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and hospitality of Jesus Christ.
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Jesus through service to all.
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We hope
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want to come and join us in worship next
Sunday.
JuLY
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Eighth sunday after pentecost
Priorities and Distractions
Is
multitasking a virtue or a vice? Our
society is of two minds on this subject.
On the one hand, we reward people who
are able to juggle a multitude of tasks.
Many top business professionals and
politicians are celebrated and rewarded
because they work long hours and seldom
sleep.
On the
other hand, we say we value focus, and
we shame at least some people who try to
multitask. Texting or talking on the
phone while driving is increasingly
frowned upon because it is, studies
show, unsafe. We want our professionals
mindful, attentive, and in the moment.
In a culture of high anxiety, calmness
is a virtue.
In a
culture like this, it is no wonder that
a devotional book with the title
Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
can become a best-seller. It is a deep
yearning, commonly shared, to perform
and host like Martha, all the while
living with a calm and centered Mary
heart.
Jesus,
however, makes it clear that the issue
is whether we have been distracted
by many things, or whether we have
prioritized the one thing needful.
It is a difficult but freeing word that
Jesus speaks. In order to choose the
better part, we need to let go of the
many things that distract. The lesson is
simple in principle but so difficult in
application. What is the one thing Mary
chooses over the many distractions? Like
the psalmist, whose singular prayer is
to sit at the feet of God in the house
of the LORD, she sits at Jesus' feet and
listens to him. She "behold[s] the
beauty of the LORD" (Ps. 27:4). There is
a word for this: Adoration. There may be
one more: Attention.
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