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Ecclesiological Etchings

06-27-21

6/27/2021

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ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHING
June 27, 2021

Scripture
: Ephesians 2:14
For Jesus is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.

Thought for the Day
: In “Mending Walls,” Robert Frost is searching for something, specifically “something.” He writes, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” yet as I read the poem, the “something” remains elusive. It’s as if everyone has convinced themselves that “Good fences make good neighbors,” but unsure of exactly how and why? I hear Frost challenging what he believes to be an absurd premise. In fact, the narrator seems to point us toward the power of nature to bring down the wall every year, while human beings rebuild it over and over and over again. Here is found an uncomfortable connection to the Ephesians passage. Jesus has brought down the dividing walls, doing so with his very life. We speak passionately about this gift as we collect rocks to rebuild the wall. We shed tears for his sacrifice while mending the very wall his broken body brought down. Why are we so obsessed with a fence? As followers of Jesus, we need to ask ourselves: Are the things we seek to hide or protect of more value than the sacrifice of Jesus? I ask that question as one who sort of likes my fence.

Prayer
: Have I built many unnecessary walls? Too many! In your mercy, O God of All Creation, I confess my fears, selfishness and unholy pride that too easily builds walls of isolation and division. Let the great gift of Jesus be for all humanity a place where fences fall and friendship is found. Amen.


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