October 26, 2025

“Poured Out”

‘Poured Out” A sermon based on Joel 2;23-32; Psalm 65, and Luke 18:9-14 delivered at the First Congregational UCC of Onekama, Michigan on Sunday, October 26, 2025 by the Rev. Alison Andrea Young.

There is a Greek word, kenosis. This word means ”an emptying,” but like most words
from other languages, once it is translated into English, it loses much of the fullness of its true
meaning. The word has taken on a theological significance through the life and death of Jesus,
however. It is said that kenosis describes the “emptying” that Jesus experienced when he
humbled himself to take on human form. Emptying in this case, also Implies the “pouring out” of
Jesus’ Spirit and then, in turn, the “filling up” of something. . . .