Quick Summary:

This is the first in a series of 3 sermons on stewardship using the image: Nesting, Fledging, Soaring.

“Even the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young at your altars, O God.”
This quote from Psalm 84 provides a fitting frame for Week 1.

A story from a family friend's bar mitzvah, and the pastoral concerns of Martin Luther about "mal-formation" within the church's practices, and the story of Zacchaeus's encounter with Jesus in Luke's gospel all serve to illustrate the power and importance of faith formation.