Rev Bill

Here’s a portion of it:

In our Gospel lesson for today, Matthew tells us that the wise men – magi as the New International Version of the Bible calls them — saw the child — had an experience with Christ — and then went home “by another road” as the NRSV puts it. Other translations say they went home “another way.”
Friends — here is the great truth and the message of God for us on this day – the great truth is that every time we worship Christ — particularly as we celebrate the Sacrament of Communion – and I believe particularly as we ordain and install leaders for our Church — we have the opportunity to go home another way.
Now — what do I mean — “go home another way”?
Some of you have several routes you can take to get to your homes.
Maybe you think I mean you can take one route to get to Church — and another to get home.
Maybe you think I mean you can pass the road to your home – go out to eat in town — then turn around and return home.
That would be “going home another way” — wouldn’t it?
O — come on.
Surely you know me better than to think that’s what I’m talking about.
What I’m talking about is this —
Sure — we have to go home to the same jobs and same responsibilities and same relationships — but — we have the opportunity to go home another way — to go home differently – dare I say to go home different people — because our lives have been changed by our experience with Christ.

You can read the sermon here