William H. Willimon - "Jesus' Vacation" (July 8, 1990)

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	(Downe House Choral singing)	0:00
	(church music)	1:33
	(Downe House Choral singing)	1:45
	(church music)	3:04
	(Downe House Choral singing)	3:11
	(church music)	3:40
	(Downe House Choral singing)	3:45
	(church music)	4:26
	(Downe House Choral singing)	4:37
	(church music)	6:08
-	Grace and peace to you in the name	6:44
	of the Lord, Jesus Christ.	6:45
	We welcome you to this service of holy communion	6:48
	here at Duke University Chapel, on this	6:50
	fifth Sunday after Pentecost.	6:52
	If you're a visitor to campus and there's any way	6:55
	that we may assist you during your time here on campus,	6:57
	please let us here at the chapel know.	7:01
	Our preacher for this morning's service	7:03
	is the Reverend Dr. William H. Willimon, dean of the Chapel.	7:05
	And our elector is Dr. James Ferguson,	7:09
	member of the congregation at Duke Chapel.	7:11
	Our guest organist is Miss Jane Lynch.	7:14
	We extend special greetings to our	7:17
	visiting choir this morning, Downe House Choral,	7:19
	from Berkshire, England, in County Cork,	7:21
	who are assisting in the leadership of our service.	7:24
	They will be performing a concert this afternoon	7:27
	at 5:00 PM here in the chapel	7:29
	and the public is cordially invited.	7:32
	We are indebted to the girls, all ranging in age	7:34
	from 16 to 18, to their director, Mr. Trevor R. O. Selby,	7:37
	and to their accompanist, Miss Rosemary Evans,	7:42
	who journeyed across the Atlantic	7:45
	to be with us here at the chapel today.	7:46
	Now let us stand as we sing praise to God together.	7:49
	(church music)	7:53
	(congregation and Downe House Choral singing)	8:23
-	Let us join in the prayer of confession,	11:16
	found on page 891 in your hymnals.	11:18
	You may be seated.	11:21
-	(in unison with congregation) Almighty and	11:37
	most merciful God,	11:38
	we have erred and strayed from	11:39
	thy ways like lost sheep.	11:41
	We have followed too much the devices and desires	11:44
	of our own hearts.	11:47
	We have offended against thy holy laws.	11:49
	We have left undone those things which	11:52
	we ought to have done and we have done	11:55
	those things which we ought not to have done.	11:57
	But thou, oh Lord, have mercy upon us.	12:01
	Spare thou those, O God, who confess their faults.	12:04
	Restore thou those who are penitent;	12:08
	according to thy promises declared	12:11
	in Christ Jesus, our Lord,	12:13
	and grant, oh most merciful God, for his sake,	12:16
	that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous,	12:20
	and sober life to the glory of thy holy name, amen.	12:24
-	If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just	12:44
	and will forgive our sins and cleanse us	12:48
	from all unrighteousness.	12:51
-	(in unison with congregation) Thanks be to God.	12:54
-	(in unison with congregation) Open our hearts and minds,	13:08
	O God, by the power of your holy spirit.	13:10
	So that as the word is read and proclaimed	13:14
	we might hear with joy what you say to us this day, amen.	13:17
-	The Epistle is written in the seventh chapter	13:24
	of Paul's letter to the Romans,	13:27
	beginning at the 14th verse.	13:29
	We know that the law is spiritual	13:33
	but I am carnal, sold under sin.	13:36
	I do not understand my own actions.	13:41
	For I do not do what I want,	13:43
	but I do the very thing I hate.	13:46
	Now if I do what I do not want,	13:50
	I agree that the law is good.	13:52
	So then it is no longer I that do it,	13:55
	but sin which dwells within me.	13:58
	For I know that nothing good dwells within me	14:02
	that is in my flesh.	14:05
	I can will what is right but I cannot do it.	14:07
	For I do not do the good I want	14:11
	but the evil I do not want is what I do.	14:14
	Now if I do what I do not want,	14:18
	it is no longer I that do it,	14:20
	but sin which dwells within me.	14:23
	So I find it to be a law that when	14:26
	I want to do right evil lies close at hand.	14:28
	For I delight in the law of God	14:33
