trinity sunday, year a

Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 
~2 Corinthians 13:11
 
Put things in order. Listen. Find agreement. If you rush to the end of this blessing, you can too easily find you’ve arrived at an empty promise: live in peace and the God of love and peace will be with you.
 
Peace is not an accident; it is not simply an absence of conflict—an unresolved ceasefire, a claim lacking evidence. Peace is about right relationships. It comes by way of justice. And as long as justice is denied, as long as our most vulnerable siblings are threatened, as long as force and unilateral power is the primary lever, peace will be delayed. This is true in the international theater, in our neighborhoods, and in the quiet of our own heart and soul. “Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another…” The apostle charts the way to peace here. It is filled with active verbs, with activity. It does not stand still. So let us together, in agreement, listening to this Word, move forward through worship and through thoughtful, intentional action.
 
Enter into worship.
 
Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:4a † Psalm 8 † 2 Corinthians 13:11-12 † Matthew 28:16-20
 
About the Art: Sun and Moon, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57384 [retrieved May 16, 2023]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sun_and_Moon,_Nagy_Imre_Community_Centre,_2016_Csepel-Csillagtelep.jpg.
Readings:  Acts 2:1-21 † Psalm 104:24-34, 35b6 † 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 † John 20:19-23

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