Reflections
Lord of time fulfilled,
who was not born an angel
but walked the common earth:
with those you called by the lakeside
may we share your mission
to bring good news to all,
to let the world know
that God is among us;
through Jesus Christ, the one who reigns.
Amen.— Steven Shakespeare, Prayers for an Inclusive Church
- Guest Preacher: Diana Butler Bass
- Sense of day and time is a bit lost during the pandemic; temporal dislocation
- Major theme of the gospel of Mark: The Way
- “The time is fulfilled”; time has something to do with The Way
- Be aware of when time is fulfilled, keeping track of time by having seasonal holy days; “time is near”
- Keep in mind of purpose of time: history; it becomes meaningless, historically dislocated, when there is a loss of time of peace, justice, harmony
- when people were misled with distorted purpose, it gives people a sense of misguided meaning
- the difference of preaching from a true prophet than a false prophet: the Way of Love, not a way of power, not a way of dissatisfaction
- Love sometimes upsets empire, upsets injustice
- the time is at hand: Jesus invites us to join the way of Love
