Share a Story
5/18/17
Human
beings are hardwired for community. We typically live in family groups and we
function best with people we know. We feel most comfortable when we know and
trust those who are around us. A huge part of what creates that kind of
atmosphere is the stories which are shared. One of the reasons religious groups
hold together so well through conflict is the shared stories of the Bible and
tradition.
I would
like to offer you a challenge. Now that everyone has their new directory (and
if you haven't gotten one yet, there are still some in the church office), I
challenge you to reach out to someone new in the next week. (Not someone you
haven't talked to in a while, someone you really don't know at all.) Look
through the directory, maybe there is a picture or a name that stands out to
you as someone you couldn't list three things about. Through a phone call, an email, reaching out
to them before or after the church service, introduce yourself. Talk for a
couple of minutes and share a story. An easy starting point would be, why do
you come to church at St. John's?
Our
community consists of amazing people. People who have been here a very very
long time and people who are fairly new. We all bring wonderful gifts and
stories to our community. Those stories bind us together through common
sorrows, through empathy, through common joys. The Holy Spirit helps us share
our stories and Jesus helps us enter into communion through the stories we
share together.
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