Father’s Day is another day (like Mother’s Day before it) when we have cause to reflect on the important relationships in our lives, and to think about the ways that they have shaped us, both good and bad. If most of us are honest about our experience, we will confess that not even the most basic of human relationships that we have are perfect — there are always ways in which we fall short of perfect love and care for each other. But does that reality necessarily mean that our connections to each other are bad?

As we continue through Pride Month — a time when we have a chance to reconsider how we have ordered our faith and relationships, and to listen for ways in which God might be leading us to new understandings — let’s take some time to think about how God uses human relationships to care for us and others. What part do we have in those connections?

In Christ’s peace,

Hardy

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(in-person in Trinity Court or online via Zoom).

“The divine mission Christ gives is to be applied to this world, with its political reality, its social divisions, and its systemic disorder. Despite the challenges, despite the questionable likelihood of success, despite our inevitable difficulty in accomplishing what he could do far more easily than we, Christ confidently sends us out.”

Alexander Wimberly, “Commentary on Matthew 9:35-10:23”