	in my inmost self.	14:34
	But I see in my members another law at war	14:36
	with the law of my mind and making me captive	14:39
	to the law of sin which dwells in my members.	14:43
	How wretched I am.	14:48
	Who will deliver me from this body of death?	14:50
	Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.	14:53
	Here ends the reading of the Epistle.	14:57
-	(in unison with congregation) Thanks be to God.	15:01
-	The holy gospel is written in the 11th chapter	15:04
	of Saint Matthew, beginning at the 25th verse.	15:07
	At that time Jesus declared,	15:12
	"I thank thee father, Lord of heaven and earth,	15:14
	that thou hast hidden these things	15:17
	from the wise and understanding	15:19
	and revealed them to babes.	15:21
	Yay father, for such was thy gracious will.	15:22
	All things have been delivered to me by my father	15:27
	and no one knows the son except the father.	15:29
	And no one knows the father except the son	15:32
	and anyone to whom the son chooses to reveal him.	15:35
	Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden	15:40
	and I will give you rest.	15:43
	Take my yoke upon you and learn from me.	15:45
	For I am gentle and lowly in heart	15:48
	and you will find rest for your souls.	15:51
	For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."	15:54
	Here ends the reading of the gospel.	15:59
-	(in unison with congregation) Thanks be to God.	16:02
-	I know that many of you are here on vacation	16:14
	and I admire you for your faithfulness.	16:20
	Because even though you're on vacation,	16:24
	you have come to church.	16:27
	Vacations are usually not times that we think of	16:31
	to do our accustomed duties.	16:36
	For vacations are times, as we say,	16:41
	to get away from it all.	16:44
	To set aside time from life's daily difficulties.	16:47
	To unburden.	16:54
	Where there are usually alarm clocks,	16:57
	there's now sleeping until 10:00.	16:59
	Where there is usually Bran Flakes at breakfast,	17:03
	there's now jelly filled donuts.	17:05
	And we exchange the duties of home or office or classroom	17:08
	for the duties of unfolding the canvas chair	17:13
	for a nap on the beach.	17:16
	God bless vacations.	17:18
	This marvelous, annual	17:22
	time of unburdening.	17:25
	But strangely enough, vacations can be difficult.	17:33
	My first ministerial job was as a chaplain	17:37
	at a family campground in Myrtle Beach.	17:42
	And I ministered, don't laugh,	17:46
	I ministered to over 2,000 families	17:47
	that camped in our campgrounds over	17:52
	each weekend in the summer.	17:54
	These families that attempted to get away from it all.	17:57
	And yet, I found that many of these families	18:02
	were jumping out of the stress of	18:05
	the everyday frying pan into the vacation fire.	18:07
	Sullen teenagers who wanted to be anywhere	18:12
	but with their boring parents...	18:15
	sunburn...	18:18
	One of the greatest challenges	18:22
	that we campground chaplains had	18:25
	were ministering to the	18:27
	family fights of our happy campers.	18:31
	(laughter)	18:35
	Have you ever tried to have a marital argument in a tent?	18:36
	(laughter)	18:40
	Sometimes vacations relieve us of one burden	18:41
	only to put on our backs another.	18:46
	Well, in today's gospel, Jesus needs a vacation.	18:51
	In the Galilean cities, Jesus has experienced	18:57
	hostility and rejection, only rejection.	19:00
	In great fatigue and desperation, Jesus blows his top.	19:05
	"To what shall I compare this generation?" he asks.	19:12
	"You're like a bunch of children."	19:15
	He tells these cities that have rejected him	19:19
	that on the judgment day it will be no better	19:23
	for them than it was for Sodom.	19:25
	It wasn't one of Jesus' better moments.	19:30
	But he was tired.	19:34
	He was just tired of rejection.	19:36
	Exhausted by hard work without results.	19:40
	He was tired, dog tired, dead tired.	19:43
	He needs a break, a time to unburden.	19:47
	He needs a vacation.	19:50
	And it is right there, interestingly,	19:53
	that today's gospel begins.	19:56
	At that time, Jesus declared--	20:00
