From My Journal

Here is the way Sunday's sermon from the second service was captured in my journal:

PSJC (Pastor Sam Jamaican Colloquialism): "oonoo"? = "you all" with urgency.

Mark 1:15 - The Kingdom is here to bring justice and peace and joy. These are things we experience now: God's future has invaded the present.

We become: peaceable; peaceful; peacemakers

What has Jesus done? He has spoken like no one else does; and He has demonstrated signs of the kingdom: feeding the 5000 (the King cares), walking on water (the King is competent), raising from the dead (the King is in control)

Matthew 25: Jesus shows who is and who is not of the kingdom of God

The parable of the virgins: dressed and in the right place but not ready; in the right associations and in the right activity but not ready

PSJC: "do something before something do you"

The parable of the talents: the indictment of ignoring the opportunities that God presents

The parable of the sheep and goats: how we live now determines where we end up then; the people who were commended did not even realize their works as commendable ("when did we...?")

As you can see these notes are not as good as other people's notes (Marilyn! Wayne! Pastor Joy!), but I hope it's enough to remind us of the flow of the sermon and cause us to further reflect on what we've heard and learned.

Thank you for reading, and God bless you.