10/13/2022
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Ivan Herman
by Rev. Ivan Herman
God’s promise of grace is renewed with each new day and each new breath.
Sometimes those breaths don’t come to us easily.
We twist and tumble about, pinning our hopes in the dust,
raising up clouds of doubt that fill our lungs.
We emerge with breath ragged and gasping.
Even when we splutter and limp forward
we persist until justice is granted and blessings are spoken.
Not through our own creative strength, but because of God’s already grace.
Know that God desires you and God desires to bless you
with a vision of a holy place where all God’s children are fed, loved, and set free.
Go now and find your true self in service to that holy place.
Pray, pester, and wrestle it into reality
because of grace.
Rev. Ivan Newton Herman, Carmichael Presbyterian Church, Carmichael, CA
Rev. Ivan Herman
Rev. Ivan Herman has served as the associate pastor at Carmichael Presbyterian Church since 2009 and is active in the Presbytery of North Central California. He grew up in Ecuador and Colombia, and has previously served as pastor or ruling elder in Presbyterian congregations in Memphis, TN, Washington, DC, and San Antonio, TX. He holds an annual pass to U.S. National Parks as well as degrees from American University, Wesley Theological Seminary, and Wake Forest University. Ivan lives in Sacramento with his spouse, Susan. They keep a well-stocked fridge for their two itinerant young adult sons., but the ice cream never even makes it to the freezer.
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