	at that time, right at the point	20:03
	of his own exhaustion and fatigue--	20:05
	at that time, Jesus declared,	20:08
	"I thank thee, Father, that thou hast hidden these things	20:10
	"from the wise and understanding.	20:15
	"Come to me.	20:20
	"Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden	20:23
	"and I will give you rest.	20:26
	"Take my yoke upon you and learn from me.	20:30
	"And you will find rest for your souls,	20:36
	"for my yoke is easy	20:39
	"and my burden is light."	20:43
	These are among the most beloved of all Jesus' words.	20:49
	"Come to me, all ye who are heavy laden."	20:54
	It's an invitation to vacation.	21:00
	To unburdening.	21:03
	And we need it.	21:06
	In even the most invigorated life,	21:09
	there always comes that day,	21:12
	that day when our	21:16
	noble career in teaching is just	21:18
	one more lecture to prepare.	21:20
	Our interesting job in sales is just	21:24
	one more dingy airport.	21:27
	About 3:00 in the afternoon when your dedication	21:32
	to the joys of motherhood is reduced to feelings	21:35
	that you would do anything to get away from the kids.	21:38
	You feel that you would just die with one more	21:44
	letter to type, one more dish to be washed.	21:47
	It gets old.	21:52
	Burnout is the accepted social disease of our age.	21:54
	Sometimes religion is a burden.	22:01
	Going to church, reading the bible,	22:04
	family devotions.	22:06
	This can become tiresome.	22:09
	No more than just a duty,	22:12
	a habit kept going by inertia rather than commitment.	22:14
	And I have been known to pray,	22:20
	"Lord help me through another Easter."	22:25
	"Oh it's Christmas again, great."	22:29
	"Four services, one week.	22:31
	"Well, let's get it over."	22:34
	Christmas, Easter.	22:37
	And probably this was the sort of burden	22:40
	of which Jesus was speaking.	22:43
	Later in Matthew's gospel, Jesus complained	22:46
	about those religious leaders of his day	22:49
	that just used religion to heap burdens on people's backs.	22:51
	But they wouldn't lift a finger to take those burdens off.	22:55
	The blessing of religion can become a burden.	23:00
	There are people who spend their whole lives	23:05
	getting over the damage done by religion.	23:08
	Jesus unburdened people:	23:16
	"Come to me, all ye who labor and heavy laden.	23:19
	"I'll give you rest."	23:24
	Now that's a message which is congenial to our age.	23:28
	I was reading just last week someone doing a study	23:33
	of young professional people.	23:36
	Young, high achieving, professional people.	23:39
	And when asked, "What would you like	23:42
	"to have more of in your life	23:44
	"than anything else at this time?"	23:46
	they said they would like to have more time to sleep.	23:48
	But there is another message in today's text	23:55
	which may not be quite as congenial	23:57
	or even understandable.	24:01
	Jesus goes on to say,	24:05
	"Take my yoke upon you.	24:08
	"Learn from me."	24:12
	Wait a minute, did Jesus say "yoke"?	24:16
	Do you find it surprising that Jesus	24:20
	offers tired, burdened people	24:23
	that which they seem least to need?	24:26
	I mean, what labored, heavy laden folk need	24:31
	is a vacation, not a yoke.	24:35
	A yoke--a yoke is a work instrument.	24:38
	It's put around the necks of oxen to help them pull better.	24:41
	Jesus' yoke may be easy and his burden may be light	24:46
	but look, a yoke is still a yoke	24:51
	and a burden's still a burden.	24:53
	Just right at the point that we expect	24:56
	Jesus to offer a vacation,	24:59
	he offers a yoke	25:02
	different from the one we have around our necks.	25:04
	A new burden from the one we currently bear.	25:09
	Instead of escape from burdens,	25:15
	Jesus offers tired people another burden.	25:20
	A yoke.	25:26
	"Take my yoke upon you, my burden is light."	25:27
	In one of his sermons, Martin Luther noted	25:33
	that only Jesus could say,	25:35
	"Come to me all you who are heavy laden,"	25:37
	in one breath and,	25:41
	"Take my yoke around your neck,"	25:44
	in the next.	25:49
	Jesus speaks of giving us rest	25:53
	by placing a burden upon us	25:56
