In the 8th century before his birth, the prophet Isaiah announced Messiah’s coming: “Unto us a child is born.” (Isa. 9:6) “There is a childhood into which we have to grow, just as there is a childhood we must leave behind.” (19th c. Scottish novelist, poet, and theologian George MacDonald) Jesus’s tells us that unless we become like little children, we cannot enter the Kingdom of God. The childhood into which we have to grow is to share is that of the True Child, Jesus Christ. When I … [Read more...]
Discipleship
Part of Something Beautiful
The Lectionary This week is one of the weeks that I take issue with the lectionary - specifically, what it has left out. If you’ve been following along reading all of Ephesians at home, you know that there is juicy stuff both between last Sunday’s reading and this one, and between this Sunday’s reading and next one. But it is also difficult, and controversial, and so we are given just this short section from the middle of Chapter 5. Here are some things you might have read in Chapter 5 that … [Read more...]
The Beautiful Body
Blessed be you, O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you have blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. And so may our words and the meditations of our hearts be a blessing to you and to those around us in return, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. When I think of the Body of Christ, here’s what comes to mind: • Arriving at our Lawrence Avenue site yesterday just after 9am, to find many of you already present, working hard at setting up the … [Read more...]
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