This Road

Jesus sends out the twelve to create a new community. He wants them to build relationships, care for those they meet. He wants them to trust them and make themselves at home with them. “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there.” Jesus wants the disciples to build a new home with their new community! A new home.

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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber

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When asked what makes Christianity distinct from other world religions, C.S. Lewis responded, “That’s easy, it’s grace.” Grace is what makes us who we are as followers of Jesus Christ. Grace is what motivates us to respond with love and joy, and hope. It is what we have to offer the world, nothing of our own, but the gifts that come from grace.

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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber

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When we consider the storms of life, they might always catch us unprepared. Like the disciples in the boat, we might find ourselves crying out in fear. It’s interesting that when Jesus calms the storm, the words Mark quotes are, “Peace! Be Still!” These words are the exact words Jesus used to cast out demons. It is translated as “Be Quiet! Come out of her!” So, it’s not a stretch to consider that this storm is implied to have an evil or demonic nature in need of the Savior’s touch. Today, we still need Jesus to help us eradicate the evil in our lives and this world. The hand of the Savior is the only thing that can truly calm the evil storms we encounter.

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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber

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Jesus wants us to understand that by following him, we are growing into a new creation. Just as these seeds in the field or this tiny mustard seed become something of great use to the world, we become something of great service in the Kingdom of God. We see that all of these things work together to knit together a world that is entirely like the one we see but distinctly other. A distinctly better world.

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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber

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I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “you can’t go home again.” Have you ever uttered it yourself? Sometimes it is true, going back home after some time leads to different remembrances. Sometimes it leads to terrible memories. Occasionally, the people who are still home can’t see the ways you’ve changed. Maybe you will always be the little kid running around the neighborhood. Jesus had tough times returning home as well.

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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber

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Today is the first Sunday after Pentecost and the beginning of Ordinary Time in the church calendar.  The term, Ordinary Time, might be misleading, as it is not a lesser time in our walk with Jesus. The word simply helps to explain how extraordinary the moments between Advent and Pentecost are.

Special days are still celebrated during Ordinary Time, with today being the first. This day is Trinity Sunday. One week after the coming of the Holy Spirit, Trinity Sunday serves to help the church recognize the triune Godhead of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is no accident that this week’s Gospel reading comes from John 3.

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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber

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Today is Pentecost Sunday, a celebration full of joy and awe. Although sometimes overlooked or downplayed, Pentecost plays a crucial role in the story of salvation. Theologian, Robert Webber, says, “In order to bring God’s people into a full experience of the Good News, an emphasis on Pentecost is necessary.”

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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber

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On the final Sunday of Easter, it is appropriate that we remember Jesus’ prayer over his disciples. In this short passage of scripture, there is so much to analyze, but maybe it is easiest to focus on verse 11: And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

Unity is a common theme in scripture and the church. Still, when we look at the world today, it might be hard to find an authentic, unified community. It is Jesus’ prayer that we walk in unity, just as the Trinity works in unity. May his followers be one, as The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one.

Being in unity does not mean we have lost our individuality. It does not mean we can’t recognize and shouldn’t strive for diversity in the church. Instead, the differences make the whole. Being in unity acknowledges that we need each other. We cannot do this alone. Jesus understands our need for unity in this prayer, and it is something I desperately want to capture today.

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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber

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Jesus exemplifies the love of God like no other. He and the Father are one, and God is love; thus, Jesus is love. In this passage, Jesus is giving final instructions to the disciples before He is crucified. His commandment: Love one another.

As we celebrate the sixth Sunday of Easter, may we hear these words of Jesus. In my opinion, loving one another is counter-cultural to our current society. The word “love” is used in abundance, but the act of loving one another is few and far between. We can love ourselves, take care of ourselves and meet our needs, but what about expressing these actions toward others?

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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber

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Abiding in Jesus. It seems so simple. Of course, if staying close to Jesus is so easy, why do we stray so far? Last week, we noted that Jesus is the Good Shepherd, the one who will lead us beside still waters. On the fifth Sunday of Easter, we see that Jesus is not only the one who cares for us, but he is the one who gives us life. Jesus says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” We can do nothing without Jesus, yet so many times, we try to go it alone.

I feel the challenge to stay close to Jesus. Honestly, every day, it is a challenge. The world throws so many things our way, it is easy to place our focus on the day-to-day misgivings of life, but Jesus would call us to cast aside what the world sends us and merely stay close to him.

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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber

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