Today is a study of contrasts. #TheDisciplesWay is reflecting on #disruption (Mark 11:15-18a) while #ForwardDaybyDay reflects on #rest & the Sabbath (Hebrews 4:8). There are so many things in the world today that distract us from our #faith & the #WayofLove It’s easy to lose sight of what we are called to do & be by God. Both of these reflections remind us that we regularly need take a step back, to rest & refocus our attention on God. It sounds simple. Sometimes it is. Often, however, resting is complicated as we navigate the many things (jobs, family, media, etc.) vying for our attention. Stepping away (a news or social media fast, vacation, just going for a walk) can feel incredibly, frighteningly, overwhelmingly disruptive to our daily lives. And yet, that is what God asks us to do. Importantly, we are told to rest regularly. Perhaps, if we did, it would seem less disruptive…or maybe it would be more disruptive. Today is a study of contrasts. Or is it?
#WayOfLove
“How do we not only live, but live fully, expansively, eternally? We follow the way of the cross: the way down into the crisis, the dark cave, the cold tomb that holds the truth we tremble to name; the love that leads us through to the other side; the story that sets us free.”
#Follow #WayOfTheCross #WayOfLove #Lent #HolyWeek #Jesus #Episcopal #Monastics #SSJE
https://www.ssje.org/2022/04/05/the-poison-contains-the-medicine-br-keith-nelson/
The same Jesus who said 'I am with you always,' (Matthew 28.20) also said 'You always have the poor with you,' (Matthew 26.11) and 'As you did it to the least of these, you did it to me.'
Our Christianity needs to be about caring for the poor and dismantling the unjust systems that make them poor, and also about loving and honouring them as the presence of Christ in our midst. If it's not, then are we really loving and honouring Christ?
#Mission #GreatCommission #CareForEachOther #RealChristianity #WayOfLove
I listened to the sample of Bishop Curry's new Way of Love podcast earlier. I'm really excited it!! #podcast #wayoflove #Episcopalian