And how Jesus challenges expectations
Proper 16B | John 6:56-69
Reading this gospel passage this morning—it offers us kind of a gloomy, how’d-we-get-here vibe. Doesn’t it sound like a low point? When the mission doesn’t just seem hard, but kind of unpopular. Like the path they’re on can’t possibly be the right one. It’s the kind of moment when we like to point fingers or think about a change in leadership. Fire the manager or hire a new CEO to “turn things around.” Those are our usual responses.
In this case, the leader who is “screwing up” is Jesus, so…maybe we aren’t just missing something but that maybe there’s something wrong with our approach. That’s what we’re going to explore today. But to do that, we’ll have to help each other remember the whole scene…
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