The following was Rev. Angie’s charge to Rev. Paul Eknes-Tucker, the new pastor at our sister church Pilgrim UCC, on the occasion of his installation service Sunday, October 4th, 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama.
I charge you to love wastefully.
Cast seeds of love everywhere
Without thought of where they land,
Without worry about whether
Under the dark earth
They are beginning to sprout
Or whether they will bear fruit.
It is not your job to bring fruit from a seed,
That is God’s work.
Your work is to sow the seeds
Of wanton, prodigal love
In the hearts of your people
And to remember that
All people
are your people.
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