November 29, 2022

Luke 10:21-24

I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children.

At some point any religion is bound to be hijacked by the professionals and before you know it, the important things become the less important things and the mundane things take center stage. Do you remember the big fight over whether to use precious metal for our chalices or anything, whether the response to the greeting in church should be ”And also with you” or ”And with your “Spirit”. In Africa we fought whether we could play drums in church or only the organ or piano. The list goes on.

I have mentioned before a book written by an Anglican priest entitled “How to become a good human being and a bad Christian”. He argues that Jesus was willing to become a bad Jew so he can teach us a way to God. A good Jew of his time would not touch a leper or a corpse but Jesus did these things and made himself unclean. During this advent season how are you being called to bring God in places the holy priest cannot go?

What is God revealing to us? What is Gid revealing to the simple …. Maybe it is this, the kingdom of God is not far, it is not complicated. Start by seeing yourself and your family as Gift.