The Space Behind My Mother’s Chair

“My entire life, I have been searching for that space behind my mother’s chair … and I wonder if you have been, too.  That safe place I can squeeze into not with someone who is perfect, but with others who struggle as I do, as we all do, with balancing the hope that we are loved and safe with the reality of all the times we have not been.  In whispers being able to have the conversations we do not yet have the courage or perhaps even the vocabulary to have in the rest of the world. Trusting that if we cross boundaries, a gentle growl will let us know … but even then, we know we need not fear because grace, trust and love are strong enough.” Sermon by Mike Kinman from worship at 9:00 and 11:30 a.m. on St. Francis/Blessing of the Animals Sunday, October 3, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Psalm 103:1–17 and Mark 10:13–18. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Read the text of the sermon here. Follow All Saints Church on Twitter @ASCpas. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AllSaintsPasadena/. Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at https://allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate-now/.