Mark the milestones in your life journey.

[Note: This is an interactive, experiential, participatory sermon. You will need to arrange ahead of time for a flower or stone for every person, which is given to them with their bulletins. And you will need a musician, preferably a cellist, who will be a secret partner with you for this experience. The fewer the people who know what you are going to do, the better. The element of surprise is key to the narrative.]

Have you ever had this experience? You arrive home after a hectic day at work and find waiting for you a surprise. Maybe it's a special dinner, or a bouquet of flowers, or a special gift to commemorate some anniversary that you had completely forgotten about. What a sinking, stinking feeling! And then to have to confess to your though…