Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here.
Where’s the good news? If you were listening to the readings this past Sunday, that question may have occurred to you. We come to church to be comforted and encouraged, and instead hear about Job’s trials and some harsh words from Jesus about divorce. Where’s the good news?
Sometimes finding the good news requires some hard work and soul-searching. Take Jesus’ words on divorce, written 2000 years ago in a specific cultural time and place. We resist the common temptation to proof-text: to take one line out of context and make it a law.
Instead, we look to the bigger message. God has a dream for us - to be in covenant relationship, to learn and grow together, to trust and care for each other. Sometimes we are able to live into that dream, however imperfectly. Other times, despite our best efforts, we are not able, or meant, to continue in relationship. Endings are hard. But sometimes, the best way to honor the spirit of marriage is for a marriage to end. No matter what, God loves us, God forgives us and everyone still has a place at the table. No one is ostracized here. No one is excluded here. There is enough grace and love to go around.
St. David’s covenant community is a place where relationships are forged and shared. A place where we can share our brokenness with one another and love one another through the hard bits. A place where we are first-hand witnesses to the reality and power of the resurrection. Through the grace of God, life begins again. Through the love of Jesus, all things are made whole and new. And that, my friends, is good news indeed.
Blessings,
Mk
Sometimes finding the good news requires some hard work and soul-searching. Take Jesus’ words on divorce, written 2000 years ago in a specific cultural time and place. We resist the common temptation to proof-text: to take one line out of context and make it a law.
Instead, we look to the bigger message. God has a dream for us - to be in covenant relationship, to learn and grow together, to trust and care for each other. Sometimes we are able to live into that dream, however imperfectly. Other times, despite our best efforts, we are not able, or meant, to continue in relationship. Endings are hard. But sometimes, the best way to honor the spirit of marriage is for a marriage to end. No matter what, God loves us, God forgives us and everyone still has a place at the table. No one is ostracized here. No one is excluded here. There is enough grace and love to go around.
St. David’s covenant community is a place where relationships are forged and shared. A place where we can share our brokenness with one another and love one another through the hard bits. A place where we are first-hand witnesses to the reality and power of the resurrection. Through the grace of God, life begins again. Through the love of Jesus, all things are made whole and new. And that, my friends, is good news indeed.
Blessings,
Mk
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