Time", on the occasion of Pentecost XIV, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Genesis 2:3, Mark 2:27. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1a8368bd71d7e2c5e892dc53b0f16708.mp3 a450293c817ac02874ffab2b91da0ddd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. 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Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Event Pentecost XIII Scripture Text I Kings 19:4, Mark 14:33 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19930829 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-08-29 Title A name given to the resource The Care of the Soul II Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. 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Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/19cc79d8e9017a075040af2cd65b6a32.mp3 e6a6d084cf08869b3a7814063826fbce Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. His journey is important, in part because it is reflective of the questioning, the yearnings, and the gradual revision of beliefs that many persons in this part of the century have experienced and continue to experience. It is important also because of the affirming and inclusive way his questioning was done and his thinking evolved. His sermons and other written and spoken materials together document the steps in his journey as it took a turn in 1985, yet continued to revolve around the framework and liturgies of the Christian calendar. Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Religion Interfaith worship Sermons Sound Recordings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rhem, Richard A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/514">Richard A. 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Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Event Pentecost XII Scripture Text Jeremiah 2:13, Matthew 6:23 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19930822 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-08-22 Title A name given to the resource The Care of the Soul Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on August 22, 1993 entitled "The Care of the Soul", on the occasion of Pentecost XII, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Jeremiah 2:13, Matthew 6:23. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/17a65e122316efe4b1d588b50fb5a902.mp3 9831aa9632d27fa1d6eb414329f494b6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. His journey is important, in part because it is reflective of the questioning, the yearnings, and the gradual revision of beliefs that many persons in this part of the century have experienced and continue to experience. It is important also because of the affirming and inclusive way his questioning was done and his thinking evolved. His sermons and other written and spoken materials together document the steps in his journey as it took a turn in 1985, yet continued to revolve around the framework and liturgies of the Christian calendar. Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Religion Interfaith worship Sermons Sound Recordings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rhem, Richard A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/514">Richard A. 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Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Event Pentecost XI Scripture Text Genesis 11:7, Acts 2:6-8 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19930815 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-08-15 Title A name given to the resource Can We Talk? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on August 15, 1993 entitled "Can We Talk?", on the occasion of Pentecost XI, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Genesis 11:7, Acts 2:6-8. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/24de976e2697149199bf27361dca5136.mp3 0cfbc28bd50fc652f640a3fb68671197 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. His journey is important, in part because it is reflective of the questioning, the yearnings, and the gradual revision of beliefs that many persons in this part of the century have experienced and continue to experience. It is important also because of the affirming and inclusive way his questioning was done and his thinking evolved. His sermons and other written and spoken materials together document the steps in his journey as it took a turn in 1985, yet continued to revolve around the framework and liturgies of the Christian calendar. Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Religion Interfaith worship Sermons Sound Recordings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rhem, Richard A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/514">Richard A. 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Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Event Pentecost X Scripture Text Isaiah 43:2 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19930808 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-08-08 Title A name given to the resource If God Sent the Rainbow, Who Sent the Flood? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on August 8, 1993 entitled "If God Sent the Rainbow, Who Sent the Flood?", on the occasion of Pentecost X, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Isaiah 43:2. