9/22/2023
Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Ivan Herman
by Rev. Ivan Herman
Hold in your heart the beginning of the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi:
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”
May God grant you the power to sow love and to be an instrument of peace.
By whose power do you love?
By whose authority do you make peace, binding together what is being torn apart?
It is not by your own power,
but by the will of the One who was Love before the beginning,
and who, through love, created you and all things.
If you are in the world, then you are changing the world.
May divine love flow through you so that your words of love are matched by actions of peace.
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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