Sunday, January 19, 2025

Variety — The Spice of Life

“Variety—The Spice of Life” A sermon based on Isaiah 62:1-5, 1 Corinthians 12:1-13 and John 2:1-11 delivered on January 19, 2025 at the First Congregational UCC of Onekama, Michigan by the Rev. Alison Andrea Young.

The proverbial saying, “variety is the spice of life,” comes to mind as we read our passage from Corinthians this morning. In the New Revised Standard version, the word used is “variety” for the different kinds of gifts. The fact is that we need variety. I was reminded of this fact as we changed the paraments from white to gold this week. The liturgical calendar says that they can stay white for a few more weeks, with the option of changing to green, so I chose gold—which is what we use in place of green during parts of the year. The green or gold signifies “ordinary” time in the church year. I felt it was time to go back to the “ordinary” as a relief from the “extraordinary” time that we have just experienced through Advent and Christmas.

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