Warrenton United Methodist Church
May 31, 2026 · 22 min · 12 segments
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Ashley’s sermon uses her poor sense of direction as a metaphor for the human tendency to become spiritually lost. Reflecting…
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Well, if you were here when I arrived last July, you learned some-- a lot about me, but you learned something specific about me, which is, um, I have a really poor sense of direction.
[laughs] So if you didn't know that, now you know.
It's really bad.
Like, the way that I described it then is the way m-many who do also possess a poor sense of direction describe it, which is, "I couldn't find my way out of a cardboard box." It's funny, 'cause it's true.
[laughs] Um, it really is.
It's really bad.
But here's the thing that I've learned along the way.
I have found power in claiming that truth, claiming that fact about me.
I have found power in it because, number one, it's authentic, right? When I said earlier, I may be a lot of things, but I'm not a liar.
So I'm gonna tell you if I'm bad at it.
But also because by admitting, by acknowledging that this is an area of weakness, by acknowledging I cannot find my way, by acknowledging that, I make space for those in my life, for those around me, for those I'm journeying with, to lead.
To be the ones who help me navigate, help me find the way forward.
So I'm very grateful to have married a man whose sense of direction is significantly better than mine.
And of course, you know, day-to-day we know where we're going.
I don't, I don't need too much help with the navigation, especially when my commute is as short as it is, if you know where I live.
[laughs]
That one I got.
I got that under control.
[laughs] But when we travel someplace, that's where we really get to see how bad it is.
Well, if you were here when I arrived last July, you learned some-- a lot about me, but you learned something specific about me, which is, um, I have a really poor sense of direction.
[laughs] So if you didn't know that, now you know.
It's really bad.
Like, the way that I described it then is the way m-many who do also possess a poor sense of direction describe it, which is, "I couldn't find my way out of a cardboard box." It's funny, 'cause it's true.
[laughs] Um, it really is.
It's really bad.
But here's the thing that I've learned along the way.
I have found power in claiming that truth, claiming that fact about me.
I have found power in it because, number one, it's authentic, right? When I said earlier, I may be a lot of things, but I'm not a liar.
So I'm gonna tell you if I'm bad at it.
But also because by admitting, by acknowledging that this is an area of weakness, by acknowledging I cannot find my way, by acknowledging that, I make space for those in my life, for those around me, for those I'm journeying with, to lead.
To be the ones who help me navigate, help me find the way forward.
So I'm very grateful to have married a man whose sense of direction is significantly better than mine.
And of course, you know, day-to-day we know where we're going.
I don't, I don't need too much help with the navigation, especially when my commute is as short as it is, if you know where I live.
[laughs]
That one I got.
I got that under control.
[laughs] But when we travel someplace, that's where we really get to see how bad it is.
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