Repayment
There will be more meals and more celebrations, because we’re all connected. We all belong to each other. We all owe each other this kindness.
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When we, like the synagogue leader, are overwhelmed by the enormity of the world’s grief, let us remember that we are set free. We do not have to complete the all good work that needs doing in the world, but neither are we free to abandon it.
So what if we can’t do enough?
Jesus has set us free to do good now.
Read MoreWord
Extend me some trust, as a fellow Christian. I will listen to your understanding of the word and you’ll listen to mine. I’ll tell you about Joseph and his fabulous coat, as he steps outside the expected norms of his day or maybe I’ll tell you about the a’dam and how God’s first human was neither man nor woman, like me. I will share the new joys I find in reading scripture and I’ll carefully hold the ones you want to share with me.
Because I love the Bible. And the Bible belongs to all of us.
Let’s trust each other with it.
Let’s be worthy of that trust.
Read MoreLight
This means that we can play with light in worship. What would it look like for us to sit in the quiet and in the dark, listening for God together? How can we invite in different kinds of light in different seasons? Where is light too bright? Where could shadows be illuminated? Where could they be used to help us see the familiar anew? How can light and dark together invite us deeper into God’s presence?
Read MoreBread and Cup
Jesus gives us the bread of life interrupted, the bread of new life, so that we can be fed for the road ahead of us. And Jesus breaks the bread, just as so much in our world is broken, and we receive it, just as we first received the gift of life, beautiful even in a broken world.
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