Sunday, April 30, 2023
Sunday Reflection: The turning of the season
Winter fades slowly here in Minnesota. It comes quickly-- one day in November, boom, you get snow on the ground and then that's it for five or six months-- but it backs away from the cold at a much more gradual pace. It'll be near freezing today, and we'll all be walking around in puffy jackets while the rest of the world is in shorts.
It does make us all appreciate summer much more, and learn to appreciate winter as well. I kind of like it this way.
But it is also the way so many other things happen, isn't it? Good things sneak up on you and "boom!" they are there. Bad things fade slowly over time. The snow is our memory of a bad day or month or year, dissolving a little as warmth falls upon it. But sometimes it is the other way around.
In the Gospels, I'm always taken by the way that Jesus seems to take people by surprise, even the Pharisees. They go to hear some guy speak, and go away transformed. It's definitely a "boom!" type of event.
And when I see people lose their faith, often because of Christians, not Christ, it is a slower fade. The reality of people's cruelty or negligence of people in the church washes over them in little waves, until the mound of their faith is gone. It's a slow melt for many (though not all).
We just need to be better to each other. The true Church is known and defined by who it includes, not by who is excluded.
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To expand on your last sentence: I believe the Church is defined by its willingness and ability to include all and not on its dogma that dictates exclusion of some.
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