"For this reason..." begins today's text from Ephesians. For what reason? What is the reason why Paul bows his "knees before the father?" What is the reason for him to fall stupefied, dumbfounded to his knees (in the words of the hymn) "lost in wonder, love, and praise?" What reason has moved Paul to worship?

What reason thrusts you to your knees in praise and adoration?

Here in the chapel, with the great organ sounding forth, great choir and congregation, that will move many to worship.

What reason thrusts you to your knees in praise and adoration?

I like to hike, particularly about this time of the year when the weather is warm and the mountains are full of foliage and fauna. And every time I hike, I invariably have occasion to recall a hike I took many years ago with a church youth …