Colourful Dreamer

The Sower by Vincent van Gogh The scripture readings for this Sunday focus on discernment and how we make choices that align with God’s vision for a restored world In the Genesis reading Rebekah actively chooses generous hospitality by watering both a stranger and his camels. When invited to leave her homeland to marry a man she has never met, she boldly chooses the possibility of a new life. In Romans Paul continues his discussion around Torah describing it as given to allow God’s people to be righteous – to be faithful to the ever present and eternally faithful (righteous) God working to redeem humanity and restore creation. He examines our inner, warring motivations and how we have turned Torah into a tool for self-righteousness, exclusion, and measuring personal worth, ultimately losing God and forgetting God’s covenant all of which prevents us from embracing a different life. And in Matthew’s Gospel Jesus offers a hash critique of those who oppose both John and him –...