As I surfed the Internet preparing this sermon, I ran across a web site entitled Belief-o-matic. It enticed me to answer twenty questions about my concept of God, the afterlife, and human nature and they in turn would tell me what religion, if any, I ought to practice. I took the challenge. Within a few minutes it was clearly determined that I was meant to be an Orthodox Quaker. Since Quakers have neither pastors nor sermons, I decided to wait until after Easter to make the switch.

Beliefs—In some form or another we all have them.

I go to doctors believing they will give me the right medicine to make me well.

We get on jets believing pilots know how to fly the plane.

Even though I was stuck on an elevator for over two hours once, I still board elevators believing they will take me up o…