John K. Bergland - "When the Wine Fails" (January 20, 1980)

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-	Duke University Chapel service of worship.	0:04
	January 20, 1980.	0:07
	(dramatic organ music)	0:11
	(organ music)	0:51
	(organ music continues)	1:49
	(soft organ music)	3:04
	(organ music continues)	4:03
	(dramatic organ music)	5:03
	(organ music continues)	5:42
	(soft organ music)	6:10
	(organ music continues)	7:05
	(organ music continues)	8:02
	( organ music)	8:58
	(organ music continues)	9:53
	(organ music)	10:45
	(organ music continues)	11:41
	(organ music continues)	12:40
	(organ music continues)	13:38
	(organ music continues)	14:37
	♪ I will greatly rejoice in the Lord ♪	15:29
	♪ For my soul shall exalt in my God ♪	15:33
	♪ For He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation ♪	15:38
	♪ He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness ♪	15:44
	♪ As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland ♪	15:52
	♪ As a bride adorns herself with the jewels ♪	15:59
	♪ With the jewels ♪	16:10
	♪ For as the earth brings forth its foliage ♪	16:16
	♪ And a garden causes wonders sown in it to spring up ♪	16:22
	♪ To spring up, to spring up ♪	16:27
	♪ So the Lord God ♪	16:33
	♪ Will cause righteousness and praise ♪	16:37
	♪ Will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth ♪	16:42
	♪ To spring forth, to spring forth ♪	16:49
	♪ Before all the nations ♪	16:53
	(organ music)	17:07
	(congregation sings)	17:37
	(congregation sings)	18:11
	(congregation sings)	18:47
	(congregation sings)	19:18
	(congregation sings)	19:52
	(congregation sings)	20:27
	(congregation sings)	20:42
-	My dear friends in Christ,	21:22
	I welcome you and greet you	21:23
	in the name and spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ.	21:27
	Grace and peace be with you this day	21:31
	from the Lord our God who makes us,	21:35
	redeems us, and supports us all the day long.	21:37
	Jesus said, "Come unto me	21:43
	"all who are burdened and heavy laden	21:46
	"and I will give you rest."	21:50
	My friends believing that God will receive	21:53
	and will forgive us,	21:55
	let us now confess our sins to God.	21:58
	Let us pray.	22:02
	Great God, our maker,	22:04
	you have given us Jesus, light of the world,	22:07
	but we choose darkness and cling to sins	22:11
	that hide the brightness of your love.	22:14
	We are frightened disciples	22:17
	who are slow to speak your gospel.	22:20
	Immersed in ourselves, we have not risen to new life.	22:23
	Baptize us with your Holy Spirit	22:28
	so that, forgiven and renewed,	22:32
	we may preach your word to nations	22:35
	and tell your glory, shining in the face of Jesus Christ,	22:38
	our Lord and our light forever, amen.	22:43
	For I am persuaded	23:24
	that neither death,	23:27
	nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,	23:28
	nor things present, nor things to come,	23:32
	nor power, nor height, nor depth,	23:35
	nor anything else in all creation	23:38
	will ever be able to separate us from the love of God	23:43
	in Christ Jesus our Lord.	23:46
	Receive now, my friends, that love and forgiveness	23:50
	through our Lord Jesus Christ, amen.	23:56
	Let us give thanks for God is good	24:02
	and God's love is everlasting.	24:06
-	Thanks be to God whose love protects us.	24:10
	Thanks be to God whose mercy forgives us.	24:14
	Thanks be to God whose promise secures me.	24:18
-	Amen.	24:23
	The Reverend, Dr. John Berkman,	24:25
	who currently serves as the associate professor of preaching	24:28
	and the Associate Dean for External Affairs	24:32
	in the Divinity School here at Duke University,	24:35
	is our preacher for this, the first Sunday	24:38
	of this new semester.	24:41
	John, we welcome you again to Duke Chapel	24:43
	and to the pulpit for this service today.	24:47
-	Let us pray.	25:00
	Prepare our hearts, oh Lord, to accept your word.	25:04
	Silence in us any voice but your own.	25:09
	That hearing we may also obey your will	25:13
	through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.	25:18
	The Old Testament lesson is from the 62nd chapter of Isaiah	25:24
	verses 1 through 5.	25:30
