21ST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 2015 PSALM 91:9-16I’ve discovered what I want for Christmas. And frankly, it is not something I just want, I need it the way a fish needs water. My life cries out for it. Like a gold bar, it bears the hallmark of treasure that mankind has pursued for centuries. A holy grail that has captivated people’s imagination, inspired their dreams, and stirred their passions. It has released the juices of novelists and whet the appetites of military strategists. In the wrong hands it could be a force for mischief, even evil. In the right hands it could liberate and protect. Regrettably, it has not yet been developed for consumers, so you won’t find it in the shops this Christmas, but I still covet one. It is the invisibility cloak. And it is real. The Material Science department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have created it. I don’t have any interest in how they achieved it, so I won’t bore you with descriptions of 50-nanometer-thick layers of magnesium fluoride topped by a varying pattern of tiny, brick-shaped gold antennas, each 30 nanometers thick… Blah, blah, blah. I’m not interested in that, but I am fascinated by its possible applications, like sneaking onto a train to Chicago and slipping into Wrigley Field to witness the Cubs winning the World Series, all without spending a dime. I could also throw it over myself when I’m at my desk and pretend not to be there. But this is why I really desire one – all those moments when I wish the ground would open up and I could disappear - now my wish is within my grasp.

It would be the ultimate in protection. If no one sees you, no one can catch you. But what if there were a place of..... (Read the full Sermon here: God's invisibility cloak.pdf )