[Optional beginning: Have the congregation share about the men who have left an imprint on their lives. Fathers, dads, also learn from their children. What have you learned? We all live in covenant together, and a covenant relationship is one in which we all learn, grow, and take responsibility for a role.]

Do you believe in miracles?

How do you define a miracle? Sometimes, in our culture, we’ve come to disregard “miracles,” because we’ve set the bar so high for what “wows” us and “pows” us that we end up missing all of the small miracles all around us!

Yes, we still can experience BIG miracles. Those of you who read about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Asbury may have experienced a kind of reverence and awe for what happened there, and what is continuing to happen even in the aftermath…