Jesus calls us to be open to others, not shutting anyone out of our consciousness or care, and treating all as beloved neighbours.
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
Sermons on Generosity (Page 3)
God speaks prophetically through the Church and through some individuals, and the prophetic task is inseparable from humility, constructiveness, graciousness, love, patience and generosity.
God blesses us with much more than we need, but instead of throwing away the excess, we are to take what we don’t need and do something with it.
Extravagant devotion to the crucified Christ is the foundation of our compassion and care for other victims of the world’s callousness.
We are called to stop defending ourselves and fighting off the intruders in the vineyard, but rather to welcome the spirit-sent opportunities that will demand of us, but will also change us.
Jesus acted out the parables that he was telling in his encounters with people, expressing the nature of God who seeks after us and rejoices in our being found and restored. God invites us to be people like that.
The risen Christ is extravagantly generous and excruciatingly unwilling to settle for pious platitudes in return.
The world is full of offers of poisoned cups to quench our thirst, but Jesus offers us his own Spirit to sustain us in the wilderness.
In baptism we are joined to Christ and we now live as he leads, and celebrate the freedom of others to do so also.
Love is both command and promise and is what gives meaning to all our offerings to God.
The search for meaning and fullness of life without cost, risk or struggle is futile, but the Kingdom is still a free gift, given by God, to all who will accept it.
Although all in the church may appear equally worthy, it is those who live the life (inward and outward) of the Kingdom now who are prepared for its coming.
God affirms fullness of life over religion.
There are all sorts of right-sounding ways we avoid being neighbours and to encourage service of neighbours.