We grow into the likeness of Christ as we model ourselves on him, and he is a model of growth rather than a model of static perfection.
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
Sermons from December 2015
God becomes human and brings into himself (reconciles to himself) in Jesus the full range of human emotional experience.
Understanding Mary as a god-bearer opens up new possibilities, for we can all be god-bearers, carrying God’s love and longing for justice into every place that we go.
In an us-and-them world, people hope to find a way to get God on their side, but Jesus confounds our expectations of God siding against others.
The refining fire made known in Jesus is not targeting “morality” issues, but our hatreds, hostilities and inhospitableness.