Jesus weeps with us
As Jesus came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace!” Luke 19:41-42
This is another week of weeping as we angrily and even numbly say, “when will this killing end?” We want change. We want a new day of justice that honors our children and teachers’ basic right to safely attend a school; that protects people of all demographics to safely shop at their local grocery store.
As we gather in communal times of worship, story telling, listening, and action, we want you to know that you matter. If you need someone to talk with, to weep with, to collaborate with on ways to respond to the hate we see around us to show another way, reach out to those you have gotten to know in Union. Unskilled as we may be, it is what it is to be the body and it is how we do become better at being “Internally Alive.” We may think we do not want to be a burden but honoring another by trusting them is a gift we give helping us each to be more fully human.
On Sunday we gather for worship to be reminded afresh of who God is, Creator and Maker of abundance. God is not made in our image, as is so often portrayed. We are created in God’s image. We gather in worship to re-orient and refresh our hearts, minds, bodies,, and souls on how God desires us to live for “the welfare of the city.” (Jeremiah 29:7)