Rev. Zach

– The Rev. Zach Sasser 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19      Ephesians 1:3-14      Mark 6:14-29 “There are only two types of people. Those who dance, and those who do not.” At least that is according to Drax, a character in the illustrious movie, Guardians of the Galaxy, vol 1 . This does not stop Peter Quill – a man abducted from earth at age 10 whose only cultural references are from the 1980’s – from attempting to get his beloved to dance with him by telling her about one of Earth’s greatest heroes, Kevin Bacon. He was, of course referring to the movie Footloose , in which Bacon’s character challenged a town council to repeal a local ordinance prohibiting dancing with the following argument: “From the oldest of times, people danced for a number of reasons. They danced in prayer or so that their crops would be plentiful or so their hunt would be good. And they danced to stay physically fit and show their community spirit. And they danced...

2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19   Psalm 24     Ephesians 1:3-14     Mark 6:14-29 As a media rich culture we produce and consume vast and untold amounts of magazines, books, music and video.  It seems that we are constantly consuming or communicating about some idea or some opinion about recent events.  Whether you blog, tweet, pin – or even read one of those newspaper thingies – we are involved in constant conversations about the world and its events.  And when we aren’t doing that, some of us love to escape the world in a good book or even a terrible movie. And nothing draws us in like a tragic back-story – you know, the story before the story.  “Years ago you served my father in the clone wars,” said the princess, and we’ve been hooked to one of the most powerful film franchises in the universe for 38 years.  Perhaps it is because a good back-story makes us feel like their story could be our story.  We can believe a character’s ...