	because Jesus knows that the issue in life	26:01
	is not if we shall be burdened,	26:06
	but rather, which burdens shall we bear.	26:12
	Look at the burdens that we bear.	26:20
	As a pastor, I spent most of my day, I think,	26:24
	comforting, supporting people	26:28
	who were cracking under the yoke of affluence.	26:32
	The two cars, the big mortgage.	26:40
	It makes you wonder how many of the	26:44
	emotional, physical illnesses of our age	26:46
	are due to economic overextension?	26:50
	"Honey, the dishwasher's not working	26:55
	"and by the way, the hot water heater's on the blink.	26:57
	"You wait here until the plumber calls."	26:59
	Isn't it ironic we bought all this stuff	27:04
	to unburden our lives?	27:06
	How ironic that we end up servicing	27:10
	our machines rather than having our machines serve us.	27:13
	I wait for the plumber, therefore I am.	27:18
	(laughter)	27:22
	Take my 10 years of installment	27:23
	payments upon your shoulders.	27:26
	How to unburden?	27:32
	When I was a pastor in North Myrtle Beach,	27:37
	a great segment of my congregation consisted	27:40
	of retired persons who had moved	27:44
	to the beach to play golf.	27:47
	Do you know what a great burden it can be	27:52
	to have nothing else to do all day	27:56
	but have a good time?	27:58
	Golf isn't much fun when you have to play it.	28:02
	"Time off" ceases to be relaxing	28:08
	when the only time you got is "off."	28:11
	Who told our society that the chief end	28:17
	of humanity is retirement in a condo in Florida?	28:21
	Irresponsibility is ugly, whether it occurs	28:26
	in a 70 year old or a 17 year old.	28:29
	My point is that the vast personal and social burden	28:35
	of our methods of unburdening has become a great burden.	28:40
	Not long ago, I did a book on the	28:49
	phenomenon of burnout among clergy.	28:51
	And I interviewed scores of clergy	28:55
	who'd burned out, called it quits,	28:57
	and people who counseled clergy	28:59
	thinking about calling it quits.	29:01
	And many of the clergy whom I interviewed	29:04
	complained of being overworked,	29:06
	overburdened by their work.	29:09
	Stressed out, crushed by the unrealistic	29:11
	demands of their parishioners.	29:15
	But forgive laypersons who wonder,	29:19
	"is it true that pastors have more demands	29:23
	"placed on their shoulders than other people?"	29:27
	I doubt it so.	29:33
	In fact, after talking with many pastors who had burned out,	29:35
	I decided that sometimes we feel burned out	29:39
	not because we've got too much to do,	29:44
	but because we have too much which is	29:48
	meaningless and unimportant to do.	29:51
	Life's greatest burden cannot be having too much to do	29:56
	because I know that some of the happiest people	30:00
	that you know are among the busiest.	30:02
	But rather, we can become exhausted	30:07
	by constant engagement with that which is	30:09
	trivial and inconsequential.	30:12
	So the issue cannot be if we shall	30:17
	be burdened, but rather,	30:21
	to what shall we yoke ourselves?	30:27
	It's not if we shall be yoked, but to whom?	30:34
	Jesus appears to have little interest in unburdening us	30:42
	so that we can be free or liberated, or self-fulfilled,	30:47
	self-esteemed, or all those modern infatuations	30:55
	which have become, for many of us,	30:59
	such debilitating burdens.	31:01
	Rather, Jesus lifts off our backs one burden	31:04
	so that he can place another.	31:10
	He removes that harness that we have forged for ourselves	31:13
	so that he can place around our necks his own yoke.	31:17
	Jesus' idea of a good vacation is	31:22
	not getting away from it all, but rather,	31:25
	taking us some place where we	31:29
	are given something significant to do--	31:30
	namely, participation with him	31:34
	and his ministry to the world.	31:38
	Life's daily difficulties and burdens	31:43
	get redeemed if we can see them in some sense	31:46
	as vocation, as our little everyday	31:49
	participation in the ministry of Jesus.	31:52
	As Christians, we don't seek to be free from servitude.	31:58
	Rather, we seek freely to serve.	32:03
