On Sunday, we resumed our Godsway 66 adventure, focusing on the reign of King David. In particular, we focused on a couple of issues that have huge impacts on the legacy of David's leadership for Jewish history thereafter (even through the present day).
One of the most important images of 2 Samuel is of "house" -- David wants to build God a house (the Temple) and God, in return, blesses David by establishing a dynasty of rulers over Israel (the House of David). Eventually, David's son Solomon would build the Temple and David's heirs would be kings, but not everything worked out "happily ever after." David's successors proved a mixed lot, and they also inherited some of his lesser tendencies, which ultimately led to the failure of the kingdom (actually kingdoms, but that is a story for 1 and 2 Kings).
In some ways, David's story is one of dreams and hard realities. Some of David's dreams were passionate and faithful, but they were balanced by the lesser parts of his character (his tendency to violence and his relationship with Bathsheba). And both of these things had a large impact on Jewish history after him.
If you missed Sunday's sermon, if you'd like to listen to it again, or if you'd like to share it with others, you can find an audio recording here.
You can also listen to the related Communion meditation and the closing benediction.
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