Religion & Spirituality
Jesus tells stories about the kingdom of God in context. They are never random or simply dropped from his infinite wisdom to our feet. In this week's text, Jesus tells us about a thief binding up and strong man and stealing all the stuff from the house and he's speaking to his blood relatives and the religious authorities. Who's the thief, Jesus or the ones who are confronting him? And what is being stolen from the house, the goods that belong to others or the people who already belong to God? This is also Pride Month, so maybe all this talk of family and church and binding and unbinding is meant to widen our definitions and reimagine God's love for anyone who has been sent away from their families or cast out from their church. #sermon #Pride #LGBTQ #loveislove