sermons and notes posted on this blog are not necessarily what came out of my mouth during the services,
but they'll offer a sense my dance with the Holy Spirit while preparing to preach

Sunday, September 1, 2013

philoxenia and agape, or profit-minded pretense and akedia?

On this day of sacred Sabbath and feast, what to make of tomorrow’s secular ‘Labor’ Day? 

Retreat into pure leisure?

Reflect on the economic justice of the labor markets that have catapulted our commercial interests and make it deceptively easy for more of us to indulge in luxuries and bargains?

Humbly and repentantly consider what divine hospitality and labor look like in God’s kingdom (as revealed through Jesus)? 

Who's hosting the real feast? How is status seen? Who is working and serving, and how? Who is invited? Am I inviting who Jesus invites? 

Am I sharing generously... or presuming arrogantly?



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