Beloved & Gripped by the Spirit

You are beloved and God’s Spirit is with you. Y’all are beloved and God’s Spirit is with y’all. We are beloved and God’s Spirit is with us. Sometimes the sermon is a mantra. With a couple of plump, plucked cherries atop.

Sermon begins at minute 4:20.

• Scripture: 1 Samuel 16.1-13; Psalm 51.10-14
• Image: Photo by Mae Mu on Unsplash.
• “Beloved is Where We Begin,” Jan Richardson, from Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons (2015), 96.
• Bibleworm podcast: Episode 308 - The Anointing of David, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr.