Community
Today, like everyday, at the Stewpot, the worship leader, Don London, takes just a minute to welcome everyone to the table before we eat lunch.
Today his words rang with truth:
"Look around this room. We believe God is doing a miracle in this place. We are black folk, white folk, skinny people, fat people, old people, young people, pretty people, ugly people, rich people, poor people. But we are here together because of our common goal: to build community. This is the miracle that God is doing in our midst."
To be honest, a lot of the Stewpot's visitors aren't interested in building community. They are hungry and are just glad to have a meal.
Still, I saw something as the Christians from Meadowbrook stood by volunteers from a Jewish Youth organization and served Jackson's under resourced a hot meal. If you look past the crushed crackers on the floor, the puddles of spilled punch, and the green beans smashed on the table. A very, very small glimpse of God's Kingdom was breaking forth.
Every day at the Stewpot, His children put their skin color, their social status, their comfort zones, their religion, and their selves aside and join in the community that is God's Kingdom.
Today his words rang with truth:
"Look around this room. We believe God is doing a miracle in this place. We are black folk, white folk, skinny people, fat people, old people, young people, pretty people, ugly people, rich people, poor people. But we are here together because of our common goal: to build community. This is the miracle that God is doing in our midst."
To be honest, a lot of the Stewpot's visitors aren't interested in building community. They are hungry and are just glad to have a meal.
Still, I saw something as the Christians from Meadowbrook stood by volunteers from a Jewish Youth organization and served Jackson's under resourced a hot meal. If you look past the crushed crackers on the floor, the puddles of spilled punch, and the green beans smashed on the table. A very, very small glimpse of God's Kingdom was breaking forth.
Every day at the Stewpot, His children put their skin color, their social status, their comfort zones, their religion, and their selves aside and join in the community that is God's Kingdom.
posted by Eric Livingston at
7/12/2006
2 Comments:
I'm always amazed that what Don says in two minutes is more than most preachers get out in twenty.
His message is the same as that of Christ when asked what is most important. Christ said " Love God and love people". It really is that simple, and when we allow the message into our hearts service follows.
I'm so glad Molly and Macy are part of a community where they can participate in a place like Stewpot! What a blessing to learn as a child to help others, to value others not because of what they can do for you, but because they are God's children, to value the opportunity to share our abundant blessings with others!
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