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Mark 14 opens with Jesus being anointed by an un-named woman at Bethany. She comes into the home Jesus and the disciples were in, then pours a jar of expensive perfume on and over Jesus. Some of the others present got into their feelings about it, complaining that she was being wasteful. Jesus challenges them and says in verse 6, “Leave her alone…she has done a beautiful thing to me.”
It is really important to do something because it is beautiful, and God loves beauty. We will be blessed to worship with the Jarvis Christian University Choir this Sunday. These musicians are going to join us and help to lead us in creating something beautiful to offer up as praise. This really is one of our key practices of faith.
Richard Beck explains it like this:
What is faith? I'm often not sure. But I think a part of faith looks a lot like what the woman at Bethany does. Faith is going places and doing beautiful things to anoint the Crucified One as Lord.
We’ll get a chance to do that with some fantastic visiting musicians this Sunday, who will come into a different place and create beauty with us. I can’t wait to worship with them and you this week.
See you in church.
Rev. Chesna Riley
Minister of Children, Youth, and Families
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