John 17:6-19 “…because they do not belong to the world…” What is it to live by a different set of values? To be governed by different hopes and expectations? To be shaped by another dream altogether: by God’s dream instead of the paltry ones we too often settle for? What is it to NOT belong …
Tag: Easter 7B
Last Words…
John 17:6-19 I sat with my head bowed over my phone the other day as I attempted to take in words that were not surprising, but which I still somehow was not expecting. A colleague and friend of 30 years was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer less than two months ago. His children had just …
Not Belonging
John 17:6-19 Jesus speaks to us today of our ‘not belonging’ to this world. My guess is that most any one of us who made it to the other side of middle school has some idea of what he is talking about here. At least I know I do. Indeed, I imagine that many of …
Oneness
John 17:6-19 “Holy Father, protect them in your name so that they may be one as we are one.” (John 17:11) The unity Jesus speaks of here is all too rare it seems to me. I’m tempted to say that’s a rather recent phenomenon, but I know better. Whether it’s in the church or in …