Whenever you enter a town
and they do not welcome you,
go out into its streets and say,
”Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet,
we wipe off in protest against you.
Yet know this: the realm of God has come near.”
—Luke 10.10-11
This is opposition without polarization.
We disagree with you.
But we do not take your opposition personally.
We don’t separate ourselves from you,
nor you from the grace of God.
Something greater than our beliefs,
even our precious struggle for justice,
holds us all together, holds us near.
We are still members in common
in the realm of grace.
Even if you reject us, you are still included
in God’s love and blessing.
We aren’t merely preaching about the Realm of God;
we’re living it.
God be with you.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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