Evening: Psalms 8, 84; Luke 4:16-30
Whenever religious people make judgments about other people - saying that, for some reason, the others are not among the ‘chosen’, or the ‘righteous’, or the ‘blessed’ - you can assume the religious people are mistaken! This is why Jesus is thrown out of his hometown ... because the people think grace is especially for them. But the amazing, and shocking, and wonderful thing about Jesus is his declaration that grace and forgiveness and healing are for all people, all nations - no special status for anyone! Now, to embody this in our common life, let’s see now .... ??
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