	Our goal is not to be free, but to be well used.	32:07
	True freedom--true freedom comes from having	32:14
	our heavy self-absorption lifted by another.	32:19
	"Make me a captive, Lord,	32:28
	"then I shall be free."	32:31
	Isn't that how the hymn puts it?	32:35
	I've noticed this about marriage.	32:40
	Before you're married, sometimes you think of marriage	32:42
	as a kind of limitation, a burden.	32:47
	It seems limiting, particularly in this society.	32:50
	Limiting and burdensome to be so	32:53
	closely yoked with another human being--	32:56
	to limit one's intimacies to one other person,	33:00
	to be forced to account for one's movements.	33:03
	But often in marriage, one awakes to the realization	33:09
	that what one earlier perceived as	33:14
	a limitation or a burden	33:18
	has become great freedom, joy.	33:22
	In marriage, one is free from having to	33:28
	wear the mask that we wear before other people,	33:32
	free from those little games that we play with others.	33:35
	Because now that fidelity is promised forever,	33:40
	no matter what, the promise of marriage	33:44
	frees us rather than restricts us.	33:48
	What once was perceived as a great burden	33:51
	has become a blessing.	33:54
	But more than that, the funny thing is	33:58
	we discover that in keeping the promises of marriage,	34:01
	we have become more complex, interesting persons ourselves.	34:06
	In taking on this yoke, this burden	34:12
	to be faithful to another human being,	34:15
	surprise--we really have become faithful people.	34:19
	So that later in marriage,	34:26
	you don't have to say to yourself,	34:28
	"Now remember, I promised to be faithful	34:30
	"to this other human being.	34:32
	"I've got to try hard to bear this burden of fidelity."	34:33
	No, you are faithful	34:37
	without even having to think about it.	34:40
	In bearing the yoke of fidelity,	34:44
	you have become more faithful	34:47
	in such a way that now it isn't a burden anymore.	34:49
	Now it's really the way you are.	34:55
	This yoke is easy, this burden is light.	34:59
	So I pray for you, all of you who have come to Jesus	35:08
	on this hot, July day when you could	35:12
	have easily been on vacation.	35:14
	I pray for you,	35:18
	not that Jesus will deliver you from all burdens	35:21
	and free you from all yokes.	35:25
	But rather, that he'll give you a burden worth bearing	35:30
	and a yoke worth wearing.	35:34
	Make me a captive, Lord.	35:40
	Then I shall be free.	35:44
-	(Rev. Nancy Ferree-Clark) The Lord be with you.	35:59
Congregation	And also with you.	36:01
-	Let us pray.	36:03
	O ever living God, creator of the universe.	36:08
	We bow before you in humility and in hope.	36:13
	Your ways have not been our ways,	36:18
	nor have your thoughts been our thoughts.	36:21
	Yet even in all your greatness you have shown pity on us.	36:24
	You understand us in our weariness,	36:29
	our weakness, our brokenness,	36:32
	and have offered us a place of rest.	36:36
	Strengthen us to take your yoke upon ourselves	36:40
	that we too may follow in the path of gentleness	36:43
	and lowliness of heart.	36:47
	O gracious God, you are the hope	36:50
	of the ends of the earth.	36:52
	Hear us while we pray.	36:54
	For all who hunger and thirst for your grace	36:57
	as they wander through a spiritual desert,	37:00
	for all who are searching for a place of rest	37:04
	and restoration, Lord in your mercy	37:07
-	(in unison with congregation) hear our prayer.	37:10
-	For all who hunger for food, for decent clothing,	37:13
	for adequate shelter, for meaningful employment,	37:17
	Lord in your mercy	37:21
-	(in unison with congregation) hear our prayer.	37:23
-	For all who practice hospitality	37:25
	and provide a place of rest and refreshment for others,	37:28
	for all who live lives committed to service	37:32
	and for those who provide everyday services	37:36
	in our communities, seen but not often heard,	37:39
	Lord in your mercy	37:43
-	(in unison with congregation) hear our prayer.	37:45
-	For all who live surrounded by	37:47
	winds of political and economic change,	37:49