	For Zion's sake I will not keep silent	25:33
	and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest	25:38
	until her vindication goes forth as brightness	25:44
	and her salvation as a burning torch.	25:48
	The nations shall see your vindication	25:53
	and all the kings your glory	25:56
	and you shall be called by a new name	25:59
	which the mouth of the Lord will give.	26:03
	You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord	26:07
	and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.	26:12
	You shall no more be termed forsaken	26:17
	and your land shall no more be termed desolate	26:21
	but you shall be called "My delight is in her"	26:26
	and your land "Married"	26:31
	for the Lord delights in you and your land	26:35
	shall be married.	26:39
	For as a young man marries a virgin	26:41
	so shall your sons marry you	26:45
	and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride	26:49
	so shall your God rejoice over you.	26:53
	Hear ends the reading from the Old Testament, amen.	26:58
	(soft organ music)	27:06
	(choir sings)	27:37
	(choir sings)	28:25
	(choir sings)	29:00
	(choir sings)	29:22
	(choir sings)	30:21
-	Will the congregation please stand	31:20
	for the reading of the Gospel.	31:22
	The Gospel lesson is from the second chapter of John	31:32
	verses 1 through 11.	31:37
	On the third day, there was a marriage	31:40
	at Cana in Galilee and the mother of Jesus was there.	31:43
	Jesus also was invited to the marriage	31:48
	with his disciples.	31:51
	When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him,	31:53
	"They have no wine."	31:57
	And Jesus said to her, "Oh woman,	32:00
	"what have you to do with me?	32:04
	"My hour has not yet come."	32:06
	His mother said to the servants,	32:10
	"Do whatever he tells you to do."	32:12
	Now six stone jars were standing there	32:17
	for the Jewish rites of purification,	32:21
	each holding 20 or 30 gallons.	32:24
	Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water."	32:27
	And they filled them up to the brim.	32:32
	He said to them, "Now draw some out	32:35
	"and take it to the steward of the feast."	32:39
	So they took it.	32:43
	When the steward of the feast tasted the water	32:45
	now become wine and did not know where it came from,	32:48
	though the servants who had drawn the water knew,	32:53
	the steward of the feast called the bridegroom	32:57
	and said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first	33:00
	"and when men have drunk freely then the poor wine.	33:06
	"But you have kept the good wine until now."	33:11
	This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee	33:17
	and manifested his glory and his disciples believed in him.	33:23
	The word of the Gospel.	33:30
	(organ music)	33:33
	(congregation sings)	33:41
	(congregation sings)	34:06
-	Let us pray.	34:43
	Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of our hearts	34:47
	be acceptable unto thee, oh Lord,	34:51
	our strength and our redeemer.	34:55
	Amen.	34:58
	Do you know about the glory of God?	35:07
	Does it mean anything to you when you even hear the words	35:11
	glory, glory of God?	35:14
	Have you ever seen it	35:19
	or felt it?	35:22
	Can you in any way picture it or tell another about it?	35:25
	The manifestation of the glory of God	35:30
	are the words that come at the end of the Gospel reading	35:34
	and then these words	35:37
	"His disciples believed in him."	35:39
	I puzzle a good bit about the glory of God.	35:44
	Always wondering where it is and how it looks	35:47
	and how it feels.	35:50
	Is it anywhere in this world of mine and yours?	35:52
	One day in my office I was struggling with the word.	35:57
	Reading in the prophet Isaiah, the lights went out.	36:01
	Not able to struggle with the text any longer	36:08
	from what I was reading I walked out into the hallway.	36:10
	There I met my friend and colleague,	36:14
	the late Carlyle Marney.	36:17
	He said, "John, you look a little glum.	36:20
	"What's the matter?"	36:24
	Well I smiled and said,	36:26
	"I was reading this text in Isaiah and the lights went out.	36:28
	"It was about the glory of God."	36:33
