It was Henry David Thoreau who wrote: “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put foundations under them."

For the past few weeks, we have articulated a new vision for this congregation focused on “touching hearts and transforming lives." We have organized our church and deployed our staff to embrace a mission of inviting, worshiping, discipling, serving, and healing. We have built castles in the air. Now it is time to put foundations under them. What keeps dreams from dying at daybreak? What enables a vision to be fulfilled in the heat of the day? This passage in Hebrews suggests two things: being faithful and being focused.

When the writer of Hebrews established the “Hall of Fame," he filled it with the faithful. Some are wel…