As I returned to my office last Sunday after services, I found some of these Post-it® notes on my door from our children. Some of them said:

1. Dr. Olds, what do you do on the weekends?

2. Did you dress up as a priest for Halloween?

3. Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been a good boy all week. My name is Peter Peterson.

4. I really like your sermons, especially when they are finished.

5. My favorite was, “I’m sorry I can’t give more money, but my father won’t raise my allowance. Would you preach a sermon about raising allowances?”

When Paul left the people of Ephesus, he gave them this instruction: “Be shepherds of the Church of God which Christ bought with his own blood.” That’s where I want to land today. We are stewards of Creation. We are stewards of the Gospel. …