	"What do you want to know about it," he said.	36:37
	"I know all about Isaiah."	36:40
	"Good."	36:43
	"Well I'd like for you to tell me	36:45
	"about the glory of God."	36:48
	"Sometimes," he says, "it surprises you.	36:53
	"It'll grab you from behind."	36:59
	And then we spoke about the young Isaiah	37:03
	in the temple that day when his king had died.	37:05
	And suddenly the whole temple was filled with glory.	37:09
	And the angel's song was everywhere.	37:14
	And he saw himself differently.	37:17
	Well I walked on musing about the glory of God	37:22
	and when I come to those texts in scripture	37:26
	that seem somehow to really compute with my meanings	37:29
	about the manifestation of the glory of God,	37:33
	they're like that.	37:36
	A young prophet in the temple.	37:38
	An old prophet, Elijah, in a cave.	37:41
	And after an earthquake and a mighty wind and fire	37:44
	there is the soft murmuring of a gentle breeze	37:51
	and he covers his face because he knows	37:57
	the Lord God passes by.	38:00
	That speaks to me of the glory of God.	38:05
	Or that grand story of Christmas time,	38:10
	of the manger and the mother,	38:14
	of stardust and stable straw.	38:17
	Of wise men and shepherds.	38:21
	Shepherds in a Jordian hillside.	38:23
	And suddenly,	38:25
	the glory of God fills the whole sky.	38:28
	Or when Peter and James and John are on the mountaintop.	38:34
	And then their Lord is transfigured before them.	38:39
	Garments brighter than any foolish bleach could make them.	38:43
	Magdelene in the garden	38:49
	surprised when the stone is rolled away	38:52
	and the tomb is empty.	38:55
	That's the glory of God.	38:57
	But then comes this lesson.	39:02
	This lesson from the second chapter	39:05
	of the gospel of John offered	39:07
	for this Second Sunday in Epiphany,	39:10
	a time between Christmas and Lent	39:13
	when we will consider in the church	39:16
	the manifestation of the glory of God.	39:18
	And the Gospel lesson,	39:21
	a strange story about Jesus providing more booze	39:25
	for a party that has pooped.	39:32
	When the wine fails,	39:39
	is that in fact the time when you will see	39:42
	a manifestation of God's glory?	39:45
	My first struggle with the text is long ago	39:51
	and far away.	39:54
	You see I was born into a very strict religious family	39:57
	and we believed that the manifestations of true religion	40:01
	were not having anything to do	40:08
	with spirits or liquor or wine.	40:13
	We passed over rather quickly this first miracle	40:18
	where the Lord would make very good wine out of water.	40:22
	Indeed, if I wanted miracle stories	40:29
	to tell me about the glory of God,	40:33
	then give me some of those that have the blind seeing,	40:36
	the lame walking, deaf hearing, lepers being cleansed.	40:40
	Now my problem with the miracle story	40:48
	is simply that it fails to hook up.	40:55
	Fails to reach down to where the meanings are.	40:59
	When I walk through a university like this	41:04
	I know that miracles are not the categories by which	41:07
	you organize your lives.	41:10
	Not the way in which you understand your world.	41:15
	Most times we hear about miracles	41:19
	and we begin to look around for charlatans	41:22
	or at least for ignorant people who may claim too much.	41:25
	Can it be that a miracle story	41:36
	can reveal to this crowd the glory of God?	41:40
	The first question we must struggle with is this one:	41:49
	Is it really true?	41:53
	Did it really happen?	41:56
	May I confess to you that I traffic in wonder stories.	42:00
	Oh the wonder stories of folklore	42:06
	and fables where animals talk	42:10
	and miracle stories and grand stories in scripture.	42:13
	And my favorite audience for those	42:18
	is my nephew, Christopher.	42:20
	He's one of my favorite people in the world.	42:23
	He has a grand bringing together of both reason and wonder.	42:27
	His father is a neurosurgeon.	42:35
	Well-trained doctor and a scientist.	42:38
	He practices his surgery at Harvard	42:42
	and does research there in academic medicine.	42:46
	And Christopher knows that he is the child of a father	42:50
