Idealism – Sept. 9, 2019
In light of the gospel reflection this week, my selections all come from Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People, edited by Charles E. Moore (Plough Publishing House, 2016). -Marjory Z. Bankson, Seekers Church “Every human wish dream that is injected into the Christian community is a hindrance to genuine community and […]
All That is Excluded – July 3, 2019
“Our locating ourselves with those who have been endlessly excluded becomes an act of visible protest. For no amount of our screaming at the people in charge can change them. The margins don’t get erased by simply insisting that the powers that be erase them. The trickle-down theory doesn’t really work here. The powers bent […]
Christian Vocation – June 4, 2019
“The vocation of Christians is to be builders of communities that join them with what is highest in themselves, within another and within the whole human race. The most basic thing that Jesus does when he liberates us is to make us caring people who then have the commission to build communities in the places […]
Called to Community
Today’s reading* is the culmination in the Gospel of John of Jesus’ final words to his followers the night before his crucifixion. The mystical language of oneness here is dizzying but the message is clear: Jesus calls us to a life together that realizes our God-giftedness and our God-connection and our God-inspired vocation to be […]