Scripture and Sermon and Sacrament combine to develop a relationship between God’s voice and our ears. We believe that God has something important to say to us, not just to inform us about the nature of the world, but to elicit our response. Questions and blessings and commands are the characteristic modes of address that get a response from us. God has plans that include us. Our lives are whole only when they are lived in dialogue with our Lord. The sermon is a weekly witness to that necessity to be open to the word of God and to be responsive to it.