	who works in a world of science and reason	42:55
	but he's still intrigued that he has an uncle	42:59
	who's a preacher.	43:01
	And when I come around invariably he's saying,	43:04
	"Uncle John, tell me a Bible story."	43:07
	One day we were into the story of Jonah and the big fish.	43:12
	We had this runaway, disobedient prophet	43:16
	who was finally in the storm at sea.	43:18
	They cast lots to see who was the cause of it all.	43:20
	It was Jonah.	43:22
	"Throw him in the sea," they said.	43:23
	And the big fish swallowed him.	43:26
	Three days he was in the belly of the fish, praying.	43:28
	And then the fish spit him up on dry land.	43:33
	That's when my nephew couldn't stand it any longer	43:38
	and he interrupted the story.	43:41
	"Uncle John, is that part really true?"	43:43
	"Christopher," I said, "that is so true	43:52
	"that even if it never was, it always is."	43:57
	He just looked at me with those eyes	44:03
	filled with wonder and puzzle.	44:05
	But what began to happen was a dialogue	44:09
	between my brother and myself.	44:11
	He put aside his newspaper and said, "What do you mean,	44:13
	"even if it never was, it always is?"	44:16
	"Oh just that."	44:18
	There is a kind of truth that is so true	44:20
	that it is before history and beyond history.	44:23
	And it's not big enough to ask "did it happen?"	44:28
	It happens.	44:32
	There's that thing going on in the whole gospel of John.	44:35
	There are those simple surface stories	44:40
	that anybody can hear and retell	44:43
	and believe or not believe.	44:47
	But beyond those stories, behind those stories,	44:52
	before those stories, there is that truth	44:58
	that is so true	45:05
	no history can contain it,	45:08
	no happening is big enough for it.	45:12
	And as you come to them with simple child-like ears	45:17
	you may in fact know the glory of God.	45:23
	Be touched by the eternal.	45:28
	And so I bring the story again into our presence.	45:35
	Cana was not far from Nazareth.	45:41
	About three miles.	45:44
	Mary had relatives there, I dare say.	45:48
	At least she was invited to an important wedding	45:52
	and I think had a part in the arrangements for it.	45:54
	Was she the one who was hosting the banquet?	45:58
	Jesus came with at least five of his disciples.	46:04
	A wedding was a grand time.	46:10
	Life was hard in Palestine and most of it was marked	46:14
	with drudgery and misery.	46:17
	Very little joy and not much feasting.	46:20
	But then came a wedding and guests put aside the week.	46:26
	It lasted for more than a day.	46:31
	And on that special day	46:35
	the feasting moved forward with joy.	46:39
	But then, the wine gave out.	46:43
	Halfway into the party and the wine failed.	46:48
	I'd like to stop here and wonder why.	46:53
	Was it that some people came there too thirsty?	46:57
	Some of those fisherman not polite enough	47:02
	in the presence of all that wine?	47:04
	Could it be that some uninvited guests showed up,	47:08
	even the disciples of our Lord?	47:10
	Was it that the host had not prepared well enough?	47:14
	Whatever, the wine had failed	47:20
	and there was embarrassment.	47:24
	And Mary was standing before Jesus saying,	47:26
	"The wine is gone. It's done."	47:30
	"My time hasn't come yet," He said.	47:34
	And then, ignoring that, she goes on to say	47:38
	to servants, "Do whatever he tells you to do."	47:43
	Now the wonderful part.	47:48
	Close to the door are six large stone jars.	47:50
	Each of them will hold 20 or 30 gallons.	47:55
	They are there for water for purification rites.	48:00
	Jesus says to the servants, "Fill them to the brim	48:04
	"so nothing else can be added.	48:08
	"Now take a dipper of that to the steward of the feast."	48:11
	He tastes it.	48:15
	"That's good wine. The best we've had yet tonight."	48:16
	And I suppose that 180 gallons	48:23
	of new wine will make the party go on and on and on.	48:30
	Consider with me, brothers and sisters, this:	48:44
	That the first place we really begin to know the color	48:47
	and tone of our lives	48:51
	is when the exhilarations of life begin to fade.	48:54
	When all of the sparkle begins to go away.	48:59
