Crossroads: Embracing Faith and Action Together

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The work that God does is... It's all through us. When we go out, when we love on people, when we go out, when we feed people, when we have a food pantry to feed. And we've got to figure that out, y'all. We've got to figure out how that food is going from the back of this church to people in need. But all of this is the hands and feet of God at work. And that includes your wallet. [00:20:16] (26 seconds)  #HandsAndFeetOfGrace

Jesus spoke with women who were foreigners and outcasts when society said not to. And that too is a political act. But Jesus was never partisan. He didn't wave one side's flag. He was loyal only to the kingdom or the kingdom. [00:31:52] (23 seconds)  #KingdomLoyaltyNotPartisanship

Jesus is not about being quiet he is about being free he is about being free he is about being free. Jesus wasn't saying you're doing good if you just show up at church on Sunday give me an hour a week and that's all I need it's not the message it's not a private faith this is a very public faith it's the kind of faith that looks like the suffering in the world and says we cannot be silent we have to feed people we have to advocate for fair housing we have to advocate for justice we have to welcome those who've been excluded and that's not political y'all that's discipleship. [00:35:56] (45 seconds)  #FaithThatSpeaksLoudest

Heaven is not some far off place. Heaven is not somebody. Heaven is not something that we're working toward. Heaven is not some final reward and that's all we have to do is figure out how to get there. Heaven here. It's now. It's happening every time God shows up right here, right now. It's happening every time a hungry person gets fed. That's when heaven comes down. When the lonely and the rejected and the oppressed person is seen, heaven comes down. When we stand beside someone who is hurting, heaven comes down. [00:38:42] (44 seconds)  #EarthFilledWithGrace

We are called to be people who take take stands without taking sides i'm gonna say that again because i think it's important to take a stand without taking a side we are called to be people who bring love into hard conversations who believe that the gospel isn't meant to to escape the world but to transform the world. [00:42:24] (25 seconds)  #GoAndLoveBoldly

Go where love is needed most think for a minute where is the place in this world that love is needed most you got that picture in your head that place on the street that you think love is needed most that person that you can talk to where you think love is needed most thing you could do that shows love where you think it's needed most. [00:43:46] (32 seconds)  #CompassionBringsKingdom

We bring them not by coercion but by compassion we bring them not by winning an argument but by winning their heart we do this not by building walls but by bringing the kingdom of heaven to earth because the earth is the world is our parish and we are still the only one god is sending you me others like us that's who god sent we are the one tag you're it god has tagged you to be the one that god is sending to bring heaven to earth and may it be so. [00:44:50] (61 seconds)  #BaptizedForJustice

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