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Welcome, Reverend

Alison Dingley!

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The Faith of Abraham

By Rev. Alison

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We will be spending the next few Sundays with readings from Genesis about Abraham. All three of the Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - celebrate Abraham as the archetype or prime example of faith.

We tend to think of faith as belief, especially as belief in things that cannot be proved or defy logic. However, when we read the stories of Abraham we read about acts of faith not thoughts or theologies. 

In the reading for this Sunday, God called Abraham - then Abram - to leave his homeland in what is now Iraq and to take his family and all his possessions to a new land. His obedience to that call is his first act of faith of many as the stories of him and his family unfold.

We see in Abraham a faith that is not about belief but is all about trust and willingness, trust in God to care for Abraham and his family and a willingness to follow wherever God leads and to do what God asks of him.

That is the faith that all of us who call ourselves children of Abraham are invited into.

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Rev. Alison will be acting as guest reverend June 11th and June 18th, while Rev. Libby and Rev. Jenn are off island.

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