Listen to Readings and Sermon “What is humanity that you should be mindful of us? Who are we that you should care for us? You have made us barely less than God, and crowned us with glory and honor. You have made us responsible for the work of your hands, putting all things at our [...]
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“What is humanity that you should be mindful of us? Who are we that you should care for us? You have made us barely less than God, and crowned us with glory and honor. You have made us responsible for the work of your hands, putting all things at our feet… [O God], our Sovereign, how majestic is your Name in all the earth!”
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The Good News Written
The Light of Kahlil Gibran (from The Prophet)
“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.”
Mark 10.13-16 (NIV)
13People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the [kin-dom] of God belongs to such as these. 15I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the [kin-dom] of God like a little child will never enter it.” 16And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.
The Good News Proclaimed
Preached by the Reverend Doctor Durrell Watkins at the Sunshine Cathedral on Sunday, October 4, 2009.
Our gospel reading this morning is actually part of a larger conversation. The tenth chapter of Mark’s gospel opens with religious people who liked to antagonize Jesus questioning him about divorce. They were always trying to trip him up about something.
Jesus answers his critics by being for once stricter than the tradition called for. The tradition said that a man could leave his wife by formally divorcing her. Usually, when confronted with scripture texts and religious traditions, Jesus offered a progressive, liberal, inclusive view that challenged the legalistic applications of the tradition. But this time, Jesus’ opinion seems even less flexible than the conservative view.
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