Alive and kicking: A sermon on living faith

Abstract

When I was younger, one of my favorite radio programs was Children's Hour over Station DYRI. Every Sunday afternoon at 3:00, the station would come alive with squirming kids of all sizes and smells, wanting to sing on the air. I believe it was not so much the experience of singing as the prizes that every child received. The young singing stars would intone their songs which sounded more like recitations than songs and waited excitedly for cokes and soap and crackers and what have you.

I remember very vividly one little kid sing: "Walk with feet in your heart and you'll never walk alone . .. ." While the song was really "w alk with faith in your heart. . . " the little boy wasn't too far from the truth. For walking with one's feet does get you somewhere. We often hear people say: "P ut feet to your plans and dreams so you can bring them to fruition." And perhaps this is what living faith means — putting feet to our faith.