	We're so optimistic at the beginning of a new semester.	49:04
	Walk into classes saying, "This time I'm going to ace it."	49:07
	But that's before there have been too many nights	49:12
	with the wine.	49:17
	(laughter)	49:19
	Life always seems to rise with such promise,	49:26
	such hope,	49:29
	and then it fades.	49:34
	Well it always does, doesn't it?	49:37
	Every sunrise finally surrenders to evening.	49:41
	All of the light finally turns to darkness.	49:46
	And the days of our years finally end.	49:52
	What is young becomes old.	50:01
	What is strong becomes weak.	50:05
	I'm fascinated that the gospel of John	50:11
	wants to turn that all around,	50:13
	wants to say the light shines	50:16
	and if there is darkness the light still shines.	50:20
	And if you think it is sunrise running to sunset,	50:23
	turn it around, turn it around.	50:27
	If you think it is wine failing,	50:30
	turn it around.	50:32
	Well there's a new splendor and a new glory	50:36
	and a new life-giving power here.	50:38
	Have to do with it, believe it.	50:40
	F.W. Boreham in preaching on this text noted	50:48
	that when life's exhilarations fade	50:52
	you see for the first time the way you will respond.	50:55
	He then tells of a violin student	51:01
	whose lesson is interrupted one day by the master.	51:03
	The old master says to his student,	51:08
	"My dear, learn this:	51:10
	"life will do three things to you.	51:14
	"It will break your heart	51:19
	"or it will make your heart very hard	51:23
	"or it will make your heart very soft."	51:29
	When the exhilarations begin to fade we may decide	51:41
	that glass is empty, now broken,	51:47
	like all the broken bottles that ever held the stuff.	51:52
	And you just go chasing off	51:57
	without any kind of meaning at all,	51:59
	looking for a thousand parties	52:02
	and knowing that all of them	52:05
	are only the shattered brokenness of brokenness.	52:07
	Or again,	52:12
	you may look to the glass and say, "It's empty."	52:16
	And in a hard-hearted why, turn it over.	52:19
	Ah, life is hard and the sooner you learn it	52:24
	the easier it gets.	52:28
	But this is no picnic, and back to work,	52:31
	and whoever told you it was a rose garden?	52:37
	Life is hard and for all the emptiness and emptiness of it	52:40
	don't look for any re-filling.	52:47
	For softness I look again and again to Mary.	52:55
	Cradling the child in the midst of stardust	52:59
	and stable straw.	53:02
	Marveling at his wisdom in the temple.	53:05
	Keeping all of the things in her heart, wondering.	53:09
	And then with the softness and patience of surrender,	53:15
	she comes saying, "Do whatever he says.	53:19
	"Do whatever he says."	53:22
	And he changes water into wine.	53:25
	The text really is about one come from God,	53:33
	who changes things, wherever he is he changes things.	53:38
	Meets a woman at the well,	53:44
	tells her everything she's ever done	53:46
	and re-orders her whole life.	53:49
	Comes to a crowd where the bread has failed	53:52
	and he feeds them with bread that never fails.	53:56
	Comes to a tomb where Lazarus lies rotting for four days.	54:02
	"Come forth," He says.	54:08
	Marches across our history and we date our calendar	54:12
	from His birth.	54:16
	He changes things.	54:19
	Can't you see his glory?	54:22
	There is an old legend,	54:29
	concerns the baby Jesus in Nazareth.	54:32
	When persons were tired and weary,	54:37
	when the sparkle had gone and the zest for living had passed	54:42
	and they were without hope and without joy they would say,	54:45
	"Let's go look at Mary's child."	54:52
	And there was a manifestation of glory and wonder and hope.	54:59
	Let's go look at Mary's child.	55:11
	Let us pray.	55:15
	Oh Lord, our God,	55:25
	we know that fire so soon turns to ash	55:28
	and light gives way so quickly to darkness	55:31
	and all of the promise of youth surrenders to aging	55:35
	and our strength to weakness	55:40
	and our parties are for such a brief moment.	55:45
	Oh thou who dost not change,	55:50
	thou who art the one who is before all things	55:53
	and will be after all things are gone,	55:58
