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October 28, 2007 Sermon
Taken from: John 15:1-17
Ilustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
Branches, wild shoots mostly, are
grafted into the vine, not in part
but wholly, by the holy hand
of the vinedresser.
It is the weak, the poor, the ignorant;
not the strong nor the rich; not those
who have everything figured out,
who find their identity in the genuine,
being nourished by the one real life.
Their one work is to be at home,
to live what they are made to be.
They cannot be other than fecund
for the vine is fertile through
its branches, no wiggle room
for branch autonomy, the
vine life filling them all.
We rest deeply in Christ, the vine,
and attend with seriousness to what
it means to be who we are; our
minds being transformed
wills being transfigured
lives being transmogrified.
Metaphor reveals the central fact:
we in Christ; Christ in us.
DAS
Author Profile: Born and raised in Montgomery County, Texas, Pastor Dan Schiel was called to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ at age 20 and has served as pastor in independent churches for over forty years. He is the founding pastor of Christ Church (founded 1977). 