As Christians we feed on Holy Scripture: it is nurtures and sustains us. We listen to Scripture each week as we gather here. We read Scripture. We use Scripture. We study Scripture. But we do more than that too. We assimilate it. We take it into our lives so that it goes from being a text to an act: an act of God’s grace, an act of God’s revelation to us, an act of the Holy Spirit speaking to us afresh each time we hear, read, and study it.

A church that hears Holy Scripture does not do so passively but, in response, engages in visible acts. Holy Scripture goes from text to action each time we act in love, each time we give water to the thirsty, food to the hungry, comfort to the mourner, friendship to the lonely, hope to the despondent, justice to the dispossessed, healing to the sick, good news to the poor.