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/bda6a4b45698b095485abf46aad7b60f.pdf a8d79867171c4da31e368a9f57a883b6 PDF Text Text Memories With a Future Richard A. Rhem Christ Community Church Spring Lake, Michigan August 1, 1993 Transcription of the spoken sermon "I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” Genesis 9:13 "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me…This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” I Corinthians 11:24-25 I have a new book. It’s entitled The Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore. It is a recent publication and it has made the Best Seller list which, I think, is unusual for a book about the care of the soul. Thomas Moore is not writing necessarily from the Christian perspective. I don't know really where he stands there, but he is writing about the malaise of the 20th-century human person whose soul lacks depth, or who is rather soul-less and, therefore, gets caught up in all kinds of addictions and obsessions, and violence, and has no depth dimension to his or her person. Moore is a psychologist and he says that no longer can we afford the luxury of a bifurcation between psychology as a secular science and spirituality as a religious dimension, that really the health of the human person involves that depth dimension of soul. We must care for our souls. One of the things that he suggests is that we simply must observe, pay attention, attend to our lives, our soul, our moods, to just what's happening in us, our responses, our attitudes, and our spirit. Thomas Moore makes an interesting connection with our celebration this morning, because he speaks of ritual observances. He notes that the word observance has within it serv (s-e-r-v), which in the original from which the word is derived had to do with the tending of sheep. So an observance is really a tending of the dimensions of the soul. Moore says it is important that we engage in ritual observances - that ritual observances have a way of forming us in our depths. When I read that, I recognized that there is a part of me which is so under-developed. I am about 98% head. I am always thinking. And I am always trying to understand. That's a reflection of my tradition, which has nurtured me in biblical story and faith meaning, the Catechism, the structure of the faith. In recent years I have been recognizing that there is a sacramental dimension to Christian experience that was not well developed for me, and I have been groping © Grand Valley State University   �Memories With a Future Richard A. Rhem Page 2   for that, to find that depth dimension that doesn't denigrate the mind, doesn't eliminate the importance of understanding, but is able to get to the heart and to the primal core of our being. That's what ritual does. We have never done ritual very well. My whole tradition, my whole experience has not had an appreciation for the spiritual shaping, the spiritual formation of ritual observances. As I reflected on that I thought, that is what we are about when we come to gather around the table of our Lord. We have tried so hard to understand the relationship of bread to body, and wine to blood, and what actually happens. What is that transaction of bread and wine to us, received in faith and in the spirit? I recognize again my flaw, which is always trying to understand rather than being able somehow or other to turn off my brain, even momentarily and experience , and in that ritual observance to be shaped and formed. Then I came across a phrase that became a window for me - really a wonderful illuminating moment. One would think at this advanced age that one had thought every thought possible, and come across every possible combination of explanation of what this experience is all about. But then I read this phrase from Walter Bruggeman in one of his Old Testament studies: "Memories With A Future." Suddenly that juxtaposition of words just struck fire for me. "Memories With A Future." Sometimes words juxtaposed, put together in unusual fashion can bring flashes of illumination. “Memory” refers usually to the past, to memories of pleasure or of pain. And we think of the future, which we move toward with anticipation, either of desire or of hope, or of dread. But to think of "Memories With A Future," suddenly I said, "That's what happens in the sacrament when Jesus invites us to remember him and in that remembering to experience his presence and to appropriate again that future that he promised us." Suddenly, past and future intersect this present moment in the sacramental participation. "Memories With A Future." Now memory can be employed negatively. In the opening verses of Psalm 137, we certainly can identify with the exile from Jerusalem, a captive in Babylon, his tormenters saying, "Sing us a song of Zion." He says, "My heart is broken. How can I sing the Lord's song in a strange land?" Then he vows, "If I forget thee O, Jerusalem…may my right hand be cut off." And then, that triggers a response of vengeance. Were you surprised that I read the Psalm through to the end? Where he would delight in having the little ones dashed against the rock? Certainly a holy, unworthy emotion. Were you amazed perhaps that it should even come to expression in the scripture? Ah, but it is a very human emotion. Very common, and of which we are all capable. Twist the soul, oppress, torment and there is that response - vengeful, hateful, seen all too often in our own world today. Bosnia Herzegovina, those ancient feuds becoming the alignment of religious group against religious group. The Middle East - Israel, Lebanon, Syria - Jew, Muslim. © Grand Valley State University �Memories With a Future Richard A. Rhem Page 3   Psalm 137 causes us to cringe at the image of little ones dashed against the rock, because we recognize that it is a part of us. This is also a self-destructive use of memory. But there is a positive use of memory and that is that to which Jesus pointed when he said, "Take this bread. Remember me. Take this cup. Remember me until I come." The old communion liturgy had all those dimensions in it. A feast of remembrance, of communion in the present, and of hope. A sacrament is the intersection of the past and the future, and the present moment of participation. And the participation, the ritual observance repeated, repeated, repeated. Ah, in my tradition, in my growing up, I was taught that that repetition was merely ritualism. What my tradition and what I never recognized was that it is in that very repetitious observance that I am shaped down here , in the gut, and we become a community shaped around the memory that has a future, a memory of Jesus the way he was, the life he lived, the death he suffered, the resurrection he experienced, and the Shalom to which he calls us. "Memory With A Future." The past event always aimed toward that consummation of all things “when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God." God's people have always been nurtured by signs, by ritual observances. The earliest sign in the biblical narrative was the rainbow. After the flood, a judgment on a perverse world, on creation gone awry, the Creator says, "Never again. Never again." The change was not in human nature. The change was not in the creation. The change was in the Creator. "Never again," God says. "Never again will I destroy it all. Never again. I enter into covenant faithfulness with all the earth and with every living creature." This is the earliest covenant. This covenant is broader than the covenant with Abraham. This is the covenant of God with the whole creation, God saying, "I will never abandon it. I will never let it go, and I will set my bow in the cloud and when you see my bow in the cloud I will see the bow and I will remember, and you will know that I will be faithful." Isaiah 54 references Noah and the bow, and then the prophet sings, "The mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love will not depart from you. The covenant of my peace will not be removed, says the Lord who has mercy upon you." The rainbow triggered in the poet the deep assurance of the steadfast love and faithfulness of God. The rainbow triggered a memory still potent for the future. Some of you know that, a little over a month ago, I conducted the funeral service for a beautiful little angel twenty-one months old. The reason that I conducted the service at the Spring Lake Presbyterian Church was the fact that Reverend Anderson is new there and didn't really know the family, and the grandmother of the little child, whose name was Paige, was a childhood friend of Nancy, and they continue friends to this day and we had become friends as couples. The mother of the little child was a school friend of Lynn, so because of our intimate connection with the family I was asked to do the service. I met with the family the day before the funeral and they manifested remarkable faith and trust in God. They live in © Grand Valley State University �Memories With a Future Richard A. Rhem Page 4   Wisconsin where little twenty-one months old Paige scooted away, as a child will, and got to an open gate of a neighbor's pool and under the solar cover and died. They had a service in their own community, but because of their connections here they wanted a service here in this community. As I sat with them they told me about their trip from Wisconsin to Grand Haven. It was a Saturday night; in fact it was June 26, and on that Saturday evening as they drove in their van with a casket on board, they drove into a rainbow. The rainbow arched the highway. Their little seven year old, Megan, who is a bit of a mystic, who knew long before the doctors knew that her "Mommy" was carrying twins, said, "Look, Paige is painting rainbows." For a moment there was a double rainbow as though a second one for the twin. They told me this story and asked me about the connection with the biblical story, and I said to them, "It is the oldest sign in creation of the faithfulness of God." I used it for the funeral meditation, the sign of God's covenant faithfulness in the midst of their loss and pain, that God would be with them and was with them. The sign of a rainbow, which forever after for them will trigger a "Memory That Has a Future. Last evening I called Ron and Patrice Frantz to tell them that I would tell that story, wanting them to be prepared as they came to worship this morning. Just before Elise Joy died last fall, having been born a twin with her sister Leigh, and having continued complications, but developing into a blooming delightful child of her own person, just before she died with no premonition at the time that she would die, Patrice took the two girls in her arms to the window of their home overlooking Lake Michigan where there was a beautiful rainbow. Patrice said to me, "Is that a sign?" I said, "That is a sign." And I used this scripture for Elise Joy's funeral, where we celebrated the life, however brief, of Elise Joy. Then Patrice said to me, "I cannot believe that you called. We were just talking about you." In a