W.W.G.D. “What Would Grover Do?”: A Blessing of the Animals

The following is the sermon I gave at the Pet Blessing Service at UCN in Mequon, WI, on June 25th, 2017.

“Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.” My favorite prayer. At times, no one embodies these words better than the family pet, like my buddy, Grover. So much so, that in the absence of a more…