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Sheep, Goats and Service in the Reign of God
Alistair reflects on Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 and Matthew 25:31-46 as part of KNEC Church Online on 22 November 2020.
There are some things we can safely take from this story of the sheep and goats:
Barbara Brown-Taylor wrote that, “by entering into the experience of the cross, God took the man-made wreckage of the world inside himself and laboured with it - a long labour, almost three days - and he did not let go of it until he could transform it and return it to us as life. That is the power of a suffering God, not to prevent pain but to redeem it, by going through it with us”.
(Barbara Brown-Taylor, God in Pain (1998).
“To live our lives based on the principles of a love ethic (showing care, respect, knowledge, integrity, and the will to cooperate), we have to be courageous. Learning how to face our fears is one way we embrace love. Our fear may not go away, but it will not stand in the way.”
(bell hooks)
O God, you reign in Christ
Let your kingdom come
And your will be done
On earth as in heaven.
As you have found us
Move us with your compassion
To find you in the other.
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By KNEC Church of ScotlandAlistair reflects on Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 and Matthew 25:31-46 as part of KNEC Church Online on 22 November 2020.
There are some things we can safely take from this story of the sheep and goats:
Barbara Brown-Taylor wrote that, “by entering into the experience of the cross, God took the man-made wreckage of the world inside himself and laboured with it - a long labour, almost three days - and he did not let go of it until he could transform it and return it to us as life. That is the power of a suffering God, not to prevent pain but to redeem it, by going through it with us”.
(Barbara Brown-Taylor, God in Pain (1998).
“To live our lives based on the principles of a love ethic (showing care, respect, knowledge, integrity, and the will to cooperate), we have to be courageous. Learning how to face our fears is one way we embrace love. Our fear may not go away, but it will not stand in the way.”
(bell hooks)
O God, you reign in Christ
Let your kingdom come
And your will be done
On earth as in heaven.
As you have found us
Move us with your compassion
To find you in the other.