Atlanta Christian Church

As much as we'd like to know where faith will take us, we just can't. Faith is allergic to our need to control it, to predict where it will lead us. Bummer, isn't it? In today's sermon Derek looks at and reflects on the invitation of Jesus to "come and see."

This is the one where Jesus is baptized in the Jordan and, as the story goes, the Spirit of God descended on his "like a dove." Long seen as a symbol of peace and life and hope, the dove marks Jesus as a different sort of king. Yes, there was talk of naming this sermon "When Doves Cry."

So much music in this one, from George Harrison's "Hear Me Lord" to the sermon title coming from the seventh track off the Counting Crows record, "Recovering The Satellites." But everything in this sermon is about noticing and seeing and paying attention to the presence of God. Eugene Peterson said, "You can only be present to a Presence."