In this sermon, based on Mark 7, I explore what lies at the heart of our worship and living with God. The Pharisees get into a debate with Jesus about Jesus' disciples and their inability to properly follow the tradition and rituals of the time. Jesus counters by saying that what is most important is what lies in our hearts. Defilement - ritual disconnect - occurs when we get caught up in the 'holy' motions and forget the sacred relationship that God formed with us. Our proper response is one of trusting and turning to God anew. Rituals can actually help with this so long as we don't make them the fixed object of our worship.