Inspired by Builders | Rev. Beth Dana | 07.12.2026
What inspires us to keep building, in our lives, our relationships, our communities, our faith, even knowing that nothing we build lasts forever? In this sermon, Rev. Beth Dana reflects on the quiet courage of builders: the people who organize resources, lay the stones, and bring a collective vision to life, whether their work is seen or unseen. Drawing on the wisdom of Ecclesiastes, the story of a man in rural China who built an eleven-story home by hand, Longfellow’s poem “The Builders,” and the legacy of longtime church member Karen Lewis, Rev. Dana invites us to find meaning in the process itself, and to keep building, brick by brick, story by story, love by love.