	Alpha and Omega, let thy glory be manifest here	56:01
	in our world,	56:09
	in our community, in our lives.	56:13
	Forgive us, oh God,	56:19
	when we worry and argue and rebel	56:23
	before those things we ought to adore.	56:29
	Manifest thy glory through Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen.	56:37
	(organ music)	56:49
	♪ Spirit of God, descend upon my heart ♪	57:21
	♪ Wean it from earth, through all its pulses move ♪	57:31
	♪ Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art ♪	57:41
	♪ And make me love Thee as I ought to love ♪	57:52
	♪ I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies ♪	58:04
	♪ No sudden rending of the veil of clay ♪	58:15
	♪ No angel vision, and no opening skies ♪	58:26
	♪ But take the dimness of my soul away ♪	58:36
	♪ Hast Thou not bid me, God and King ♪	58:50
	♪ All Thine own soul, heart, my strength and mind ♪	59:00
	♪ I see thy cross there teach me how to cling ♪	59:12
	♪ Oh let me seek and oh let me find ♪	59:22
	♪ Teach me to feel Thou art always nigh ♪	59:36
	♪ Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear ♪	59:46
	♪ To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh ♪	59:56
	♪ Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer ♪	1:00:07
	♪ Teach me to love Thee as Thine angels love ♪	1:00:19
	♪ One holy passion filling all my frame ♪	1:00:30
	♪ The presence of Thy descended dove ♪	1:00:41
	♪ My heart an altar and Thy love the flame ♪	1:00:51
	♪ Amen ♪	1:01:04
-	Having heard the word proclaim	1:01:14
	let us now with one voice affirm what we believe.	1:01:18
	We believe in God, who has created and is creating.	1:01:23
	Who has come into truly human Jesus	1:01:28
	to reconcile and make new.	1:01:32
	Who works in us and others by the spirit.	1:01:35
	We trust God who calls us to be the church	1:01:39
	to celebrate life in its fullness,	1:01:44
	to love and serve others,	1:01:47
	to seek justice and resist evil,	1:01:50
	to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,	1:01:53
	our judge and our hope	1:01:57
	in life, in death, in life beyond death,	1:02:00
	God is with us.	1:02:05
	We are not alone.	1:02:07
	Thanks be to God.	1:02:09
	The Lord be with you.	1:02:12
-	And with your spirit.	1:02:14
-	Let us pray.	1:02:16
	Oh Lord our God,	1:02:26
	we pray in the name and spirit of Him	1:02:32
	who was the wedding guest at Cana of Galilee.	1:02:35
	May we, oh God, be more closely united to Him in spirit	1:02:41
	in our gifts and in our love.	1:02:47
	May we receive peace and assurance	1:02:53
	from his forgiving presence.	1:02:56
	And may we ever share in the rich wine of his	1:03:01
	never-failing love.	1:03:05
	Hear oh Lord our God our prayers of intercession.	1:03:09
	During this week of prayer for Christian unity oh God	1:03:18
	we pray for your holy church.	1:03:20
	Remind us again that we have been called to live,	1:03:26
	to love, to serve, even to suffer	1:03:29
	as did our Lord.	1:03:33
	Remind us again that our Lord prayed	1:03:37
	that they all may be one	1:03:41
	even as you, oh God, and He our Lord are one.	1:03:44
	Remind us again that we are to be loving	1:03:52
	and caring neighbors to those in need	1:03:55
	and that where there is one hungry	1:03:58
	or lonely or naked or sick or imprisoned	1:04:01
	that our Lord Himself is there.	1:04:04
	Oh God this day we join hearts and words and yearnings	1:04:11
	with those around the world in praying to you for peace	1:04:16
	for our tired and troubled world.	1:04:22
	Give strength and courage, oh God,	1:04:26
	to our very own who are held hostage in Iran.	1:04:30
	Give assurance and hope to their loved ones	1:04:35
	and their families.	1:04:38
	Bring relief and peace, we pray,	1:04:43
	to war-torn and broken Afghanistan.	1:04:47
	Help us, oh God, to know that we really do belong	1:04:51
	to one another and that when one of us rejoices	1:04:54
	yea we have the joy of rejoicing together	1:04:56
	but that when one of us suffers	1:04:59
	we all suffer.	1:05:03
	Hear us oh God as we offer this word of supplication.	1:05:08
	Oh healing and transforming power,	1:05:13
	as our Lord Himself changed water to wine at Cana come now	1:05:17