rather emotional weekend after attending an annual conference where Elise had been with them last year, they experienced the loss of her presence this year with people who hadn't known that she had died. And, therefore, all of the freshness of that loss was brought to the surface again. Then on the way home they stopped at the cemetery for the first time to see the gravestone. There was something about the stone that they wanted to ask me about, so they had been talking about calling me. Then I said, "This is why I am calling . . ." Patrice said, "Can I tell you one more thing? Not an hour ago Leigh went to the box that still has Elise's toys and took out a music box and brought it to me and I wound it up, and it began to play "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." Does God send God's angels to sustain and keep us? Does God keep God's promises of steadfast love and faithfulness? Every time Ron and Patrice or Sarah and Morrey, whose twins were born near each other in time, both of which now have one treasure in heaven, every time they see the rainbow they will have a memory that will bring tears, but through the tears will shine a hope that sees beyond the years to that time when we shall be gathered all together in the © Grand Valley State University �Memories With a Future Richard A. Rhem Page 5   presence of the Lord. For Jesus said, "Remember me and know that I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, that where I am there you may be also. Because I live, you too shall live. The seer on the island of Patmos had a vision in which he saw a new heaven and a new earth, and the dwelling of God with God's people. He said, "Behold I make all things new. I will wipe every tear from your eye and there shall be no more crying or pain, nor death any more. For the former things have passed away." This morning you are invited to take bread and cup, and to remember. But the memory of that one in our past has a future – of a time when we shall be gathered at the banquet table of our Lord. Come then. The Master is here and calls for you. All things are ready. © Grand Valley State University � https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/7efe20ba5718aa083b99ffc833daaf7a.mp3 dbc3a9436e29c226937dab87046d5efb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. His journey is important, in part because it is reflective of the questioning, the yearnings, and the gradual revision of beliefs that many persons in this part of the century have experienced and continue to experience. It is important also because of the affirming and inclusive way his questioning was done and his thinking evolved. His sermons and other written and spoken materials together document the steps in his journey as it took a turn in 1985, yet continued to revolve around the framework and liturgies of the Christian calendar. Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Religion Interfaith worship Sermons Sound Recordings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rhem, Richard A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/514">Richard A. Rhem papers (KII-01)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kaufman Interfaith Institute Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1981-2014 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 text/pdf Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Event Pentecost IX Scripture Text Genesis 9:13, I Corinthians 11:24-25 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI References Thomas Moore, The Care of the Soul, 1994 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19930801 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-08-01 Title A name given to the resource Memories With A Future Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 application/pdf Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on August 1, 1993 entitled "Memories With A Future", on the occasion of Pentecost IX, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Genesis 9:13, I Corinthians 11:24-25. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives Ritual Sacrament https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/69159221b3cd3cec67a7b8de45985d2e.pdf 539637c38aa5582542c1dc0c0e8ba5bf PDF Text Text Who Says God Says? Richard A. Rhem Christ Community Church Spring Lake, Michigan July 25, 1993 Transcription of the spoken sermon "…never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom." Amos 7:13 "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." Luke 4:21 Within the last couple of years we have had a guest at Christ Community; his name is Niko Terlinda. He is a pastor in Amsterdam. He has an exciting ministry there. He told of his experience of teaching the Bible at the public school. Strangely enough, with the secularizing of that country that was so deeply imbued in the Christian tradition, a minister like Terlinda would go to a public school and tell Bible stories, not in order to evangelize the children, but simply to keep the knowledge of the Biblical tradition alive. He tells about the day he told the story of how God spoke to Amos, when a little nine-year-old raised his hand and said, “Does God still say something?” As Terlinda noted to us, and as we so note this morning, that really is a critical question. Does God still say something? When I came out of seminary in 1960, within a year or two a friend of mine was called to a sister congregation in the area and I was invited to