I’ve read that all that is necessary to form a club is someone to keep out. Milton of Don’t Eat Alone reflects on Jesus’ ability to turn that notion on its head, as He did so many others:
When we speak of Jesus, we often say he was “fully human.” I think he loved people in a way that allowed them to be fully human as well. If our call is to create incarnational community, then we are called to love each other into wholeness, which mostly means I love you into becoming the person you feel called to be, not who I imagine you could become.
When it comes time for the sorting, if God says to me I missed the point because I let too many people in, I will smile and take the hit. What would break my heart would be if God said, “I had room for everyone. Why did you keep closing the door?”
Preach it, Brother Milt.
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