The Most Important Decision in Life
2023 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
The story of Elijah and the priests of Baal is much more than a jingoistic story of “my God is bigger than your god.” It is a rich presentation of the dynamics of true and false worship. The altar erected to Baal stands for all the ways in which we order the infinite longing of our hearts to something less than God. When we do this, the fire never falls, because merely worldly things cannot satisfy our hungry souls.