	to change, to renew, to transform our lives.	1:05:23
	To give them health and strength and vitality.	1:05:27
	Oh Lord especially bless and sustain	1:05:32
	those who come new to our community	1:05:35
	to begin their life and their studies among us.	1:05:37
	May they find acceptance, insight, and affirmation we pray.	1:05:40
	Help us now oh God in our search for unity	1:05:46
	and oneness in Christ.	1:05:49
	Also to acknowledge the special gifts and talents	1:05:51
	and ministries that each child of yours has.	1:05:54
	Continue oh God to work your wonders in us	1:06:00
	and around us even in our day.	1:06:03
	That life may be full and vibrant and hopeful for us	1:06:06
	and for all your children.	1:06:10
	With a new awareness of your love	1:06:13
	send us from this place to love one another	1:06:17
	even as you love us.	1:06:22
	Through Jesus Christ our Lord	1:06:26
	who taught his first disciples	1:06:29
	and teaches even us to pray, saying:	1:06:31
	Our Father who art in Heaven	1:06:34
	hallowed be thy name.	1:06:38
	They kingdom come, they will be done	1:06:40
	on earth as it is in Heaven.	1:06:44
	Give us this day our daily bread	1:06:47
	and forgive us our trespasses	1:06:49
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	1:06:52
	And lead us not into temptation	1:06:56
	but deliver us from evil.	1:06:59
	For Thine is the kingdom of power	1:07:02
	and the glory forever, Amen.	1:07:05
	(dramatic organ music)	1:07:12
	(organ music continues)	1:07:45
	(organ music continues)	1:08:13
	(choir sings)	1:08:45
	(choir sings)	1:09:14
	(choir sings)	1:09:54
	(choir sings)	1:10:28
	(choir sings)	1:10:59
	(choir sings)	1:11:19
	(organ music)	1:11:44
	(choir sings)	1:12:13
	♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪	1:12:41
	♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪	1:12:47
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	1:12:53
	♪ Amen ♪	1:13:01
-	Jesus said not everyone who says to me	1:13:12
	Lord will enter the kingdom of Heaven	1:13:14
	but those who do the will of my father	1:13:17
	who is in Heaven.	1:13:20
	And so we give these gifts oh Lord our God	1:13:23
	but we long to give even more.	1:13:26
	May your spirit move within us and among us now	1:13:29
	that we may be not only hearers of the word	1:13:34
	but doers also	1:13:37
	through Jesus Christ our Lord	1:13:39
	who for us and for all your children	1:13:43
	gave even His very all.	1:13:46
	Amen.	1:13:51
	(organ music)	1:13:56
	(congregation sings)	1:14:27
	(congregation sings)	1:14:55
	(congregation sings)	1:15:42
	(congregation sings)	1:16:45
	(congregation sings)	1:17:43
-	The grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,	1:18:40
	the love of God,	1:18:44
	and the communion and fellowship of the Holy Spirit	1:18:47
	be with you and with those whom you love	1:18:51
	this day and forever.	1:18:55
	♪ Amen ♪	1:19:00
	♪ Amen ♪	1:19:08
	♪ Amen ♪	1:19:15
	♪ Amen ♪	1:19:22
	♪ Amen ♪	1:19:29
	♪ Amen ♪	1:19:41
	♪ Amen ♪	1:19:54
	(organ music)	1:20:16
	(organ music continues)	1:20:50
	(organ music continues)	1:21:51
	(organ music continues)	1:22:38
	(indistinct chatter)	1:23:16
	(indistinct chatter)	1:24:14

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Title:

John K. Bergland - "When the Wine Fails" (January 20, 1980)

Description:

Sermon start time: 34:43. Sermon end time: 56:41.
Eventually, all things grow stale and lose their novelty, but through Jesus we can gain new perspectives and strive for positive change and progress. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: "True, the wine fails, sunrise moves to sunset. But there is this, too. The light shines! Darkness does not overcome it."

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Date:

January 20, 1980

Speaker:

Bergland, John K.

Liturgical Calendar:

Epiphany

Biblical Book:

John

Chapter and Verse:

John 2:1-11

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Contributor:

Duke University. Chapel

Identifier:

UA.17.01.0003 RR-1069
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duke:321265
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