Colourful Dreamer

You can listen to this sermon here Gate Pa – Year C 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 2022 Readings: Psalm                          Psalm 30   First Reading:              2 Kings 5:1-14  Second Reading:         Galatians 6:7-16  Gospel:                        Luke 10:1-11, 16-20     What I want to say: Explore what Luke and Galatians might offer us as we seem to spiral down with so many issues dividing us What I want to happen: What do we offer all this? The Sermon 1.      Introduction: As I read the newsfeeds on the internet, and am bombarded on Facebook and Instagram, it feels like our world is so broken at the moment. I guess it always has been. It’s just that social media and the constant news stream makes it a lot more visible. And the issues seem more intense with passions burning bright in America around gun violence and availability of assault weapons and the decisions of the Supreme Court around that and overturning Roe vs. Wade. Not to mention the Congressiona

Our world seems so deeply divided at the moment. We see this played out on our screens from the USA with deep divisions around Roe vs Wade and gun law reform. We see it in Ukraine. We see it here. Social media hasn’t helped, with people feeling free to say appalling things they never would face to face.  I wonder in the midst of all this what we might have to say? Those division are not new. Maybe they are just more visible. They were around when Paul and Luke were writing. They were around when Jesus set his face to Jerusalem. And they are not part of how God desires this world to be. Jesus lived God’s shalom – wholeness, peace, wellbeing. He healed and restored community. His own community of followers was hugely diverse, including zealots, devout Jews, and tax collectors. Last week we heard him set his face to Jerusalem and all that lies ahead there – the seeming victory of all who seek to divide and devour. This week he sends out 70 (or 72) followers to join in his work proclaimi