Promises to Keep... (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780788451690)

This is a collection of the prepared texts from which a sermon was given. The sermons are arranged in three parts: Beginning, Believing, and Doing. "These messages are offered to the general reader in the same spirit and with the same hope that they were offered in the congregation."

Section I, "BEGINNING, is addressed to the identity of preacher and congregation, the purpose that compels us, the power that sustains us, the standard that guides us and the goal that attracts us."

Section II, "BELIEVING, is addressed to those realities, experiences and understandings which make us what we are as persons of faith, as a community of believers for whom doubt is not a bad word and for whom worship, growth, and servanthood make sense."

Section III, "DOING, is addressed to the conclusions which may be drawn from an understanding of who we are. It has something to do with the deepest needs we feel, the logical consequences of what we believe and the agenda which emerges. Since I have been known all my ministry as somewhat of an activist, the reader will please be reminded that no builder uses all his steel in the foundation."