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2341 – Loved by the One Who Made Us

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Luke 12:22-32 New International Version

Do Not Worry

22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life[a]? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?27 

“Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

Tarrant County Resources

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2-1-1 Texas 

No matter where you live in Texas, you can dial 2-1-1, or (877) 541-7905, and find information about resources in your local community. Whether you need help finding food or housing, childcare, crisis counseling or substance abuse treatment, one number is all you need to know: 2-1-1. The service is free and is available 24/7.  For more information: https://www.211texas.org/

My Health My Resources of Tarrant County

Services are available by calling or texting the MHMR ICARE Call Center at 817-335-3022. Trained mental health professionals are available 24/7/365.

Area Agency on Aging (AAA)

A public or private nonprofit agency designated by a state to address the needs and concerns of all older persons at the regional and local levels.  AAA can help to coordinate a wide range of services and assistance for older persons. For more information: https://apps.hhs.texas.gov/contact/aaa.cfm

Catholic Charities

Catholic Charities supports programming from food pantries, housing, immigration and refugee support to a host of other services. Clients do not need to be Catholic to receive assistance. For more information: https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/

Salvation Army

The Salvation Army supports programming ranging from homeless shelters, food pantries, help for domestic abuse, services for the aging, to job training. For more information: https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/

United Way

United Way partners with local agencies in communities to provide a host of resources and services ranging from education and child care, income assistance, health, to services for seniors. For more information: https://www.unitedway.org/find-your-united-way/

Friday’s Word

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That’s Good News

I find myself in witness to two groups of people:

The first is conservative Christians who break the first commandment. They place another god above the only God there is.

Their god is the Bible.

They see it as inerrant and infallible. It all speaks with equal authority. If Jesus does not agree with a passage in Deuteronomy, then Jesus must shut up and fall in line.

He can rise no higher than, nor say anything different from, what has been said before him.

Inerrancy strips Jesus of his authority to preach a unique message of God’s unconditional love and forgiveness for all people.

There is not a biblical inerrantist in the whole world who truly believes Luke 6:27-36—including this word: “[God] is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.”

Conservative preachers seldom preach from The Sermon on the Mount.

It is simply irrelevant to them.

But there is another group I find myself in witness to: Christians on the far left.

These folks reject the meanness of right-wing Christianity. They know what love is. They just don’t think God does. God is seen as impersonal, uninvolved.

These good folk have taken an overdosed of Bart Ehrman, Marcus Borg, and Elaine Pagels.

They don’t believe in a God who does anything.

And I am calling both extremes, left and right, to a new place—not between.

Not in the middle.

But above.

To a Christianity rooted in the experience of God. The God we meet in experience is the God we know in Christ.

And this God is neither mean nor impersonal.

And that’s Good News.