Vindication?

Today is Remembrance Sunday. It isn’t Remembrance Day, that’s November 11, of course, but St. Mark’s has a tradition of marking Remembrance Day on the last Sunday before November 11.

As I read the texts for this Sunday, in more than one translation, one word kept coming up for me, “vindication.” Vindication is one of those words I use correctly, but did not have a good, pithy definition, so I looked it up, and this is what I eventually came up with: the fact of proving that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong. It’s a good definition, and it matched what I thought it meant. But how to preach about vindication on a Sunday devoted to remembering soldiers, particularly those who fought. Remembering those who didn’t come back and those who did. I found myself asking myself if I was called to vindicate them? I still don’t know the answer to that.

I can’t promise any answers in this sermon, but if you find some, I am happy to be of service. As always, let me know what you think as you are able and inclined.

“Vindication?” St. Mark’s Presbyterian (to download, right-click and select “Save Link As . . .”)

Blessings,