[This Mother’s Day sermon is based around the metaphor of the “apron.” We encourage you to invite your parishioners to wear an heirloom apron to church on Sunday, or to at least have you, your ushers and worship leaders wearing aprons from family traditions. This sermon also encourages people to tell their own “apron” stories, or to invite someone who has a particularly meaningful apron to come forward and tell the story of their apron on behalf of all the other aprons present. Release your artists to create an “apron” aesthetics for your sanctuary.]

Do you remember playing “Follow The Leader” when you were a kid? The “leader” called the shots. Whatever way the leader went, whatever the leader did, the “followers” were supposed to imitate. It was a fun game until some “leader” decided to …