First Community Church 07.21.24 Glen Miles -Sermon Vulnerability is Not A Weakness

This Sunday in worship, I will deliver the sermon "Vulnerability is Not a Weakness," based on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56. In the biblical texts, Jesus shows deep compassion for the crowd of folks who are spiritually and physically hungry. He also demonstrates kindness toward his disciples who are overwhelmed by fear. Even though he must have been bone-tired from previous work, he found a way to teach and demonstrated "compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd." Vulnerability is a strength. The theologian Rachel Held Evans notes, "But without...vulnerability, real friendships cannot grow and real ideas cannot flourish in the good soil of a diverse, engaged community." I think I can hear some of you saying, "Amen!"