Getting involved in what God is doing
http://www.practicingministry.org/?p=137 Posted on February 17, 2014 by admin I had a revelation this past Christmas season . Yes, yes, I know. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. It’s not that. It was Christmas eve during the 10:30 service, near the end, at the part where the lights go down and we all begin to light individual candles, one by one. For liturgical reasons I’ll spare you at the moment, at this juncture of the service we read a second Gospel lesson, here from the first chapter of John’s gospel. It fits here in a way, with all the talk of light shining in the darkness. So what was my revelation? This: The whole first part of John’s Gospel is about God’s love for the world. Vs. 9: “The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.” The story at the heart of our faith is about God’s love for the world—and the Greek here is always cosmos , even more expansive than we typically imagine with the word “world.” I can get so caught up in the...