Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Those are significant and important words. God's Word to His people, constituting them as a kingdom, a nation, and what kind of kingdom or nation they would be. And a holy nation. A nation not like the other nations, but set apart for God. That's who you are, too. A nation not with earthly territory or land, but with a heavenly home. The readings that we hear on this first Sunday of the long, green Pentecost season often set the tone for the entire season. And these readings for today, coupled with what is happening in our world, I think do just that.