	for those who lead and for those who follow,	37:53
	for all who speak out for the truth	37:56
	and for those who see no end to injustice and persecution,	37:59
	Lord in your mercy	38:04
-	(in unison with congregation) hear our prayer.	38:06
-	For all who have grown weary in the race of life,	38:08
	for all who outwardly appear confident and optimistic	38:12
	but inwardly are anxious and afraid,	38:16
	for the sick and for those who are	38:19
	unwilling to confront their illness,	38:22
	for all who are walking through the valley of death	38:25
	and for those who walk with them,	38:28
	Lord in your mercy	38:31
-	(in unison with congregation) hear our prayer.	38:33
-	O eternal God, we are convinced that all	38:36
	is as you say it is.	38:39
	That you number every hair on every head	38:42
	and know our every need.	38:45
	Strengthen us as we feast at your heavenly table	38:48
	never to despair, but to keep your	38:52
	commandments to the end, that we may find	38:54
	eternal rest and peace in your heavenly kingdom.	38:57
	This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen.	39:02
	Christ invites to his table all who love him	39:10
	and who desire to live in peace with one another.	39:13
	Let us stand and offer each other signs	39:17
	of God's peace and love.	39:19
	(rustling chairs)	39:21
	(congregation speaking over each other)	39:25
-	In the spirit of thanksgiving,	39:41
	let us offer our gifts and ourselves unto God.	39:43
	(church music)	39:56
	(Downe House Choral singing)	40:07
	(church music)	40:57
	(Downe House Choral singing)	41:02
	(church music)	43:55
	(church music)	44:09
	(strong church music)	44:43
	(congregation and Downe House Choral singing)	45:04
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah. ♪	45:14
	(congregation and Downe House Choral singing)	45:22
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah. ♪	45:37
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah. ♪	45:43
-	Please join me in prayer.	45:59
	The Lord be with you.	46:03
Congregation	And with your spirit.	46:05
-	Lift up your hearts.	46:06
Congregation	We lift them up to the Lord.	46:08
-	Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.	46:09
Congregation	It is right and just.	46:12
-	It is right and a good and joyful thing	46:15
	always and everywhere to give thanks to you,	46:18
	father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.	46:20
	You gave us your prophets who spoke to us your truth.	46:24
	In the fullness of time, you sent your only son	46:28
	to be for us the embodiment of truth,	46:32
	offering upon us the yoke and the burden	46:35
	of his service to the world, making us	46:39
	participants in his prophetic work among all people.	46:43
	And so, with your people on earth	46:48
	and all the company of heaven,	46:51
	we praise your name and join their unending hymn.	46:53
	(church music)	46:57
	Holy, holy, holy Lord.
	God of power and might.	47:00
	Heaven and earth are full of your glory.	47:02
	Hosanna in the highest.	47:04
	Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,	47:06
	Hosanna in the highest.	47:10
	Holy are you and blessed is your son, Jesus Christ,	47:12
	who heal, who talked, who ate with sinners	47:17
	and thereby revealed to us your glory.	47:20
	By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection,	47:23
	you gave birth to your church.	47:27
	You delivered us from slavery to	47:29
	sin and death and made with us a new covenant	47:30
	by water and the spirit.	47:34
	On the night in which he gave himself up for us,	47:36
	the Lord Jesus took bread.	47:39
	He gave thanks to you, broke the bread,	47:41
	gave it to his disciplines and said,	47:44
	"Take, eat. This is my body which is given for you.	47:46
	Do this in remembrance of me."	47:51
	And when the supper was over, he took the cup,	47:54
	gave thanks to you, and he gave it	47:56
	to his disciplines and said,	47:58
	"Drink from this, all of you.	48:00
	This is my blood of the new covenant	48:02
	poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.	48:04
	Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me."	48:08
