Being born anew?
It begins with Abram and Sarai being invited to leave everything behind. Everything that shaped who they were and their place in the world. Their maunga, awa, marae, iwi and hapu. They were invited to become the people through whom God would restore humanity and all creation to all that God had originally intended. Nicodemus is an inheritor of this identity. But over the centuries his people had forgotten, and it had become all about maintaining your place in the tribe, your privilege and power. Jesus invites Nicodemus to leave everything behind and join the people through whom God is restoring humanity and all creation to all that God intended. We too are inheritors of this identity. And like Nicodemus we too have forgotten who we are as people of God. We too are invited to leave our old ways of understanding ourselves and join the people through whom God is restoring humanity and all creation to all that God intended. This Lent, may we be granted the wisdom to change our prio...