Sunday Reflection (March 12, 2023)

The question of the proper place to worship is still with us: Is it this Church? that Church? this faith? that faith? this location? that location? Perhaps a more relevant question for us might be this: What is the correct musical form to worship God? Traditional? Contemporary? Bluegrass? Old timey Gospel hymns?

In a debate/dialogue with a Samaritan woman, Jesus notes that the correct place/temple to worship is not important (John 4:5-26). What is important is that we worship “in spirit and in truth. According to John’s Gospel (1:17) “grace and truth” came to us in Jesus Christ. May we live lives of truth in that we refuse to allow the prejudices and hatreds of our culture, families, community, and nation to determine how we see and treat others. Jesus and the Samaritan woman reveal that truth. May our words and actions be shaped by the spirit of grace and truth in our words and actions.