	And so in remembrance of these, your mighty acts in	48:12
	Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praises and thanksgiving	48:15
	as a holy and living sacrifice in union with Christ's	48:19
	offering for us proclaiming the mystery of faith.	48:22
-	(in unison with congregation) Christ has died.	48:26
	Christ has risen.	48:27
	Christ will come again.	48:29
-	Pour out your holy spirit on us gathered here	48:31
	and on these gifts of bread and wine.	48:34
	Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ	48:37
	that we may be for the whole world the body of Christ	48:40
	redeemed by his blood.	48:43
	Pour out your spirit, make us one with Christ,	48:45
	one with each other and one in ministry to all the world	48:48
	until Christ comes again in final victory	48:51
	and we feast at his heavenly banquet.	48:55
	Through your son, Jesus Christ with the holy spirit,	48:58
	in your holy church, all honor and glory is yours	49:01
	almighty father now and forever, amen.	49:03
	And now with the confidence of children we pray,	49:08
-	(in unison with the congregation) our father	49:12
	who art in heaven,	49:12
	hallowed be thy name.	49:14
	Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on	49:16
	earth as it is in heaven.	49:19
	Give us this day our daily bread	49:21
	and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those	49:24
	who trespass against us.	49:27
	And lead us not into temptation	49:29
	but deliver us from evil.	49:32
	Thine is the kingdom and the power	49:34
	and the glory forever, amen.	49:36
-	When we break the bread, is it not a means	49:40
	of sharing in the body of Christ?	49:42
	When we give thanks over the cup,	49:45
	is it not a means of sharing in the blood of Christ?	49:47
	Come to the Lord's table and as we come,	49:51
	let us join in singing the hymn.	49:54
	(church music)	49:58
	(congregation and Downe House Choral singing)	50:30
	(congregation footsteps)	54:00
	(coughing)	54:19
	(church music)	54:33
	(Downe House Choral singing)	54:55
	(church music)	57:00
	(Downe House Choral singing)	57:15
	(church music)	57:30
	(footsteps)	57:46
	(church music)	57:55
-	Please stand to receive God's blessing.	59:06
	(rustling of chairs)	59:11
	Go in peace to serve God and your neighbor	59:15
	in all that you do.	59:18
	(congregation response)	59:21
	The grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ and the love of God	59:24
	and the communion of the holy spirit be with you all, amen.	59:27
	(church music)	59:33
	(congregation and Downe House Choral singing)	1:00:10
-	(Rev. Nancy Ferree-Clark) Let us go forth	1:03:02
	in the name of Christ.	1:03:03
-	(in unison with congregation) Thanks be to God.	1:03:06
	(church music)	1:03:08
	(congregation rustling)	1:03:15

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Title:

William H. Willimon - "Jesus' Vacation" (July 8, 1990)

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Sermon start time: 16:14. Sermon end time: 35:49.
The preacher argues that life's greatest burden is not in having too much to do, but instead, in having nothing worthwhile to do. Jesus' idea of a good vacation is not "getting away from it all," but taking people to a place where they have something significant to do; namely, participating with him in his ministry to the world. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: "Jesus' idea of a good vacation is not getting away from it all, but rather, taking us some place where we are given something significant to do--namely, participation with him and his ministry to the world. Life's daily difficulties and burdens get redeemed if we can see them in some sense as vocation, as our little everyday participation in the ministry of Jesus."

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Date:

July 8, 1990

Speaker:

Willimon, William H.

Liturgical Calendar:

Ordinary Time

Biblical Book:

Matthew

Chapter and Verse:

Matthew 11:25-30

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Duke University. Chapel

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