preach the ordination sermon. I took a text from one of the prophets. I am not sure just which one. I can't remember the text, but I remember the sermon very, very well, and I remember the point of the sermon. I said to this person about to assume a ministry of the Word of God that, in the case of Jeremiah, the biblical prophet, Jeremiah could say, “Thus saith the Lord.” But I said to my friend on the threshold of being ordained into the ministry of the Word, “You can't say that. What you must say is, ‘Thus hath the Lord said.’” Do you get the difference? At that time, in the days of my youth, and days of my insecurity and defensiveness, which I didn't really understand, I wanted every word that God had ever spoken to be in this book. I wanted to have between the covers of this book every revealed word, and it would be then from that mind that I would have the Word, it would be given here, I could manage it, and I could proclaim it. I said to my friend, “The biblical prophet said, ‘Thus saith the Lord,’ but you will be able to say only, ‘Thus hath the Lord said.’” I was dead wrong. Somebody should have come up and taken me by the ear and brought me home. Someone should have © Grand Valley State University   �Who Says God Says? Richard A. Rhem Page 2   said to me, “Do you know what you have just done to this young minister? You have absolutely shackled him. You have ruled out the possibility that God still speaks. You have ruled out the possibility that there could still be today the immediacy of God's address of God's people through the proclaimed word.” Or in answer to the question of the little nine-year-old – "Does God still say something?”– what I was saying in that message was, "No. God has spoken. God speaks no more!" We have now to proclaim what once came to expression, but there was always that indirectness, this truth at second hand. That was safe, and it was manageable. But it was absolutely wrong. I don't know how long it took me to figure that out. Thank God I realized at some point that God still speaks. While this Word is a record of that encounter of God with God's people in the past, and it becomes still the instrument through which God addresses God's people in the present, it is the address of God's people in the present about which we are concerned. We would hear the Word of God now, here and now, addressed to our lives and our situation. But the moment one would make that claim someone is going to say, "Who Says God Says?" I suppose that could be your question. As I preach, you are responsible people, thinking people, serious people. Sometimes I suppose the question must arise over against what I am proclaiming: "Who Says God Says?" You know really the idea of preaching, the conception of preaching in the Reformed tradition, is a presumptuous idea. Calvin and Luther said that the proclaimed word becomes the Word of God. In our tradition there is the Word of God written, the Word of God in flesh, but also the preached Word. That is why the Word has been so central. The proclaimed Word, the Word of God – that almost smacks of arrogance to me. This Word, the Word of God – did you ever say, "Who Said God Says?" Do you ever challenge that preached word? I suspect you do. I hope you do. I think you ought to, because, as a matter of fact, I stand in the tradition of Amos, and for that matter of Jesus. Amos was a farmer, but he got a call one day and he went to the Northern Kingdom of Israel and to the very royal court itself, and he proclaimed the word of judgment against that Northern Kingdom and against Jeroboam the king to the point at which the royal priest – (because every court also had its cadre of priests because every wise political leader will do his or her best to co-opt the Church, the messenger of God, so that there can be the union of throne and altar) – Uzziah, the court priest, came out to this prickly prophet and said, “Go back home. Earn your bread in Judah, but don't preach here any more.” Well, Amos said, “Don't call me a professional prophet who earns his bread preaching. I'm just a farmer. God took me, called me, and sent me to preach.” But the dilemma. Amos, a man of passion and conviction. Without that no one listens. Nothing happens. But Uzziah, he had his ordination too. He was a priest. Maybe he was in it just for the prestige and the pay, or maybe he was a serious priest of the God of Israel. I don't know, but I know he had a task to do too. As © Grand Valley State University �Who Says God Says? Richard A. Rhem Page 3   one who presided at the royal court, he encounters a prophet. This is not the only instance of that conflict in Israel's history where the prophetic word was expressed and the royal response countered it, and I suppose a case could be made for Uzziah. Israel was at the height of its prosperity and who likes to have a dour word, a negative word of judgment and critique spoken in the halls of power where they are trying to keep everything moving positively. Jesus - if you had been in Nazareth that day and Jesus whom you saw grow up went to the pulpit and then came to the stool and sat down and said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. God has anointed me to… and to say this word has been fulfilled in your presence.” What would you have thought? You see, it’s not so difficult to look back on Israel's history in the 8th century BCE and to analyze the conflict between Amos and Uzziah and say obviously Amos had a