Pastor's Blog: Altar in the Streets: Finding God in Unexpected Places

Does anybody remember the show, Joan of Arcadia? The TV series is built around an average high school student named Joan who has conversations with God on a regular basis. The catch is, God never reveals God's self in the same way twice. God shows up as a homeless person on the street playing a broken guitar, a custodian emptying trash at her school, a second grader on a swing wearing thick glasses and striped socks. What I loved about the show was the constant reminder that God's wisdom and grace can be found anywhere, especially in the places we tend to overlook. As I build this week's sermon, I'd love to incorporate some of your stories – moments when you discovered God in some unlikely place or circumstance. To help get you started, consider reading Genesis 28: 10-16 and meditating on the key phrase "Surely, the Lord was in this place, and I did not know it!"