The Reign of God as movement. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com . The Reign of God as movement means it is always opening up a new place and time in which we are invited to move. It is the movement of the Lord's Supper. We go forward and take the bread and the wine and we are sent off into a movement of life that is given shape by the meal. The Reign of God as movement is the whole life of Jesus - that enters into the space and time of the day and cracks open a life full of possibilities that will reflect the image of God right in the midst of things. We eat and drink and become a part of the movement of this Reign. We are sent out from worship - after the meal - in peace. That is, within the way God moves among us. We are fed for the unveiling and unwrapping of God's peaceable Reign which takes us and makes us the vehicle of peace in the middle of the violence of our world. There is always movement within the Reign of God as it becomes known and alive around us. That movement may not be the same as the movements of our lives that we expect to make. And yet, as we are moved by God's Spirit of Life, we begin to see more clearly how God's Reign is at hand and we are always being moved to take part in the holiness of its living presence. O God of love and new life, take us into the next space within your Reign - take us into the life of your love that is constantly transforming all things. Amen. |
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