Investing In Hope

"Investing In Hope"

Sermon by The Rev. Ed Bacon

September 28, 2025


Every year I look at my revenue and pledge 10% to the church, and I ask you to decide what percentage you will give to hope in this place. Hope and neighborliness run through scripture, showing that everyone is your neighbor, not separate, like the quaking aspen—one root, one organism, all one. Jeremiah buying land in prison was an act of investing in hope, trusting God’s promises. Neighborliness means loving your neighbor because they are yourself, and hope means believing God is making all things new. In our world, our nation, and our faith, the call is to reject the myth of the separate self and invest in hope—through giving, through community, and through re-visioning a healthy Christianity.


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