With a sermon title of To do or not to do I really thought I should do at least the beginning of the sermon in blank verse as an homage to Hamlet's soliloquy:
To Do or not to do, that is the question:
whether ‘tis
nobler to declare our freedom
to do what we know
is permissible
or choose to follow
stronger rules and limits
and by that choice
build up a church, share love.
control ourselves,
live out our call to be
belov’d children
of God, living fully.
In this we find the
pow’r supplied by limits.
We know the truth
that just because a thing
may be allowed does
not make it all good.
In Christ we find
freedom, In Christ we find
a higher call, in
Christ we know that we must
take care to build a
new community.
We build through
love we build through neighborly care
Some days we claim
we have great wisdom
we know the truths
that set us free to live
we miss the truths
of how to live in Christ.