word from God (and as a matter of fact, that word did eventuate). It’s not so difficult for us who are the followers of Jesus to say the people in Jesus' home synagogue in Nazareth were absolutely wrong. Not that they didn't understand; the problem is they didn't like what they understood. So, if you don't like the message, you kill the messenger. But, it wasn't so easy. They didn't really have any basis on which to judge this one except he'd grown up in the corner carpenter shop and they had heard some rumors about what he was doing in Capernaum and neighboring areas. Some of the things he was doing were unsettling. Then he has the audacity to sit in their midst in the synagogue and to say, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. I am anointed to preach.” Would you have been ready to hear that word, which would have involved the tumbling of the propositions of one's system of understanding? Or might you have gone to the parlor and had brunch and said, “I don't know. ‘Who Says God Says?’” Who Says God Says? That's not so easy, is it? That's not so easy for you because you have to live with me. You know all the foibles and flaws of this preacher. Then for twenty minutes on a given Sunday I sit on this stool and I say, “Thus saith the Lord.” Well, you're not just subservient puppets that you should just sit there and take it. Discern, test the spirits. But it's not so easy for me either. How do I know? I know this. With the little bit I do know I begin to know how little I know. Then I am supposed to say to you, God's people, “Thus saith the Lord.” That's scary business. That's why I get a headache on Saturday. (Laughter) A headache before and then one on Sunday afternoon after. Someone said to me this week, “If I had your job I'd have a headache too.” Who Says God Says? How in the world do we know? If there isn't passion and conviction on the part of the messenger, the message will not be heeded. But if there is a kind of absolutism and dogmatism, and authoritarianism in the message, the message very naturally is going to be resisted, and rightly so. Who Says God Says? It isn't simple. And I am not going to turn now to the typical preacher’s trick of giving you six easy ways by which to know. My point is: It is not that easy. It is not that simple. © Grand Valley State University �Who Says God Says? Richard A. Rhem Page 4   I did talk to a friend of mine yesterday who gave me some help in order that I could say something that maybe you could go out of here thinking about. He was recently in England and Scotland and Ireland, and on the trip back from Ireland to England they came into the harbor of Holy Head in Wales. It reminded him of a story of an old preacher who had come into Holy Head Harbor in the dead of night and the darkness was so thick that you could cut it with a knife. This preacher said to the captain, “How in the world do you know that you are going to sail into the harbor?” The captain said to him, “Do you see those three lights on the horizon?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “When those three lights line up as one you will sail into the middle of Holy Head Harbor.” If we apply this, we could say on one hand there is that light of the tradition. We are a people who have been shaped. We have come from a womb that has shaped us and has implanted deeply within us, woven into the fabric of our being, certain perceptions, a certain frame of reference, a sense of being. We do not disparage that rock from which we have been hewn. We have a tradition. We are the recipients of a great heritage, and that tradition has been written of, spoken of as scriptures, and we have two thousand years of church history. We are Christians. We are part of the God of Israel. Going back to the creation, we are a people who believe in that one who created all things and who was revealed in the face of Jesus Christ. We come out of a community that has spoken, that has affirmed some things. So we do have some guidelines. We don't start out from square one, with a blank slate as it were. But that one light isn't enough because it can then simply be an external rule to which one would assent mentally but without inward conviction. That inward conviction must also be there. How does that inward conviction develop? What do you really believe? What do you really believe? What would make you stand on your feet and be counted? What would fill you with rage causing you to move into action? What would break your heart and cause compassion to flow? What do you really believe? I speak of my concrete truth. It’s one thing for me to say I am a part of this grand tradition. It’s another thing for me to say, “This I believe. This I will die for. This I will live for.” How does that come? Out of our experience? I suppose. Out of the ongoing communion of the Spirit? God is not done speaking. God says something still. Jesus said, “The Spirit will lead you into all truth.” Calvin said, “The internal testimony of the Holy Spirit must confirm what the word or the tradition says to us.” Somehow or other those things come together until finally I can take my stand. I can say, “I believe.” So that is a second light. Then, of course, the tradition has not issued to us in our present experience in a vacuum. We live in a cultural context in a specific historical setting. As we said last week, it’s a fascinating time in which to be alive – the knowledge that is exploding all around us, the