The Blind Date in a Field of Dreams
Ruth 1:22-2:23; Psalm 91:1-2; Matthew 23:37 February 28, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved congregation of Christ: The 1964 Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof tells the story of a Jewish family living in imperial Russia in the 1900s. He has two main issues: the edict of the Czar to edict all Jews living in their village; and her five independent-minded daughters. The father wants to maintain Jewish religious and cultural traditions, including having her daughters’ marriage arranged by the village “matchmaker.” He wanted her three daughters to…
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