Haggai 1:15b-2:9 and Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 or Psalm 98; Job 19:23-27a and Psalm 17:1-9; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38
Herron says: “Reading these lines from the letter to the church in Thessalonica helps us remember we live in a delicate time and place– in heightened awareness that our religious liberty is woven into the founding documents of democracy.”
Rev. Dr. Keith Herron is an adjunct professor in the doctoral program of Central Baptist
Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Kansas, and a retired UCC minister. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, a master’s degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a doctorate in pastoral counseling and psychotherapy from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.