Sermon #2 (14th February 2010 at Essex Church / Kensington Unitarians)
What kind of a fool volunteers to lead the service on Valentine’s Day?!? It seemed like such a good idea at the time…
I want to set the scene for this sermon with a quote from Jacob Needleman. I think it says something that anyone who sits down to write about love (or stands up to speak about it) had better take on board. It’s from a book entitled ‘Is the meaning of life to be found in love?’ He says:
“We divide love and classify it: we discriminate between physical love and spiritual love, between erotic love and personal love, mother love, father love, the love between friends. …but the truth is that we remain confused by it. Everyone talks about love, but the truth is that our labels are pale efforts to deal with an overwhelming force, as far beyond our control as the wind, the lightning, and the sea. When we are in love, we are in a tornado of forces, and all we can do is try to hold on to our chair.”
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