fantastic knowledge of the physical universe, of the human person, of the movement of history, all of this that becomes accessible to us so that in our own experience tried and true physical theories like that of Newton are blown sky high. And instead we have quantum physics. We live in a © Grand Valley State University �Who Says God Says? Richard A. Rhem Page 5   cultural context that is alive with all kinds of knowledge that give us new insight. So I have to take that which shaped me and that tradition in which I was nurtured, and my experience…my experience of grace…of God…of my human experience. Then I have to understand myself in this present time, this ongoing human drama…my time. So our specific time, context, the influence of our culture is a third light. But it is still not simple. The Church historically has majored in absolutes. Some of the greatest problems in the Church are the preachers who want to make it clear and simple, and who need to be right. But there’s a problem in the pew also. The people would like to have it simple and clear and tight. It isn’t simple and clear. It is complex, full of ambiguity, and we cannot know. We cannot know absolutely. To know absolutely is to deny the nature of our historical existence. And I don’t think the Church over the centuries has done a favor to people to try to give that kind of security that will remove all uneasiness and ambiguity from the human situation. In the ongoing movement of the human drama we need to be open and alive and alert and humble, and trusting that the Spirit of God will lead us into all truth, and that underneath are everlasting arms and that God will move and that God's purposes will be in ways beyond our wildest dreams. But the secret of that is not knowing, but trusting. To be able to live with questions, all the time trusting the eternal God who is the foundation, the God who holds the world in God's hand knowing that there are yet more wonders to behold and dreams to dream and insights to gain than have ever entered into the human heart. “We walk,” said Paul, “not by knowledge but by faith.” For he said, “It has not entered into the heart of man to dream the things that God has prepared for those that love God.” When we walk by faith, when we trust God, then we can be open to the continuing surprises of grace and the “aha!” The Church still today, maybe today more than ever, is making all kinds of absolute statements. In order to increase summer attendance we decided to add a Sunday supplement to the bulletin. You've now got a comic strip. I would have mentioned it earlier, but I didn't want to lose your attention. (Laughter) The little comic strip on the last page would be funny if it weren't true. People like me have stood before people like you and have said, “It is abundantly clear that...” and it’s not. And you don't need to have it so clear, and so neat, all tied up in a little package. One thing you need: to trust God. Trust God. People like me have pandered to people like you, succumbed to the seduction of trying to be the font of all knowledge and wisdom. Giving you answers where there were really only questions, when what we should have been saying to you was, “On the one hand, on the other, but nevertheless.” The foundation is solid. God is God, and you can trust that! Well sometime I'll be preaching along and I expect one of you will stand up in the pew and say, “Who Says God Says?” And I'll say, “Time out. You're right,” because dear friends I believe with all my heart and I preach with all the passion of my soul, and I know some things. The thing I know more than all is that I don't © Grand Valley State University �Who Says God Says? Richard A. Rhem Page 6   know very much when it comes to the real mysteries of life. But I know God will take care of you…come what may. © Grand Valley State University � https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2077f9fdcde92369a03cf483dbfd88aa.mp3 024595722119c65af3db000409e4d3bc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. His journey is important, in part because it is reflective of the questioning, the yearnings, and the gradual revision of beliefs that many persons in this part of the century have experienced and continue to experience. It is important also because of the affirming and inclusive way his questioning was done and his thinking evolved. His sermons and other written and spoken materials together document the steps in his journey as it took a turn in 1985, yet continued to revolve around the framework and liturgies of the Christian calendar. Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Religion Interfaith worship Sermons Sound Recordings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rhem, Richard A. 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Event Pentecost VIII Scripture Text Amos 7:13, Luke 4:21 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19930725 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-07-25 Title A name given to the resource Who Says God Says? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. Rhem Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 application/pdf Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on July 25, 1993 entitled "Who Says God Says?", on the occasion of Pentecost VIII, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: Amos 7:13, Luke 4:21. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives Prophecy Revelation Trust Word of God