Switch: The Power of Changing When Change is Hard || To the Truth
Sunday, February 16, 2025 || 11:00am
Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol || Pastor
In their book Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard, authors Chip Heath and Dan Heath suggest that people do not resist change because of a lack of understanding. People resist change because they are afraid of what it will cost them. This winter, we are exploring passages in which switches in posture, understanding, proximity, and power produce transformation that fills some people with fear and others with delight.
This Sunday's Gospel lesson highlights questions around Jesus' identity. Is he the long-awaited Messiah? Or should people continue to wait for one who is more powerful to come? The questions demand more than a simple "yes" or "no" response; these questions beckon us to ponder who Jesus is, and what our answer requires from us. Do our lives point to the truth we profess? Or would it be better for people to wait for a more compelling power to guide how we live, move, and have our being?