February 8, 2026

“Pointing Fingers”

“Pointing Fingers” A sermon based on Isaiah 58:1-12, 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 and Matthew 5:13-20 delivered on February 8, 2023 at the First Congregational UCC of Onekama, Michigan by the Rev. Alison Andrea Young.

Take a good look at the picture in your bulletins this morning. Hold it out at arm’s length and look right at it unblinkingly. How does that pointed index finger make you feel? Are you squirming in your pew? Does it feel like you are being shamed and/or blamed for something? Do you feel like swatting it away and pointing your own index figure in a completely different direction altogether?!. . .